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Cricket is today’s one of the most popular game. It has its origin in the south eastern part of England.
Cricket is a game of bat and ball, played between two teams, eleven players each. A cricket match is played on a grass, in the centre of which is a flat strip, called a pitch. Mainly cricket has two form – test and one-day.
’Test’ were introduced in 1877 and ’one-day’ were introduced in 1963

Player's Profile

Cricket World Cup History

•	Sachin Tendulkar
•	Saurav Ganguly
•	Rahul Dravid
•	Virender Sehwag
•	Anil Kumble
•	Irfan Pathan
•	Brain Lara
•	Inzamam-Ul-Haq
•	Steve Waugh
•	Ricky Ponting
•	Adam Gilchrist
	Courtesy cricinfo.com

•	1975
•	1979
•	1983
•	1987
•	1992
•	1996
•	1999
•	2003
•	2007
	Courtesy cricinfo.com

Global news agencies boycott Australian cricket (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Global news agencies have boycotted coverage of the first cricket Test between Australia and New Zealand starting Thursday because of conditions imposed by organisers.

PNG cricket advertsies for new boss (ABC Radio Australia)

Cricket Papua New Guinea, one of three associate members of the International Cricket Council in the East Asia Pacific, is advertising for a general manager.

South Africa 441/9

Bangladesh 67/3 & 153/10 *

Australia 214/10 & 131/6 *

New Zealand 156/10

Courtesy Cricinfo.com


	AP - Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers know exactly how to beat the Cincinnati Bengals — with or without Chad Ocho Cinco.

AP - The Allen Iverson trade looked good for the Pistons when they handed the Lakers their first loss of the season and snapped Cleveland's eight-game winning streak.	AP - Showing poise down the stretch and playing stellar defense, Michigan pulled off its first win over a top-five team in 11 years.

AP - Three-time All-Star Chase Utley, who anchored the middle of the lineup for the World Series champion Phillies, will have surgery and may not be ready for the start of the 2009 regular season.	AP - The Cincinnati Bengals failed to explain why Chad Ocho Cinco, the wide receiver formerly known as Chad Johnson, was held out for violating team rules during their 27-10 loss in Pittsburgh on Thursday night.

Reuters - Ben Roethlisberger passed for 243 yards to lead the Steelers to a 27-10 win over division rivals the Cincinnati Bengals in snowy Pittsburgh conditions on Thursday.	AP - Shaquille O'Neal had nothing bad to say about Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers.

AP - For more than three decades, George Steinbrenner's imprints were all over the New York Yankees.	AFP - England manager Fabio Capello admitted on Friday that he has been stunned by the progress made by a team which was in utter disarray when he took over in February.

AP - Patrick O'Sullivan scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Duston Brown added a power-play goal, leading the Los Angeles Kings to a 5-2 victory over the injury-riddled Washington Capitals on Thursday night.	AP - John Beilein gave his players one night to celebrate.

AFP - Former world number one Andy Roddick has hired fellow American Larry Stefanki as his new coach, the player announced on his personal website on Thursday.	AP - Annika Sorenstam arrived at the first tee Thursday morning, shook a few hands and got a kiss on the cheek from Donald Trump.

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