The England captain will sit out of the three-day tour match against Board President's XI due to recurrence of a knee injury
Former captain Zaheer Abbas feels restoration of bilateral cricket ties with India would prove to be beneficial for Pakistan as presently India is in astronger position in world cricket.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) did not act unilaterally when it announced the schedule for an extended tour by India later this year that is now under threat of being shortened by the BCCI, according to South African Cricketers' Association (SACA).
The country's leading legal brains will prepare a watertight defence for India's skipper before the ICC-appointed arbitrator Justice Albie Sachs.
The International Cricket Council has warned India against making unilateral decisions about the cricket calendar.
The England captain would have to wait 48 hours to see if his injured knee has improved sufficiently for him to play in the first Test against India.
The pace bowler picked 5 wickets for 59 runs as England were bowled out for 238 on day 1 in the warm-up match against the BCCI President's XI
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The interest is huge and we have to recognise that, says CA chief Bob Merriman.
PCB director Abbas Zaidi said Pakistan had also accepted the BCCI's request to delay the tour by a few days.
The Australian cricket board may reconsider its upcoming tour of India if a television rights dispute is not resolved.
Eden Gardens is the likely venue for next month's return game between a World team and an Asia XI to raise funds for victims of the south Asian tsunami disaster.
Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith said he is "nervous" about the Proteas' upcoming tour of India, starting with the first Test in Mohali on November 5.
Having clashed with the BCCI over issues ranging from FTP to DRS during his time in the ICC, Cricket South Africa's newly-appointed CEO Haroon Lorgat is willing to go the extra mile to improve relations with India and said he was ready to apologise if need be.
If England's struggles in Bangladesh are anything to go by, they could be in for an even rougher ride in India over the next couple of months when they take on the world's number one side in a five-match series in similar spin-friendly conditions.
India and Pakistan were supposed to play a bilateral series this month but the planned rubber did not go ahead after the Indian government withheld permission for the same.
They will play five one-day internationals immediately after their rescheduled tour of New Zealand.
South Africa declared their first innings on 226 for five on day one against an Indian Board President's XI.
The Pakistan Cricket Board is optimistic of its players getting a chance to play in the Indian Premier League next year, else they will be without international commitments for six months.
The Pakistan Cricket Board says the government thought the one-dayers, if played later, would take the charm away from its election rallies.\n\n
The South African all-rounder may miss the first Test against India due to a side strain.
The Indian board has shot down plans of some second-string Indian players to participate in a novel American Pro-Cricket event next month following a directive from the ICC.
The teams will play a one-day international on November 14 to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the BCCI.
Dave Cameron, the president of the West Indies Cricket Board, has urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India to sort the issue of his country's pull-out from their India tour midway into the series last year through a bilateral discussion or third-party mediation over the next two months.
Some 230 kilometres from Kolkata, in West Bengal's Birbhum district, 500 children stand out because of their 'unconventional' education, says Anjuli Bhargava.
Pakistan has proposed a series of seven ODIs and three Tests against India scheduled for Feb-Mar 2004.
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With the Pakistan Cricket Board indicating that it may raise the issue of India not agreeing on a bilateral series in the United Arab Emirates with the International Cricket Council, the cricket world body's president Zaheer Abbas on Monday made it clear that they cannot be compelled to play against each other.
The Indian team is scheduled to tour Pakistan from April 8 to May 15 under the ICC future tours program.\n\n\n\n\n\n
Marathon runner O P Jaisha on Monday alleged that Indian officials did not arrange for water and energy drinks during her race in the Rio Olympics run under scorching heat despite designated stations being given for the country, a claim denied by Athletics Federation of India.
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PCB chief Shahryar Khan has asserted that Pakistan cricket in past few years has survived without playing India and it will continue to survive in case the BCCI backs out of the series slated to be held in the UAE in December.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has been told by its governing board to strongly oppose the changes proposed by India, Australia and England cricket boards in the governance and distribution of finances in the ICC.
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