India vs England - 200 wickets for Harbhajan Singh

India vs England - Harbhajan Singh

India is leading the series by 3-0 against England. In 3 match played today at Green Park stadium Kanpur India was declared winner by 16 runs under duckworth luis system as bad light forced the game to close few overs earlier.

Harbhajan Singh who was declared man of tha match for his 3 for 31 in 10 overs became the sixth Indian to claim 200 wickets in one day matches. Harbhajan Singh is in the elite group of Indian bowlers other five are: Anil Kumble (337 from 271 matches), Javgal Srinath (315 from 229), Ajit Agarkar (288 from 191), Kapil Dev (253 from 225) and Zaheer Khan (214 from 152).

The feisty off-spinner had also become the third Indian -- behind Anil Kumble (619 from 132 Tests) and Kapil Dev (434 from 131 Tests) -- and 22nd cricketer in the world to claim 300 wickets in Test cricket during the final Test of the four-match series against Australia in Nagpur this month.

Cricket News - Pakistan will welcome Indian Cricket team

Federal Sports Minister Pir Aftab Shah Jilani said on Monday that Pakistan will welcome India if they opted to come here for a much-awaited cricket series scheduled for January-February 2009.

Jilani told reporters that Pakistan will show "sportsman spirit" by hosting India in a friendly environment and urged the Indian government to clear the eagerly-awaited tour of India"s cricketers.

"We don"t believe in mixing sports and politics," said Jilani, a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). "There may be tensions between the governments but sports shouldn"t suffer. The cricket series (against India) should go on and I want assure India that if decided to send its team to Pakistan, we will host it in a befitting manner," he added.

India are scheduled to tour Pakistan from January 4 to play three Tests, five One-day Internationals and a Twenty20 International. But the series is in doubt because of the strained relations between Pakistan and India in the wake of the Mumbai killings.

Media reports coming from India suggest that the Indian government has decided against clearing its cricket team"s visit to Pakistan.

Indian cricket board (BCCI), however, has rejected such reports saying that a final decision on the fate of the Pakistan tour is yet to be taken by the government. Jilani, who took over as Sports Minister last month, is planning to begin a campaign to lift Pakistan sports.

He will be meeting the country"s sports legends in the coming days in a bid to devise a comprehensive strategy to boost national sports. Jilani said that he will also be meeting top officials of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) and other sports bodies to find out the reasons behind Pakistan"s embarrassing slump at the international arena

Lorgat offers support to BCCI after terrorist attacks

ICC Media Release:

ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat offers condolences to people of Mumbai; “Events have shocked the whole world”

Pledges support to BCCI and ECB, hopes England Test tour can proceed if safety and security allows; Will ask Full Member Chief Executives how best to come together to address safety and security issues; “Cricket binds all ICC Members; we must ensure those ties remain strong”

ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat today offered condolences to the people of Mumbai and those caught up in the terror attacks on the city, on behalf of world cricket’s governing body.

And Mr Lorgat pledged to provide whatever assistance might be required by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

“On behalf of the ICC I would like to offer the condolences and sympathy of the entire cricket world to Mumbai and to India in the wake of the terrible events of the last few days,” he said.

“We can be grateful that members of the cricketing fraternity who were in Mumbai when the terrorists struck have all been accounted for but what has happened goes beyond individuals. Many innocent lives have been lost and it has shocked the whole world.

“Sadly, terrorism appears increasingly to be a fact of life that we must endure. What we as a cricket family must do is to try, wherever possible, to rise above it and show that those who wish to perpetrate evil cannot win.

“If safety and security allow then I would urge the England Test tour of India to go ahead and if it does so then representatives of the ICC will be there to show solidarity with the competing teams.

“And if those Tests are played I would also urge supporters of the game to attend them as that will be the best way to send a message to those who seek to disrupt our way of life, that we will not be prevented from doing what we want or what we enjoy.

“I have today written to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) pledging whatever support the ICC can offer to help ensure that, if appropriate, cricket goes ahead.

“I have also written to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) with a similar offer of support and solidarity.

“The Chief Executives of the ICC’s 10 Full Members, as well as three Associate Member representatives, the ICC President, Vice President and I will be meeting in Cape Town next week in a scheduled Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) meeting.

“At that meeting I intend to raise the question of how we can all come together to address the challenges that the issue of safety and security brings to our game.

“Cricket is a common thread that binds all ICC Members and we must seek to ensure those ties endure. By doing so we will ensure our strong sport will grow even stronger,” added Mr Lorgat.

Cricket News India : Twenty20 Matches 2008-09

Schedule of Twenty20 Matches: Cricket 2008

• Indian Premier League (18-Aprl)
• ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier (2-Aug)
• Canada Cup Four Nation Twenty20 (14-Aug)
• South Africa in England (20-Aug)


Schedule of Twenty20 Matches: Cricket 2009

• South Africa in Australia (11-Jan)
• New Zealand in Australia (15-Feb)
• England in West Indies (15-Mar)
• Australia in British Isles (30-Aug)

Cricket News India : Twenty20 Matches 2008-09

Schedule of Twenty20 Matches: Cricket 2008

• Indian Premier League (18-Aprl)
• ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier (2-Aug)
• Canada Cup Four Nation Twenty20 (14-Aug)
• South Africa in England (20-Aug)


Schedule of Twenty20 Matches: Cricket 2009

• South Africa in Australia (11-Jan)
• New Zealand in Australia (15-Feb)
• England in West Indies (15-Mar)
• Australia in British Isles (30-Aug)

Cricket News India : Test Matches 2008-09

Schedule of Test Matches: Cricket 2008

• South Africa in England (10-July)
• India in Sri Lanka (23-July)
• New Zealand in Bangladesh (17-Oct)
• New Zealand in Australia (20-Nov)
• South Africa in Australia (12-Dec)

Schedule of Test Matches: Cricket 2009

• England in West Indies (4-Feb)
• Sri Lanka in England (7-May)
• Australia in British Isles (8-July)

Cricket News India : ODI Matches 2008-09

Schedule of ODI Matches: Cricket 2008

• European Championship Division One (28-July)
• England in Scotland (18-Aug)
• India in Sri Lanka (18-Aug)
• ICC Associates West Indies Tri-Series (2-July)
• South Africa in England (22-Aug)
• New Zealand in Pakistan (24-Aug)
• ICC Champions Trophy (11-Sep)
• New Zealand in Bangladesh (9-Oct)


Schedule of ODI Matches: Cricket 2009

• South Africa in Australia (16-Jan)
• New Zealand in Australia (1-Feb)
• England in West Indies (20- Mar)
• Sri Lanka in England (24-May)
• Australia in British Isles (28 –Aug)