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After allowing Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has also given permission to ' banned'fast bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan to participate in Bangladesh's domestic T20 tournament starting March 26 in Sharjah. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had imposed a year's ban on Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved and slapped hefty fines on them for violating the players code of conduct during the disastrous Australia tour. It may be noted that the PCB had issued a strict warning to the play  

New Bermuda cricket coach David Moore will meet the team for the first time in South Africa next week. The Australian will join his new charges at the High Performance Centre in Pretoria on March 27, two days after the team arrives and the day before the first practice match of the tour. Moore will stay with the squad until April 2, the first day of their four-day Intercontinental Shield clash with Namibia in Windhoek.

I've spoken to him already, and I already know what he's looking for, what his standards and demands from the team are   -Stephen Outerbridge

 

This weekend the White Ferns start their preparation for the ICC World Twenty20 which is starts in May in the West Indies. Although many players have been successful on the domestic scene, many haven't been able to transfer those skills onto the international stage. Gary Stead, coach of the White Ferns, will be overseeing this weekend's North v South competition at Lincoln, where the top players from each island come together to show the selectors they are good enough to participate at the World Cup.

International players at domestic level get away and succeed because they get more easy balls to hit and easier wickets to take – you don’t get that at the next level up," he said.   -Gary Stead

 

West Indies A will tour England later this year following a pull out from New Zealand, the England and Wales Cricket Board has announced. The ECB said Thursday the West Indies Cricket Board agreed to step in and fill the void after New Zealand Cricket requested that their side's tour of England be postponed. Windies A will also participate in a triangular one-day series with India A and the England Lions, the country's A side, and will also replace New Zealand A as opposition for India A in two A-team  

Rolls-Royce closed the Derbyshire Indoor Cricket League season by lifting the Arthur Honeybun Memorial Trophy at the Gateway Centre. They passed a stiff target of 145-3 set by Lullington Park in the final with three wickets and one-and-a-half overs to spare. Luke Bingham top-scored for Lullington with 33 but, when their score was 85-1 from six overs, it looked like their total might be a lot more formidable.  

West Indies women's team will have a month of intense preparation before the start of the International Cricket Council's World Twenty20 Tournament in St Kitts. West Indies will assemble in St Kitts on April 11 for a specially arranged camp as well as a series of matches against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. At the camp they will work specifically on strength and conditioning, fitness and agility, tactical awareness, match simulations, as well as improving their skill levels.

We want to continue from where we left off last November when we beat England in St Kitts. That was a great tour and a wonderful experience so we want to continue the good work which we started. The matches against Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be crucial as we want to win and get into habit of winning   -Merissa Aguilleira

 

 

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) in all likelihood will have higher priced tickets for the ICC World Cup match between India and England at Eden Gardens on February 27, next year. However the ticket prices will be lower for the other three matches which doesn't feature the home team. The other matches at the Eden are South Africa vs Ireland (March 15), Ireland vs Netherlands (March 18) and Kenya vs Zimbabwe (March 20).  

At least four African countries are set to lose their annual international competition following the apparent demise of the North-West African Championships (NWAC). Nigerian Cricket Federation President, Kwesi Sagoe, has advised CricInfo the event is "highly unlikely" to be held in 2010 due to issues obtaining sponsorship as a result of the state of his country's economy. It will be the second year in a row it has not been held.