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Samuels, Shiv put Windies in the lead

. ENGLAND-Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels shared an unbroken fifth-wicket partnership of 147 to lift West Indies to 212 for four at lunch on the fourth day of the first test against England at Lord's on Sunday.

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Bangladesh name squad for Zim series

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has named a 27-member preliminary squad ahead of next month’s Tri-Nation Twenty20 (T20) tournament which will feature Zimbabwe and South Africa.

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No money for cricketers

Zimbabwe cricket team captain Brendan Taylor and Prosper Utseya are among the international cricketers yet to be paid for their participation in a Cricket All-Star Twenty20 (T20) held in Canada last weekend.

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Butcher welcomes Bangladesh inclusion in T20 series

National cricket team coach Alan Butcher has welcomed the inclusion of Bangladesh in next month’s Twenty20 (T20) Tri-series which will also feature neighbours South Africa.

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Kenya says former player under ICC investigation

NAIROBI - A former Kenyan player is under investigation by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for interfering with matches, Tom Sears, the outgoing Cricket Kenya chief executive officer has said.

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South African Richardson named new ICC chief

DUBAI - David Richardson, the former South Africa wicketkeeper, has been chosen by the International Cricket Council as its new chief executive.

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Harare Friendly Cricket T20 underway

Harare Sports Club beat RhoDocs by 107 runs to top the log in the Harare Friendly Cricket T20 League which roared into life in the capital on Saturday.

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Sehwag’s ODI world record can be broken: Coventry

MUMBAI — Charles Coventry, Zimbabwe’s 30-year-old right- handed opener, believes Virender Sehwag’s record of 219 runs in ODI (one-day international) can be broken.

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Gayle open to Windies return

KINGSTON — Flamboyant opener Chris Gayle has scrapped his deal with English county Somerset to make himself available for West Indies after ending his year-long dispute with the cricket board.

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Asif release expected this week

LONDON — Mohammad Asif is this week expected to become the second of the three Pakistan cricketers jailed for spot-fixing to be released.