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Michael Clarke will attempt to raise his game at the World Twenty20 but don't expect him to rain sixes over the small grounds in the West Indies

Clarke aims to lift the pace

23-Apr-2010•Peter English

Jodie Fields misses World T20 with hamstring injury

Australia have suffered a setback after their captain Jodie Fields was ruled out of the World Twenty20 with a hamstring injury

The Bangladesh fast bowler believes his success on the domestic circuit has primed him for a strong return to international cricket

Confident Mortaza raring for comeback

New Zealand will play three Twenty20s against Sri Lanka in the USA next month in an effort to spread the game into a new market

USA hosts its first Twenty20 internationals

New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond, who played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, has said his last few days in India were "nervy" following the bomb blasts outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium

Bond 'wanted to get out' of India after blasts

Sachin Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians captain, has said he is confident the IPL is strong enough to overcome the ongoing crisis

IPL will overcome ongoing crisis - Tendulkar

England coach Andy Flower believes the IPL experience of his top-order batsmen will serve them well when the World Twenty20 begins in West Indies at the end of the month

Andy Flower hopes for IPL benefit

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, the former India captain and a member of the IPL governing council, has said the council failed in its role to monitor the league's administration

We should have been more aware on IPL council - Pataudi

The controversial and injury-prone Pakistan fast bowler has not given up hopes of making an international comeback

I'm fit and bowling in rhythm - Shoaib

Brad Haddin insists Twenty20 is not just a young man's game

Haddin avoids 'funky' approach to Twenty20

22-Apr-2010•Peter English

Meeting valid, no conflict of interest - Manohar

The war of words between the BCCI and Lalit Modi continues unabated with the board president Shashank Manohar rejecting Modi's contention that the governing council meeting on April 26 would be invalid

Lancashire have moved to sign Simon Katich and Shivnarine Chanderpaul as replacements for Sri Lankan star Kumar Sangakkara who has been ruled out on account of his extended international commitments.

Lancashire sign Katich and Chanderpaul

Redbacks swing axe in search of winning culture

S Badrinath, the Chennai Super Kings batsman, said that despite the tough time in the league phase, his side never doubted that they would make the semi-finals

Semi-final entry was never in doubt - Badrinath

Jacob Oram's catalogue of serious injuries is wearing him down but the lure of the World Twenty20 has motivated another comeback

Frustrated Oram on track for World Twenty20

21-Apr-2010•Peter English

Taxmen in nationwide IPL sweep

Federal income-tax and revenue officials have extended their operations into the most coordinated and high-profile exercise of recent times in India

Sachin Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians captain, remains uncertain for the IPL final on April 25, after he injured his finger on his right hand while attempting a low catch at slip

Tendulkar hopes to recover from finger injury for final

Ireland suffered a setback in their preparations for the World Twenty20 as they suffered a nine-wicket thrashing at the hands of Trinidad and Tobago

Ireland slump in Twenty20 warm-up

The IPL controversy has taken an ugly turn with the release of email correspondence in which Lalit Modi has contested the validity of the governing council meeting called for April 26

Modi mails take the fight to BCCI