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Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram is not in favour of India breaking cricketing ties with Pakistan and has suggested that both countries play a Test match in Mumbai, to show solidarity after the recent terrorist attacks in the city

Akram proposes India-Pakistan Test in Mumbai

The BCCI and the ECB are engaged in "positive discussions" to hold the two-Test series, which start on December 11, with Mohali and Chennai believed to have been identified as the new venues

Mohali emerges as alternative venue

Plays of the day for the fourth day of the second Test between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide

Ducks of the day

01-Dec-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the Adelaide Oval

North East Twenty20 league on the cards

Shillong will host the tournament scheduled for January 19-23. Besides Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, are expected to feature in the tournament, which will carry a prize money of Rs 3 lakh

Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, has said the cricketing fraternity must try to rise above the threat of terrorism

England should tour if security permits - Lorgat

Steve Harmison has said the decision each player will have to make about whether to return to India will be among "the most important of their lives" but insisted now was not the time to make rash judgements

'Being asked to go back is the last thing on my mind' - Harmison

The Zimbabwe and Kenya boards are close to finalising a tour of Zimbabwe by the Kenyans which could take place before Christmas

Kenya set to tour Zimbabwe in December

Two dropped catches by Daniel Flynn and Daniel Vettori cost New Zealand dearly, as Australia piled up 535 in the second innings of the second Test in Adelaide.

'We're way behind now' - O'Brien

30-Nov-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the Adelaide Oval

India's Pakistan tour in doubt

India's scheduled tour of Pakistan in January stands closer than ever to being cancelled after reports suggested the government wanted to take a tougher line against Pakistan in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai

Two centuries, in albeit contrasting styles, were the highlights on the third day at Adelaide as Brad Haddin and Michael Clarke took Australia to a commanding position against New Zealand

'Haddin deserves the rewards' - Clarke

30-Nov-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the Adelaide Oval

What's the story, grumpy Vettori?

Plays of the third day between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide

30-Nov-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the Adelaide Oval

'Sri Lankan cricket going through dark ages'

Hashan Tillakaratne, the former captain, has said Sri Lankan cricket is going though "the dark ages" and that an elected body is the way forward

30-Nov-2008•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

'Safety cannot be guaranteed' warns Vaughan

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has said he would 'find it very difficult to go back' to India

England's cricketers will not be forced to return to India for the two-Test series between the two countries, Hugh Morris, the ECB's managing director for England cricket, said as the squad arrived back in London

England players 'will not be forced to do anything'

The PCB chairman has warned of a divide in the cricket world if countries decide not to tour the subcontinent because of security concerns

PCB chairman warns of divide

The organisers of the Champions Twenty20 League are gearing up for intense negotiations in the coming weeks to get the inaugural edition of the tournament back on the road

Rescheduling a 'highly complex challenge'

29-Nov-2008•Ajay S Shankar

Five islands put in Twenty20 bids

Five Caribbean countries have made bids to host matches during the 2010 World Twenty20, half the number that pitched for matches at the 2007 World Cup

West Indies have appointed Steve Folkes, a former Australian rugby league player and coach, as their strength and conditioning coach ahead of the series in New Zealand

Rugby coach to work on Windies' fitness