Other International Cricket

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Sri Lanka Cricket has signed a new deal with Somerset Entertainment Ventures to hold the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) in 2012, ESPNcricinfo has learned. The deal was signed on May 5 and the tournament has been tentatively scheduled to be held between August 10 and August 31, just ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 that will be held in Sri Lanka in September.

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The fast bowler Mark Gillespie has missed out on a national contract despite being New Zealand's leading wicket taker in their most recent Test series. New Zealand have named their 20 contracted players for 2012-13 and five new names have appeared on the list for the first time - Dean Brownlie, Doug Bracewell, Andrew Ellis, Tarun Nethula and Kruger van Wyk - while James Franklin has regained his deal after being cut last year.
As reported last month, Jesse Ryder did not have his contract renewed, and the other men who lost their existing deals were Hamish Bennett, who missed all of last season due to back surgery, Neil Broom, Andy McKay, Luke Woodcock and Reece Young. Michael Bates, Ronnie Hira, Graeme Aldridge, Brent Arnel, Colin de Grandhomme, Jeetan Patel and Tom Latham all played for New Zealand during the past year but did not win a contract.

New Zealand contracted players for 2012-13
Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Dean Brownlie, Andrew Ellis, Daniel Flynn, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Chris Martin, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Tarun Nethula, Rob Nicol, Jacob Oram, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Kruger van Wyk, Daniel Vettori, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson

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Start of a Tri T20I series in Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe, South Africa, Bangladesh)

Zimbabwe 176 for 4 (Sibanda 58, Masakadza 55, Parnell 2-33) beat South Africa 147 (Ingram 48, Levi 40, Mpofu 3-20, Cremer3-29) by 29 runs

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The New South Wales batsman Kurtis Patterson is one of three players with senior state cricket experience named in Australia's squad for the Under-19 World Cup. However, the Australians have not yet named a captain for the tournament, which will be held in Queensland in August and at which they will be the defending champions after Mitchell Marsh led his side to the title in New Zealand two years ago

Under-19 World Cup squad Ashton Agar (Vic), Cameron Bancroft (WA), William Bosisto (WA), Meyrick Buchanan (Vic), Harry Conway (NSW), Sam Hain (Qld), Travis Head (SA), Joel Paris (WA), Kurtis Patterson (NSW), James Peirson (Qld), Gurinder Sandhu (NSW), Mark Steketee (Qld), Nicholas Stevens (Qld), Ashton Turner (WA), Jack Wildermuth (Qld).

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Australia will play Afghanistan for the first time next month, as a warm-up for the series against Pakistan in the UAE. Although the details of the Pakistan series are still being finalised, Cricket Australia has confirmed that a one-off match with Afghanistan, most likely a one-day international, will be held ahead of the Pakistan series in an effort to assist with Afghanistan's cricketing development.

If the game is an ODI it will be Afghanistan's second against an ICC full member, after they lost to Pakistan in Sharjah in February.

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Tatenda Taibu, the Zimbabwe wicketkeeper-batsman, has announced his retirement, stating that he wants to focus on working for the church. Taibu played 28 Tests and 150 ODIs for Zimbabwe and has quit aged only 29, usually a cricketer's prime.

The decision comes as even more of a surprise as, earlier in the day, he was named in Zimbabwe's provisional squad for September's World Twenty20

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Its taken forever, but NZ are playing well

WI 3/20 (7 overs)

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Tim Southee has been added to New Zealand's Test squad for the ongoing tour of the West Indies as a replacement for Mark Gillespie, who was ruled out last week due to an ankle injury. New Zealand did not confirm at the time who would take Gillespie's place but Southee, who has played 17 Tests and was already in the Caribbean for the ODIs, appeared the logical answer.

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Marchant de Lange has become the second South Africa player to withdraw from the Test series against England through injury in the opening week of the tour. De Lange sustained a lower back injury during the Twenty20 tri-series in Zimbabwe last month and has not recovered. He will be replaced by Albie Morkel.

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Kevin Pietersen has sensationally opened the door for an England comeback in limited-overs international cricket, admitting he would "love to play for another three or four years in all forms of cricket."

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Its taken forever, but NZ are playing well

WI 3/20 (7 overs)

WI 5/105

Poor MP..Samuels out for 45

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Kevin Pietersen has sensationally opened the door for an England comeback in limited-overs international cricket, admitting he would "love to play for another three or four years in all forms of cricket."

So he missed what? One ODI series during his retirement?

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West Indies v New Zealand
4th ODI

WEST INDIES WON BY 24 RUNS

WI 264 (49.5 overs)
KA Pollard 56 (70)
MN Samuels 46 (64)
JDP Oram 3/42 (10)
TG Southee 3/53 (9.5)
NZ 240 (49.3 overs)
LRPL Taylor 110 (115)
TL Best 4/46 (10)
SP Narine 2/20 (10) MAN OF THE MATCH

WI lead 5 match series 3-1

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India and Pakistan will resume bilateral ties with a "short series", comprising three ODIs and two Twenty20 internationals, in December and January. The matches will be held between the Test and one-day legs of England's tour of India and will form the first bilateral series between the two sides since Pakistan toured India in end-2007.

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Ireland v Bangladesh
1st T20I
Belfast

BANGLADESH WON BY 71 RUNS

Bangladesh 5/190
Shakib Al Hasan 57 (33)
Ziaur Rahman 40* (17)
PR Sterling 2/38 (4)
Ireland 8/119
GC Wilson 41* (36)
Elias Sunny 5/13 (4) MAN OF THE MATCH

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Mike Hesson has been confirmed as the new head coach of New Zealand and has been handed a contract until the end of the 2015 World Cup. Hesson, 37, has previously spent six years in charge of Otago and took over as Kenya's head coach after last year's World Cup, but quit after 10 months in the role due to concerns over the safety of his family and their quality of life in Kenya.

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India 2-180
Sehwag run out 96
Kohli 77 not out

28 overs to go.

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India end up 6/314

Kohli 106
Sehwag 96
Raina 50

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Virat Kohli must now be considered perhaps the best ODI batsman going around.

Last night scored his 12th ODI hundred in his 86th match, has maintained an average over 51, in fact his last five ODI knocks, in reverse order:
106 (113), 183 (148), 66 (82), 108 (120) and 133* (86). Only the 66 was against a minnow, three of those tons against Sri Lanka.

Gun!

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West Indies have started their innings well against NZ, currently 0/236, trailing by 115

Gayle 140*
Powell 93*