Zimbabwe team to take part in Deodhar and Duleep Trophy

May 7th, 2009 DUBAI - Pakistan still regrets losing to India in the final of the ICC Twenty 20 World Cup two years ago, as captain Younis Khan has said that he will make sure that his side wins the trophy this time around. "We're looking forward to the event in England and we'd definitely like to take the trophy home with us.

May 6th, 2009 DUBAI - Pakistan cricket captain Younus Khan and his Australian counterpart Brad Haddin moved into Twenty20 mode by saying that they were looking forward to the face-off on Thursday. They also said they were looking forward to next month's Twenty20 World Cup in England.

March 25th, 2009 DURBAN - South Africa's cricket coach Mickey Arthur does not favour the team playing a triangular cricket series in June against India and Zimbabwe. Arthur said he would want his side to play in September to warm up for the Champions Trophy tournament that is taking place in South Africa at the end of that month instead of the series in Zimbabwe.

March 25th, 2009 CAPE TOWN - Proteas coach Mickey Arthur has express his unhappiness over the proposed triangular series with India and Zimbabwe in June. Arthur said he wants the team to rest and prepare for the Champions Trophy which would be held in South Africa in September.

February 27th, 2009 KOLKATA - Bengal's Manoj Tiwary will lead a 14-member East Zone squad in the Deodhar trophy cricket tournament to be played in Cuttack from March 14-18. Saurabh Tiwary of Jharkhand will be the vice captain of the side that was announced here Thursday by the zonal selectors.

February 25th, 2009 WELLINGTON - The New Zealand cricket team's scheduled tour of Zimbabwe in July has been postponed until next year, it was announced here Wednesday. Justin Vaughan, chief executive of New Zealand Cricket, said he and his Zimbabwe counterpart, Ozias Bvute, had agreed to put off the tour for 11 months after talks during an International Cricket Council meeting in Johannesburg.

February 23rd, 2009 AUCKLAND - The New Zealand government is unlikely to send its cricket team to Zimbabwe for the series in July. Prime Minister John Key said that sending the team to politically unstable Zimbabwe will be a risk.

February 8th, 2009 CHENNAI - West Zone beat South Zone by 274 runs here Monday to lift the Duleep Trophy for the 17th time. South Zone, chasing a target of 678, were dismissed for 403 on the concluding day of the five-day encounter at the M.A.

February 5th, 2009 CHENNAI - West Zone took a firm grip on the five-day Duleep Trophy final by scoring 459 in their first innings and then reducing South Zone to 106 for four at stumps on the second day at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Friday.

January 23rd, 2009 BANGALORE - Rahul Dravid and Dinesh Karthik cracked centuries to take South Zone to a commanding position against Central Zone on the third day of the Duleep Trophy cricket tie here Saturday. South Zone were 345 for six at stumps after bowling out Central Zone for 326 which gave them a slender three-run first innings lead at the M.

January 22nd, 2009 BANGALORE - Skipper Mohammed Kaif and Naman Ojha came to Central Zone's rescue and took them to 326 for nine in the first innings on the second day of the Duleep Trophy match against South Zone here Friday. Early strikes from comeback men Lakshmipathy Balaji and S.

January 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian cricket board treats the non-availability of Mahendra Singh Dhoni to play for East Zone in the Duleep Trophy as its internal matter and is unwilling to say anything. Board secretary N.

January 9th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Indian cricket board has ruled that the national selector from a zone would chair meetings to pick Duleep Trophy teams even if there were two representatives from the zone at the meeting. Following that, national selection panel member from East Zone Raja Venkat Saturday chaired the Duleep Trophy team selection meeting from the zone, though Bengal was represented by the state's chairman of selectors Sambaran Banerjee.

January 7th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Indian cricket board is trying to hammer out an acceptable solution to the problem of possible dual representations from states in three of the five zones during the coming selection committee meetings for the Duleep Trophy tournament. Disclosing this to reporters here Thursday, president of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Jagmohan Dalmiya, however, ruled out any confrontation with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on the issue.

December 28th, 2008 JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has lifted a blockade on aid to Zimbabwe because of the worsening humanitarian crisis in the neighbouring country, a South African presidential spokesman said Monday. South Africa halted aid to Zimbabwe earlier in a bid to build pressure on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the opposition to hasten the formation of a national unity government.