Mumbai Indians retain four players, including Sachin, Harbhajan
Mumbai Indians have retained Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, West Indian Kieron Pollard and Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga for the next two seasons of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

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Cricket: Pakistan suspends scandal-linked players
KARACHI: Pakistan cricket authorities have suspended the contracts of players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, under investigation over spot-fixing allegations, an official said Thursday.

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Pakistan cricket players leave Britain
The three Pakistani cricket players at the center of betting allegations in London left the United Kingdom on Friday.

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Accused cricket players can return to Pakistan: PCB
Pakistan’s cricket chief Thursday said three players under investigation in Britain for corruption can return home as no charges had been brought against them.

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New Zealand Cricket creates IPL window for players
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Since the existence of the game, test cricket has always been played and esteemed by the players. It is considered as one of the best cricket in the world of cricket. Test cricket is the traditional from of cricket that has always been well-liked by many people. During the early period of cricket when there were very people who knew about cricket, then only test matches were played. This form of cricket is played for many days. The transformation to playing from test matches to one day matches started at a much later period. Today also the players are very fond of playing test matches. They find extreme pleasure in playing for the test matches. They are able to show their best performances through this game.

It is said that old is gold and so the same case applies in test cricket. Traditional things always their own importance in any aspect and it never diminish and the same applies to test cricket. Almost every player who is playing at the international level is anytime willing to play test cricket as well as one day internationals. There are many players who have played one day cricket but are yet to make their debut in the test cricket. Every player dreams of playing test cricket for his country. But it is also known that all players do not have that aptitude to play in test cricket. It needs extra effort and talent to play for the test cricket. A player is able to show his abilities through this game. The fans are always fanatic about to watch any form of cricket. They just need a game of cricket no matters what type of cricket is being played.

Test cricket has made many players outshine in their career. They have got big boost in their career through test cricket. It has helped many crickets to make records that are still remembered in the history. There are some people who do not like this form of cricket as it takes a lot of time and so they feel boring. They somewhere miss the thrills and action that attracts a lot of people towards itself. But there are still many people who love to watch test cricket. In the game of test cricket both the teams get equivalent chance to show their proficiency and prove their potential within a period time. After the toss, the team that wins decides whether to bowl first or bat first in the game. The captain of the team has to consider certain factors that makes him to decide if his team will bat or bowl first.

Generally, in the game of test cricket the team that wins the toss opts to bat first but sometimes it happens that the situation gets reversed. A cricket fanatic can get any information related to cricket on the web.Today, it has become one of the easiest accessible medium to know all about cricket at any time. You can get all the past information as well. There are special tv channels that telecast only about cricket. They also happen to discuss about world records, best performance of the players and the teams and much more about cricket. You can catch the live glimpse of cricket on the sports channel and if you happen to miss it due to some reason. Then no need to worry as the sports channel also replay the matches.

Cricket is a game of passion and many fans like to dedicate their precious time for this sport. This game is full of thrilling moments and actions which makes its fans very crazy for it. They make out some time from their busy schedule to catch live action .Whenever a tournament is scheduled to take place, fans start making some preparation to view the live matches. They do planning and make changes in their schedule to enjoy all the thrills in the match. It has always been noticed that during on-going of any match, cricket world record is made by the tremendous performance of the player. The players are so much efficient that they break older records and make own name by a new record. As a result, the player gets huge success and becomes an important member of the team. The world of cricket is growing ever since it’s beginning.

The player’s fan list gets increased and many people like to watch him on the pitch. All his actions and playing styles are copied by the crazy fans. Cricket is such a fantasy game that makes fans and many people spell with its charm. Fans keep themselves updated with latest happenings about the match if somehow they have missed it. Those who are busy due to their work can catch the live action from internet. You just need to surf on the web for a better site that provides all the information about a match. Some sites keep you updated with the latest records but there are some who represent the complete scenario from the match. They do show you clips from the match and you can cherish with such moments. Sometimes the clips can show you the cricket world record. Any moment of the match is always interesting for the cricket lovers.

Today, cricket is widely known in many parts of globe and its extent is increasing as many teams are joining the cricket group. Any form of cricket whether test match or a one-day is in demand. But a one-day match is found to be more fascinating because within a day you find many thrilling moments from the match that gives you much enjoyment. Cricket world record is recorded separately for both the forms of cricket. International Cricket Council is the chief body that maintains cricket world record separately of both one day and test matches. Cricket world record made by the player is maintained by the name of the player, his team name and various other information. Whenever a player breaks an older record, then fans remember previous cricket player who made this record. Precisely, fans become fascinated by the new player who has made record. As it’s all his effort and hard work that has broken the older record.

Even you come to know about cricket world record through various sources like newspaper, magazines, sports and news channels, radio stations and many others. All these medium will let you about cricket world record if made by the players. The crazy fans do some cutting from magazines or newspaper that has picture of a player who has made a new record. Watching a tournament is always a fun loving experience for its fans.

Records cease to stand once they are broken by some other similarly talented; less talented or more talented individual who is involved with that game. Talks about making and breaking records have always dominated any kind of sport and cricket is no exception to this. It is only that cricket records differ vastly then all the other records. In other words, each game has its own set of unique records and achievements attained by players. Cricket records like any other record motivate a player to give his best and stamp his authority over a certain discipline. Well which player does not like to make new cricket records or break the old ones? However all of us are aware of the fact that not just anybody can break cricket records, a player needs to be extraordinarily talented to make even an attempt at breaking the world records.

Among the different cricket records, the one record which most players want to achieve during their playing career is that perfect batting average of 100. Even the greatest batsman of the world Don Bradman of Australia failed to achieve that. In the last match of his career, Bradman needed to score just 4 runs to achieve that perfect batting average of 100, but destiny had other plans for him and he could not get that. He was out for a duck and missed that record by a whisker. So this is another reason why many players aim to achieve this cricket record. However this can be quite a difficult task. After all even the best player in the world could not do it. However in the near future we may find that some player has achieved this cricket record, along with some other cricket records.

There are many players who claim that records do not matter at all for them. This seems to be the typical case of ‘Sour Grapes’ and the just because these players can never imagine to achieve that which legends have achieved, they say so. Come on, how many players are there in the cricket world, would not like to have certain cricket records in their names. Given a chance all of them would like to take a shot at aiming to break certain cricket records. Currently Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of scoring the maximum number of centuries in both one day internationals and test matches as well. He also holds the record for scoring the maximum number of runs in one day internationals and he is still actively playing the game. Breaking these cricket records is really a tall task and chances are that fans will have to wait a long time to see someone break these cricket records.

Cricket fans that are more statistically inclined are always on the lookout for source through which they can come to know about the cricket records. Newspapers, cricket magazines, news channels and cricket dedicated websites are the different sources through which one can come to know all that they want about cricket records. One just needs to choose the medium properly to know about the different things associated with the game

Records generally have a short span of life, unless they are some exceptional record which needs extraordinary talent and ability to be broken. But everywhere you see, especially in the field of sports players just chase records. Just like any other sport, cricket is another game where cricket records hold a significant sway over proceedings. cricket records had driven players earlier, drive people now and will continue to drive players in future to strive and reach out towards what they feel is the most significant achievement in the game. It takes a lot of hard work to achieve records of any kind and records holders certainly feel bad when someone overtakes their cricket records. Well it is another matter that all players put up a brave front and say that records are meant to be broken so they are happy for the other player. They may feel happy for the other player, but it goes without saying that letting go of something which you held for a long time holds a degree of sadness or probably regret.

Now whatever may be said, it has been proved beyond any doubt that cricket records motivate players and this has come out to be one important factor which helped in attracting newer and younger players to the game. A player needs to set his sight on certain records solely for the purpose of motivation. Imagine how wonderful it would feel if someone emulates the record set by a fellow cricket whom the player considers to be his idol. Cricket records are not just about the number of runs that ahs been scored by a particular player or the number of wickets that has been claimed by a particular bowler. It is much beyond all those things and if you are a serious cricket fan, you need to be updated about the different cricket records. Cricket records can be individual records, team records, match records and many others.

Any records that are made in an international cricket match are recognized by the International Cricket council (ICC), the governing body of cricket. Well it feels good to have someone recognizing your records; otherwise it would have been a real pain to see the records being just another record and no one having a clue about this. There are some records that appear as if no one can break them, but when some exceptionally talented player or team comes across; they too can be easily broken. So all it takes to break cricket records is the presence of some exceptionally talented player or team, in other words, no cricket records are invincible.

Sachin Tendulkar of India holds many records and some of his records like the highest number of centuries in One Day Internationals and Test Matches. Sachin also holds the record for scoring the maximum number of runs in one Day Internationals and that easily surpasses the 10 thousand mark. In fact he is inching towards the 15 thousand run mark and needs just about 40 runs to achieve that. Thais is one cricket record that will need some time to be broken.

According to Yousuf, he had asked Mr. Zardari to look himself in to the matter of ICL Players as the PCB is not handling the issue according to its nature. ICL players issue is getting more sensitive day by day. Players who have joined the Indian cricket League have been banned from playing their national team.  This ban has put bad impact on the performances of the cricket teams as many of good players have moved to ICL.

You can see this difference easily from the scores and stats of the teams by having a comparison with old and new matches. In early days near about every country have put ban on the players who have joined the ICL. But after the Sri Lanka’s full ban removal, Pakistan has also partially removed the ban from ICL players.  PCB has allowed the ICL players to play the domestic season after a judgment that was passed by Sindh High Court. But the thing that players want is the complete removal of ban from them so that they can freely play for leagues and for their national team as well.

Yousuf have approached to pattern in chief of board just because he didn’t have anymore trust on PCB. And due to similar reason he along with other ICL players had entered a petition in the Court as well. Mr. Zardari has promised Yousuf and other players that he will look in to the matter by himself and take the decision that will be good for the Pakistan, for the team and for the players as well.

Muhammad Yousuf has taken a stance that he has been kicked out of twenty20 team just due to the internal politics of the management. He said that along with some other ICL players his stats are still best then many players that are in National team. You can even check the stats and cricket results of his innings through last matches from internet. He said that everything is clear and in front of everyone. There should be no question about it.

BCCI is just trying to kick off ICL just because of their echo.  They have introduced IPL just to make sure that ICL go in to the dark nights and people would love to watch the games of IPL.  But this kind of BCCI’s approach is getting wrong day by day as ICL is getting fame in general public day by day. People loved to watch their matches due to the inclusion of two teams in two seasons, one is Lahore Bad shah’s  that concluded of just Pakistani players, was included in the first season of ICL  and other one is Dhaka warriors that conclude of only Bangladeshi players and was included in ICL in second season.   They have also maintained their website on which you can easily get regular updates about ICL and about other cricket news as well.You can easily get live cricket scores updates and other thing as well.

There are websites like ScoresPro.com from which you can easily get cricket livescore and other news about sports as well.