SWANN LAMENTS PACKED SCHEDULE | Sporting Life – Cricket News | Live Ball-by-ball scorecards, IPL, County Championship
England off-spinner Graeme Swann believes there is too much cricket being played at the moment and the situation needs assessing to avoid player burn-out.

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PAKISTAN CONSIDER IPL EQUIVALENT | Sporting Life – Cricket News | Live Ball-by-ball scorecards, IPL, County Championship
Pakistan’s cricketers may yet have a shot at their own Indian Premier League-style Twenty20 tournament – but it will take place overseas. The Pakistan Cricket Board are still hoping to set up their version of a competition which has attracted so many of the world’s top players to neighbouring India.

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ICC CUT WORLD CUP NUMBERS | Sporting Life – Cricket News | Live Ball-by-ball scorecards, Cricket World Cup
The International Cricket Council have confirmed the next two World Cups will be contested by 10 teams, dealing a major blow to associate nations such as Ireland.

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PORTERFIELD RECEIVES ICC REPRIMAND | Sporting Life – Cricket News | Live Ball-by-ball scorecards, Cricket World Cup
Ireland captain William Porterfield has been reprimanded by the International Cricket Council after publicly criticising umpire Asoka de Silva’s handling of a video review during his side’s 44-run defeat against West Indies.

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ENGLAND ALLOWED TO BRING IN MORGAN | Sporting Life – Cricket News | Live Ball-by-ball scorecards, Cricket World Cup
The International Cricket Council have approved England’s request to replace the injured Kevin Pietersen with Eoin Morgan in their World Cup squad.

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‘TESTING TIME’ FOR BLACK CAPS | Sporting Life – Cricket News | Live Ball-by-ball scorecards, Cricket World Cup
New Zealand cricket chiefs say the Black Caps feel “helpless” and “devastated” after hearing about the earthquake in Christchurch.

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WANKHEDE FAILS SAFETY INSPECTION | Sporting Life – Cricket News | Live Ball-by-ball scorecards, Cricket World Cup
Mumbai cricket officials remain confident the Wankhede Stadium will stage the World Cup final despite news the venue has yet to meet fire safety standards.

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ADAMS HELPS LAUNCH WORLD CUP | Sporting Life – Cricket News | Live Ball-by-ball scorecards, Cricket World Cup
The Cricket World Cup was sung in by Bryan Adams in Dhaka. It is the winter of 2011, of course, rather than the Summer of 69, but a short set of the Canadian rocker’s favourites still did the trick for 21,000 people inside the Bangabandhu National Stadium.

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JOYCE WANTS TEST CRICKET IN IRELAND | Sporting Life – Cricket News | Live Ball-by-ball scorecards, Cricket World Cup
Ed Joyce rues the fact that he was never granted the chance to play Test cricket for England but hopes future generations of Irish cricketers get the chance to do so for their own country.

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LENGTHY BANS FOR PAKISTAN TRIO | Sporting Life – Cricket News | Live Ball-by-ball scorecards, England, Australia
The International Cricket Council have confirmed they have handed down suspensions to three Pakistan cricketers at the end of the anti-corruption tribunal in Doha.

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