cricket news : ICC drops Cox`s Bazaar as World T20

ICC drops Cox`s Bazaar as World T20 venue The slow pace of work to develop stadiums for next year`s World Twenty20 Championships in Bangladesh on Sunday resulted in Cox`s Bazaar being dropped as one of the venues for the March 16 to April 6 tournament. Johnson says still has `lot to offer` in Test cricket Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has said he feels that he still has a lot to offer in Test cricket even though he has got only a few years left as a fast bowler.

Eden readies to shower Sachin with `199` greetings One hundred and ninety-nine kg of rose petals will be showered from the skies, while 199 bunches of balloons will be floating in the air to greet batting great Sachin Tendulkar at the Eden Gardens, as he plays the 199th and penultimate Test match of his career at the iconic ground Nov 6-10.

Plan was to make Tendulkar play: Mohit Sharma Refusing to get swayed away by the hype after dismissing Sachin Tendulkar, Haryana`s young all-rounder Mohit Sharma on Sunday said the plan was to "make him play" as much as possible in his side`s much-awaited opening fixture of this season`s Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai.

Political slugfest mars day one of HP-Goa Ranji match In a dramatic turn of events, the Ranji Trophy Group C match between Himachal Pradesh and Goa was cancelled but later resumed on Sunday after BCCI president N Srinivasan intervened to sort out a political tug of war. AB de Villiers regains No.1 Test batting ranking South Africa’s AB de Villiers has overtaken teammate Hashim Amla at the top of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen released Sunday to regain the number-one spot that he last held in April 2012.

Steyn to miss first two Pakistan one-dayers Paceman Dale Steyn will miss the first two of the five-match one-day series against Pakistan to rest his body, South African team management said on Sunday.

Harbhajan takes six wickets to dismiss Odisha for 205 on day 1 Eager to make a comeback to the national team, Punjab skipper Harbhajan Singh on Sunday returned with a sensational six-wicket haul to skittle out Odisha for 205 in their first innings on the opening day of a Group A Ranji Trophy match. CSA congratulates national team on 100th Test Victory Cricket South Africa (CSA) has congratulated its national team for 100th Test match victory since the formation of a unified national cricket body.

Saurashtra 226/2 on first day against Rajasthan An unbeaten century from Sagar Jogiyani enabled Saurashtra reach 226 for two at the end of the first day`s play of their Ranji Trophy Group B match against Rajasthan on Sunday.

West Indies to start T20 title defence against India World Twenty20 champions, the West Indies will start the defence of the title they won last year in Colombo against ICC ODI World Champions India.

Ponting book puts pressure on Michael `Pup` Clarke The explosive claims made by Australia`s former cricket captain Ricky Ponting in his autobiography At the Close of Play is believed to have added to the immense pressure on the current Test skipper Michael Clarke.

Ranji Trophy: Tendulkar disappoints but Mumbai in control