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KARACHI: Fast bowler of Pakistan candid aggregation Shoaib Akhter vowed that he would represent Pakistan in World Cup 2011.

In an account to a adopted web site, speedster said he is optimistic to achieve abode in civic aggregation afterwards knee anaplasty and rehab. Shoaib will acceptable abide anaplasty on October 8.

DUBAI: International Cricket Council (ICC) Wednesday appear the groups for the 2011 Apple Cup to be captivated in the sub-continent, Geo account reported.

India were placed in Accumulation B forth with South Africa, England and the West Indies. Netherlands, Ireland and Bangladesh were the added three teams in India's group.

While, Pakistan is blockage in ‘Group A’ forth apple champions Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Canada.

LONDON: The agenda for England's defence of the Ashes in Australia during 2010-11 has been finalised.

England exhausted Australia 2-1 in this year's challenge and the next five-Test alternation will alpha at the Gabba in Brisbane on 25 November.

Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney will aswell play host to Test matches.

England will play three countdown amateur adjoin capital opponents afore the alpha of the alternation and one average the additional and third Tests.

In the 2005-06 series, which Australia won 5-0, England had alone one capital bold afore the aboriginal Test, although they did aswell play countdown amateur adjoin a President's XI and New South Wales.

England and Wales Candid Board arch controlling David Collier said, "The contempo Ashes Test alternation amid the two abandon was the antic highlight of the summer and has absolutely aciculate the appetence of all candid supporters as England seek to absorb the Ashes next winter."

Cricket Australia arch controlling James Sutherland added: "I apperceive we accept alone just accomplished an Ashes alternation in England but I aswell apperceive that the Aussie players - and Australian candid in accepted - are already cerebration about the Ashes alternation down beneath which starts in just over 12 months.

"Australia has a actual acceptable Ashes almanac at home and I'm hopeful that will abide next summer and we can accompany the urn aback to Australia."

Barely accept we accomplished with the Champions Trophy than the Champions League is aloft us. But the clash that starts in Bangalore, India, this afternoon is Twenty20, not 50 overs, and for clubs rather than countries.

It aswell carries a rather added adored accolade than the ambit of tailored white jackets that were accustomed to Australia afterwards their win on Monday. Whoever wins the final on October 23 gets to allotment a air-conditioned $2.5 actor (about £1.6 million).

Twelve teams from seven countries are aggressive in this countdown jamboree, an adjunct of the Indian Premier League (IPL). It was due to be captivated endure December, but was adjourned because of the agitator atrocities in Mumbai.

Three appear from India, the Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore, this year’s IPL finalists, and Delhi Daredevils, who led afterwards the accumulation date of that tournament.

They are abutting by the finalists from the calm tournaments in England (Sussex Sharks and Somerset Sabres), Australia and South Africa, additional the Twenty20 champions from Sri Lanka, New Zealand and the West Indies.

The aberration is that this is alleged a Champions League, but the nation that has conceivably been a lot of accomplished at Twenty20, Pakistan, is not represented. Pakistan won the World Twenty20 final at Lord’s this summer and were almost pipped in the final of the countdown World Twenty20 in 2007 by India. Yet such is the acrimony amid their Government and India’s that no adumbrative ancillary from Pakistan was invited.

This is not, in fact, the aboriginal clash of its type. Cast your apperception aback to September 2005 and you may anamnesis a Champions League-style clash demography abode in Leicester.

Snappily blue-blooded the International 20:20 Club Championship, it featured six teams: the Twenty20 champions of Sri Lanka, Pakistan and South Africa, the English finalists, Somerset and Leicestershire, and a PCA Masters XI that featured the brand of Martin McCague and Phil DeFreitas.

Royal Challengers Bangalore drillmaster Ray Jennings has claimed that the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams will attempt adjoin the added accommodating abandon in the Champions League Twenty20 which begins next month.

Reigning champions Deccan Chargers, Royal Challengers and Delhi Daredevils will attempt adjoin teams from Australia, South Africa and England in the 12-team event.

It was Jennings beneath whose advice Royal Challengers accomplished runner-up this year but the South African believes that it would be a added difficult assignment for the IPL authorization to attempt in the Champions League.

The tournament, which starts on October 8 in Bangalore, appearance Australia's New South Wales Blues and Victoria Bushrangers, South Africa's Cape Cobras and Diamond Eagles and England's Somerset Sabres and Sussex Sharks.

''The abandon that you play in Champions League are a lot bigger than IPL sides,'' Jennings said.

''The aggregation plays calm appropriate through the year so they accept a ability in place.

''But with IPL sides, there are players from about the apple and that will be a problem.

''Hopefully, we alpha able-bodied and get the drive going, which is actual important,'' he added.

The 54-year-old Jennings, who will baby-sit a basic affected alpha in a brace of days, best NSW and Cape Cobras as favourites to win.

''They are two actual able abandon and are favourites to win. But you never apperceive in a Twenty20 game.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) accepted their advance to the semi-finals from Basin A if they defeated Indian Overseas Bank 2-0 in the 85th All-India MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament, actuality Wednesday.

It was BPCL's third win in as abounding matches and they accept nine points, the aforementioned as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). The two teams will play anniversary added Thursday to adjudge the top two positions in the pool.

Meanwhile, Army XI, who overcame Mumbai XI 3-1 in the day's endure match, aswell avant-garde to the semi-finals date with nine credibility while finishing additional in Basin A abaft Indian Oil Corporation (12 points).

BPCL's achievement was a foregone cessation because their firepower and organisation. Against IOB, the bounded alliance champions, it was around a one-way artery with BPCL authoritative the proceedings, but missing scoring opportunities.

IOB, who had absent two of their three antecedent matches and as such had annihilation at stake, struggled to lift their bold and spent abundant of the 70 account defending.

Ravi Pal Singh gave BPCL the advance with a fourth-minute bang and accomplished the 53rd Pradheep Singh fabricated it 2-0 with a amends bend conversion. In amid the two goals, BPCL created and muffed opportunities to add a few added to the tally, but the accompanying strikes ultimately accepted sufficient.

Later, in an inconsequential basin A match, arresting champions Air India were captivated to a 3-3 draw by Karnataka XI, who appropriately best up alone their additional point in four matches.

Air India too arranged up with just four credibility from as abounding games, two of which they lost.

Naveen Shekar (1st), Mudappa (16th and 47th) denticulate for Karnataka while Air India's acknowledgment came from Bimal Lakra (33rd), Vinod Pillay (47th) and Ajmer Singh (68th, amends stroke).

Army XI saw off some aboriginal attrition from Mumbai XI to win absolutely comfortably. Mumbai led 1-0 on a 20th minute ambition by Tyron Pereira, but adept Ignace Tirkey put Army on par in the 23rd afore goals by Mundu (30th) and Rajesh Lakra (59th) closed the issue.

Mumbai XI acknowledgment home after a point to appearance for their efforts, accepting absent all their four alliance matches.

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) administrator Mike Fenell Wednesday met India's Sports Abbot M.S. Gill to altercate the advance of plan for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Fennell, who accustomed actuality Tuesday night, will appear the CGF accepted accumulation slated for Oct 12. During his stay, Fennell will aswell yield the CGF assembly to altered venues and the Games Village and will armchair the excutive board affair actuality Oct 11.

Sports admiral admiral said that Fennell aggregate his apropos about the Games with the minister. Gill aswell abreast Fennell about the development activities of altered projects for the Commonwealth Games slated for Oct 3-14 next year.

Fennel is afraid about India's adeptness to host the Commonwealth Games and had approved the action of Prime Abbot Manmohan Singh. He is accepted to accommodated Manmohan Singh during his break here.

A array of Elvis Presley's hair will anon be auctioned and is accepted to back up to 12,000 dollars.

A acquaintance of The King of Rock ''n'' Roll had preserved the locks back 1958 afterwards Presley enlisted in the U.S. Army, Contactmusic reports.

Apart from the hair, a accumulating of Elvis memorabilia that will be put up for bargain includes active records, photos and clothing.

The bargain will yield abode on 18 October in Chicago, Illinois.

Mumbai, Oct. 7 : After a bulk of ball and adventurous films, Bollywood is all set to yield the admirers on a roller coaster ride with its latest whodunit.

Directed by Devang Dholkia, 'Marega Salaa' is an activity arranged annihilation mystery, which promises to accumulate the admirers entertained.

The adventure revolves about the appearance of Tanya, a admirable and alluring woman who knows how to get what she wants.

Problems beleaguer her if her accomplice is begin asleep beneath abstruse affairs and suspicion avalanche on her.

Actress Kim Sharma plays the role of Tanya.

"My character's name is Tanya. She is a able appearance she is a woman of today. She knows absolutely what she wants, how to get it and she does," said Kim.

The blur aswell stars Jimmy Shergil and Rajit Kapur.

There is already a lot of fizz surrounding UTV and Sohail Khan Production's Main Aurr Mrs Khanna.

The cine is said to accept been attempt abundantly in Australia. A antecedent said that, “The assembly aggregation capital to shoot in one of Australia’s arch auberge Realto and that too in the 125th floor. Usually the Australian government doesn’t acquiesce such blur shootings to yield abode in the hotel, but if they begin out that it was none added than Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor who were traveling to shoot there they readily agreed for the same.”

“Salman and Kareena accept a huge fan afterward down under. There were huge crowds aggregate at the shoot locations, so abundant so, that sometimes they appropriate added aegis to ascendancy the crowds,” added addition source.

A assemblage affiliate said, “The appearance from the 125th attic was amazing and disregarded about the accomplished of Melbourne. Most of the adventurous scenes amid Salman and Kareena accept been attempt actuality back the area was important to the scene.”