Bangalore, Oct 9 (IANS) Scoreboard at lunch on day one of the first cricket Test between India and Australia here Thursday.

Colombo, Oct 9 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s sports minister has ordered the interim governing body of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to leave out the IPL-contracted players while selecting a team for the England tour, scheduled for May 2009. These cricketers can now play in the lucrative Indian tournament instead.

Sarai Meer (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 9 (IANS) It’s a confidence building measure with a difference. In a step to soothe ruffled feathers, a cricket match is going to be played between residents of a village on the outskirts of this small town in Azamgarh district and a joint team of the administration and the police.

Toronto, Oct 9 (IANS) After all the visa hassles for foreign players, Toronto is all excited about staging its biggest-ever cricketing show Friday when Pakistan and Sri Lanka join Zimbabwe and hosts Canada to fight it out for the first Al-Barakah T20 Canada Cup.

Kolkata, Oct 8 (IANS) Security has been tightened in and around former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly’s residence on the outskirts of Kolkata following threats that his daughter would be abducted, police said here Wednesday.

Amritsar, Oct 8 (IANS) As if his on-field antics were not enough to keep him in the midst of controversies, Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh’s ‘Ravana-Sita’ dance number with TV actress Mona Singh on a dance show has left the Sikh clergy fuming.

Bangalore, Oct 8 (IANS) Well-known cricketer-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu is set to play himself in the Kannada film “Houseful”, a full length comedy. Director Hemanth Hegde says Sidhu’s cameo will be the highlight of the movie.

Bangalore, Oct 8 (IANS) The shadows of acrimonious series between India and Australia lurched on the eve of the first Test here with Ricky Ponting feeling “insulted” over Indian opener Virender Sehwag’s claims that Australians cheated to win the controversial Sydney Test.