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Another political heavyweight is all set to join cricket officialdom, with Union Minister for Heavy Industries and former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh throwing his hat into the ring for the Mumbai Cricket Association elections, filing his nomination for the post of vice-president.

Bouyed by a combined effort from Kinderpreet Singh (83) and Mehanzpreet (77) enabled MCA, Mohali to beat MCM Blue Caps Academy by seven wickets in the ongoing Ind-Swift Under-15 Inter-Academy Cricket Tournament being organised by Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy in a match played at St Stephen's School-45 in Chandigarh on Friday.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck an unbeaten 46 off 34 balls to guide India to a six-wicket victory, under the Duckworth-Lewis method, in a rain affected third one-dayer against West Indies on Friday.

St. Lucia (Gros Islet), July 4 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard of the match between India and the West Indies in the rain marred third One-day international of the four-match series at the Beausejor Stadium here Friday.

REUTERS - India beat West Indies by six wickets with one ball remaining (Duckworth-Lewis) in their rain-affected third one-day international at Beausejour stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia on Friday.

St. Lucia (Gros Islet), July 4 (IANS) Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni played another responsible knock of 46 not out as India took an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the series, winning the third One-day international by six wickets according to the Duckworth-Lewis (DL) Method with just one ball to spare here on a rain-marred Friday.

REUTERS - West Indies scored 185 for seven wickets in their rain-affected third one-day international against India at Beausejour stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia on Friday.

St. Lucia (Gros Islet), July 4 (IANS) Ramnaresh Sarwan scored a quick 62 as the West Indies made 185 for seven in 27 overs in the rain-affected third One-day international against India here Friday. But India will require 195 to win after the target was adjusted on the Duckworth/Lewis method.

Lahore, July 3 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sent a show-cause notice to director National Cricket Academy Aamir Sohail for not attending the course held in England.

St Lucia (Gros Islet), July 3 (IANS) India won the toss and elected to field against the West Indies in the third one-day international cricket fixture here Friday.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl in the third one-day international against West Indies on Friday.

Karachi, July 3(IANS) Former Pakistan Test cricketer Aamer Sohail Friday played down reports of a growing rift with fellow Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) director Wasim Bari.

SUNIL GAVASKAR said that the Indian Premier League should not be the only area of interest for cricketers. Delivering the first Dilip Sardesai lecture here on Thursday to commemorate the second death anniversary of the former India Test batsman, Gavaskar said: "Even players not on the fringe of national selection are making decent amount of money.

London, July 3 (IANS) Ricky Ponting might be disappointed with John Buchanan's new job as an advisor in the English board, but the former Australian coach will be backing Ponting to win the Ashes.

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have delayed naming their squad for next month's tour of Sri Lanka because the itinerary is still to be ratified.

Rightwing Hindu party Shiv Sena has threatened to disrupt Indian Premier League (IPL) matches next year unless the cricket board restored a key one-day tournament to the domestic calendar, local media reported on Friday.

Lahore, July 3 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is unlikely to participate in the meeting with the three hosts of the 2011 World Cup India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, to discuss and sort out the hosting rights issues.

Pakistan opener Imran Nazir has been cleared for national duty again after apologising for his outburst in a domestic tournament, the cricket board said on Friday.

Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan will miss the first test against Pakistan due to a knee injury.