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London, Nov 19 (IANS) English county club Middlesex have signed up Adam Gilchrist for next season's Twenty20 Cup and are now looking to get Sachin Tendulkar on board as well.

Ahmedabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Pune's Aditya Bhandarkar shot one of only two under-par rounds Thursday to set up a final-day clash with overnight leader Abhijit Chadha at the LG Gujarat Open at the par-72 Kensville Golf Club.

Uncapped off-spinner James Tredwell was called into the England squad as cover on Thursday after Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad were ruled out of the first two one-day internationals through injury.

India coach Gary Kirsten has urged his batsmen to come up with "something special" to save the first test against Sri Lanka.

Ahmedabad, Nov 19 (IANS) India are fighting hard to prevent Sri Lanka from winning their first Test on Indian soil by giving themselves a fair chance of batting out the fifth and last day for the first cricket Test here Friday.

Ahmedabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the first cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka at Motera's Sardar Patel Stadium here Thursday.

Karachi, Nov 19 (IANS) Less than a week after withdrawing from the ongoing tour of New Zealand, Younis Khan indicated that he would be available for the series against Australia that will begin with the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.

Karachi, Nov 19 (IANS) Pakistan's cricket chief Ijaz Butt has ruled out the return of controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar to international cricket.

Karachi, Nov 19 (IANS) Eminent Pakistani cricket umpire Aleem Dar Thursday said the new umpire referral system will help minimise errors.

Scoreboard at the close on the fourth day of the first test between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.

Ahmedabad, Nov 19 (IANS) India were 190 for two in their second innings, trailing by 144 runs against Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the first cricket Test at Sardar Patel Stadium here.

Middlesex have signed Australian Adam Gilchrist for next year's Twenty20 campaign and hope to recruit Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar as well, the English county side said on Thursday.

Dubai, Nov.19 (ANI): The ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2010 (U19 CWC) will be launched in Dunedin, New Zealand on Monday (November 23).

Johannesburg, Nov 19(ANI): South Africa coach Mickey Arthur has said his team had started the series against England in a friendly manner, but it is time to raise the voltage.

Ahmedabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir gave a good start as India made 77 for no loss in the second innings at tea after Sri Lanka declared their first innings at 760 for seven on the fourth day of the first cricket Test here Thursday.

Ahmedabad, Nov 19 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard at tea on the fourth day of the first cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka at Motera's Sardar Patel Stadium here Thursday.

Ahmedabad, Nov 19 (IANS) India were 77 for no loss in the second innings at tea against Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the first cricket Test here Thursday.

Every time Prasanna Jayawardene played a rash shot, Mahela Jayawardene would walk to the middle of the pitch probably explaining to the wicketkeeper batsman the importance of his wicket as Sri Lanka looked to bat India out of the first Test in Ahmedabad.

With more than a session to go, the shoulders of Indian fielders had already started to dip. Precious little had gone the hosts' way as bowlers struggled to get enough purchase from the third-day pitch and Sri Lanka piled on the agony with some sensible batting.

Melbourne, Nov 19 (ANI): Australian vice captain Michael Clarke is being forced to receive daily treatment on his troublesome back to be ready in time for next week's opening Test against the West Indies at Gabba.