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  • Pitre and Dholpure skittle out Assam for 96 Shantanu Pitre and Sunil Dholpure took eight wickets between them to knock over Assam for 96 on day one in Indore. An unbeaten half-century from Devendra Bundela gave Madhya Pradesh a lead of 54 by stumps, with eight wickets remaining.
  • PCB officials discuss India's tour with High Commission PCB officials, including chairman Ijaz Butt, met with officials from the Indian High Commission on Wednesday to discuss the forthcoming Indian tour to Pakistan, the fate of which is likely to be finalised in ten days.
  • Ganguly nominated to BCCI's technical committee Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian captain, has been nominated to the BCCI's technical committee, a release from N Srinivasan, the Indian board secretary, said.
  • Lloyd hopeful ICL and IPL will co-exist Clive Lloyd, the former West Indies captain and ICC cricket committee chairman, is hopeful the ICL and IPL can co-exist and believes similar leagues in the West Indies will boost the game in the region.
  • India win by 16 runs in fading light India made heavy work of an under-par England total in the first evenly-contested match between the two sides, but edged ahead thanks to a superior run-rate under the Duckworth/Lewis method when bad light curtailed their chase after 40 overs.
  • Tendulkar likely to return to ODI squad Sachin Tendulkar is likely to return to the side when the squad is picked for the last four ODIs of the England series in Kanpur on Thursday, a selector indicated.
  • Pathan fined in a draw-filled day A round-up of the fourth day's play of the third-round matches of the Ranji Trophy Super League 2008-09.
  • Players will be forced to take breaks - Dhoni Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian captain, has said international players will be forced to opt out of matches in order to give themselves rest in a crammed calendar of cricket.
  • Sidebottom sent for back scan Ryan Sidebottom's hopes of featuring in the third ODI against India on Thursday have been dealt a blow after he was sent for a scan on his lower back following the team's arrival in Kanpur.
  • Balaji and Karthik set up crushing win for Tamil Nadu A round-up of the third day's play of the third-round matches of the Ranji Trophy Super League 2008-09.