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Emirates Cricket Board aims to raise the bar

In an effort to have more quality than quantity, the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) is working on a structure which will see teams split into three tiers, Wajahat Husain, President of the Abu Dhabi Cricket Council (ADCC), said on Sunday.

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Strauss says England ‘disturbed’ by Butt claims

LONDON — England captain Andrew Strauss insisted his side were still seething at Pakistan cricket chief Ijaz Butt’s claims they’d deliberately lost last week’s third ODI after the tourists levelled the series at 2-2 with a convincing 38-run success at Lord’s on Monday.

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Riaz row ‘closed matter’ says ECB chief

England batsman Jonathan Trott’s pre-match altercation with Pakistan’s Wahab Riaz ahead of the fourth one-day international here at Lord’s on Monday was now a “closed matter” according to England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive David Collier.

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