Chappell rebuffs Pakistan's coaching offer

LAHORE: Former Australian captain Greg Chappell has turned down an offer to take up the reins of Pakistan's embattled cricket team, saying that he does not intend to coach at the international level anymore.

Chappell is currently the head coach at Australia's Centre of Excellence and chairman of the National Youth Selection Panel.

The former Australia captain said he was approached by Chief Operating Officer (CEO) of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Wasim Bari to replace Intikhab Alam.

" I was honoured and flattered by the approach but I have declined the invitation," Chappell said.

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ICC Twenty20 Worldcup 2010: Schedule & Coverage

The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 is an international cricket tournament which will be held in the West Indies between 30 April to 16 May 2010. The last Twenty20 was held in England, which Pakistan won in an overall outrageous tournament. This ICC World Twenty20 will be taking place only 10 months after the last one. As before, the tournament will feature 12 all-male teams - the Test-playing nations and two qualifiers. Matches will be played at four grounds - Barbados ,Guyana, St.Lucia and St.Kitts & Nevis. The tournament will be organised in parallel with the women’s tournament, with the men’s semi-finals and final being preceded by the semi-finals and final from the women’s event. Teams Groups

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* STAR Cricket (Live) India, Sri Lanka, Singapore
* GEO Super (Live) Pakistan
* DD National (Live) India (only India matches)
* Sky Sports (Live) UK
* SKY Sport (Live) New Zealand
* SUPER Sport (Live) South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe
* Fox Sports (Live) Australia
* Television Jamaica(Live)Jamaica
* Caribbean Media Corporation(Live) All Caribbean Islands

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World Cup 2011 Sechdule

MUMBAI: Pakistan, who were wary of playing in India due to political tensions between the two nations, will play its six league matches of the World Cup 2011 in Sri Lanka.

India will clash with Bangladesh in the opening match of the 2011 World Cup in Dhaka on February 19, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday.

The first match takes place two days after the opening ceremony of the 14-nation showpiece at the same venue in Dhaka on February 17, according to the schedule released by the ICC here.

The final of the 43-day tournament, being co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, will take place at the renovated Wankhede stadium in India's financial capital of Mumbai on April 2.

The teams have been divided into two groups of seven each for the preliminary league, with the top four from each group advancing to the quarter-finals.

Defending champions Australia head group A which includes Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and two qualifiers, Canada and Kenya.

The other group comprises India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh and qualifiers Ireland, Netherlands.

India will host 29 matches at eight venues, Sri Lanka 12 at three venues and Bangladesh eight at two places, after Pakistan were removed as co-hosts by the ICC due to security fears in the volatile nation.

Pakistan, who were wary of playing in India due to political tensions between the two nations, will play its six league matches in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka will host five of its matches at two new venues in southern Hambantota and Pallekele, near the hill town of Kandy, where cricket stadiums are under construction.

The remaining seven games in the island nation will be held at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo.

India has picked eight regular Test centres -- Mumbai, Mohali, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, New Delhi -- for its matches.

The Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka will host six matches and the opening ceremony, while two games will be played in the port city of Chittagong.

The 2011 event is a week shorter than the one held in the Caribbean in 2007 and will have 49 matches, two less than the previous tournament.