Muttiah Muralitharan out of World Twenty20

Sri Lanka's ICC World Twenty20 title hopes have been dented by the news that Muttiah Muralitharan will miss the rest of the tournament.

The spinner suffered a groin injury in the two-wicket defeat to New Zealand over the weekend, which will require rest.

The 38-year-old, the highest wicket-taker in Test and one-day cricket, was crucial to his side's chances with spin bowlers expected to play a big part in the tournament on the slow wickets in the Caribbean.

"Sri Lankan team physio Tommy Simsek speaking to srilankacricket.lk revealed that clinical tests revealed a grade one strain of his right adductor muscle," a statement read.

"Murali will be advised to rest for 2-3 weeks, hence a replacement will be decided by SLC with the advice of the National selectors."

Sri Lanka must defeat Zimbabwe in their second group match on Monday to progress to the Super Eights.

Source: Skysports.com

Know about Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday produced one of the best innings in the history of one-day cricket as India came within three runs of victory over Australia in the fifth one-dayer.
After 20 years of international cricket, Tendulkar turned back the clock and his 45th one-day hundred evoked memories of some of his best knocks through his career.

Here's a collection of all you would want to know about the genius of Sachin Tendulkar and his latest milestone:

Source: cricketnext.in.com

Cricket's Oscars Tonight, 4 Indians in Race

India's good form over the past year will be recognised on Thursday night at the ICC awards ceremony. Four Indians have been nominated for cricket's top honour.

The sixth LG ICC Awards 2009 will take place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The function will start at 10 pm (IST) while the guests will start arriving at 9 pm (IST).

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and opener Gautam Gambhir have got twin nominations, while Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag have been shortlisted for the ODI Player of the Year category of the annual awards.

Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan have been nominated for three International Cricket Council (ICC) awards. Dilshan has also been nominated for the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year Award.

Based on the period between August 13, 2008 and August, 24, 2009, the LG ICC Awards 2009 presented in association with FICA take into account performances by players and officials.

That period includes such high-profile events as the ICC World Twenty20 2009 in England, the ICC Women's World Cup 2009 in Australia and the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2009 in South Africa, as well as several bilateral Test and ODI series.

The nominations were made by a five-member selection panel headed by former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd.

The panel also included former cricketers Anil Kumble of India, Mudassar Nazar of Pakistan, Bob Taylor of England and New Zealand's Stephen Fleming.

The previous LG ICC Awards ceremonies were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007) and Dubai (2008).

Source: Ndtv.com

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