World Cup 2011: ICC notifies umpire and match referee appointments

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced umpire and match referee appointments for the warm-up and group stage matches for its flagship event the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 which will be staged from 19 February to 2 April in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.Steve Davis of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Kumar Dharmasena of the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires and a former World Cup winner with Sri Lanka in 1996, will stand in the tournament opener which will be played between Bangladesh and India in Mirpur on Saturday 19 February.Billy Doctrove and Asad Rauf, both from the elite panel, will be the third and fourth umpires, respectively while Ranjan Madugalle of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referee will be the match referee.

Uaa Online,Uaa Blackboard:

Uaa Online,Uaa Blackboard: This morning at 10, the UAA women’s basketball team will suit up for a game at one of the country’s most storied and hostile basketball arenas, against one of the sport’s giants: Duke University. The exhibition game is being touted as a showdown between Division I and Division II powers.

Uaa Online,Uaa Blackboard:This morning at 10, the UAA women’s basketball team will suit up for a game at one of the country’s most storied and hostile basketball arenas, against one of the sport’s giants: Duke University. The exhibition game is being touted as a showdown between Division I and Division II powers. Duke is ranked sixth in the nation in the big leagues; UAA is ranked eighth in the not-so-big leagues.

But anyone familiar with UAA’s record against Division I competition knows there’s a great divide between the divisions.

UAA historically fields a strong men’s team and of late has boasted an even stronger women’s team. Yet the men are 28-62 all-time against Division I competition in the Shootout and the women are 29-47.

So anytime the Seawolves knock off a Division I team, it’s noteworthy.more info http://www.adn.com/sports/story/1004335.html

New Zealand Bats Against Pakistan In The Third ODI

New Zealand Bats Against Pakistan In The Third ODI: ABU DHABI: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and opted to bat in the third and final one-day international against Pakistan at the Abu Dhabi Stadium here on Monday.

New Zealand Bats Against Pakistan In The Third ODI:ABU DHABI: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and opted to bat in the third and final one-day international against Pakistan at the Abu Dhabi Stadium here on Monday.

The three-match series is tied at 1-1 after Pakistan won the first match by 138 runs on Tuesday before New Zealand came back by winning the second by 64 runs on Friday.

New Zealand remained unchanged from the last match but Pakistan left out middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf to bring back teenager Umer Akmal, who played the first match.

After the one-day series the teams will move to Dubai where they play two Twenty20 matches on November 12 and 13.

Squads:
Pakistan: Younus Khan (capt), Salman Butt, Khalid Latif, Umer Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamir
New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (capt), Brendon McCullum, Aaron Redmond, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Jacob Oram, Neil Broom, Tim Southee, Shane Bond, Kyle Mills
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (AUS), Nadeem Ghouri (PAK)
Tv Umpire: Zameer Haider (PAK)
Match Referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)