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Recently, a cricket match was held on ice in Auckland, New Zealand which involved some of the former New Zealand cricketers like Sir Richard Hadlee, Chris Harris, Dion Nash and current stars like Shane Bond and Kyle Mills. It was not a part of any tournament, rather the match was organized in order to raise fund for hurt patients.

Sir Hadlee, who himself suffered from heart problem in the past, started the match when he bowled the first ball of the match against Matthew Munro, a 12-year-old who already had two surgery on his heart. Regarding the experience of playing on ice, former New Zealand cricketer Dion Nash said that the surface was hard and quicker than conventional cricket wickets, but there was not much swing, and thus, requiring less feet movement.

Well, I am really happy to see that such a match was organized in New Zealand with a view to raising fund for heart patients. Moreover, organizing a match on ice surface was an unique decision and I think, the organizers have done a good job.

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A. R. Murugadoss, director of Aamir Khan’s 2008 hit action movie, Ghajini, signed a multi-movie deal with Fox Star Studios (FSS). Under the deal, Murugadoss and his production will direct and execute all the joint venture Tamil movie projects co-produced by FSS. FSS is a joint venture between Twentieth Century Fox and Star Group. FSS will have exclusive rights for distribution and marketing of these movies. Already the company successfully marketed and distributed Slumdog Millionaire, the Oscar winning movie directed by Danny Boyle, in India. Though nothing has been finalized yet, under the deal, Murugadoss will co-produce and director two Tamil movies with a budget of Rs.600 million. 

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Issues regarding the official recognition of Indian Cricket League (ICL) will be put forward once again in the upcoming ICC Executive Board meeting to be held in Dubai. ICL does not have official recognition of ICC because ICL, which is leveled as rebel league, is not recognized by BCCI, the regulatory board of Indian cricket. However, ICL, the brainchild of Essel group chairman Subhash Chandra, is hopeful about getting recognition of ICC. Subhash Chandra even threatened ICC to go for legal action, had ICL not been granted official recognition. He thinks that ICL should have the same status of IPL.

Former England opener Marcus Trescothick has dismissed all the speculations regarding his probable return to international cricket. Recently, England captain Andrew Strauss has requested Marcus Trescothick to make a come back to England team for World Twenty20 which is due to take place in June 2009 in England. Well, Trescothick has ruled it out, stating that it would not be possible for him to come back due to health concern. He said that he would have loved to play again for England, but it was his health which put a bar on his return to the international fold.

Sometimes, I find it very difficult to believe that the job is of BCCI is to promote cricket. In the first place, BCCI put a blanket ban on Indian Cricket League (ICL). It is not a popular move and every now and then we can see decent about it in various parts of the world. What perhaps is too much annoying is that BCCI officials try to dictate things even outside of the cricket field.

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McMillan, who plays for the Kolkata Tigers in the unrecognized ICL, is set to stand-in for Ravi Shastri, who will be flying home to India on personal work and will miss the second Test match. The BCCI has stridently opposed the participation of players with ICL links in official cricket in any capacity. Already, earlier in the tour, Sachin Tendulkar and Dinesh Karthik were withdrawn from a Masters Twenty20 match at the last moment because of the participation of Hamish Marshall in NZPCA XI.

He died 6 decades years ago but he is still the most respectable person in India. Mahatma Gandhi’s belongings in different countries are now very important to those persons who collect antique things and then sell them. Now, Indian government has become sensitive about this matter after there was a lot of discontentment about it in the county when a few days ago, some belongings of Gandhi was put into auction.

Sometimes, fact is indeed more interesting than fiction. We perhaps understood this matter again by watching the fate of the child actors of the movie Slumdog Millionaire. They had their important role in ensuring the success of the movie in Oscar 2009 but now, they’re back to their miserable poor life and have started to suffer again. They are perhaps the only actors with an Oscar movie now who are living in slum.

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“Slumdog Millionaire” may have created a lot of buzz in Hollywood and in western countries but it seems that not everyone is too much excited with it. Many Indian people feel that the movie is like some kind of insult as the poverty of the country has been showed only, not the other part- continuous high economic growth.

 It is definitely good news for the cricket crazy Bangladesh fans as the opening ceremony of 2011 world cup cricket is expected to be held in Bangladesh. I guess you already know that ICC World Cup 2011 will be held in four South Asian counties including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The final match of the tournament is expected to be held in India.