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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard believes the Cricket World Cup in 2015 will be a family affair.The cup is being jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand and Gillard said that regardless of the blows the two countries…

Upcoming fast bowlers Ben Cutting and Nathan Coulter-Nile have been named in the Prime Minister’s XI to face Sri Lanka in Canberra on February 3

Upcoming fast bowlers Ben Cutting and Nathan Coulter-Nile have been named in the Prime Minister’s XI to face Sri Lanka in Canberra on February 3

Australian wicket keeper Brad Haddin will return to his roots when he leads the Prime Minister's XI against Sri Lanka in early February.

As India’s batsmen continue to struggle in Australia, most would agree they could do with a lesson in patience – in ‘playing the waiting game’. Well, the whole team was subjected to one prior to Monday’s pre-match function at the Kirribilli House (the official residence of the Australian Prime Minister in Sydney). The Indians arrived early for the meet-and-greet with Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the Sydney Morning Herald reported, and were made to wait outside the gates. They turned up at 1.45pm, the newspaper reported, 15 minutes before the function…

The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, was the butt of several jokes from the country’s cricketers, after a gaffe she made about India’s star batsman Sachin Tendulkar.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh led India on Friday in paying rich tribute to the country’s charismatic former cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who has died aged 70 following a lung disease.

The Prime Minister’s Office has now denied news reports saying that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had held secret talks with Pakistan Army Chief Ashfaq Kayani through an official channel 10 months ago to prepare ground for the cricket diplomacy that opened up between the two countries during the recently concluded cricket World Cup. The denial came a day after a leading British newspaper had …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Monday that the semi-final match played between the cricket teams of Pakistan and India had proved as a catalyst in improving relations between the two neighbouring countries.