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Barely a few weeks after retiring from international cricket, former India captain Sourav Ganguly was on Thursday nominated as a member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India's Technical Committee. The BCCI's technical committee is headed by former captain Sunil Gavaskar and also has former Test batsman Chetan Chauhan, national selector Kris Srikkanth among other members.

Following the biggest step forward in his rehabilitation as a cricketer, reconfigured NSW speedster Aaron Bird has revealed the pain he went through after being labelled a 'chucker'.

India pass 140 with four wickets down, chasing 241 to beat England in the third one-day international in Kanpur.

Sri Lanka won the toss and sent Zimbabwe into bat at the start of a five-match ODI series on Thursday.

India overcame a wobbly start and some anxious moments before beating England by 16 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in the third One-Day International, to take a comfortable 3-0 lead in the seven-match series, in Kanpur, on Thursday. Chasing 241 for victory, the hosts were less dominating but conscious of the Duckworth-Lewis requirement as they scored 198 for 5 in 40 overs before fading light forced an early end to the game.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his side was the deserved winner in the third one-dayer in Kanpur on Thursday though England gave the closest fight in the series so far.

Statistical highlights of the third One-Day International between India and England at the Green Park, Kanpur, on Thursday.

Upset with the defeat against India via Duckworth-Lewis method in fading light, England captain Kevin Pietersen said the November 29 Guwahati tie might also see a similar end and the administrators need to make more "common sense decisions" to avoid such anti-climactic finishes.

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Thursday became the sixth Indian and 30th in the world to take 200 wickets in one-day internationals when he removed Owais Shah of England in the third one-dayer in Kanpur.

Former Test leg-spinner Abdul Qadir has been named Pakistan's new chairman of selectors, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Thursday.