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Bangladesh, which received cricket Test status from the International Cricket Council ICC last month, open their campaign against England in Nairobi on October 5.

8220;As a means of producing the schedule, a seeding system has been introduced whereby a country is positioned according to its performance in the 1999 World Cup played in Britain,8221; Richards said.

The schedule 8212; Oct 3: India v Kenya, Oct 4: Sri Lanka v West Indies, Oct 5: England v Bangladesh, Oct 7: Australia v India or Kenya, Oct 8: Pakistan v Sri Lanka or West Indies, 0ct 9: New Zealand v Zimbabwe, 0ct 10: South Africa V England or Bangladesh.

Tribute to Marshall
LONDON: Some of the most famous names in world cricket will be taking part in a special charity match here on Thursday in memory of Malcolm Marshall.

The former West Indies8217; fast bowler died of cancer last November aged 41 and all proceeds from the match at the Honorurable Artillery Company ground in the city of London will go into a trust set up to support Marshall8217;s seven-year-old son Mali.

Players from England, Australia, India, Pakistan, plus ahost of Marshall8217;s former West Indies team-mates will be involved in a 40-over match between an International Professional Cricketers Association XI, captained by Robin Smith, a long-time colleague of Marshall8217;s at Hampshire, and a Malcolm Marshall XI led by Vivian Richards.

Sri Lankan lads triumph
KARACHI: Sri Lanka lifted the inaugural International Cricket Council ICC Under-17 cricket tournament on Tuesday beating hosts Pakistan by 57 runs in the final.

The 10-nation event was held from July 15-25 under the ICC development programme.

Brief Scores: Sri Lanka 229 in 44.3 overs Ishan Mutalip 72, Harish Ratnayake 80; Munir Ansari 4-54 bt 173 in 40 overs Salman Butt 73, Khalid Latif 39; Ishara Dilshan 3-25 by 57 runs.