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| Pakistan announce squad for ICC World T20 but do not announce captain
Pakistan has become the first country to announce their 15-member squad for the
ICC World T20 to be played in West Indies late in April. They had only
recently announced their 30-member preliminary squad, and now, with not a lot
of cricket leading up to the start of that tournament announced t....
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| Yousuf and Younis banned by the PCB for life
The Pakistan Cricket Board has taken in the recommendations of the probe
that was conducted by the enquiry committee and has banned the two former captains
of the Pakistan team, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf for life. The probe
had been headed by former Pakistani cricketer and now COO of the....
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| MCC decide against bidding for an IPL team
Marylebone Cricket Club, MCC, has said that they have decided not to bid for an
IPL franchise. Earlier, they had said that they would be bidding for one of the
two open slots in the IPL from the next season, but now, they have back-tracked
on it. The chief executive of the MCC, Keith Bradshaw,....
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| Pakistan appoint Waqar Younis as coach of cricket team
Speculation had been rife for some days that Waqar Younis could soon be
taking over as the coach of the Pakistan national team. In fact, the chief of
the PCB, Ejaz Butt had come out with a statement recently, saying that the board
had sent across the contract to the former pace bowler and was ....
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| Bopara may give IPL 2010 the miss
The top-order batsman for the Kings XI Punjab, Ravi Bopara is contemplating
whether or not to participate in the third edition of the Indian Premier League.
He has said that he will not depart for India till he is sure about the security
situation in the country and has accordingly delayed his....
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| Tendulkar score of 200 gets India to 401 and wins them the game
Sachin Tendulkar broke the 13-year old ODI record by smashing the South African
bowling to a double century in the fifty overs format of the game. Sachin Tendulkar
scored a 147-ball, unbeaten 200 against South Africa at Gwalior in the second
ODI of the series, to assist the Indians to get to 4....
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| Brett Lee could retire from Test match cricket
Australia's pace bowler, Brett Lee has said that he may quit Test match
cricket and focus on only the shorter format of the game to be able to prolong
his international and club cricket career. Lee has been battling with injuries
over the period of the last couple of years, and despite being o....
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| India may not host World Cup 2011 after all or will they
In what could come as a surprising move for the chances of the sub-continent to
host the World Cup of 2011, the Australia and the New Zealand Cricket Boards
have said that they are on a standby to host the edition of the tournament. The
chief executive of the New Zealand Cricket (NZC), Justin ....
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| Modi rejects suggestions that South Africa will host Champions League
Confusion reigned regarding the venue of the Champions League T20 for 2010,
when it Lalit Modi said that the tournament hosts have not yet been decided. This
was in sharp contrast to what the Cricket South Africa had earlier said regarding
the same.
Earlier, Cricket South Africa had said tha....
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| Graeme Smith and Zaheer Khan ruled out of ODIs
South Africa lost the services of their regular captain, Graeme Smith for
the ODI series against India due to the finger injury he had sustained at the
start of the second Test. He had managed to play the game after it was found that
even Mark Boucher would miss the second game due to his back....
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| Deccan Chargers to sue Indian Premier League
IPL team Deccan Chargers has said that they will sue the IPL for taking
the home games away from their state. Deccan Chargers were supposed to play their
seven home games at Hyderabad and Vizag, but because of the Telangana issue, first,
the opening ceremony was shifted to Mumbai.
However, t....
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| Afghanistan take a step closer to ICC World T20 qualification
Afghanistan took a step closer towards qualification for the ICC World T20 when
they entered the second round of the Qualifiers. And given that they did it by
winning all the three games they played in, they also carried forward a couple
of points to the stage which will see them play in tw....
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| Chappell declines coaching job as Yousuf blames one player for losses
Former Indian coach, Greg Chappell has said no to the job of coaching of
the Pakistani side. Pakistan is currently coached by former Pakistani cricketer
Intikhab Alam, but with the shoddy display on the tour of Australia, there
are rumours that the coach's position is untenable in the side. ....
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| Yuvraj in talks with Middlesex for Twenty20 Cup
There is a chance that Yuvraj Singh may play for Middlesex in the forthcoming
domestic T20 tournament in England. All the counties in England are allowed two
overseas cricketers in their side and the Middlesex had already signed up Adam Gilchrist for this season for the tournament.
Angus Frase....
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| Pakistan cricket in doldrums as Afridi banned and Qasim resigns
Pakistan cricket continues to remain in news. And it continues to be surrounded
by controversies. After losing the ODI series 5-0, the news filtered in that the
chief of selectors, Iqbal Qasim has put in his papers. This means that
the Pakistani cricket board will now look to hunt for a suit....
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