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| Dilip Vengsarkar climbs down and says not to write cricket news columns
The stand-off between the Cricket Board and chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar
reached a flash point today with the BCCI issuing a show cause notice to
the former skipper for continuing to defy its gag order.
The BCCI also bluntly told Vengsarkar that he could quit the post of chief selector
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| Muthiah Muralitharan tells Australian selectors to sack Stuart MacGill
Sri Lankan spin wizard Muthiah Muralitharan has advised Australian selectors
to sack Stuart MacGill and select a young slow bowler in his place.
Muralitharan, who is on the verge of usurping Shane Warne's world record tally
of 708 wickets in the upcoming three-Test home series against Englan....
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| Shoaib akhtar sheds troublemaker tag and gets a pat from Pakistan Cricket Board
Shoaib Akhtar has often been the troublemaker abroad but the enigmatic speedster's
impeccable behaviour on the India tour so far has earned him a pat from
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Nasim Akhtar said the pacer was an "asset"
to the team.
Ashraf played down reports about ....
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| Comprehensive series win against pakistan can lift India to top 3 Test cricketing nations
A convincing series triumph over Pakistan in the three-Test cricket series
starting tomorrow would take India to third spot in the ICC Test championship
table.
A 3-0 or 2-0 series win over their arch rivals will lift Anil Kumble's team
above South Africa to third place behind Austral....
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| Anil Kumble begins new cricketing innings as captain at happy hunting ground
His perfect 10 at the same venue against the same opponents now cricketing lore,
Anil Kumble would renew his tryst with Ferozeshah Kotla when he makes his
debut as Indian captain in the first of the three Test matches against Pakistan
starting here tomorrow.
Given a choice, Kumble would ha....
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| Ishant Sharma added to Indian Test cricket squad against pakistan test series 2007
Delhi pacer Ishant Sharma was today added to the Indian squad for the first
cricket Test match against Pakistan starting here tomorrow as cover for
injuries to the pace duo of S Sreesanth and R P Singh.
The Delhi pacer's induction comes a day after Munaf Patel was brought into
the side foll....
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| Pakistan can turn tables on India in upcoming Test series says Shoaib Akhtar
Despite the 2-3 reversal in the one-day series, Pakistan speedster Shoaib
Akhtar believes his team can give India a run for its money in the three-Test
series starting in Delhi tomorrow.
The flamboyant paceman said the hosts were the better outfit in the ODI rubber,
but Pakistan would make....
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| Indian batsmen vs Australian bowlers will decide odi series says Mahela Jayawardene
The match-up between Australia's bowling attack and India's star-studded batting
line-up will decide the fate of the upcoming Test series Down Under, Sri Lankan
captain Mahela Jayawardene has said.
After the retirement of legends Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne, the
Aussie bowling has a new l....
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| Kumble hints Yuvraj singh and murali Kartik may sit out for India Vs Pakistan Test
Yuvraj Singh may have set the shorter version of the game alight to emerge as
India's middle order mainstay but the dashing left-hander would spend the first
cricket Test against Pakistan warming the bench with VVS Laxman
in action, hinted captain Anil Kumble.
Addressing his first pre-matc....
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| Cricket Board sends reminders to team selection committee not to write news columns
Determined to ensure that its gag order was not defied, The Cricket Board has
sent a reminder to the national selectors asking them not to write columns in
newspapers as per its constitutional provisions.
"Yes, a message has been sent to the selectors not to write columns,"
said B....
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| India rises to 4th position and Pakistan goes to 6th rankings in ICC table
The 3-2 ODI series win over Pakistan has propelled India to fourth
in the ICC one-day Championship table, overtaking Shoaib Malik's men, who have
dropped a couple of rungs to sixth in the latest list.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side is now just four rating points behind third-placed
New Zealan....
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| Indian Cricket Vice Captain Yuvraj singh fined for showing dissent at umpire decision
Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh was fined 20 per cent of his match fee for
showing dissent at the umpire's decision of giving him out during the fifth and
final cricket one-dayer against Pakistan here.
The punishment was handed down by ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama
following a hearing after....
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| One Day Internationals under serious threat from Twenty20 says Chris Cairns
The 50 overs format of cricket is facing "serious threat" from Twenty20
version of the game and may not survive in the long run, says former New Zealand
all-rounder Chris Cairns.
"I think T20 will surely supercede the 50 over game," said Cairns, who
will play for Chandi....
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| Danish and Mohd Sami back while Shahid Afridi left out of Pakistan Test team
After failing to make much impact in the ODI series, flamboyant all-rounder
Shahid Afridi was today left out of the 14-member Pakistan cricket squad
for the three-match Test series against India starting November 22.
Apart from Afridi, three others -- Fawad Alam, Rao Iftikhar and Imran Nazir....
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| Mahendra Singh Dhoni surprised at Shoaib Malik decision to bat first in 4th odi
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today expressed
surprise at his Pakistani counterpart Shoaib Malik's decision to bat first in
the fourth one-dayer which the hosts won to clinch the five-match series here.
"I was surprised to see Shoaib batting first. I had seen the wicket ye....
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