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| Taufiq Umar and pacer Shabbir Ahmed joins Indian Cricket League
The rebel Indian cricket league has succeeded in signing up two more Pakistan
test players, Taufiq Umar and pacer Shabbir Ahmed.
The two along with allrounder, Abdul Razzaq and Imran Farhat leave tonight for
India to play in the ICL which kick off later this month.
The joining of opener Tauf....
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| Match crucial but India confident says middle order batsman Robin Uthappa
Terming the fourth cricket one-dayer as a "crucial" match, middle order
batsman Robin Uthappa said a confident India would like to clinch
the series against Pakistan here tomorrow.
Uthappa said the match could go either way but the Indians were deriving confidence
from the fact t....
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| Cricket Board gags Dilip Vengsarkar from interacting with media
In a gag order, Chief Selector Dilip Vengsarkar has been asked by the BCCI
not to interact with the media, a few days after he was banned from writing syndicated
columns.
Vengsarkar, a former India captain who has often found himself in trouble
for his comments in the media on selection ma....
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| Call S Sreesanth to pep up the One Day series says Rameez Raja
Former Pakistani captain Rameez Raja feels the ongoing one-day cricket
series between India and Pakistan is lacking in intensity and playing
fast bowler S Sreesanth could pep it up.
Rameez rated the India-Pakistan matches above the Ashes but said the current one
was not as exciting as it g....
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| Team India look to wrap up five match One Day International series against Pakistan
A buoyant India will look to wrap up the five-match one-day cricket series
against Pakistan when the arch rivals clash in the fourth tie which promises
to be another high-scoring tussle here tomorrow.
India displayed excellent temperament to win the previous match
at Kanpur and take 2-1 ....
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| Adam Gilchirst voted greatest Australian One Day Internationsl cricket player
Adam Gilchrist pipped legendary Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting to
receive the honour of Australia's greatest ever one-day international cricketer
after securing highest number of votes in a players' poll.
Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) in collaboration with Cricket Australia
had i....
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| Marvan Atapattu remarks came out of frustration says Tom Moody
Former Sri Lanka cricket coach Tom Moody feels years of frustration
was most likely behind Marvan Atapattu's extraordinary 'muppet' attack on national
selectors.
Recalled Test batsman Atapattu caused a stir in Australia and his homeland when
he branded Sri Lanka's national selectors 'muppe....
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| Cricket Board says Players cannot have stake in Indian Premier League teams
As it received an overwhelming response to the offer of franchise for owning cricket
teams in the Indian Premier League, the Cricket Board today made it clear
that no current player can have a stake in a company owning any of the teams.
The BCCI stand came in the wake of media reports that s....
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| Good batting track for 4th ODI for India Vs Pakistan live match at Gwalior
Fans can look forward to a run feast when India takes on Pakistan
in the fourth cricket one-dayer here with the pitch curator promising a high-scoring
game.
Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association's Chief curator Samundar Singh Chauhan
said he has prepared a perfect batting wicket for the match ....
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| Sri Lankan state television Rupavahini to sponsor Sri Lankan Live cricket tournaments for the next five years
Sri Lanka's state television Rupavahini will sponsor the country's
cricket tournaments for the next five years.
This would, however, not include the India-Sri Lanka Test series to be played
in June next year, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) media manager Samantha Algama
said.
He said a....
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| Cricket Board officers to meet in Delhi tomorrow for appointment of a coach for the Indian team
BCCI office bearers, headed by President Sharad Pawar,
will meet tomorrow in Delhi with the long-pending matter of appointment of a
coach for the Indian team topping their agenda.
The naming of a coach has been kept pending since the decision of previous incumbent
Greg Chappell not to s....
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| BCCI Chief Sharad Pawar asked for funds misappropriation in India vs Australia ODI
Andhra Pradesh police have registered a case against BCCI
Chief Sharad Pawar and five others for alleged misappropriation of funds
during the third India-Australia cricket ODI here held recently.
On a direction from a local court, the Uppal police here booked the case against
Paw....
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| Indian Captian Mahendra Singh Dhoni front runner for Test captaincy
The national selectors will meet here this evening to name
India's new Test cricket captain amid indication that Mahendra Singh Dhoni
will be given the job in the longer version as well.
With Sachin Tendulkar turning down the offer and suggesting that "a
youngster" be given th....
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| Anil Kumble says he is ready for Indian Test cricket captaincy
Veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble today threw his hat in the ring and said
he is ready to take over as India's next Test captain if selectors ask
him to do so.
The 37-year-old leg-spinner, a veteran of 118 Test and 271 one day matches, said
leading India would be an honour for him but it was ....
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| Captain Shoaib Malik getting better with every game says Geoff Lawson
Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik today got a thumbs up from his coach Geoff
Lawson who said the youngster was "getting better as a captain with every
game".
Lawson said both India and Pakistan have two young captains and
they needed to be given some time to mature in their rol....
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