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| Pakistan Cricket Board stands by Mohammad Yousuf in ICL vs IPL dispute
Pakistan Cricket Board has vowed to provide all possible legal help to senior
batsman Mohammad Yousuf after an Indian arbitration panel barred him from
playing in next year's Indian Premier League.
"Legal experts will be consulted to finalise a strategy to help Yousuf,"
who....
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| Brad Hogg makes the cut in 12 man Australian cricket squad
Left-arm spinner Brad Hogg was today included in the 12-man Australian
squad, announced by Cricket Australia for the first three Tests of the
four-match series against India.
Hogg, who last played a Test for Australia in October 2003, replaced injured spinner
Stuart Macgill.
Express bowl....
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| Pakistan Cricket Board not to encourage county cricket for players
The Pakistan cricket Board has made it clear it would not give a free hand to
players to sign county contracts in the near future.
A senior board official said that recently the board had not permitted pacer Rao
Iftikhar to accept a contract offered by Gloucestershire for 2008.
"We kno....
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| Indian Cricket team fly to Australia in urge to create history
Skipper Anil Kumble and his teammates today left for Australia bidding
to create history by becoming the first Indian team to conquer the Aussies in
their own backyard.
Kumble and his men left by a morning flight to Singapore en-route to Melbourne,
firm in their belief that they had ....
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| Indian batsmen will make merry against Brad Hogg says Spinner Harbhajan Singh
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh today claimed Australia
is short on spin bowling options and Indian batsmen would feast on Brad Hogg's
bowling should the left-arm chinaman bowler be selected for the first Test in
Melbourne.
The Punjab bowler declared Hogg was not close to the illustr....
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| Sachin Tendulkar among Sanath Jayasuriya favourite cricketers list
Gung-ho after the triumph over Pakistan, India captain Anil Kumble
today put the onus on the star-studded batting line-up to deliver the goods and
notch up a rare series win against formidable Australia.
Addressing a press conference on the eve of the team's departure for a four-match
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| Pick Shaun Tait as Indians would be scared of himsays Shoaib Akhtar to Australians
Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar has urged the Australians
to pick Shaun Tait for the upcoming Test series against India
as the slinger would be a scary proposition for Anil Kumble's men on the quick
tracks here.
"The Australians must pick Shaun Tait. I'm telling you, the I....
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| Geoff Lawson performance was unsatisfactory says Pakistan Cricket Board
Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson today faced the music for
the Test and ODI series loss to arch rivals India with the PCB making it clear
that they were not happy with the performance of the Australian.
Skipper Shoaib Malik though escaped the heat as Pakistan Crikcet Board
reposed fai....
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| Cricket Board announces hike in the allowances of selectors
Following the rift between chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar and Cricket
Board over compensation, BCCI today announced a hike in the allowances
of selectors.
BCCI Finance Committee which met here today decided to hike the allowances of
board members and selectors.
Board secretary Nir....
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| Shane Warne to be the highest paid cricketer in Indian Premier League
Australian spin legend Shane Warne will be the highest
paid cricketer in the BCCI-sponsored Indian Premier League (IPL) with
a staggering USD 400,000 in his kitty.
The BCCI managing committee announced the names of 34 cricketers including Warne,
who have signed the contract and w....
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| Pakistan Cricket Board to post mortem Pakistan defeats against India
Captain Shoaib Malik will be grilled by the officials of Pakistan Cricket
Board at a meeting in Lahore less than 24 hours after returning from
India following humiliating series defeats in one-dayers as well as Tests.
Malik and team manager Talat Ali Malik will attend the meeting to be
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| There is no rush for Michael Clarke says Ricky Ponting
Shane Warne may have voiced his choice of Michael Clarke as the vice-captain
ahead of veteran Adam Gilchrist but captain Ricky Ponting feels
the youngster did not really need to be his deputy before taking over reins of
the team.
Warne yesterday suggested the name of close friend and &....
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| Batting lower down denied me several hundreds says Sourav Ganguly
Batting lower down the order has denied him several centuries, says former India
captain Sourav Ganguly, who feels VVS Laxman too has "suffered"
in terms of scoring hundreds because of batting at number six.
"I have batted lower down the order for a lot of time and Rahul D....
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| Cricket Australia plan to light up Test cricket after 130 years
Cricket Australia is well on course of introducing a revolutionary and
untouched idea of day and night Tests.
White lights and coloured clothings have illuminated one-day cricket and the most
recent Twenty20 format, but the traditional five-day game with a history
of 130-years have been spa....
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| Indian Cricket League Twenty20 the Delhi Jets defeat Chennai Superstars and enter semifinals
Delhi Jets entered the semifinals of the ICL Twenty20 tournament
here today after skipper Marvan Atapattu led from the front, hitting an
unbeaten 64, to guide them to a six-wicket win over Chennai Superstars.
Chasing 175 runs to win after electing to field, openers Taufeeq Umar
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