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| Board is responsible for Shoaib akhtar and Asif incident says Javed Miandad
Former Pakistan great Javed Miandad has held country's cricket Board
responsible for the increasing incidents of indiscipline by players, specially
Shoaib Akhtar, who was today recalled from South Africa after he
hit Asif with a bat during net practice.
"I hold the Board responsible f....
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| Pakistan cricket club invites Indian Cricket League to play matches
A local cricket club has invited the unofficial Indian Cricket League to
organise its matches in Pakistan and Kapil Dev, the Chairman of
ICL Executive Board, promised to consider the proposal.
Arif Abbasi, a former senior official of the Pakistan Cricket Board,
who is now Chief Executive o....
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| High Court dismisses PIL against Lalit Modi election to cricket control board
The Bombay High Court today rejected a PIL challenging election
of Lalitkumar Modi as Vice President of BCCI.
The PIL was filed by Chandrawardhan Parekh, a Mumbai-based 'cricket lover', taking
exception to Modi's election on the grounds that he had been convicted by a US
court in 1985 fo....
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| Pereira da Silva says to Start planning for 2014 cricket world Cup now
Mohun Bagan's Brazilian coach Carlos Roberto Pereira da Silva says India
would do well to aim at qualifying for the 2014 World Cup instead of focus 2010
edition of the quadrennial mega event.
"The Federation and everybody else connected with football should look at
the bigger picture ....
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| Shoaib akhtar could face further disciplinary actionsays Naseem Ashraf
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Naseem Ashraf today said fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar
could face further disciplinary action once he returned home from South
Africa following a brawl with teammate Mohammad Asif.
"The decision to recall him has been taken after an immediate action by the
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| Gem of a game will be live when India face England in final odi
With the cricket series tantalisingly poised at 3-3, a buoyant India will
seek to record a rare overseas one-day series triumph as they take on an equally
determined England in the decider at the Lord's here tomorrow.
The Indians have already made the tour of England memorable
by winning ....
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| Shoaib akhtar recalled from World Twenty20 Championship 2007
Pakistan cricket today plunged into a fresh controversy with fast bowler Shoaib
Akhtar being recalled home from the World Twenty20 Championships in South
Africa for hitting fellow paceman Mohammad Asif with a bat.
The Pakistan Cricket Board took a serious note of the incident which occurred ....
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| Dennis Lillee predicts upsets in Twenty20 cricket World Cup 2007
While Australia remains his favourite to win the inaugural Twenty 20 World
Cup, former speedster Dennis Lillee has predicted major upsets at the event
starting next week in South Africa.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a press meet, the fast bowling guru
termed the latest version....
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| Sachin Tendulkar is not retiring from ODIs confirmed his family and friends
Legions of Sachin Tendulkar's fans can heave a sigh of relief now with reports
about the champion batsman's possible ODI retirement turning out to be mere rumours.
Speculation was rife with media reports claiming that Tendulkar, the highest run-accumulator
in the history of international cri....
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| Rahul Dravid admits asking Yuvraj singh to bowl last over
Indian captain Rahul Dravid, whose on-field decisions have quite often
defied logic, has admitted that asking Yuvraj Singh to bowl the last over
in the sixth cricket one-dayer against England was a "bad" move.
Dravid's inexplicable ploy to ask Yuvraj to bowl the last over very near....
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| Rahul Dravid and Paul Collingwood hail Robin Uthappa the batman
Robin Uthappa may not be a permanent fixture in Team India's batting order but
thanks to his match-winning knock in the sixth ODI yesterday, he at least has
won a couple of admirers in rival captains Rahul Dravid and Paul Collingwood.
Uthappa played a blinder under pressure, walking in when....
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| Jhulan Goswami lone Indian in contention for international cricket Oscar
The hype around them notwithstanding, none of the 'Men in Blue' could make it
to the shortlist for ICC annual awards, which has the lone Indian representation
in Jhulan Goswami, nominated for the 'Women's Cricketer of the Year' category.
The long list for the ICC awards included Zaheer Khan ....
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| Cricket control board appeals against stay on Jagmohan Dalmiya
The Calcutta High Court today admitted an appeal by the Board of Control for Cricket
in India against a stay by a single bench of the court on former BCCI President
Jagmohan Dalmiya's expulsion from the board.
A division bench comprising Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Justice S P Mitra is likely
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| ESPN STAR sports acquires live cricket broadcast rights from Australia
ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has bagged the exclusive rights to broadcast Cricket Australia's
(CA) domestic and home international matches across various platforms covering
the entire Asian region in the next four years.
Close on the heels of its recent renewal of partnership with the England
an....
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| ODI Series level Dravid now hopes to win it at Lord cricket ground
With two belligerent sides locked in a 3-3 stalemate, Saturday's series decider
at Lord's promises to be a cracker and Team India captain Rahul Dravid
oozed confidence that his side would end up on the right side of a humdinger.
India showed tremendous resilience in the series against Englan....
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