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| Team India defeated England 2nd Cricket Test match by 7 wickets
India beat England by seven wickets in the second cricket Test to take
1-0 lead in three-match series here today.
Brief Scores: England: 198 and 355.
India: 481 and 73 for 3 in 24.1 overs (D Kaarthick 22,
W Jaffer 22, R Dravid 11 not out, S Ganguly 2 not out).....
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| Pakistan Cricket Board conducts dope tests for the Twenty20 World Cup 07
The Pakistan Cricket Board has started conducting dope tests on the probables
for the Twenty20 World Cup including fast bowlers, Shoaib Akhtar
and Mohammad Asif who last year had tested positive for a banned substance.
"The tests are nearly completed and we have a doctor and a local repre....
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| PCB warns Inzamam ul haq against joining Indian Cricket League
Alcohol abuse by some of the South African cricketers was a cause of their poor
performance during the recent ICC World Cup in the West Indies, observes
Adrian le Roux, the former fitness trainer of the team.
"In my opinion, the use of alcohol within the national team is a problem.
Th....
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| fitness trainer discovers alchohol problem in South African cricketers
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Naseem Ashraf today issued a clear warning
to former captain Inzamam-ul Haq, saying he would not be considered for national
selection if he decides to play for the breakaway Indian Cricket League.
"Since the International Cricket Council (ICC) does not re....
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| Sreesanth fined for deliberately colliding with Captian Michael Vaughan
Indian paceman S Sreesanth has been fined 50 per cent of his match fee for breaching
an ICC Code of Conduct by deliberately barging past England captain Michael Vaughan
on the fourth day of their second cricket Test at Trent Bridge.
Sreesanth, charged after shouldering Vaughan during the fir....
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| Pakistan Cricket Board sets tough target for new cricket coach
Nothing less than a major Test series win or one-day title and a place among the
top three in ICC rankings during new coach Geoff Lawson's two-year contract would
be acceptable to the Pakistan Cricket Board.
PCB Chairman Naseem Ashraf said Lawson would be given certain targets to
meet duri....
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| Hectic schedule and financial issues proving hurdles for Indian Cricket League
The hectic international schedule and financial issues are preventing organisers
of the Indian Cricket League (ICL) from completing the process of signing
players for their inaugural competition slated in October, according to a former
Pakistan captain.
The ex-skipper, who has been approac....
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| Yousuf Khan keen to taste success in twenty20 cricket world cup 2007
Quashing the notion that twenty20 cricket was only for "big hitters",
Pakistan's prolific batsman Mohammad Yousuf today said the shortest version
of the game was as tough as Test and one-day formats.
"There is this feeling that Twenty20 cricket is all about the big hitters
a....
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| Inzamam ul Haq on Indian Cricket League radar
Inzamam-ul-Haq has been approached by the organisers of the Indian Cricket
League (ICL) to play for one of the participating teams and the former Pakistan
captain is considering the proposal.
Inzamam, who retired from one-day cricket after the World Cup in March, confirmed
today that ICL h....
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| Sachin Tendulkar Sourav Ganguly pile on the agony on England
Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly batted resolutely to help India
stretch their first innings lead and take control of the second cricket Test against
England at Trent Bridge here today.
At lunch on the third day, India were 338 for three in reply to England's 198,
with Tendulkar batting....
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| India 338 for 3 at lunch on Day 3 of cricket test
India were 338 for 3 at lunch on the third day of the second cricket Test against
England at Trent Bridge here today.
India have a first innings lead of 140 runs.
Brief score: England, 1st innings: 198 all out India, 1st innings:
338 for 3 in 107 overs (D Kaarthick 77, W Jaffer 62, S Tend....
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| Allan Donald says Sachin Tendulkar deserves to be highest Test run getter
Showering praise on Sachin Tendulkar, former South African pacer and England
bowling coach Allan Donald said the Mumbaikar is the best batsman of present
era and deserves to become the highest run-getter in Test cricket.
Donald said the veteran Indian willower, who became the third player to....
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| Harbhajan Singh has Worcestershire in a match winning spin spell
Harbhajan Singh produced a potentially match-winning spell to put Surrey in box
seat against Worcestershire in a County Championship Division One cricket match
at Guildford on Friday.
The Punjab off-spinner claimed four for 64 to skittle out Worcestershire for
217 and force them to f....
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| Pakistan Cricket Board puts on advertisement for assistant cricket coach
Pakistan Cricket Board has advertised for the post of assistant coach of the national
team despite a failed experimentation with this method while searching for the
chief coach.
The advertisement, placed on websites, has the same condition that interested
candidates must be Test cricketers....
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| Zaheer khan grabs two wickets England 94 for 3 at tea
Zaheer Khan's two-wicket burst helped India make early inroads into the
England batting and reduce the hosts to 94 for three at tea after overnight
rain forced a four-hour delay on day one of the second cricket Test here today.
At the break, opener Alastair Cook on 35 (112m,70b,5x4) and Paul ....
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