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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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| Shoaib Malik says they lacked in bowling cricket department
Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik today blamed his pace attack's below-par
show for the loss against India in the fourth and penultimate one-dayer here.
"We lacked in bowling. We gave too many runs with the new ball," he
rued after losing the do-or-die match against India by six wickets....
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| Shoaib Akhtar wants to meet Sanjay Dutt in Pune central jail
Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has expressed desire to meet Bolywood
star Sanjay Dutt, who is in a jail in Pune as both are said to be good
friends.
Shoaib's agents in India have conveyed his desire to Dutt's sister Priya
and are making arrangements for the meeting, media reports said....
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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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