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| Upcoming India Vs England Test cricket series in July 2007
Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly return to bolster the batting as India
look forward to a morale-boosting performance against England Lions in
the three-day final warm up game starting here tomorrow.
Both Ganguly and Tendulkar were rested from the tour opener against English County
Cham....
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| Sourav Ganguly feels lucky that Andrew Flintoff is not fit
Sourav Ganguly feels England cricket team was vulnerable against India
in the upcoming Test series in the absence of its star all rounder Andrew Flintoff,
who makes a "huge difference" to the home side.
"England are a good side. But we're lucky that Flintoff is not fit. I thin....
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| Transit of Indian cricket team Ireland medals delayed due to traffic
If it was the Indian cricketers who were caught up in a traffic jam in UK the
other day, their bags containing the trophies they won in Ireland have
also had to suffer a similar fate.
The team's winners' trophy, Sachin Tendulkar's man of the series, and Yuvraj
Singh's and Gautam Gamb....
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| Saqlain Mushtaq ready to consider playing cricket for England
Saqlain Mushtaq says he has got back his confidence and self-esteem after his
performance against India for Sussex and is open to the idea of donning
the England cap to satisfy his desire to return to top flight cricket.
"The match made me realise that I am fit now and am getting better....
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| India moves up to fifth spot after series win in Future Cup
The Future Cup win against South Africa in Ireland has pushed India
to fifth spot and helped four of its players to jump into the top ten of the Maruti
Suzuki ODI rankings.
Team India, ranked as low as eighth in April, now has 69 points.
World champions Australia continue their dominance i....
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| Nasim Ashraf says Pakistan is safe for international teams
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Nasim Ashraf said that his country
was safe and secure to host international teams despite the recent clashes between
security forces and Islamic militants at the Lal Masjid in Islamabad.
Ruling out the possibility of Pakistan being forced to change its ....
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| Geoff Lawson gets his nose in front in race for Pakistan coach job
Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson seems to have nudged ahead of compatriots
Dav Whatmore and Richard Done in the race to become the Pakistan
cricket coach with captain Shoaib Malik favouring him over the other two
candidates.
Pakistan's cricket manager Talat Ali, who met with the Chairma....
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| Chris Cairns says Sachin Tendulkar is greatest batsman of modern era
Sitting on piles of runs in both forms of cricket and with virtually every batting
record in his pocket, Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest batsman of the modern
era, according to former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns.
Enjoying every bit of his stint with the Lashings World XI after ....
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| Nasim Ashraf says Pakistan is safe for international teams
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Nasim Ashraf said
that his country was safe and secure to host international teams despite the
recent clashes between security forces and Islamic militants at the Lal Masjid
in Islamabad.
Ruling out the possibility of Pakistan being forced to cha....
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| Kapil Dev says he has not done anything unethical by joining Indian Cricket League
A day after BCCI threatened to take "appropriate steps" against him
for aligning with the rebel Indian Cricket League, former captain Kapil Dev
remained defiant and said he would not give up his job with the ICL.
Kapil said there was nothing wrong in occupying the post of National ....
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| Rudra Pratap Singh gives Indian cricket team the final kick
A breezy knock by Rudra Pratap Singh helped India set Sussex a challenging
target of 273 on the fourth and final day of the cricket tour match here today.
RP Singh cracked a 46-ball 41 with seven fours before the Indians declared their
second innings at 184 for 8 about 40 minutes after lunch....
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| India cricket team on back foot as batsmen struggle
India lost quick wickets in the face of some impressive bowling by the Sussex
bowlers and were reduced to 116 for 6 in their second innings on the final day
of their tour opener here today.
At lunch, India had an overall lead of 204 runs with four wickets in hand.
Skipper Rahul Dravid, who....
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| India vs Sussex Harbhajan Singh fails with 0 for 66 in 2nd innings
Harbhajan Singh failed to recreate the magic of his off-spin bowling to return
empty handed in Durham's second innings but spearhead Matthew Nicholson
put Surrey on the victory track in their County Championship - Division one match
at the Oval.
Harbhajan returned 0-66 in 15 overs but Surr....
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| Michael Vaughan admits India will be tougher than West Indies
It looked like a stroll in the park as England blanked the West Indies
in the recent Test series but life would be difficult against India,
host captain Michael Vaughan warned his teammates.
Back in the side after a nagging knee injury that kept him out of action for a
whole year, Vaughan ....
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| Indian Cricket Board taking steps to improve umpiring standards
BCCI, the Indian Cricket Board, is planning to introduce a software in
the system of video recording of domestic matches which will help them in assessing
the performance of Indian umpires on a regular basis.
The BCCI's umpires committee met here today and was given a demonstration by two
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