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| CAS rejects WADA appeal against Pakistan Cricket Board
Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif can heave a sigh of relief as the Court
of Arbitration for Sport today dismissed an appeal by the World Anti-doping Agency
against the Pakistan Cricket Board's decision to overturn a doping ban on them.
The CAS said in its verdict that it rejected the WADA app....
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| Stakes high as India vs Pakistan clash in scotland
India and Pakistan, the traditional rivals who have suffered similar failures
and revivals in the recent past, face off once again in an off-shore cricket one-dayer
here tomorrow.
The two teams would be meeting for the first time since the World Cup two months
ago, during which time both ha....
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| A tale of two batsmen Sachintendulkar and Yuvraj singh
India's 2-1 triumph over South Africa in the off-shore series has been
a tale of two batsmen.
If Sachin Tendulkar hogged the headlines at the start with his two 90-plus
knocks but Yuvraj Singh put the smiles back on the Indian team by sealing
victory in the last two matches.
While the ret....
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| Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq unlikely to be named in twenty20 squad
Pakistan's senior players Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq are unlikely
to find places even among the probables for the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Cup
to be held in South Africa in September.
The national selection committee is due to submit a list of 30 players by July
7 and sources con....
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| highlights of the last one dayer between India vs South Africa
Following are the statistical highlights of the third and final one-dayer between
India and South Africa, played here on Sunday. # India registered
their first ever win in a bilateral series against South Africa away from home.
# India, with two successive six-wicket victories at Belfast, fo....
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| Yuvraj singh fashions India winning series against South Africa
Yuvraj Singh's unbeaten 61 helped India clinch an edge-of-the-seat thriller
and beat South Afica by six wickets for a rare cricket series triumph abroad
on Sunday.
Chasing 149 to win in 31 overs in the rain-curtailed series decider, India faltered
and fumbled before picking up themselves t....
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| Indian cricket captian Rahul Dravid believes they deserved this win
Heaving a huge sigh of relief after India finally recovered from the World
Cup debacle to pocket a rare overseas series, victorious captain Rahul Dravid
said his side deserves the win.
"After the World Cup disappointment, we needed to regroup and get our confidence
back. We have worke....
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| India elect to field in virtual final ODI against South Africa
Indian captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field against South
Africa in the third and final cricket one-dayer here today.
Both the teams made two changes to their sides.
India brought Ajit Agarkar and Gautam Gambhir
in place of Ishant Sharma and Ramesh Powar.
Agarkar was one....
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| Dave Nosworthy indirectly applied for India cricket coach job
Dave Nosworthy, the New Zealand 'A' and Canterbury coach whose has reportedly
applied for the job of coaching the Indian cricket team, has pleaded ignorance
about the news.
South African Nosworthy said he knew nothing about the BCCI's shortlist but said
that his London-based agent might ha....
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| Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is unfazed by criticism
Sachin Tendulkar says the worst of controversies and sharpest of criticisms only
strengthen his resolve and he always lets his bat do the talking.
"It is their (the critics') job to have opinions. But when I hold a cricket
bat in my hand it's a tougher and bigger job. That is what I wil....
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| Team India hope to go for the kill in cricket series decider match
With the series levelled 1-1, India will heavily depend on their star-studded
batting line-up for a morale-boosting overseas series triumph as they go into
the third and final cricket one dayer against South Africa here tomorrow.
The six-wicket victory in the second game yesterday has not on....
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| Sharad Pawar asks BCCI to carefully handle cricket coach selection in future
After being snubbed by South African Graham Ford, the Indian Cricket Board
would be more careful in handling the coach selection process in the
future, said BCCI President Sharad Pawar.
"In future, we will see that these issues are handled carefully," Pawar
said on the sidelines ....
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| Murali Muralitharan rated top cricket bowling
Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan's splendid nine-wicket haul against
Bangladesh has pushed his tally to 916 points in the ICC Test bowlers rankings,
only 16 points away from Sydney Barnes who tops the all-time list.
Muralitharan, the only contemporary bowler having more than 900 r....
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| South Africa 226 for six in South Africa vs India
Put in to bat, South Africa scored 226 for six in 50 overs in the second
one-day cricket international against India here today.
Brief scores: South Africa: 226 for six in 50 overs (M Van Vyk 82, M Boucher not
out 55; Yuvraj Singh 3-36).....
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| Salim Durrani says Indian cricket team will miss allrounder in England
Former Test cricketer Salim Durrani believes Indian team will miss a genuine all-rounder
on their next month's series against England.
"The series will be very challenging. The balance appears to be tilted in
the favour of England as they have all rounder in their team, who would also b....
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