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| Yuvraj Singh wants to respond to Rahul Dravid's faith in Cricket world cup 2007
Montego Bay (Jamaica), Mar 8 (PTI) Yuvraj Singh is keen to justify captain
Rahul Dravid's faith in him as a solid middle order batsman by consistently
delivering with the bat at the crunch.
"I have a responsibility, sure. Whenever I go out to bat,
I tell myself that I need to bat til....
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| rlon Samuels calls bookie Mukesh Kochar row a distraction, enjoys elevated role
Unfazed by the controversy surrounding his conversation with an alleged Indian bookie,
West Indies middle order batsman Marlon Samuels insists he is not
bothered by the "distraction" and is preparing to live up to captain
Brian Lara's expectations.
Samuels has had a good run in r....
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| Bangladesh upsets New Zealand; Australia, Pakistan win cricket matches too
Bringing shock for Stephen Fleming's New Zealand squad, minnows
Bangladesh registered victory, shattering the joy of the kiwi's last month's
series win over Australia.
Fleming struggled to explain an upset two-wicket loss to Bangladesh
in a World Cup warm-up match yesterday, while Austra....
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| India win against Netherlands in Cricket World Cup 2007 warm-up match
Skipper Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar struck impressive half-centuries
as India powered their way to a massive 182-run victory over minnows the Netherlands
in their first warm-up game in the lead-up to the Cricket World Cup here.
Apart from setting the mood perfectly for the tournament ....
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| West indies fails to woo Indian world cup 2007 cricket fans
Refusing to part with his hard-earned money for an expensive passage to the West
Indies, the average Indian cricket fan has given a firm thumbs down to the
World Cup.
While tour operators blame it on Men in Blue's late peaking, the average crowd
find the packages beyond their reach.
Prem....
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| BCCI meeting after Nimbus notice for the live cricket telecast matter
Barely a year after signing a telecast deal with the Cricket Board for a whopping
612 million dollars, Nimbus today issued a notice to the BCCI threatening
to pull out of the deal.
Nimbus' decision to withdraw from the deal, covering
matches in India till 2010 March, comes after the Gove....
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| I don't know why I have been dropped From World cup 2007 cricket squad: Kaif
Middle-order batsman Mohammad Kaif, bewildered by his omission from the Indian team,
today said he was not told by the authorities concerned which aspects of the game
he needs to address.
"I have not been told which areas of my game I need to
improve upon," Kaif, here to guide ....
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| Proteas beat Ireland in Cricket World Cricket 2007 warm up
All-rounder Andrew Hall's efforts with bat and ball rescued South Africa's
in their World Cup warm-up match against Ireland in St Augustine on Monday.
Hall hit an unbeaten 67 to prop up South Africa's innings of
192 and then took three for 26 as Ireland were dismissed for 157 to lose
by....
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| Indian cricket team to warm-up against Netherlands tomorrow
A confident India will warm-up against cricket minnows the Netherlands
at Trelawny stadium here tomorrow, seeking to acclimatise to the Caribbean conditions
before launching their quest of regaining the World Cup after nearly a quarter
of a century.
The Rahul Dravid-led team, which is regar....
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| Sachin Tendulkar denies any pressure of Cricket world cup 2007
Sachin Tendulkar might have to cope with a new role in batting and the extra responsibility
of being the vice-captain, but India's premier batsman said that he felt no pressure
and was keen to contribute with both bat and ball at the World Cup.
"I am looking forward to having a good Worl....
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| Pawar will have to wait to become Indian Cricket Council chief
Sharad Pawar's hopes of becoming the ICC President will have to wait a little
longer to materialise after the BCCI chief failed to garner enough support among
nomination committee members to take the post in 2008.
Pawar was pitted against England and Wales Cricket
Board Chairman David Mor....
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| Board of Control for Cricket had no knowledge of NSG cover
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today said that the decision
to provide National Security Guards commandos for the security of the Indian team
during the World Cup was the government's move and the BCCI had not made
any specific request in this regard.
Talking to newsmen, B....
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| Indian Cricket Council team gets Marlon Samuels - Mukesh Kochar conversation tape
A two-member team of International Cricket Council (ICC) today received tapes
of alleged conversation between West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels
and bookie Mukesh Kochar ahead of the January 21 ODI.
"We have handed over the tapes and transcripts to N.S.
Virk -- regional security....
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| Pakistan Cricket Board denies Shoaib, Asif underwent dope tests
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf today strongly dismissed
suggestions that pacers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were pulled
out of the World Cup after they failed a secret dope test in London.
The announcement came just hours after the International
Cricket Counci....
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| Sonn to remain ICC president till year 2009
The International Cricket Council Chief Percy Sonn's tenure has
been extended till 2009.
The channel sources further told that Sonn accepted an invitation
from the ICC to extend his term during a two-day board meeting that ended
on Friday.
"The standard term for an ICC president....
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