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| Caribbean pitches may pose problems for Aus
This time around it won't be easy for the beleaguered Australians
to defend their World Cup title for more than one reason.
First, their successive defeats at the hands of New Zealand
that made them lose number one spot in the ICC ranking must have discouraged
them. Secondly a sea cha....
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| Challenge to take one-dayers seriously during early days: Sunny
It was a great challenge for the Indian batsman to take the
one day games seriously during the early days and the attitude of the team changed
in the early '80s during the Australia tour while taking part in a triangular
tournament, former captain Sunil Gavaskar said today.
"When....
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| Aussies flinch as Dhoni pinches 2nd spot in ICC ODI rankings
India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni has moved up to
second position overtaking Australian captain Ricky Ponting in the latest
ICC Player rakings for ODI batsmen. This is Dhoni`s highest ranking
since May 2006.
The 25-year-old, who had briefly reigned the rankings chart la....
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| Talat`s report has no mention of racial abuse by Woolmer
Pakistan team manager Talat Ali has not reported any incident of racial abuse by
coach Bob Woolmer against any member of the team, including temperamental
fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar during the recent tour of South Africa.
A PCB official confirmed to PTI that Talat, in his tour
report file....
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| Winning the World Cup is main aim: Smith
Keeping his eye glued on the World Cup trophy, South African captain Graeme Smith said that the new World No 1 tag will not distract his team from the
immediate and important goal of winning the event.
The World Cup will be played in the Caribbean from March 13.
"We are pleased with o....
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| Bowlers need to contribute with bat: Harbhajan
Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh today emphasised on the need for the tail-enders
to contribute with the bat.
"It is important for bowlers to bat and contribute. As we bat down the
order, the 20-odd runs that we can contribute is very important. All the bowlers
have been working....
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| Holding hits out at Cup no-hopers
Former West Indies Test star Michael Holding believes the World Cup will
be devalued by the number of non-Test playing nations taking part. The fast bowling
legend insists that only the top-ranked Associate country in the world should
be allowed to take part.
When the 2007 World Cup gets un....
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| Pathan ready to prove fitness
Plagued by a lackluster form and niggling injuries, Irfan Pathan admitted that
things were not going his way but was keen to prove his form and fitness before
the World Cup.
Pathan, who is part of the World Cup squad, has been
asked to play for West Zone in the Deodhar Trophy one dayer a....
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| Dravid urges World Cup newcomers to show no fear
India captain Rahul Dravid has urged the younger members of his squad not to
be overawed by the World Cup.
Six of India's 15-man squad for the March 13-April 28 World
Cup in the Caribbean will be making their debut in the tournament, including
three of the five-man pace attack.
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| Team India with a new jersey for WC
The two former captains, Sachin and Ganguly were present with Dravid at the unveiling
of the new team clothing along with Mahendra Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth
and Dinesh Karthik.
The Cricket Board`s apparel sponsors Nike claimed that the
new apparel that the team would be wearing at t....
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| I was confident of WC berth after Cuttack knock: Karthick
Young middle order batsman Dinesh Karthick said his match-winning half-century
that helped India beat the West Indies at Cuttack was crucial in
winning him a berth in the World Cup squad.
"Definitely my chances increased after I got runs (top-score
of 63) in the Cuttack game (on Jan....
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| I tried too hard to pick wickets: Sreesanth
S Sreesanth says his own expectations after a successful Test series in South
Africa may have resulted in a patchy performance in the recent One day
games against the West Indies and Sri Lanka.
Sreesanth said in trying too hard to take wickets, he forgot
the basics and thus returned with ....
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| Nimbus defends its ads
Private broadcaster Nimbus has rejected allegations that its ads telecast
during India West Indies cricket one dayers last month were racist claiming
that the idea behind them was "light hearted".
Responding to a show cause notice served on them, Nimbus officials
appeared before....
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| Tendulkar declares himself fit
Sachin Tendulkar has declared himself fit from the back problem that forced him
to miss the fourth and last One Day International against Sri Lanka
at Vishakhapatnam on February 17.
"Its fine", the batsman replied when queried about his 'stiff back'
on the sidelines of a campaig....
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| Sehwag should be used as an opener in World Cup: Azharuddin
Virender Sehwag should be used as an opener rather than as a middle-order bat
in the World Cup, feels former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin.
"I have always felt that Sehwag should be used as an opener
along with Sourav Ganguly because he will not be much successful playing
in ....
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