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| John Wright to be head coach of Australian cricket team
Former India cricket coach John Wright is all set to take over as
the head coach of Australia's Centre of Excellence.
According to a report in the 'Sydney Morning Herald', Wright is set to fill the
post left vacant by Tim Nielson, who took over as Australia's coach after
the World Cup.
The....
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| Unfit Shoaib Akhtar dropped from Asia XI
Dope-tainted Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar was today dropped from
the Asian XI team for the Afro Asia Cricket Cup due to lack of fitness.
Asian Cricket Council selection committee member Mohsin Khan said
the express bowler was dropped as he had not recovered from his knee injury.
"The P....
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| Indian Cricket Board blames DD for India Bangladesh Test series blackout
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today squarely blamed
public broadcaster Doordarshan for denying millions of Indian fans the
chance of watching the ongoing Test series between India and Bangladesh.
"Doordarshan is to be blamed for this. They should have prepared an underst....
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| Indian Cricket Board Technical Committee to meet on June 4
The Technical Committee of the Cricket Board, headed by Sunil Gavaskar,
is to meet on June four at Bangalore, the BCCI said today.
"The Technical Committee is to meet at Bangalore on June four. It will discuss
the suggestions put forth by captains and managers of last year's Ranji Trophy
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| Present Indian cricket team is high on quality Mohammad Ashraful
Impressed with the new-look Indian team, Bangladesh vice-captain and dashing
willower Mohammad Ashraful said the visiting side is high on quality.
Drawing a comparison between the present Indian team and the
one that toured Bangladesh in 2004, Ashraful said the current lot was a more
you....
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| Bangladesh 49 for 3 at lunch in Cricket Test Match
Bangladesh were 49 for 3 in their first innings when rain interrupted play on
the fourth day of the first cricket Test against India here today.
Rajin Saleh (5) and Mohammad Ashraful (2) were at the crease when
rain played spoilsport and the umpires decided for an early lunch break.
Brief s....
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| India declare first innings cricket at 387 for 8 against Bangladesh
India declared their first innings at 387 for 8 on the fourth day of the first
cricket Test against Bangladesh here today.
Brief scores: India (1st innings) 387 for 8 declared
in 98.5 overs (S Tendulkar 101, S Ganguly 100, R Dravid 61, D Kaarthick 56,
MS Dhoni 36; M Mortaza 4/97, S Hoss....
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| Pakistani Players termed Inzamam Ul Haq autocratic
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam ul Haq was preceived as an "autocrat"
by different players of his team, a member of the Performance Evaluation Committee
(PEC) that probed Pakistan's failure at the cricket World Cup said.
Various players, who had played with Inzamam, gave their feed....
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| India to play cricket tri series in Bangladesh in 2008 2009
India have agreed to play a tri-series in Bangladesh with Pakistan
as the third side in 2008 or 2009.
The matter was discussed at a meeting between the BCCI top brass and
their counterparts in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) here last night.
"We have agreed to play the tri-series in....
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| BCCI should consult players before appointing cricket coach Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar wants the BCCI to consider the players' views while appointing
the new coach for the Indian cricket team.
Speaking to newspersons after scoring his 36th ton in the first Test against Bangladesh,
Tendulkar said he was not aware of the BCCI's seven-member coach selection panel
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| Indian Cricket team 295 for 3 at stumps on Day 1
Electing to bat, India made 295 for three on the opening day of the first cricket
Test against Bangladesh here today.
Brief scores: India: 295 for 3 in 77 overs (Dinesh Kaarthick
56, R Dravid 61, S Tendulkar 80 batting, S Ganguly 82 batting).....
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| Bob Woolmer had no enemies said Jamaica Police
Jamaican Police Deputy commissioner Mark Shields has said Bob Woolmer
had "no enemies" who could have harmed the Pakistan cricket coach
but investigators were obliged to treat the death as a murder on the basis of
pathology reports.
Shields, who was in Cape Town for a week interv....
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| Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly lead India recovery
Bangladesh picked up two crucial wickets to peg back India in the post-lunch
session of on a rain-truncated opening day's play in the first cricket Test here
today.
Opener Dinesh Kaarthick (56) and skipper Rahul Dravid (61), who
were going great guns before lunch, went back in quick succes....
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| Rahul Dravid and Murali Kaarthick sizzles with half centuries
Skipper Rahul Dravid and opener Dinesh Kaarthick hit strokeful half-centuries
to lead India to a comfortable 113 for one at lunch on the opening day of first
cricket Test against Bangladesh here today.
Kaarthick (54 batting) and Dravid (52 batting) were involved in a rollicking unfinished
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| Unfit Munaf Patel called back, Ishant Sharma inducted as replacement
India suffered another setback in the bowling department with Munaf Patel
being called back from the Bangladesh tour after being declared unfit due
to a lower back spasm.
Patel strained himself while bowling in the nets yesterday and had to sit out
of the first Test against Bangladesh that....
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