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| Inzamam-ul-Haq missing Abdul Razzaq, Shahid Afridi
Pakistan captain Inzamam ul Haq has said the team in the World Cup was
severly missing allrounders Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq, who
were experienced to release pressure on the top order batsmen in one day matches.
Inzamam said the absence of Razzaq and Afridi had put pressure on him, Moh....
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| Sri Lanka elects to bat against Bermuda in wc 07
Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat against
Bermuda in the World Cup Group B encounter today.
Lankans openers Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya
were helped their team to cross 50 in 6.1 overs. Sri Lanka were 74 for
one in 11th overs.
Jayasuriya wa....
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| Sri Lanka to take on debutants Bermuda
Sri Lanka will take on debutante Bermuda in their opening World Cup Group
B clash of on Friday.
The 1996 winners have served a warning after deciding to field
both their strike bowlers, off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and left-arm
paceman Chaminda Vaas.
Vaas, 33, would be buoyant ....
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| Zimbabwe to face minnows Ireland in cricket match of wc 07
Experienced Zimbabwe will take on minnows Ireland today. The Irish cricket team
is playing for their first ever World Cup in Sabina Park, Jamaica.
According to Sahara Samay, Ireland, like Bermuda in Group B, are playing in
the World Cup for the first time, but they are confident to beat Zi....
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| Australia sound warning bells with emphatic win over Scotland
Three-time champions Australia sounded an ominous warning to their World Cup
rivals thumping minnows Scotland by a record 203-run margin in the Group
'A' encounter here on Wednesday.
The Aussies, smarting under a five-match losing streak and
dethroned as world's number one one-day side, ....
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| ICC to Pakistan team: Avoid holding press conferences in Urdu
The International Cricket Council has asked the Pakistan team management
to avoid holding press conferences in the Urdu language as it consumes a lot of
time.A source in the Pakistan team based in Kingston disclosed that media
manager Pervez Mir and manager Talat Ali had been told to hold thei....
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| Sreesanth foresees a role for himself in Cricket World Cup 07
S Sreesanth is yet to cement a regular place in the one-day squad but the sprightly
Kerala paceman believes he has an important role to play in Team India's scheme
of things in this World Cup.
"I have set a goal for myself and I am sure it's going
to help the team. I have been workin....
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| Immaculate McGrath says there is room for improvement during world cup
It would certainly not be music to the ears of the rival batsmen as Glenn McGrath
asserted that his immaculate spell of fast bowling in Australia's opening World
Cup game against Scotland was nowhere near his best.
"It could have been better, but I will take it. We are still getting used
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| Australia sound warning bells with emphatic win over Scotland Cricket Team
Three-time champions Australia sounded an ominous warning to their World Cup
rivals thumping minnows Scotland by a record 203-run margin in the Group
'A' encounter here on Wednesday.
The Aussies, smarting under a five-match losing streak and
dethroned as world's number one one-day side, ....
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| Australia beat Scotland in WC 07
Australian captain Ricky Ponting hit his fourth World Cup century
registering a 203-run victory over Scotland in their opening Group A match
on Wednesday.
Ponting batted with determination after being dropped on 23
to make 113 with five sixes before he was bowled by Craig Wright.
Tail-en....
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| Australia get flying start against Scotland cricket team in WC 07
Australian openers, Mathew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist have given flying start
to their team against cricket minnow Scotland in a Group A match here at
Warner Park.
Australia were 82 runs without loss in the 15th overs. Gilchrist
and Hayden are playing on 40 and 38 respectively at this mom....
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| Kenya cricket team wins toss; elect to field first
Kenyan skipper Steve Tikolo won the toss and decided to filed first against
the Canada at the Beausejour Stadium (St Lucia) here today.
The two minnows have New Zealand and England as the other two teams
in the Group C.
Both teams are as following:
Kenya: Steve Tikolo (C), Thomas Odoyo, Ra....
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| Scotland put Australian cricket team in to bat first
Scotland skipper Craig Wright won the toss and elected to field against
defending champions Australia in the 'Group A' opener of the cricket World
Cup here today.
Australia left out injured all-rounder Andrew Symonds and pacemen Stuart
Clark and Mitchell Johnson from the playing XI.
Austr....
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| ICC summons Umar Gul, Rana for random dope test
Pakistan pacer Rana Naved ul Hasan and Umar Gul were summoned by
the International Cricket Council (ICC) for random dope test after their
opening World Cup match against the West Indies.ICC had summoned Umer Gul and
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan for a random dope test after the World Cup opening
match....
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| Greg Chappell allays fears on Sourav Ganguly's injury
Indian team coach Greg Chappell has allayed fears on Sourav Ganguly's
ankle injury, saying the brief break gave the side a chance to be fully fit before
their opening game in the cricket World Cup scheduled against Bangladesh
on Saturday."We're prepared for it, and we are ready to go. Mos....
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