Cricket World Cup 2011
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India Has In It To Beat Aussies: Yuvraj
Cricket | Mar 21, 2011, 07:51 AM ISTChennai, Mar 20: Indian batting star Yuvraj Singh reckons that India have a good chance to beat Australia in the World Cup as the defending champions are not the same intimidating force due to retirements
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We Are Improving, Will Be Our Best Against Australia: Dhoni
Cricket | Mar 21, 2011, 07:49 AM ISTChennai, Mar 20: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni today admitted that losing quick wickets was still a concern but said his team was gradually improving and will be at its best against Australia in the
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Tendulkar Walks In First Over Of His 450th ODI
Cricket | Mar 20, 2011, 04:05 PM ISTChennai, Mar 20: A day after Ricky Ponting refused to walk, Sachin Tendulkar didn't let the fact that he was playing his 450th one-day international affect his decision-making and gracefully conceded he was out in
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Yuvraj's All Round Show Script India's Easy Win Over Windies
Cricket | Mar 20, 2011, 10:11 PM ISTChennai, Mar 20: Yuvraj Singh smashed his maiden World Cup century and took two wickets as India crushed West Indies by 80 runs in their last Group B league match to set up a quarter-final
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India Will Look To Regain Peak Form Against Windies
Cricket | Mar 19, 2011, 02:06 PM ISTChennai, Mar 19: Their chances of making the quarterfinals hardly at risk, India would look to make up for the rather unconvincing campaign so far with a dominating performance against the West Indies in their
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Formidable South Africa Crush Bangladesh By 206 Runs
Cricket | Mar 19, 2011, 04:01 PM ISTDhaka, Mar 19: A formidable South Africa thrashed co-hosts Bangladesh by 206-run in their final group B encounter of the World Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka today.Bangladesh thus bow out of the
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Losing Wickets At Regular Intervals Was Key, Says Taylor
Cricket | Mar 19, 2011, 10:48 AM ISTMumbai, Mar 18: New Zealand's stand-in skipper Ross Taylor blamedn the loss of wickets at regular intervals for his side's 112-run defeat against Sri Lanka in their concluding Group A World Cup tie, here today."It
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Sangakkara Wants His Team To Be Ready For Tougher Battles
Cricket | Mar 19, 2011, 10:39 AM ISTMumbai, Mar 18: Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara chose to exercise caution despite his team's thumping 112-run victory over New Zealand in their concluding Group A World Cup match today by saying tougher and more
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Injured Shahzad Heads Home, Rookie Dernbach Drafted In
Cricket | Mar 19, 2011, 10:29 AM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 18: England pacer Ajmal Shahzad who has sustained a hamstring injury is the latest English cricketer to return home after Kevin Pietersen and Stuart Broad.According to a media release issued by the
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England Beat WI By 18 Runs To Keep Their Last-8 Hopes Alive
Cricket | Mar 17, 2011, 10:48 PM ISTChennai, Mar 17: England spinners James Tredwell and Graeme Swann showed tremendous composure to keep England's hopes of a quarterfinal berth alive after beating West Indies by 18 runs in their final group B league
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Lanka, NZ Look For Momentum Ahead Of Knock-Out Round
Cricket | Mar 17, 2011, 02:17 PM ISTMumbai, Mar 17 (PTI) Quarterfinal berths secured, Sri Lanka and New Zealand would be keen to maintain the winning momentum prior to tougher battles in the knockout phase of the World Cup when they clash
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Minnows Look To Sign Off On A High
Cricket | Mar 17, 2011, 02:18 PM ISTKolkata, Mar 17: It could well be their last outing at the big stage as minnows Ireland and the Netherlands lock horns in a battle for pride in their last group B match of the
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Shoaib Akhtar To Retire After World Cup
Cricket | Mar 17, 2011, 05:39 PM ISTColombo, Mar 17: Temperamental and injury-ravaged Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar today announced he would retire from international cricket after the World Cup, bringing to end a tempestuous career marred by several controversies including a dope
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Match Against Pakistan Will Be A Good Test: Ponting
Cricket | Mar 17, 2011, 11:23 AM ISTBangalore, Mar 16: Australian juggernaut continued to roll in the cricket World Cup as they scored a comfortable seven-wicket win over Canada, but skipper Ricky Ponting said the defending champions have not been tested as
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Tight Security In Chennai After LeT Plot Unearthed
Cricket | Mar 09, 2011, 12:53 PM ISTChennai, Mar 8: Security has been tightened at the M A Chidambaram stadium here in the wake of reported unearthing of a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terror plot to target a cricket World Cup venue."Measures have been
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South Africa To Focus On Fielding, Says Pacer Steyn
Cricket | Mar 01, 2011, 05:02 PM ISTMohali, Mar 1: South Africa pacer Dale Steyn today said the nerve-wrecking tied match between India and England highlighted the importance of fielding and the Proteas will focus as much on saving runs as on
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Tendulkar Hits A Record Fifth World Cup Hundred
Cricket | Feb 27, 2011, 06:01 PM ISTBangalore, Feb 27 : Sachin Tendulkar today reached another milestone as he became the highest century-maker in World Cup history by scoring his fifth hundred in the prestigious event. The 37-year-old Tendulkar reached the landmark
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We Must Bowl Well, Bat Well Against Lanka, Says Afridi
Cricket | Feb 24, 2011, 12:00 PM ISTHambantota (Sri Lanka), Feb 24 : Pakistan defeated Kenya comfortably in their first match of the World Cup but skipper Shahid Afridi said his side will have to play with lot more energy if they
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Pakistan Wants To Begin With A Bang Against Kenya
Cricket | Feb 22, 2011, 01:52 PM ISTHambantota (Sri Lanka), Feb 22 : Keen to re-establish their reputation dented by the spot-fixing scandal, unpredictable Pakistan will look to launch their cricket World Cup campaign on a rousing note when they take on
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Ponting Apologizes For Smashing Dressing Room LCD
Cricket | Feb 23, 2011, 10:30 AM ISTAhmedabad, Feb 22: Australian skipper Ricky Ponting today apologised for smashing an LCD screen in the team's dressing room following his run out in the World Cup opener against Zimbabwe, but his behaviour came under