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Smith, Amla Send South Africa To Crazy Victory
Cricket | Nov 11, 2011, 04:49 PM ISTCape Town, Nov 11: Centuries by Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla sent South Africa to an eight-wicket win over Australia inside two-and-a-half days in the opening test at Newlands on Friday.Smith made 101 not out
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Pakistan Keen To Wrap Series With 2nd Win Over SL
Cricket | Nov 02, 2011, 04:20 PM ISTSharjah, Nov 2: Pakistan is keen to score a victory against Sri Lanka in the third and final cricket test starting on Thursday and leapfrog its opponents in the test rankings.Pakistan, forced to play the
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Want To Be Remembered As Test Player, Says Yuvraj
Cricket | Oct 31, 2011, 06:28 PM ISTGurgaon, Oct 31: India's middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh reckons that his best years as a cricketer is “yet to come” and he will now strive to revive his Test career.Yuvraj is not a regular member
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Selectors Meet In Kolkata On Friday
Cricket | Nov 03, 2011, 01:55 PM ISTKolkata, Oct 27: After missing out on the one-day series, Harbhajan Singh should be back in contention as discussion surrounding the ace off-spinner's inclusion for the first Test against West Indies in New Delhi would
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Lele Says, Kapil Forced Sachin To Change Follow-On Decision In Test
Cricket | Oct 26, 2011, 05:46 PM ISTMumbai, Oct 26: At the height of the match-fixing saga a decade ago, the then India coach Kapil Dev had overruled captain Sachin Tendulkar's decision to enforce the follow on against New Zealand in the
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It's Tough To Pull Up When The Series Is Lost : Cook
Cricket | Oct 21, 2011, 04:14 PM ISTMohali, Oct 21: Dejected England captain Alastair Cook said it would be difficult for him to lift his side in the remaining two ODIs against India after it conceded a 0-3 lead to the hosts
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Sangakkara's Century Helps Sri Lanka Fight Back
Cricket | Oct 21, 2011, 04:54 PM ISTAbu Dhabi, Oct 21: Kumar Sangakkara struck a defiant unbeaten 113 Friday but Sri Lanka were still facing an uphill task to avoid defeat against Pakistan in the opening test at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.Sri
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Ganguly Sees Tough Series Against Australia
Cricket | Oct 20, 2011, 05:38 PM ISTKolkata, Oct 20: India might be doing well against England in the ongoing ODI series but former captain Sourav Ganguly feels that a tough contest awaits them when they tour Australia later in the year.“At
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West Indies Tour Schedule Announced
Cricket | Oct 18, 2011, 01:19 PM ISTMumbai, Oct 18: The Indian cricket control board today announced the schedule for the India vs West Indies ODI series to be held in November-December this year.India and the West Indies will play three Tests
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New Zealand Beats Zimbabwe By 10 Wickets
Cricket | Oct 15, 2011, 09:51 PM ISTHarare, Oct 15: New Zealand cruised to a 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the first Twenty20 international at Harare Sports Club on Saturday.New Zealand's disciplined bowling attack set the tourists on their victory path after
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Watson Will Certainly Play Every Game In SAfrica : Clarke
Cricket | Oct 15, 2011, 06:53 PM ISTSydney, Oct 15: Australia's Test and one-day captain Michael Clarke has made it clear that Shane Watson, if fully fit, would play every game in South Africa.''No, I certainly won't be resting him,'' The Sydney
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We're Not Match-Fixers : Clarke
Cricket | Oct 14, 2011, 08:06 PM ISTSydney, Oct 14: Australian Test and one-day captain Michael Clarke has defended his players against match-fixing allegations after a sports agent said the country's top cricketers were "the biggest" culprits.Mazhar Majeed, accused by prosecutors of
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New ICC ODI Rules Are A Bit Tricky, Says Dhoni
Cricket | Oct 13, 2011, 03:44 PM ISTHyderabad, Oct 13: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni termed the new rules for ODIs set by the ICC as “tricky” and said that getting reverse swing could be a problem as two new balls will
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Trott Says England Can Carry Test Success To ODIs
Cricket | Oct 13, 2011, 10:36 PM ISTHyderabad, Oct 12: Batsman Jonathan Trott believes England has the right mix of players and the talent needed to carry its success in test cricket into the one-day game.“I think our lineup complements itself,” Trott
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Majeed Has Put Every Player Under Suspicion: Oz Body
Cricket | Oct 12, 2011, 05:52 PM ISTMelbourne, Oct 12: Alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed's claim that Australians were the biggest offenders of match-fixing is far from true but it has put every player under suspicion, feels Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) chief executive
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Bairstow, Borthwick Star In England XI Victory
Cricket | Oct 11, 2011, 10:50 PM ISTHyderabad, Oct 11: Jonny Bairstow cracked 104 not out and Scott Borthwick claimed 5-31 to power England XI to a massive 253-run victory over Hyderabad XI in a practice game Tuesday ahead of the tourists'
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Banker Ashraf Appointed PCB Chief In Place Of Butt
Cricket | Oct 11, 2011, 08:35 PM ISTLahore, Oct 11: Ending days of speculation, President Asif Ali Zardari today appointed noted banker Zaka Ashraf as chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board in place of Ijaz Butt.In a notification issued late in the evening,
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Brett Lee Ruled Out Of South Africa Tour
Cricket | Oct 11, 2011, 05:15 PM ISTSydney, Oct 11: Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has been ruled out of the team's Twenty20 and One-day series against South Africa after being diagnosed with appendicitis.The speedstar was due to have an operation in
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PCB Not Interested In Hiring Dean Jones As Pak Coach
Cricket | Oct 11, 2011, 05:11 PM ISTKarachi, Oct 11: Former Australian batsman Dean Jones may be keen to take up as Pakistan''s new coach, but the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is not interested in hiring him for the job, according to
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Complains Of Substandard Umpiring Bothers PCB
Cricket | Oct 11, 2011, 05:07 PM ISTKarachi, Oct 11: Umpiring has become a matter of concern for the Pakistan Cricket Board as there is increasing complains of substandard umpiring in the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.After the first round of the country's premier