South African captain Graeme Smith said they would be targetting Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as he is a key member of the team and putting him under pressure might affect the rest of the side.
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Friday, February 5
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 07:39 PM IST
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 07:38 PM IST
Pakistan's former captain Waqar Younis claimed there are some hidden reasons behind the team's terrible performance in Australia.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 06:37 PM IST
A committee investigating Pakistan's humiliating whitewash in Australia will also probe the ball-tampering offence by star all-rounder Shahid Afridi, an official said Friday.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 06:36 PM IST
World Twenty20 champion Pakistan on Friday failed to end their disastrous Australia tour on happy note, as they lost the only Twenty20 match at Melbourne Cricket Ground by two runs.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 06:30 PM IST
India plays its first Test match against South Africa from Saturday, but the verbal battle has begun between both sides as South African skipper Graeme Smith and his Indian counterpart Mahendra Singh Dhoni targetted each other on Friday.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 06:17 PM IST
ICC umpire Mark Benson has retired from the Emirates Elite Panel and has decided to return home to England to take up a contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 05:19 PM IST
A superb all-round display from Jacob Oram helped New Zealand crush Bangladesh by 146-runs in the opening one-day international at Napier on Friday.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 05:15 PM IST
Injury-ravaged India were sweating over the fitness of key middle-order batsman Venkatsai Laxman ahead of the first Test against South Africa starting Saturday.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 03:57 PM IST
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt has rebuffed media reports which quoted Sindh Sports minister Dr Mohammad Ali Shah, as saying that he took a nap during the National Assemblys Standing Committee on Sports meeting.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 02:56 PM IST
He was a player no one wanted, but now is the hottest star in Twenty20. West Indian Kieron Pollard still maintains some old-fashioned values that many traditionalists would find hard to reconcile.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 02:55 PM IST
Stuart Robertson, the founder of Twenty20 cricket, has warned administrators not to schedule too much of the shortest format, though it is booming and popular.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 02:54 PM IST
Australian cricket team coach Tim Nielsen feels that fast bowler Brett Lee still has a future with the national squad, but it''s unlikely to be in Test cricket.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 02:53 PM IST
Australia''s Twenty20 team captain Michael Clarke is under pressure to retain his spot in the squad, given his poor average in this format of the game.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 02:49 PM IST
Even while describing Shahid Afridis shocking act of chewing the ball during the fifth and final one-day international against Australia at Perth as ‘indefensible, former Pakistan captain Rameez Raja has said that ball-tampering is the Pakistan.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 01:38 PM IST
England crickets latest international call-up – British Asian all-rounder Ajmal Shahzad – is the cynosure of all eyes involved with the sport.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 01:37 PM IST
Plans to redevelop The Lords cricket ground in London are facing strong county resistance, particularly over moves to guarantee two Test matches a year for the home of cricket.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 01:36 PM IST
Under fire for his teams horrendous show in both the Test and one-day series against Australia, Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has made it clear that he would not step down.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 01:35 PM IST
The first of the five Ashes Tests will be held at The Gabba in Brisbane from November 25 to 29, it has been confirmed.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 01:34 PM IST
Upset over Pakistans deplorable performance Down Under, former fast bowler and current bowling coach Waqar Younis has said there were some ‘hidden reasons behind his teams shoddy show.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 12:42 PM IST
Following its thrashing in both the Test and one-day series, Pakistan would be looking to salvage some national in the lone T20 match against Australia today (Friday).
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 12:41 PM IST
Some $200,000 in cash, plus jewellery, VVIP tickets for the Beyonce "I Am" show and the honorary "Order of Australia" formed part of a big heist at the home of world's cricketing icon Brian Lara Wednesday.
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Pankaj Mishra
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 12:40 PM IST
The Delhi High Court Thursday restrained the Indian Cricket League (ICL) from filing a suit in British courts to seek damages from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). |
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