Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Sunday met Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray to urge him not to oppose the participation of Australian cricketers in the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Sunday, February 7
Australia beat West Indies by 113 runs in Melbourne ODI
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Pankaj Mishra
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 05:58 PM IST
Australia on Sunday crushed West Indies by 113 runs in the first ODI at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Pakistan summon coach, captain over Australia rout
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Pankaj Mishra
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 05:57 PM IST
An evaluation committee issued a demand on Sunday for Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam and captain Mohammad Yousuf to explain the team's dismal performance on their tour of Australia.
Deported Asif not cleared for Pakistan's UAE trip
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Pankaj Mishra
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 05:53 PM IST
Pakistani paceman Mohammad Asif will not be able to play in the United Arab Emirates as its authorities have refused to revoke a travel ban on him, an official said Sunday.
Amla boosts South Africa with double ton
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Pankaj Mishra
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 05:49 PM IST
Hashim Amla smashed his maiden double-century to put South Africa in the driver's seat on the second day of the first Test against India on Sunday.
Dhoni defends bowlers despite Kallis''s ton
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Pankaj Mishra
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 03:48 PM IST
Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has stood by his bowlers despite South African batsman Jacques Kallis scoring his third hundred in five Tests on the first day of the first Test at Nagpur.
'Captain' Cook's priority should be to score runs: Gooch
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Pankaj Mishra
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 03:46 PM IST
Former England cricketer Graham Gooch has said that left-handed batsman Alastair Cook must put scoring runs before captaincy as he leads the team to Bangladesh.
Pakistan coach accepts blame for Australian defeats
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Pankaj Mishra
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 03:44 PM IST
Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam said Sunday he accepted full responsibility for his team's dismal performance on its tour of Australia last month, and vowed not to run away from any investigation.
Australian cricket legends to meet at Imparja Cup
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zaheen
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 01:51 PM IST
Melbourne, Feb 7 : Retired Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie will captain a group of Australian cricketing legends to play against some of the country’s best indigenous players in Alice Springs this week.
Lawson cast doubts over accuracy of speed guns
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zaheen
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 01:50 PM IST
Melbourne, Feb 7 : Former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson has expressed his admiration of Shaun Tait’s bowling performance in the Twenty20 game against Pakistan, but has cast doubts over the accuracy of the speed gun that clocked his 160.7km/h delivery.
New Zealand cricket board advice crowds to keep eye on ball
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zaheen
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 01:49 PM IST
Auckland, Feb 7 : ‘Keeping your eye on the ball’ is about to become the catch-cry for not only the world’s best cricketers, but also the thousands of people who come to watch them in action in New Zealand- particularly in the new Twenty20 format.
PCB paid Miandad 8.4 million rupees for seven days of work: Butt
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zaheen
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 01:48 PM IST
Lahore, Feb.7 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt dropped another bombshell on board’s director general Javed Miandad saying that the former captain was paid 8.4 million rupees for a week’s work in an year.
Ponting backs fast bowlers to quell Gayle's inexperienced team
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zaheen
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 01:47 PM IST
Melbourne, Feb 7 : Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has backed his fast bowlers to contain West Indies captain Chris Gayle and his team in the one-day series starting at the MCG from Sunday.
South Africa in control despite Kallis exit
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zaheen
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 01:46 PM IST
India's Harbhajan Singh dismissed Jacques Kallis for 173 before South Africa reached a strong 379-3 at lunch on the second day of the first Test on Sunday.
Pak cricket team returns home after disastrous Australia tour
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zaheen
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 01:45 PM IST
Karachi, Feb.7 : The Pakistan cricket team returned home late on Saturday after a long and disastrous tour of Australia.
Siddle will fight his way back into the Oz squad: Lee
by
zaheen
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 01:44 PM IST
Sydney, Feb.7 : Australian and New South Wales fast bowler Brett Lee, who is currently out of national reckoning because of a serious elbow injury, has predicted that injured right-arm quick Peter Siddle will fight his way back into the national squad.
Australia is not a racist country, Lee tells Indian media
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zaheen
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 01:43 PM IST
Sydney, Feb.7 : Though the Indian media has gone to town describing Australia as a country where racism, especially against the Asian minority thrives, the continent’s pin-up boy – Brett Lee – has taken the initiative in saying this is not the case.
Lee says he may never bowl again
by
zaheen
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 01:42 PM IST
Sydney, Feb.7 : Australian and New South Wales fast Bowler Brett Lee has said that there is a distinct possibility of him not bowling in competitive cricket again, as he is yet to recover from a serious elbow injury.
Tait is Australian cricket''s new Thommo, claims Hogg
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zaheen
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 01:41 PM IST
Melbourne, Feb.7 : Former Australian Test quick Rodney Hogg has hailed South Australian Shaun Tait as the new-age Jeff Thomson and says he will pilot Australia to Twenty20 World Cup supremacy with his terrifying pace.
South Africa add Langeveldt to one-day squad
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zaheen
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 01:40 PM IST
Paceman Charl Langeveldt was on Sunday added to South Africa's squad for the upcoming three-match one-day international series against India.
Afghan cricketers out to prove they are no one-hit wonders
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zaheen
on Sun 07 Feb 2010 01:40 PM IST
Afghanistan and its people have not had much to cheer about in the past 30 years but one bright spot has come from a surprising source - their cricket team. |
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