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Cricket-Ponting's one-day international career over

SYDNEY, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Ricky Ponting, Australia's most successful one-day cricketer, accepted that his limited overs international career was over on Tuesday but said he wanted to continue in test cricket and hoped to play in the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Cricket: Double recall for Ryder

A day after the Black Caps were put to the sword by a stocky South African opener, New Zealand's own match-winning top order bat returned to the national scene. Jesse Ryder, missing from the New Zealand set-up since the test defe [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Cricket: Cook hits another ton in England win

England beat Pakistan by 20 runs in the second one-day international to lead 2-0 and grab at least a share of the series spoils on Wednesday. Skipper Alastair Cook scored a second successive century while Steve Finn and Ravi Bopara played [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

India-Sri Lanka ODI ends in a thrilling tie

India paid the price for leaving too much for the end, as their triangular series match against Sri Lanka, in Adelaide on Tuesday, ended in a nerve-wrecking tie despite captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's last-ditch charge to overhaul the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Pak disable cricketers wrap-up T20 series 2-0

Karachi—Pakistan impaired cricketers made an impressive mark when they won the two match T20 International series 2-0 by beating England by 20 runs under lights at ICC Global Academy Ground Dubai on Sunday night. Off-break bowler [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

Aaqib gets UAE cricket team coaching offer

LAHORE - Former Test fast bowler Aaqib Javed has received an offer to join the United Arab Emirates Cricket team’s head coach after the resignation of Kabir Khan, who resigned from his post to take a similar role with Afghanistan. [...]

Posted On : Feb, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Pakistan v England – England's series report card

Andrew Strauss (150 runs at 25.0) Set the tone on the very first morning of the series with tentative footwork and an almost desperate shot to get out with 20 overs not yet bowled. He looked like a man coming back after a long lay-off and [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Pak squad humbles English cricket pride

PAKISTANI cricket team’s marvelous and historic victory against English team has rightly sent waves of joy and jubilations across the country. The 71-run win in the third and final Test against England at Dubai on Monday inflicted a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Pakistan cricket genuinely on top

WHETHER it was historic, fairy-tale or stunning, these would just be phraseologies. Statisticians might still rank England as number one, but let it be said in all fairness and honesty here that Monday’s 3-0 whitewash in Dubai sent [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Wade 'enjoying the chance to play for Australia'

Young Australia opener Matthew Wade proved his worth with match-winning performances in the few games he has played, but the young Tasmanian does not want to look too far ahead than the three ODIs for which he has been selected. In a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Pakistan look for a whitewash over England

Captain Misbah-ul Haq believes routing world number one England 3-0 will be a big achievement but stressed his team will not take that extra pressure into the third and final Test in Dubai on Friday. No team has ever registered a clean sw [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Pakistan bowlers puncture England

bowling has reinvented itself, crushing all best known batboys without compromises. Australia crushed India, while South Africa thrashed Sri Lanka and Pakistan just shattered all hopes of both England’s team and Indian sport strateg [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

Cricket: Mahela wears captain’s arm-band again

Dilshan, 35, was appointed after Kumar Sangakkara stepped down following this year’s World Cup and led Sri Lanka on away tours against England, Pakistan and South Africa, while also leading the team at home against Australia. & [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

White axed, Brad Hogg in for Aussie T20

Tasmanian George Bailey is the new Australian Twenty20 captain replacing Cameron White, who has been cut from the squad to face India in two matches next month. The other major selection shock is the return of veteran spinner Brad Hogg to [...]