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Australia cancel Pakistan cricket tour

Australia have pulled out of their cricket tour of Pakistan because of concerns over security.Pakistan cricket coach Geoff Lawson was angered by the decison to call off the tour. The announcement was made Tuesday just hours after t [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Indian Cricket League, ICL v/s IPL : lets compare.

For the next 3 months, India will witness two rival twenty20 tournaments. First, the “rebel” unofficial Indian Cricket League and then the “official” Indian Premier League. The IPL has the support for BCCI and all th [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Australia glory days over, say pundits

Australia's cricket glory days are over and the team must face up to a tougher future, leading commentators said Saturday after India's euphoric one-day series win over the world champions. India's 2-0 tri-series finals win over Ricky Pont [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Cricket: India conquer Australia in one-day tri-series

India has ended their tour of Australia on a high - winning the one-day tri-series in a tense second final in Brisbane. The hero of the Indian batting effort was again Sachin Tendulkar. Two days after his first one day on Australian soil, [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

UK says backs ban on Zimbabwe cricket tour

Britain said on Tuesday it would support a ban on a tour next year by the Zimbabwe cricket team in protest at President Robert Mugabe's rule, but the decision was up to the sport's authorities. The BBC's Inside Sport programme said the gov [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Zimbabwe's safe Pakistan tour raises Australia hopes

Zimbabwe's stand-in captain Hamilton Masakadza has praised security arrangements in Pakistan, raising hopes among cricket officials that it will convince Australia to tour next month. Zimbabwe continued their Pakistan tour despite a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Cricket: NZ set for big lead against Bangladesh

New Zealand were patiently building towards a significant first innings lead in the second cricket test against Bangladesh, though a dominant first-day day at the Basin Reserve here was tarnished by Craig Cumming's continuing vulnerability [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Kumble hopes India and Australia can bury the hatche...

LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - India captain Anil Kumble hopes his tourists and Australia can put their controversial Sydney test behind them when the two rivals meet again in the third match of the series at Perth next week. However, Ku [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Hayden helps Australia build lead over India

Matthew Hayden scored his second century of the series on Saturday to equal Don Bradman's career tally of 29 test hundreds and provide Australia with a glimmer of hope of pressing ahead for victory over India in the second test. The left- [...]

Posted On : Jan, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Lure of matching record excites Australians

Australia's players were struggling to contain their excitement at the prospect of equalling the world record for the most consecutive test wins, captain Ricky Ponting said. Australia have won their last 15 matches and can equal their own [...]

Posted On : Jan, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

McCullum and Taylor guide New Zealand to 254-7 in first ODI

Wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum fell agonisingly short of his first one-day international century but guided New Zealand to 254 for seven in their first one-day international against Australia in Adelaide on Friday.McCullum, promoted to open [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2007 | Comments : 0

Misbah leads Pakistan fightback at 99 not out

Misbah-ul-Haq scored a spectacular 99 not out to steer Pakistan to 470 for six at lunch on the fourth day of the third and final test on Tuesday.In-form Misbah took his overnight sixth-wicket stand with Kamran Akmal (65) to 144 to help the [...]

Posted On : Dec, 11 2007 | Comments : 0

Sri Lanka Scores 1-0, Upset English Cricket Team

National cricket player Muttiah Muralitharan made two significant deliveries that handed team Sri Lanka its victory against England. He sealed the home team victory against the visiting team with an 88-run in the first Test in Kandy, a ci [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2007 | Comments : 0

Pakistan call up uncapped Rauf for final India test

Pakistan have called up uncapped fast bowler Abdur Rauf for the final test against India, a team official said on Tuesday.Rauf, 28, will replace second wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed in the 15-man squad to reinforce the pace attack after Umar G [...]