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Cricket: Two-ton Kevin Pietersen ensures whitewash

ALASTAIR Cook confirmed he would be staying on for the Twenty20 series after captaining England to a one-day series whitewash over Pakistan. Kevin Pietersen’s second successive century, a career-best 130 off 153 balls, led Engl [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

Cricket: Spin could be the deciding factor

South African skipper AB de Villiers doesn't believe his men have any problem playing spin bowling, which is lucky considering New Zealand's Twenty20 side is full of tweakers. On the eve of the first hit-and-giggle encounter [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 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

Cricket: T20 squad unchanged for South Africa

The Black Caps who beat Zimbabwe in the first Twenty20 have been given the vote of confidence, with no changes made in the squad to play South Africa. New Zealand Cricket today announced the national selectors have retained the current 14 [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

India Vs Australia ODI - CB Tri Series

Melbourne, Feb 5: A warm welcome to the opening game of the CB series between Australia and India at the MCG. There is rain forecast for later in the evening but as of now the conditions look fine for some cricket. India registered their [...]

Posted On : Feb, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Cricket: White Ferns trounced in second T20 match

They might have lost narrowly in the first game but New Zealand were no match for Australia in the second Twenty20 international in Sydney today, losing by 59 runs in the five-match series. Australia managed a useful 128 for five fro [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Cricket: Pakistan lead England by 96 runs

Pakistan openers Mohammad Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar hit contrasting half-centuries to steer their team to a 96-run lead over England with three wickets in hand by stumps Wednesday on the second day of the first test. Led by Hafeez' [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

The gutted downfall is confined to only the Test format

Modern sport is competitive, dynamic and can almost be cruel. A side that was ranked No 1 in Test cricket a little over six months ago is today in complete shambles, almost not knowing what hit them. However to put things into perspective [...]

Posted On : Jan, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Intikhab not qualified enough to identify Pak coach: Sohail

Lahore: Former Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail believes that Intikhab Alam is not qualified enough to identify and recommend the national team's next head coach. Sohail, who has worked with Intikhab in the Pakistan team, said he was dis [...]

Posted On : Dec, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Cricket: West Indies keep series alive

West Indies ended India's 11-game winning streak at home with a 16-run victory in the third one-day international today to keep the series alive after fast bowler Ravi Rampaul's four-wicket haul. Rampaul took 4-57 to help bow [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Pakistan crushes Bangladesh in T20

Misbah-ul-Haq's men, buoyant after a successful series against Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates, where they won in all three formats of the game, proved their mettle once again at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka. The tour [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Cricket: Pakistan hold nerves to beat Sri Lanka

Pakistani bowlers held their nerves to stop a threatening Sri Lankan team to win the third day-night international by 21 runs on Friday to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. Umar Gul (3-48) bowled well in the final overs to make su [...]

Posted On : Nov, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Cricket: Embarrassed Australia hit back, South Africa crumbl...

Australia ripped out South Africa's last six batsmen for 25 runs to bowl the hosts out for 266 by stumps on the first day of the second test at Wanderers, taking early control of a match the tourists have to win to level the series. [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2011 | Comments : 0