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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-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

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

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

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

Online Cricket Betting: Strauss wants England to improve

Online cricket betting fans found out that Andrew Strauss, England captain, challenged his side to continue improving, as he told them: “getting to number one in the rankings is nothing.”Strauss’ men landed on Tuesday in [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

England series Pakistan’s toughest: Misbah

Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul Haq has said his side will focus on playing good cricket rather than just entertaining the crowd, ahead of the upcoming series against England in the United Arab Emirates. “The most important thing is to w [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Cricket: Kamran hopes to play in Bangladesh league

KARACHI: With the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) barring those Test players who will likely be a part of the forthcoming series against England from participating in the Bangladesh league, discarded wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal is keeping his [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Cricket world bows to 'Smashing Sehwag'

Virender Sehwag's awe-inspiring double hundred, only the second in ODI history, continued to fetch him effusive praise with cricketers, athletes from other sports and international media bowing in admiration to his epic knock. Sehwag [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Young gun Cummins sidelined by foot injury

Hopes for a mouth-watering contest between Pat Cummins and Sachin Tendulkar have been dashed by the news the young Australian pace sensation has a serious foot injury that will cause him to miss much of the India Test series. The 18- [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2011 | Comments : 0