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Cricket - Australia win under-19 World Cup

Australia won the under-19 cricket World Cup tournament today, beating Pakistan by 25 runs in the final at Christchurch. Batting first, Australia posted 207 runs for the loss of nine wickets. It proved to be too many for Pakistan as Josh [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Sachin Tendulkar - A legend in World cricket

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar still feels young and energetic after his 20 years in the International cricket. The little batting maestro completes 20 years of International cricket on November 15. After successful 20 years, Sachin is lo [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Afridi to concentrate only on T20, one-day cricket till 2011...

Flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has made it clear that he has no intention of playing Test cricket until the 2011 World Cup and would be concentrating solely on the shorter versions of the game. Afridi told PakPassion.net tha [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Groups Already Confirmed For ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

JOHANNESBURG, SA, Thurs. Oct. 8, 2009: The International Cricket Council has already confirmed the groups for the ICC Cricket World Cup of 2011.At the ICC Board meeting in Johannesburg Wednesday officials confirmed the teams for both Group [...]

Posted On : Oct, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

The Edge - world championship could revive Test cricket

Reports that the International Cricket Council has called for a meeting with the MCC's world cricket committee about its proposals for a world Test championship raise the prospect that, finally, some shape is to be brought to the Test cri [...]

Posted On : Aug, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

MCC to preserve Afridis World T20 final jersey

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Museum has decided to honor Pakistan's aggressive all-rounder Shahid Afridi for his brilliant knock in the final of the ICC T20 World Cup by placing his jersey, which was worn by him during that match, in the w [...]

Posted On : Jul, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

PCB to seek ICC assurance on govt. permission to play in Wor...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt will meet ICC president David Morgan on Tuesday to discuss the possible solutions to a scenario in which the Pakistan cricket team is not allowed to play its 2011 World Cup home ma [...]

Posted On : Jul, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

World Twenty20: Pakistan end Ireland's hopes

Pakistan may have qualified for the semi-finals on Monday, beating Ireland by 39 runs, but that did not ease the frustrations of their captain Younis Khan over the latest ball-tampering storm to blow up around his team. Pakistan's integri [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

England Ousts Champion India From ICC World Twenty20 Cricket

England won by three runs to knock out defending champion India from cricket’s ICC World Twenty20. India managed 150-5 from its 20 overs in response to England’s total of 153-7 at Lord’s in London. Kevin Pietersen top-sc [...]

Posted On : Jun, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Sri Lanka Eliminates Australia in World Twenty20 Cricket

Sri Lanka sent Australia, one of cricket’s perennial powers, crashing out of the World Twenty20 on Monday at Trent Bridge. The Australians, who have led the world rankings in five-day test matches for several years and have won the [...]

Posted On : Jun, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Twenty20 World Cup cricket to be telecast in 216 countries

The global broadcast and production partner of the International Cricket Council, ESPN STAR Sports, has announced that the high profile Twenty20 World Cup cricket to be held in June will be telecast in 216 countries. This was disclosed by [...]

Posted On : May, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Shoaib Akhtar's genital warts keep him out of Pakistan's Wor...

Shoaib was named in the initial 15-man squad for the tournament, which takes place in England from Jun 5, but the Pakistan Cricket Board today announced they had applied for a replacement to the ICC technical committee. The 33-year-old b [...]

Posted On : May, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

India To Host More Of 2011 Cricket World Cup

India will host the majority of the 2011 Cricket World Cup following the decision to remove Pakistan as a co-host of the tournament.The International Cricket Council (ICC) removed Pakistan's co-hosting rights earlier this month following th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

IPL boosts S.Africa's image ahead of soccer World Cup

Hosting the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament is helping to burnish South Africa's image abroad and dispel worries about its readiness to host the 2010 soccer World Cup, officials say. The world's biggest Twenty20 tournament, [...]