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Indian board destroy Pakistan Cricket

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to Pak Cricket board for tour and Series come soon in January and February 09 its good for Pakistan Cricket. Good for Pakistan 's Fan wait for that interesting and thrilling series .

BCCI Jeopardising Lanka's Pak tour, says media

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report in the daily Jang claimed on Thursday that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has forced Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to make tough demands regarding the tour.

The views seem to be based on media reports originating from Sri Lanka that India is not happy with Sri Lanka's cricket tour of Pakistan.

Arjuna Ranatunga, the head of the SLC interim committee which was later dismissed by the government, accepted Pakistan's invitation to fill in for India. Bu [...]

Cricket Australia trying Remix for Success Now

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In the first Test at the WACA ground in Perth, South Africa chased down an intimidating total of 414 on the last day despite making only 281 in the first innings.

South Africa now has a chance to clean sweep the series in Sydney and take the world's number one Test ranking.

Mr Hilditch says the selection panel will stick by the senior players in [...]

Cricket Canada Going Multi-City T20 Cricket Cup Way

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federal funding. Under its new governing body, Cricket Canada, the sport attracted top banks and corporates as sponsors.

Thanks to sponsorships by Scotiabank, Canada staged its first T20 national league in May and the Scotiabank triangular series featuring West Indies, Bermuda and the hosts in August.

In October, it staged the world's first Twenty20 Canada Cup quadrangular series featuring Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and the hosts.

"This is just the [...]

Hayden Defends His Poor Form & Age

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Hayden has held a press conference in Melbourne where he quashed any retirement speculation ahead of the Boxing Day Test.

The 37-year-old has scored only 282 runs at 23.5 in his past 13 innings, including just 12 and 4 in the first Test loss to the Proteas in Perth.

He has however been the victim of some poor umpir [...]

Post-Mortem of English Team by British Media

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The 1-0 defeat continues a run that has seen their Test standing gradually eroded since the peak of the Ashes win three summers ago. Six of their last 12 series have now been lost, with the three of the four wins coming against weak New Zealand and West Indies teams. All five of the most recent series against the top four ranked nations ended in defeat.

With next summer's Ashes dominating every England fan's horizon, it doesn't bode well. In the corresponding [...]

India on top in Latest ICC Test Rankings

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However, South Africa can once again regain second position if it wins its current three-match series against Australia by 2-1 or 2-0, or draws it 1-1. Graeme Smith's side can even leapfrog Ricky Ponting's side at the top of the ladder by a fraction of a point if it wins the remaining two Tests to sweep the series 3-0.

On the other side of the coin, if Australia wins the last two Tests it will not only widen the gap with South Africa to 15 points but will also das [...]

Dhoni Defends his "Declaration"

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for Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

The first Test was moved out of Mumbai but England had a problem with Ahmedabad as well, due to its proximity to Mumbai.

So Chennai and Mohali were confirmed as venues. England were given all the security assurances and it was only after security advisor Reg Dickason gave the green signal did England decide to come for the two [...]

India�s Prolific Year ends with a Stalemate in Mohali

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to bat after lunch ensured England a draw at the PCA Stadium.

India declared their second innings on 251- 7 and England were 64- 1 when the match was declared a draw. With it, India won the Tests 1- 0 and moved to the second spot in ICC Test rankings. Starting the day with a lead of 285, India were expected to bat to the halfway mark of the first session and [...]

The Best Sports Videos of 2008

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ECB will continue Stanford deal

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The American billionaire sparked rumours he was set to withdraw his backing of West Indies cricket after closing his office in Antigua and disbanding his promotional team of former players. The moves led to fears the five-year contract with the ECB, worth £11.4million, as well as the £13million annual Super Series might be in doubt.

But Collier maintains the "treasured relationship" with the Texan remains strong and told BBC Radio 5 Live's [...]

Tim McIntosh: Schoolboy stuff

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the festive season.

Black Caps opener Tim McIntosh expressed a sense of relief and immense satisfaction on the way to scoring 136 runs and Windies short speed merchant Fidel Edwards, hobbling and stretching between deliveries, wished his career best could have been a bit faster to heighten the excitement.

But in the media scrum, after poor light stopped play yesterday with New Zealand holding a two-run lead over the Windies on 62-2, it was Saturday's bloopers that kept [...]

Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has no problem in playing with IPL

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with the IPL teams would like to able to go and play in India despite India cancelling its tour of Pakistan which had been due to start on Jan. 4.

"That is our wish because as professional cricketers we want to play cricket. But if the government has a different policy we will go by it," he told reporters in Karachi.

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No threat to South Asia's World Cup

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the subcontinent will stage the World Cup," International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan told reporters on the sidelines of the India-England Test here.

"How the matches will be spread remains to be seen. That will depend upon the current security advice then."

The Indian government last week cancelled a scheduled Test tour of Pakistan following the Mumbai terror attacks that left 172 people dead, including nine of the 10 gunmen, and nearly 300 [...]

10 Biggest Indian Cricket & Sports Controversies

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Padukone vs BAI

Prakash Padukone, India’s greatest badminton player, became the unusual leader of a revolution when he set up the Indian Badminton Confederation as a rival to the Badminton Association of India (BAI), causing a schism in the sport.

India on 302/1 at Lunch on Day 2, Dravid Scores a Ton

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India reached a solid 302 for one at lunch on the second day, dimming any England hopes of rallying in their bid to force a win and square the two-test series. The 35-year-old Dravid was unbeaten on 124 with opening batsman Gautam Gambhir 167 not out after reaching his fourth test hundred overnight -- his third in four tests -- [...]

Busy with cricket teams' security, UT police irks court

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it, the court of additional district and sessions judge Ravi Kumar Sondhi not only issued his bailable warrant, but also called for a report from the SSP city on whether the cop was actually deputed for duty or not.

Inspector Singh, who is station house officer of Sector 31 police station, had sent a request that he was busy with security of cricket team and would not be able to attend the court proceedings.

Trying to dispose of cases at the earliest, the irked court held, [...]

Rahul Dravid back to his insatiable best

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Shivalik Hills that shade this ground, was largely hidden from view for much of yesterday, but his skill and determination were plain to see. For 4½ hours he battled, nose to the grindstone, detractors to quieten and a career to save, and 4½ hours to him is the equivalent of a morning jog to a marathon runner.

England will need to move this game forward more rapidly today if they are to have a chance of levelling the series, but with winter drawing in, bad light likely [...]

Sri Lanka to replace India in Pakistan tour

saumyasingh

to take India’s place and play three Test matches and five one-day internationals. The Pakistan Cricket Board said that it stood to lose at least $25 million (about £16.5 million) as a result of India’s withdrawal, but would now recover some of the money. Pakistan played their most recent Test in December last year against India in Bangalore.

Haddin storms to 94 as Australia shut out South Africa

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unlikely victory in the first Test. Haddin displayed his growing confidence in the five-day arena with a clever and brutal 94, an innings that was more important to the team than his maiden century.

Australia started the day on top but by lunch they were in a commanding position after being dismissed for 319. Haddin blasted their advantage past 400 with a six to long-on from Paul Harris and next ball repeated the result with a smooth strike over long-off.

He immediately fol [...]