Amla leads fightback after early blows

DURBAN : Hashim Amla led South Africa's fightback after Sri Lanka struck three early blows on the second day of the second Test match at Kingsmead on Tuesday. South Africa were 100 for three at tea in reply to a Sri Lankan first innings of 338 in which Thilan Samaraweera made a century and Marchant de Lange took seven wickets on debut. Amla struck a fluent 52...

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India begin strongly, Tendulkar misses out

Gautam Gambhir's failure notwithstanding, India responded strongly to Australia's score of 333 on Day 2 of the Melbourne Test. Virender Sehwag's risk-prone but entertaining 67 was followed by the calming presence of Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, who was dismissed by Peter Siddle for 73 in what turned out to be the final over of the day. This is turning out to...

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Team for England Series announced

LAHORE : The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the squad for the series against England. The team was announced by Chief Selector Muhammed Ilyas. Those who made the cut include: Muhammed Hafeez, Taufiq Umer, Imran Farhat, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Umer Akmal, Adnan Akmal, Umer Gul, Junaid Khan, Aizaz Cheema, Wahab Riaz, Muhammed Talha, Saeed Ajmal and Abdul Rehman....

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Australia 179/8 at close, lead India by 230

MELBOURNE : Australia were 179-8, an overall lead of 230, in their second innings at the close on the third day of the first test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday.Mike Hussey was unbeaten on 79 with James Pattinson on three. Scores: Australia 179-8 (R. Ponting 60, M. Hussey 79 not out; U. Yadav 4-49) and 333 (R. Ponting 62, E. Cowan 68; U. Yadav 3-106,...

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Mohsin retained as coach, Cheema manager for England series

KARACHI : Pakistan on Tuesday kept Mohsin Khan as interim coach for next month's series against England as the search continues to find a permanent replacement for Waqar Younis. Khan, 56, was appointed after Waqar quit on health grounds in September, and later helped Pakistan win a clean sweep over Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. "Khan will be the coach for the series...

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Pakistan U-19 team announced for South Africa tour

LAHORE : Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday announced its U19 team for the tour of South Africa starting next month. Pak team will participate in a triangular series featuring (Pakistan, South Africa and Zimbabwe) from January 5 to 22. Then Pak team will play 3 Youth ODI against South Africa on January 25, 27 and 29. The team was named by national selectors here...

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Team management announced

LAHORE : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the team’s management for the upcoming series against England. Mohsin Hasan Khan will remain as the coach of the team, while Naveed Akram Cheema has been named manager. Aqib Javed has been named the bowling coach, while Ijaz Ahmed will be the fielding coach. ...

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Samaraweera, Chandimal rescue Sri Lanka

DURBAN : Thilan Samaraweera and new cap Dinesh Chandimal shared a century partnership as Sri Lanka made a strong recovery on the first day of the second Test match at Kingsmead on Monday. Sri Lanka finished the day on 289 for seven, with Samaraweera (86 not out) and Chandimal (58) adding 111 for the sixth wicket after Marchant de Lange, South Africa's new fast bowler,...

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Bangladesh to meet Pakistan in Asia Cup opener

DHAKA : Bangladesh will meet Pakistan in the opening match of the four-nation Asia Cup cricket tournament starting in Dhaka in March, an official said Monday. The Sher-e-Bangla National stadium will host all the matches, including the inaugural tie on March 12 and the final on March 22, Asian Cricket Council chief executive Syed Ashraful Huq said. "All teams including...

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Australia fight back against India in first Test

MELBOURNE : Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin and paceman Peter Siddle mounted a superb fightback to rescue Australia after Zaheer Khan fired up India with a fierce afternoon spell on the opening day of the first Test on Monday. Paceman Zaheer took two wickets in successive balls before spinner Ravichandran Ashwin made it three for the addition of nine runs as Australia's middle...

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Yadav halts Australia's charge in first test

MELBOURNE : India paceman Umesh Yadav dismissed Shaun Marsh for a duck shortly after taking the wicket of belligerent opener David Warner to slow Australia's charge in the opening session of the first test in Melbourne on Monday. With the green-tinged wicket offering swing and varying bounce in overcast conditions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the 24-year-old hounded...

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PCB invites Whatmore to coach team

KARACHI : Pakistan's cricket board Sunday said it has invited former World Cup winning Sri Lanka coach Dav Whatmore to finalise his appointment as head coach of the national team, an official said. Pakistan cricket team is without a full time coach since former paceman Waqar Younis left the post in September citing health problems. "We are in the process of...

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Pakistan confidence high ahead of England series: Mohsin

KARACHI : Test series wins over Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have whetted Pakistan's appetite for success and they are capable of beating world number one Test side England next month, coach Mohsin Khan said.However, interim coach Mohsin, who was retained after guiding his team to series victories over the sub-continent teams, said that England would pose a far bigger challenge...

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Australia and India go head to head with an eye on Test Championship table

Australia and India will aim to a narrow the gap with number-one ranked England in the Reliance ICC Test Championship table when they lock horns in a four-Test series which starts in Melbourne on Monday. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side currently sits in second place on 118 ratings points, seven ratings points behind Andrew Strauss' side, while Michael Clarke's men are...

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Zaheer, Ishant fit and raring to go: Laxman

Ending all speculations, veteran India batsman V.V.S. Laxman Friday said pacers Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma are 'fully fit and raring to go' in the Boxing Day Test starting Monday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). 'Ishant was not available for the first warm up, but he bowled in Canberra and the way he bowled today at the nets was proof that they are both fit...

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England on top as fixing still haunts cricket

LONDON : Cricket and controversy, never far apart, were closely linked in a year where England finally achieved their long-held objective of climbing to the top of the world Test rankings. Nothing that happened on the field in 2011 rocked world cricket quite like the jail sentences handed down by an English court to former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad...

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Pakistan jump up to 5th in ICC Test team rankings – Cricket News Update

Pakistan jump up to 5th in ICC Test team rankings – Cricket News UpdatePakistan cricket team has jumped up one position in the ICC Test team rankings after comprehensively beating Bangladesh by 2-0 in a recently concluded series.The Men in Green have been performing extremely well over the past one year and are improving in overall rankings day by day. They are now the...

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Haider still stands by decision of leaving team

Karachi : Out of favour Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider has said he has no regrets over his conduct during the 2010 series against South Africa in the United Arab Emirates, but admitted that he could have tackled the situation in a better manner. “I still stand by my decision to leave the team in UAE. This was done for the betterment of Pakistani cricket,” PakPassion...

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Misbah says England tour won’t be easy

LAHORE : Pakistan cricket team skipper Misbah-ul-haq has said that harder work would be needed to face England in the coming tour, Geo News reported.Talking to newsmen at the Allama Iqbal International Airport here, he said that Pakistan’s performance in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka was more than satisfactory, which was a heartening thing to note.He said, doubtless, England...

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Kim Hughes and Kapil Dev preview Australia-India Test series

On this week's ICC Cricket World Radio Show, former captains Kim Hughes and Kapil Dev preview the four-Test series between Australia and India which starts in Melbourne on Monday next. In a rare interview, the 57-year-old Hughes, who played 70 Tests and 97 ODIs for Australia, says: "India's record away from home has not been very good. They got slaughtered by England...

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Modest Dhoni leads by example for expectant India

Live in the moment, keep it simple and work hard. It may not be the most sophisticated philosophy to come out of India but it is a concise mantra which has served MS Dhoni well in four years as captain of his country's cricket team. As India's first skipper from outside the main urban centres, the 30-year-old has already delivered the Holy Grail of the World Cup and...

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Shakib becomes number-one ranked Test all-rounder

Former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has become the number-one ranked all-rounder in the Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings after stellar performance with the bat and the ball against Pakistan in the Mirpur Test which finished on Wednesday. Shakib become the first Bangladesh player to score a century and take five-for in the same Test when he scored 144 and took...

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Australia's Marsh to test back injury in Twenty/20

Australian batsman Shaun Marsh will test his fitness in a Twenty20 match on Thursday evening and is confident he will be ready to go for next week's opening test against India. The 28-year-old lefthander, who has been struggling with a debilitating lower back injury, was named in Australia's squad for the Boxing Day test on Wednesday with uncapped all rounder Dan Christian...

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Australia drop Hughes, Khawaja from Test squad

SYDNEY : Batsmen Phillip Hughes and Usman Khawaja were dumped from Australia's squad named Wednesday for next week's opening Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.Selectors named a 13-man squad with Shaun Marsh, Ed Cowan and Ben Hilfenhaus included, but there was no place for injured allrounder Shane Watson and fast bowler Ryan Harris.Chief selector John Inverarity...

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Pakistan moves into fifth position on Test Championship table

Pakistan has gained a place on the Reliance ICC Test Championship table and is now in fifth position following its 2-0 victory over Bangladesh in the two-Test series which finished in Mirpur on Wednesday. The series victory earned Pakistan one ratings point which has put it at par with Sri Lanka on 99 ratings points. However, Pakistan has been placed above Sri Lanka...

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ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012 schedule announced

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the schedule for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012 which will take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 13 to 24 March, 2012. Sixteen sides from across the globe will feature in the 12-day tournament which will be played at five venues - Dubai International Cricket Stadium and ICC Global Cricket Academy...

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Rehman excels as Pakistan make clean sweep

Abdur Rehman claimed 4-51 as Pakistan posted a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second and final cricket Test in Dhaka on Wednesday to make a clean sweep of the series. Pakistan, who won the first Test in Chittagong by an innings and 184 runs, achieved their 103-run victory target off just 20.5 overs in the last session of the fifth day's play at the Sher-e-Bangla...

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Pakistan set for white wash against Bangladesh

DHAKA : Pakistan are looking in sight of second successive victory to make a clean sweep in the two-match Test series against Bangladesh when the play ended on the penultimate day of the second Test here at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday. Bangladesh were reeling at 114 for five at stumps and they need further 19 runs to make Pakistan bat again. Bangladeshi...

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Ellyse Perry named in the squad to face New Zealand

The Australia Women's National Selection Panel (WNSP) has today announced a 14-player squad for the Women's International Series next month against the New Zealand White Ferns. The squad was selected by the new WNSP, comprising new Chair Julie Savage (replacing the outgoing Christina Matthews), coach Richard McInnes, captain Jodie Fields and Julie Hayes. The Commonwealth...

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Kohli scores half-century for India as stars miss out

Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten half-century on Monday as India's batting stars failed on a rain-interrupted opening day of a three-day tour match against a Chairman's XI at Manuka Oval in Canberra. The young right-hander finished the day unbeaten on 55 off 93 balls as the tourists reached 162 for four off 50 overs in their final match ahead of the opening Boxing Day...

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Pakistan take 1st innings lead over Bangladesh in 2nd Test

DHAKA : Pakistan were 386 runs for five wickets at lunch on the penultimate day of the second Test against Bangladesh here at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday.They have so far gained a lead of 48 runs with five wickets in hand during the first innings against Bangladesh who were 338 all out on second day.Pakistan resumed their first innings on 292-3...

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Umar ton boosts Pakistan in second Test against Bangladesh

Taufeeq Umar cracked his seventh Test century to help Pakistan post 217-2 in their first innings at tea in reply to Bangladesh's 338 on the third day of the second and final Test in Dhaka on Monday. The left-handed opener was unbeaten on 117 at the break with Younis Khan (14 not out) as the tourists added 130 runs to their overnight total of 87-1 after a delayed start...

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Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final to be played with pink ball

KARACHI : Pakistan will experiment with a pink ball in the final of its premier first-class cricket tournament on Tuesday."The final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan's premier first-class tournament, will be played with a pink ball, under floodlights", the Pakistan Cricket Board announced Monday.Pakistan International Airlines take on Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd in the...

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Pakistan need 47 runs to overtake Bangladesh’s 338

DHAKA : Taufiq Umar completed his seventh Test century as Pakistan closed in on a first innings lead by reaching 292-3 before bad light ended play on the third day of the second Test against Bangladesh on Monday.Taufiq, who was dropped twice, hit 130 before paceman Nazmul Hossain broke through with the second new ball as the home side toiled for a wicket.Shahriar Nafees...

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Philander continues to rise in Reliance ICC Rankings

South Africa fast bowler Vernon Philander continues to make an upward movement in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers after inspiring his side to an innings and 81 runs victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test at Centurion. Philander was not only adjudged man of the match for his maiden 10-wicket haul, he has also been rewarded with a jump of 12 places...

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Phoenix Ogilvy & Mather Sri Lanka appointed marketing and communications agency

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the appointment of Phoenix Ogilvy & Mather Sri Lanka as the official marketing and communications agency for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 which will take place in Sri Lanka from 18 September to 7 October. The decision was arrived after a lengthy selection process where a number of agencies submitted their proposals...

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Rampaging Vernon not carried away by media attention

Proteas seamer Vernon Philander has said that he is not fazed by all the sudden media attention after his sensational start to Test cricket. Named Man of the Match on Saturday for his ten-wicket haul in the opening Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the Centurion, Philander is the first South African to take four five-wicket hauls in his first three Test matches...

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Bangladesh v Pakistan, 3rd ODI, Chittagong, December 6

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