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NEWS UPDATE : Asian Cricket Third Sri Lanka-Pakistan ODI abandoned due to rain COLOMBO: The third One-day International between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was abandoned due to rain here at the R Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday. The umpires made this decision after consulting ... Australia want to master all forms of game: Clarke SYDNEY: Australia's limited-overs tour of England and Ireland represents the start of a two-year campaign to make them the top nation in all three forms of the game, captain Michael Clarke said ... Bopara glad to be back for England SOUTHAMPTON, England: Ravi Bopara is eager to make up for lost times as he tries to revive his ... South Africa name unchanged squad for England series JOHANNESBURG: South Africa have kept faith with a winning formula by naming an unchanged squad for the three-Test series in England starting next month, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on ...


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Refreshed Anderson returns to mount fresh challenge

Updated at: 0031 PST,  Tuesday, January 25, 2011 England's pace spearhead James Anderson is back after a break at home to spearhead the campaign in the remainder of the ODI series against Australia.Anderson returned home at the end of the five-match Test series, thereafter he missed the Twenty20 International series and the first three matches in the ODI series.Anderson...

Miandad advises Pakistan players to learn from Tendulkar

Updated at: 0031 PST,  Tuesday, January 25, 2011 Former captain and director-general of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Javed Miandad has urged Pakistan cricketers to learn from the achievements of India batting maestro, Sachin Tendulkar. Rather than letting their on-field performance speak for them, Miandad feels that the players are happy to brag about their performance...

Dhoni wants batsmen to step up for CWC 2011

Updated at: 0031 PST,  Tuesday, January 25, 2011 India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was disappointed that the batsmen failed to fire as a unit in the five-match ODI series against South Africa, which concluded on Sunday with the Proteas eking out a 33-run win in the final one-dayer to clinch the series 3-2. "It's a disappointing series for the batsmen. Bowlers were...

Smith lauds team's ability to fight back

Updated at: 0031 PST,  Tuesday, January 25, 2011 South Africa captain Graeme Smith on Sunday said that winning the ODI series against India was all the more commendable as they had fought back from 1-2 down and this victory would be a morale booster for next month's World Cup. "It was lot more exciting than what I had thought. I think going in to Port Elizabeth...

PCB says legal action from Zulqarnain futile

 Updated at: 0031 PST,  Tuesday, January 25, 2011  LAHORE: Terming a much-hovering legal action from wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider against PCB, the counselor Tafazzal Rizvi Monday said, the former’s intentions are useless as “there should be a proper reason for lawsuit against PCB”, Geo News reported. It may be mentioned that Zulqarnain Haider, currently...