Ireland targets quarter-finals in World Cup: Porterfield

Updated at: 1241 PST,  Monday, February 07, 2011 Though Ireland hasn't played too many matches against the major cricket-playing nations since the 2007 ICC World Cup, their captain William Porterfield says his squad is improving with every game. Porterfield believes Ireland has a well-balanced squad and his players are in good shape going into the World Cup. The...

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Strauss left with plenty to ponder

Updated at: 1241 PST,  Monday, February 07, 2011 England captain Andrew Strauss admits he has plenty to think about as his side of walking wounded heads home from a marathon tour of Australia, with their World Cup opener just two weeks away. After emphatic Ashes glory, the tourists limped to the finish line Down Under with a 57-run loss to Australia in Perth on Sunday,...

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ICC reaction to decision of independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal

Updated at: 1241 PST,  Monday, February 07, 2011 ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has expressed a hope that the findings and sanctions imposed by an independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal and handed down in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday will act as a strong deterrent to others who may be tempted to act in a way that threatens the integrity of cricket in future. The independent...

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ICC reaction to decision of independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal

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Pak cricket team returns home today

Updated at: 1241 PST,  Monday, February 07, 2011 KARACHI: Pakistan cricket team will return home here today after winning the Test and One-day International series against New Zealand. After a long tour of two months, the national team is returning home from Auckland via Hong Kong. Pakistan after tasting defeat in the Twenty20 series, won the Test series 1-0 and ODI...

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Javed Miandad (1975-1996)

Javed Miandad (1975-1996) Born : 12 June 1957 at Karachi, Sind, PakistanJaved Miandad was a precocious talent who made his debut for Pakistan the day before his 18th birthday during the 1975 World Cup. He made 163 on Test debut against New Zealand at Lahore in 1976 and at Karachi later in the series scored the first of his six Test double-centuries. He was the youngest...

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Tikolo, Taylor star in warm-up games

 Updated at: 2303 PST,  Sunday, February 06, 2011 Canada XI registered a four wicket win over Netherlands XI in a warm-up game played as a build up to ICC CWC 2011 at the ICC Global Cricket Academy (GCA) Oval-1 in Dubai, on Sunday. In the other warm-up matches, at the GCA Oval-2, Afghanistan XI went down by 50 runs to Kenya XI. At the Dubai International Sports...

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Updated at: 2303 PST,  Sunday, February 06, 2011 ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has expressed a hope that the findings and sanctions imposed by an independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal and handed down in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday will act as a strong deterrent to others who may be tempted to act in a way that threatens the integrity of cricket in future. The independent...

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PCB set to retain Afridi as skipper for World Cup

Updated at: 1526 PST,  Monday, January 31, 2011 KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt, in all likelihood, will announce Shahid Afridi as the captain of the Pakistan team for the upcoming World Cup although some players are backing Misbah-ul Haq as the leader. According to sources, Butt has decided to now stick with Afridi as captain although there...

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Australia beat England in seventh ODI

Updated at: 1730 PST,  Sunday, February 06, 2011 PERTH: Australia beat England by 57 runs in their seventh and final one-day international at the WACA Ground on Sunday. Australia won by series 5-1&nb...

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Sangakkara guides Sri Lanka to 277-9 against Windies

Updated at: 1530 PST,  Sunday, February 06, 2011 COLOMBO: Kumar Sangakkara hit a solid 75 to help Sri Lanka post a challenging 277-9 against the West Indies in the third and final one-dayer on Sunday despite Sulieman Benn's maiden four-wicket haul. Left-arm spinner Benn grabbed 4-38 off 10 disciplined overs to reduce Sri Lanka to 244-8 from a healthy 205-3, but...

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