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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 ...


Thursday, March 24, 2011

India challenge excites Waqar

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Updated at: 0946 PST,  Thursday, March 24, 2011DHAKA: Pakistan coach Waqar Younis relishes the prospect of playing the last two matches in India to win the World Cup as his team continued its ruthless march in the tournament.Pakistan, led from the front by inspirational captain Shahid Afridi, crushed the West Indies by 10 wickets on Wednesday to advance to their first...

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Updated at: 1901 PST,  Wednesday, March 24, 2011 hile terming an India-Pakistan contest as the biggest rivalry in the world, Pakistan’s bowling coach Waqar Younis sought to keep his emotions in check ahead of a potential World Cup semifinal clash between the sub-continental giants.Pakistan, who drubbed the West Indies by 10 wickets in the first quarterfinal here on Wednesday,...

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World Cup: India vs Australia is mini-final, mega contest

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Updated at: 1901 PST,  Wednesday, March 24, 2011 It is cricket’s equivalent of Brazil vs Germany or Italy vs Argentina in a football World Cup — a high voltage contest. India vs Australia is the match of the quarterfinals, nay match of the championship. Not for nothing Tim Nielsen says it is a mini-final.So evenly are the teams stacked up, separating them will be ...

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Pakistan outplay Windies to storm into semis

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Updated at: 1900 PST,  Wednesday, March 23, 2011DHAKA: Pakistan thrashed West Indies by ten wickets to move into the World Cup semi-finals here at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on Wednesday.Chasing an easy target of 113 runs, openers Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez completed the Pakistan victory without being separated, in just 20.5 overs.Kamran contributed...

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Lorgat happy with Mumbai as final venue

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Updated at: 1816 PST,  Wednesday, March 23, 2011AHMEDABAD: ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat has defended Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium as the venue for the World Cup final, saying it could provide the perfect setting for a Sachin Tendulkar "fairytale".The climax to world cricket's showpiece takes place on April 2 at the 33,000 capacity Wankhede rather than at Eden Gardens...

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