Pakistan and Sri Lanka aim for improvement in Test Championship table

Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be aiming to make an upward movement in the Reliance ICC Test Championship table when they go head to head in a three-Test series which starts at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.Sri Lanka is currently sitting in fifth position on 103 ratings points, while Pakistan is nine ratings points behind in sixth position.However, all this...

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Aussies win toss, bat against Proteas

JOHANNESBURG : Australia won the toss and decided to bat in the second and final Twenty20 international against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday.Both teams showed one change following the first match, which Australia won by five wickets in Cape Town on Thursday.South Africa picked left-arm seam bowler Wayne Parnell ahead of left-arm spinner Robin Peterson,...

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Sri Lanka keen to end 11-match losing streak

ABU DHABI : Pakistan-Sri Lanka three Tests cricket series starts with first match on Tuesday here at the Sheikh Zayed International Stadium. Sri Lanka players had training session on Saturday afternoon at Zayed Stadium. Dilawar Mani, CEO of Emirates Cricket Board said admission to first Test will be free. "We expect two sides that have some world class players to dish out...

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Pakistan, Sri Lanka teams arrive in UAE

ABU DHABI : Pakistan and Sri Lanka cricket teams arrived here on Saturday for playing a series of three Tests, five One-day Internationals and a Twenty20 match.The matches of the series will be played at three venues - Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah.The first Test of the series between the two countries will begin on October 18 at Abu Dhabi..This is for the first time that...

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New Zealand put Zimbabwe into bat

HARARE : New Zealand won the toss and sent Zimbabwe in to bat in the first of two Twenty20 internationals at Harare Sports Club on Saturday.Teams Zimbabwe: Brendan Taylor (captain, wk), Hamilton Masakadza, Chamu Chibhabha, Forster Mutizwa, Charles Coventry, Elton Chigumbura, Malcolm Waller, Regis Chakabva, Prosper Utseya, Raymond Price, Kyle JarvisNew Zealand: Ross Taylor...

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McCullum leads N Zealand to 10-wicket win over Zimbabwe

HARARE : Brendon McCullum slammed an unbeaten 81 as New Zealand raced to a 10-wicket win in the first Twenty20 international against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on Saturday.The New Zealand bowlers set up the victory by restricting Zimbabwe to 123 for eight in their 20 overs after being sent in, with home skipper Brendan Taylor the only batsman to shine, making 50 not...

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Taylor fights lone battle for Zimbabwe

HARARE : Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor fought virtually a lone battle against New Zealand's bowlers in the first of two Twenty20 internationals at Harare Sports Club on Saturday.Taylor made 50 not out off 46 balls as Zimbabwe limped to 123 for eight in their 20 overs after being sent in.Zimbabwe were hit by the late withdrawals of two key players, experienced wicketkeeper-batsman...

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Bangladesh reach 220 after dismal start against Windies

DHAKA : Mushfiqur Rahim hit a gutsy half-century under pressure as Bangladesh recovered from a horror start to post a competitive 220 against the West Indies in the second one-day international on Saturday.Bangladesh were struggling at 18-4 in the opening five overs after birthday boy Ravi Rampaul and Kemar Roach bagged two wickets apiece, but skipper Rahim led his team's...

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Bangladesh elect to bat in second Windies ODI

DHAKA : Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim elected to bat after winning the toss against the West Indies in the second one-day international on Saturday.The West Indies made one change from the side that won the opening one-dayer of the three-match series by 40 runs in Dhaka on Thursday, with fit-again skipper Darren Sammy replacing opener Adrian Barath.Bangladesh retained...

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Pakistan cricket team leaves for UAE

LAHORE : The Pakistan cricket team led by Misbah-ul-Haq left for the UAE Saturday to play against Sri Lanka starting with the first Test on Tuesday, October 18 at the Sheikh Zayed International Cricket Stadium,While talking to media at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport, team coach Mohsin Khan said that the current team is balanced with junior and senior players,...

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Dhoni inspires India to 126-run win over England

HYDERABAD :  India: Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni led from the front as beleaguered India redeemed themselves with a 126-run win over England in the first one-day international here on Friday.Dhoni smashed an unbeaten 87 off 70 balls to power the injury-ravaged world champions to 300-7 after he won the toss and chose to bat on a sluggish wicket at the Rajiv Gandhi...

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Cricket: Pakistan and India to play blind series

KARACHI : While India and Pakistan await a breakthrough in reviving main cricketing ties, they will field blind teams in a limited over series next month, a Pakistani official said Friday.We have arranged a three Twenty20 and three one-day international match series with India late next month and hope that with that blind series both the nations will play more and more,...

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