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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, November 08, 2011

West Indies takes 95-run lead on Day 2

India's famed batting line-up suffered a stunning collapse as an inspired West Indies gained an edge by taking a vital 95-run first-innings lead in the first Test on Monday.After restricting West Indies to 304 all out, riding on Pragyan Ojha's career-best six for 72, the hosts' batting collapsed like a house of cards to be bundled out for a paltry 209 on an unpredictable...

Aamer shifted to seaside Prison Portland

LONDON: The teenage bowling sensation Muhamamd Aamer has been shifted from notorious Feltham Young Offenders Institution to a special secure rehabilitation centre for young people in Weymouth known as Her Majesty's Prison Portland, a seaside tourist attraction town in Dorset, England, it can be revealed.After being sentenced to 6 months detention (not imprisonment)...

Pakistan win Sri Lanka Test series

SHARJAH : Pakistan clinched the three-Test series against Sri Lanka 1-0 after the third and final match ended in a draw at the Sharjah stadium here on Monday.Pakistan, set 255 runs to win in a possible of 61 overs, finished at 87-4, with Misbah-ul Haq unbeaten on nine and Asad Shafiq on four not out after losing four early wickets.Umpires called off play four overs...