Foreign Freshness vs Homegrown Experience

Should Intikhab Alam and his team search the globe for an illustrious foreign coach or juggle the bag of locals? Ashar Zaidi bats on this soggy wicket to target the right formula.To the naked eye Mohsin Hasan would appear to be the ideal coach for the Pakistan cricket team. Smartly groomed, proudly donning the green shirt, and scrutinizing each ball while sipping...

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India bank on youth in Windies ODI series

World champions India will count on their young stars to deliver when they take on fast-improving West Indies in a one-day series starting in Cuttack on Tuesday.The hosts have rested batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the five-match series, picking instead young batsmen Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane.Kohli scored...

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Afghanistan chases World T20 dream with India camp

Afghanistan captain Nowroz Mangal is confident that his team's batsmen will be able to make the most of a training camp in India ahead of the ACC Twenty20 Cup, to be held in Kathmandu from 3-11 December.Afghanistan's batting group is in Pune and have been training at the Poona Club to get themselves attuned for the upcoming tournament which is a build-up to the ICC...

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N Zealand's Ryder equals innings record for most sixes

BRISBANE : Australia: Jesse Ryder and captain Ross Taylor hit a century each as New Zealand tuned up for next week's opening Test with a high-scoring draw with Australia A in a four-day tour match in Brisbane on Sunday.Ryder equalled the record for most sixes in a first-class game with 16 in his free-hitting 175 off 137 balls, while Taylor hit a more sedate 138 off...

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Yuvraj recovering from lung tumour

NEW DELHI : Cricket star Yuvraj Singh has been battling a golf-ball sized non-malignant lung tumour which first affected him during India's triumphant World Cup campaign, his family revealed on Sunday.Yuvraj, 29, who was declared the man of the tournament after the World Cup win at home in April, had opted out of the upcoming one-day series against the West Indies...

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Pakistan blind team claim historic win

Muhammad Fayaz excelled as Pakistan whitewashed India in three-match One-Day International series. The hosts won the third and final match by eight wickets at the Shalimar Cricket Stadium, Islamabad on Saturday.Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first. India got the first shock when their in-form batsman Parkash was bowled by Anees. Venkateish and Vikas Patel...

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Ramiz Raja answers your questions

Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja took time out of his schedule this week to answer questions from the ICC's Facebook and Twitter followers.He spoke on a variety of topics including the present state of Pakistan cricket and world cricket in general.Watch out for upcoming Facebook and Twitter chats with other leading players and officials.Aamil Dharani: Why are Asad Shafiq...

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Misbah rewarded for match winning performance

Misbah-ul-Haq's match winning innings against Sri Lanka on Friday has seen him rise four places to 22nd in the Reliance ICC T20I Batting Rankings.His innings of 48 not out, from just 38 balls, has seen him be on the verge of reaching the top twenty in the standings, while Dinesh Chandimal's half century has risen to joint 64th, a rise of 53 places .Pakistan's Umar...

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Ojha breaks into top 15 bowlers

India spinner Pragyan Ojha has broken into the top 15 of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers for the first time in his career following a high-quality performance in the third Test in Mumbai, which concluded yesterday.Slow left-armer Ojha took seven wickets in the match, including 6-47 in the second innings, and as a result has earned himself 11 places...

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Chandimal and Hafeez breach ICC Code of Conduct

Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee and Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez has been reprimanded for Level 1 breaches of the ICC Code of Conduct during their teams' Twenty20 International at Abu Dhabi on Friday.In separate incidents, both players were found to have breached Article 2.1.3 of the code which relates to "showing dissent at...

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Bravo doing well: Lara

Brian Lara has said that the talented Darren Bravo will have to play with more maturity from now since he will be the main target of rival teams due to his sheer batting talent.Bravo, whose style of batting is being compared to Lara's, has scored three centuries in his last four Tests - one in Bangladesh and two in India.Bravo seems to be going from strength to strength....

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