PCB to launch Pakistan Premier League T20

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has kick started the campaign to launch Pakistan Premier League T20. PPL T20 is not a new concept brought forward by the PCB but it will supersede ABN Amro T20 and Faysal Bank T20 tournaments that have been played in Pakistan since 2004.The chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Mr. Zaka Ashraf along with the whole board team, former and playing...

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Hussey, Pattinson keep Australia in control at Trinidad

An 89-run partnership between Mike Hussey and James Pattinson ensured Australia remained in control at the end of the second day of the second Test against the West Indies on Monday. Hussey (73) and Pattinson (32) helped push the tourists, who are 1-0 up in the three-match series, to 311 all out as the West Indies finished the day on 49 for three, still trailing by 262...

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Pakistan prepares for cricket revival

LAHORE: Work is being sped up to get Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium ready for the visit of Bangladesh later this month, cricket officials say  Pakistan's first home international in three years. Foreign teams have shunned Pakistan since the deadly militant attack on the Sri Lankan team bus during the third Test in Lahore in March 2009, but on Sunday Bangladesh agreed to...

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Bangladesh coach concerned over Pakistan tour

DHAKA: Bangladesh cricket coach Stuart Law has expressed fears about the team's scheduled tour to troubled Pakistan, where international cricket has been suspended for three years. Bangladesh are set to be the first team to visit Pakistan since a militant attack on the Sri Lankan team bus during the Lahore Test in 2009, when eight people died and seven visiting players...

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Kamran set for return to Pakistan team

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's troubled wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal could finally make a comeback to the national ODI and Twenty20 team later this month in a home series against Bangladesh. Sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) were quoted as saying on Monday that Kamran, who has been out of favour since the 2011 World Cup, was only allowed to train with the Pakistan team at...

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Hussey, Pattinson keep Aussies in control

PORT-OF-SPAIN: An 89 run partnership between Mike Hussey and James Pattinson ensured Australia remained in control at the end of the second day of the second Test against the West Indies at Queen's Park Oval on Monday. Hussey (73) and Pattinson (32) helped push the tourists, who are 1-0 up in the three-match series, to 311 all out as the West Indies finished the day on...

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Delhi win after bowling out Mumbai for 92

MUMBAI: Delhi Daredevils registered an easy seven-wicket win against Mumbai Indians with 31 balls remaining in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League here at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday. After Delhi captain Virender Sehwag won the toss and put Mumbai into bat, his bowlers destroyed the rivals’ batting line up as only two batsmen could get into double figures. They...

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