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Afridi not to play Test cricket till 2011 WC
Flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Thursday said he would want to prepare himself for the 2011 World Cup by skipping Test cricket until that mega event in the sub-continent. "There was a time when I was very keen to play Test matches but unfortunately I didn’t get enough opportunities then. But now there is [...]
Door opens for Bollinger as Hilfenhaus out of second Test
Swing bowler Ben Hilfenhaus is out of the Australian team for the second Test against the West Indies at Adelaide Oval due to a knee injury. Hilfenhaus was man of the match in Australia’s innings defeat of the tourists in the first Test at the Gabba, but a continuing knee problem has forced a rest [...]
Cricket – Vettori falls one run short
Black Caps captain Daniel Vettori fell agonisingly short of a test century on the second day of the first cricket test against Pakistan at the University Oval. New Zealand were 404 for eight in their first innings at stumps. Bad light stopped play shortly after a resumption following a more than three hour rain delay. [...]
AP suspends coverage of Australian cricket, again
The Associated Press will suspend coverage of cricket in Australia for the second consecutive international season because of a dispute over conditions for accreditation imposed by Cricket Australia. The AP was joined by Reuters and Agence France-Presse in a global news coalition that will not cover the three-test series against the West Indies that starts [...]
Sachin Tendulkar century helps India claim first Test draw against Sri Lanka
Gautam Gambhir and Sachin Tendulkar both scored centuries as India played their way to a battling draw in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad. Trailing by 334 runs on the first innings after Sri Lanka posted 760 for seven declared and needing to bat out close to five sessions to save the match, [...]
Liposuction rules Shoaib out of tour
Shoaib Akhtar’s dramatic attempt to lose weight through liposuction has cost the Pakistan fast bowler any chance he had of playing cricket against Australia this summer. Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has ruled out the return of Shoaib, 34, who this month underwent liposuction surgery to have extra fat removed from his body. Shoaib, [...]
Cricket-Sri Lanka v India first test scoreboard – lunch
Scoreboard at lunch on the third day of the first test between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad, India, on Wednesday. India first innings: 426 (R. Dravid 177, M. Dhoni 110, C. Welegedara 4-87) Sri Lanka first innings (275-3 overnight) T. Dilshan c Dravid b Zaheer 112 T. Paranavitana c Dhoni b Ishant 35 K. [...]
Umer Akmal’s fifty lifts Pakistan to 153-5
Teenager Umer Akmal hit a maiden half-century against disciplined New Zealand bowling to lift Pakistan to 153-5 in the second Twenty20 international at Dubai Stadium here on Friday. The 19-year-old scored an unbeaten 56 in his third Twenty20 match to boost Pakistan’s innings which was derailed by some accurate bowling by paceman Ian Butler who [...]
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