http://worldbestsports.com News, Articles and Updates.... Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:22:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://worldbestsports.com/afridi-agrees-to-rejoin-hampshire/4228/ http://worldbestsports.com/afridi-agrees-to-rejoin-hampshire/4228/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:38:16 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=4228 Shahid Afridi is set to play for Hampshire in the Friends Life t20 for a second straight season. The Pakistan all-rounder, who yesterday reversed his decision to retire from the international game, took 17 wickets in 10 matches at an average of 11.17 – including his county-best bowling figures of 5-20 versus Gloucestershire – this [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/afridi-agrees-to-rejoin-hampshire/4228/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/crickets-grave-new-world-in-911-aftermath/4063/ http://worldbestsports.com/crickets-grave-new-world-in-911-aftermath/4063/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:19:42 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=4063 NEW YORK: After the Twin Towers fell, international sport faced an unfamiliar world which sent Pakistan cricket into the wilderness but also kickstarted a rare good news story from embattled Afghanistan. The fallout still haunts Pakistan with cricket, the country’s number one sporting obsession, in an almost constant cycle of turmoil. With the country on the [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/crickets-grave-new-world-in-911-aftermath/4063/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/pakistan-edge-out-zimbabwe/4054/ http://worldbestsports.com/pakistan-edge-out-zimbabwe/4054/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:49:17 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=4054 Brendan Taylor’s fine half-century proved in vain as Zimbabwe’s run chase fell just short in the first one-day international against Pakistan in Bulawayo. Taylor was dismissed for 84 as the hosts slipped to a five-run defeat in pursuit of Pakistan’s total of 247-7. Aizaz Cheema removed Taylor and opener Vusimuzi Sibanda for 73 in a [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/pakistan-edge-out-zimbabwe/4054/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/cook-and-trott-in-the-running-for-icc-player-of-the-year-award/4041/ http://worldbestsports.com/cook-and-trott-in-the-running-for-icc-player-of-the-year-award/4041/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:46:51 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=4041 The England batsmen Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott have been short-listed for the International Cricket Council’s player of the year award. The duo have also been nominated in the Test player list alongside James Anderson, while five England players have been included in the ICC’s Test team of the year which was announced today. Tim [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/cook-and-trott-in-the-running-for-icc-player-of-the-year-award/4041/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/pakistans-malik-to-join-cricket-squad-for-zimbabwe/3984/ http://worldbestsports.com/pakistans-malik-to-join-cricket-squad-for-zimbabwe/3984/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:48:20 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3984 KARACHI — Pakistan on Sunday confirmed that former cricket captain Shoaib Malik would join the squad for its imminent tour to Zimbabwe, two days after he was cleared of allegations of illegal earnings. The 29-year-old, selected for Pakistan for the first time since last year’s tour of England, was accused of failing to account for [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/pakistans-malik-to-join-cricket-squad-for-zimbabwe/3984/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/bell-pietersen-lead-england-to-457-3-in-final-cricket-test-against-india/3967/ http://worldbestsports.com/bell-pietersen-lead-england-to-457-3-in-final-cricket-test-against-india/3967/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:53:27 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3967 Centuries from Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen helped England reach 457-3 on day two of the final cricket Test against India. Bell was 181 not out at stumps at the Oval in London, while Pietersen scored 175 before being caught by bowler Suresh Raina. They shared a 350-run partnership for the third wicket following captain [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/bell-pietersen-lead-england-to-457-3-in-final-cricket-test-against-india/3967/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/pointer-gives-aussies-2-0-series-lead-vs-sri-lanka/3865/ http://worldbestsports.com/pointer-gives-aussies-2-0-series-lead-vs-sri-lanka/3865/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:00:28 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3865 Former captain Ricky Ponting hit an unbeaten 90 and shared unbroken 107-run stand with captain Michael Clarke on Sunday as Australia thrashed Sri Lanka by eight wickets in their second one-day international. Ponting hit a six and eight boundaries to help his team chase down a victory target of 209 runs and take a 2-0 [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/pointer-gives-aussies-2-0-series-lead-vs-sri-lanka/3865/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/mohammad-yousuf-retires-from-all-forms-of-cricket/3861/ http://worldbestsports.com/mohammad-yousuf-retires-from-all-forms-of-cricket/3861/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:55:52 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3861 KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has decided to retire from all forms of competitive cricket after being dropped from the list of centrally contracted players by the PCB. Sources close to the senior batsman said Yousuf has decided against taking part in any domestic or local cricket competitions as he was totally disheartened with [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/mohammad-yousuf-retires-from-all-forms-of-cricket/3861/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/the-sri-lanka-premier-league-has-to-stand-up-on-its-own-feet/3837/ http://worldbestsports.com/the-sri-lanka-premier-league-has-to-stand-up-on-its-own-feet/3837/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:46:13 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3837 I have a confession to make – up until the World Cup final, earlier this year, I wasn’t a well-wisher of Sri Lankan cricket. The animosity started the day India lost the 1996 World Cup semi-finals to them at Eden Garden. A million dreams crushed in a few hours, that too brutally. The extent of [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/the-sri-lanka-premier-league-has-to-stand-up-on-its-own-feet/3837/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/england-cricket-team-virender-sehwag-king-pair-caps-another-day-of-england-mastery/3834/ http://worldbestsports.com/england-cricket-team-virender-sehwag-king-pair-caps-another-day-of-england-mastery/3834/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:06:42 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3834 If a single delivery can be said to sum up the deep malaise into which Indian cricket has sunk over the few weeks of this tour, it came shortly after six o’clock on Friday evening as India began the mammoth task of attempting to score the 486 runs they needed even to avoid an innings [...]

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