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November 1st, 2009 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, Nov.1 (ANI): Former Pakistan leg-spinner Imran Tahir, who played for the 'A' team for a long time before shifting to South Africa, has expressed his desires to play for the Proteas ...
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October 15th, 2009 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
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By Omar Khalid
Karachi, Oct 15 (IANS) Younis Khan Thursday asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for a captaincy tenure till the 2011 World Cup besides more powers, if it wants him to ...
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September 15th, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sep. 15 (ANI): England all-rounder Luke Wright was left bloodied by a bowling machine on Monday.
An attempt to replicate Brett Lee's 90mph yorkers in the nets at the National Cricket Performance ...
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September 10th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
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Karachi, Sep.10 (ANI): They say fathers always want their sons to follow in their footsteps, but Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan does not want to see his son playing cricket for the ...
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September 4th, 2009 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
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By Omar Khalid
Karachi, Sep 4 (IANS) Pakistan football coach George Kottan is making efforts to have a series of football and cricket matches between the national cricket and football teams later this ...
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September 1st, 2009 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Karachi, Sep 1 (IANS) Former Pakistan Test pacer Mohammad Sami claims the Indian Cricket League (ICL) is yet to clear his dues of more than Rs.10 million.
Sami, 28, Tuesday said he has ...
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August 30th, 2009 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
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By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, Aug 30 (IANS) The Indian Premier League II (IPL) hosted in South Africa earlier this year helped Cricket South Africa (CSA) record a turnaround of over 80 million ...
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August 26th, 2009 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
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Melbourne, Aug. 26 (ANI): Australia's cricket bosses are so disillusioned by the failure to uncover slow bowling talent that the states could be compelled to select and bowl spinners in a new ...
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August 21st, 2009 - 8:13 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Aug.21 (ANI): The Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday said that all of its players must make themselves available for their national teams as a condition for joining the league.
The ...
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August 10th, 2009 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, Aug. 10 (ANI): Pakistan's national cricket selectors Mohammad Illyas and Azhar Khan watched fast bowler Mohammad Asif bowl in a match in Lahore on Sunday.
"He bowled a seven-over spell and ...
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July 13th, 2009 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Karachi, July 13 (IANS) Former Test spinner Iqbal Qasim was Monday installed as the new Pakistan chief cricket selector.
Qasim, 55, will take over from another former Test cricketer Wasim Bari, who served ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
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Worcester (UK), July 4 (ANI): Australia's national cricket selection committee has admitted it may have mismanaged the veteran pacer Brett Lee after his difficult marriage break-up last year.
Selection committee chairman Andrew Hilditch ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
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Worcester (UK), July 4 (ANI): Australia's national cricket selection committee has admitted it may have mismanaged the veteran pacer Brett Lee after his difficult marriage break-up last year.
Selection committee chairman Andrew Hilditch ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Karachi, July 3(IANS) Former Pakistan Test cricketer Aamer Sohail Friday played down reports of a growing rift with fellow Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) director Wasim Bari.
Sohail, currently serving as director of the ...
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June 12th, 2009 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
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London, June 19 (IANS) Pakistan's legendary cricketer Imran Khan said Thursday the country's cricket authorities should support captain Younis Khan.
"Younis is a courageous captain but he needs support," Imran said.
The man ...
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June 8th, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Auckland, June 8 (IANS) Shane Bond and Daryl Tuffey are under consideration for national cricket contracts this month after their return from the unofficial Indian Cricket League (ICL), New Zealand national selection ...
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May 25th, 2009 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
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Karachi, May 25 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is planning to restrict the number of its staffers to less than 300 in a bid to cut down burgeoning costs.
According to a ...
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April 7th, 2009 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, Apr.7 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has clearly demarcated the role and functions of its Director General, Javed Miandad.
"Miandad will look after the development of domestic cricket in Pakistan. He ...
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March 30th, 2009 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
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By Omar Khalid
Karachi, March 30 (IANS) Javed Miandad Monday rejoined as director-general of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and vowed to put national cricket back on track.
Miandad told IANS that he had ...
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March 26th, 2009 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar 26 (ANI): Sri Lankan cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara has said the terrorist attack on the team bus outside Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium has changed the players' approach forever.
Sangakkara said now ...
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March 21st, 2009 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
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Karachi, March 21 (IANS) Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan has said the country's senators should refrain from interfering in national cricket affairs.
Imran, now a politician, told reporters that senators have no business ...
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March 18th, 2009 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
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Karachi, March 18 (IANS) Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistan's premier batsman and now an Indian Cricket League (ICL) player, has predicted that cricket's love affair with the popular Twenty20 version will soon end.
Yousuf said ...
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March 17th, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
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Sydney, Mar.17 (ANI): Spin doctor Terry Jenner has appealed to Australia''s national cricket selectors to include Victorian leg spinner Bryce McGain in the squad for the Cape Town Test, though the ...
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February 23rd, 2009 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) After its success at the Beijing Olympic Games last year, Indian boxing received a major boost Monday as Sahara India decided to sponsor 13 boxers.
The 13 boxers ...
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February 18th, 2009 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Feb 18 (IANS) West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) said that the suspension of negotiations with Texas billionaire businessman Allen Stanford, once seen as the saviour of Caribbean cricket, would not be ...
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February 11th, 2009 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Karachi, Feb 11 (IANS) The war of words between Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt and the senate's standing committee on sports intensified Wednesday with Butt declaring that the committee had ...
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February 9th, 2009 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
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Karachi, Feb 9(IANS) Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ijaz Butt Monday came under intense criticism at a meeting of the Senate's sports committee in Islamabad with one of its members asking him to ...
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February 7th, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, Feb.7 (ANI): With numerous controversies surrounding the apex cricket body of the country, former top cricket officials have started criticizing the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) openly, and have charged the ...
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February 4th, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
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Karachi, Feb.4 (ANI): Its highly unlikely that Cricket Australia (CA) would allow its national cricket squad to tour Pakistan amidst the deteriorating security conditions in the country.
According to the Pakistan Cricket ...
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February 2nd, 2009 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The national cricket selectors are convinced that Lakshmipathy Balaji is ready to be bowling for India again after his carefully charted comeback from a back injury that ...
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