Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Tuesday said the team has always performed under pressure and it will be no different in the upcoming World Cup at home starting Feb 19. Dhoni’s boys would be looking to win the coveted trophy for a second time and repeat the feat of 1983 in front of home [...]
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The team can perform under pressure: Dhoni
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Waqar hopes a fresh start for Pakistan cricket after Doha hearing
January 11th, 2011 |
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Pakistan coach Waqar Younis hoped that his team will be able to play some controversy-free cricket once a decision is taken by an independent tribunal that has finished hearing a spot-fixing case involving Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt and Mohammed Asif in Doha. “I hope all goes well and I hope the outcome is what cricket [...]
England humble Australia in Ashes cricket series
January 7th, 2011 |
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Only a monsoon or a doughty Australian fight-back Friday could prevent the English cricket team giving Australia a 3-1 hiding in the Ashes series in the fifth and final Test in Sydney. The former looked a more likely prospect than the latter, with the home side still 151 runs short of making England bat again [...]
“Cricket in Pakistan is in a ‘mess’, so is the countryâ€: Imran Khan
December 10th, 2010 |
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Pakistan cricket is facing its biggest crisis so far, and the team stands little chance of winning the 2011 World Cup without fast bowlers Mohammad Aamir and Mohammad Asif, former captain Imran Khan has said. “Cricket in Pakistan faces its biggest crisis and so does the country,†the Daily Times quoted Imran, who was in [...]
Wasim urges Pak cricket fans, media to ‘back national team to win World Cup 2011’
December 7th, 2010 |
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Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram has urged players, fans and the media to move on from the recent problems plaguing Pakistan cricket, and back the country to win the World Cup 2011, though he tipped India as favourites to win the mega event. “Let”s forget what problems we”ve been going through recently and with [...]
“Yousuf should concentrate only on Test cricketâ€: Moin Khan
November 27th, 2010 |
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Former Pakistan cricket captain Mohammad Yousuf should focus only on the Test format of the game, his compatriot and former wicketkeeper Moin Khan has said. “Yousuf should concentrate only on Test cricket,†PakPassion.net quoted Moin, as saying. He felt that Yousuf does not warrant selection in the Pakistan World Cup Squad due to being dogged [...]
Winners deserve the real Ashes urn: Ponting
November 25th, 2010 |
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Ricky Ponting has reopened the age-old debate about where the Ashes urn is held by declaring Australia should be rewarded with the real item if they defeat England this summer. Despite originating in Australia, the urn lives at the spiritual home of cricket at Lord”s in London and series victors are presented with replica Ashes. [...]
â€I want to leave a great legacy for Australian cricket,†says Ponting
November 23rd, 2010 |
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Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has said that he is concerned and worried about the legacy that he leaves behind once he decides to hang up his gloves. ””Of course I”m worried about a legacy. It”s the reason I play the game and cherish the captaincy so much. I want to make sure the team [...]
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November 23rd, 2010 |
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Tendulkar named ICC’s ambassador for 2011 World Cup
November 11th, 2010 |
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The International Cricket Council today announced the appointment of Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar as the official event ambassador for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. With exactly 100 days to go, Tendulkar in his role as ambassador will be called upon to promote and support a variety of ICC initiatives for the World Cup, which [...]
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November 3rd, 2010 |
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ICC unveils state-of-the-art Global Cricket Academy in Dubai
October 13th, 2010 |
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The International Cricket Council Global Cricket Academy (ICC GCA), comprising state-of-the-art cricket facilities for international as well as local cricketers, has been launched in Dubai. Initially announced as a project in 2004, the academy is part of the Dubai Sports City- a project to construct world-class sporting infrastructure in Dubai- and is managed by the [...]
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October 9th, 2010 |
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October 2nd, 2010 |
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‘Match fixing’ scam, Indian ploy to tarnish Pak cricket’s image, says Veena Malik
September 7th, 2010 |
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Former girlfriend of Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif, Veena Malik, has alleged that the match-fixing controversy is an Indian scheme to tarnish Pakistani cricket. Indian bookie Dheeraj Dixit, Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra and a model named Paael were involved in fixing cricket matches and she had given evidence against them to the International Cricket Council [...]
India’s cricket scandals: Modi blues
April 29th, 2010 |
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The boss of the crisis-stricken Indian Premier League takes a tumble
AROUND midnight on April 25th, as the final of the third season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) came to a close, Lalit Modi, the cricket tournament’s manager and mastermind, declared to a dwindling crowd, “I reassure millions of passionate fans of the league and the game across the globe that IPL is clean and transparent.” Moments later the BCCI, India’s cricket board, which owns the IPL, suspended him while investigating claims that the opposite is true.
Mr Modi is said to have presided over a litany of financial irregularities at the IPL, whose short and fast-paced version of cricket, called Twenty20, has been wildly popular and a commercial success, generating billions of dollars in broadcasting rights and attracting lavish bids for the privilege of owning a team. According to Shashank Manohar, the BCCI’s president, “misdemeanours” on Mr Modi’s part “have brought a bad name to the administration of cricket and the game itself.” …
Brett Lee doubtful to play the World T20 2010
April 29th, 2010 |
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Australian cricket player, Brett Lee renowned as fast bowler is likely to miss the Twenty20 World Cup 2010 in the West Indies as he has been injured in Australia’s shock one-run warm-up defeat by Zimbabwe.
The 33-year-old cricketer retired from Test cricket in February is suffering from muscle strain in his right forearm who [...]
Greed and sleaze may taint IPL
April 17th, 2010 |
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Follow the money – was the advice given by Deep Throat, the secret informant who helped two intrepid Washington Post journalists unravel the Watergate scandal, forcing Richard Nixon to resign as US president.
As the tax raid on the offices of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Mumbai showed, a similar trail might be followed to [...]
Pakistan will see plenty of international cricket, says Lorgat
April 14th, 2010 |
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International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat said Wednesday that Pakistan has plenty of international cricket coming up in three formats and it shows that the country has not been isolated by terrorist violence at home.
“It’s a great pleasure to be heading back to Pakistan. We are always assured of a warm welcome there,” [...]