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Colombo 3rd Test: India, Sri Lanka Share Honours on Day 1

| August 4, 2010 | 0 Comments

Sri Lanka ended the first day of the third test against Sri Lanka, at 293/4. Samaraweera on 75 not out represents the main threat to India’s well being, on day two. He has company in Mathew. Batting on 26, Mathew has been at the wicket long enough to have gauged it. So unless the batsmen [...]

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Colombo Third Test: Dilshan’s Wicket Keeps India Alive

| August 3, 2010 | 0 Comments

Sri Lanka went to lunch at 102/2, with Dilshan run out on the last ball before the break, a no ball from Ojha. India began well after losing the toss, when Ishant bowling in the corridor got Paranavitana to edge one to Dhoni. The score then was 15/1. Ishant also had a confident LBW shout [...]

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Colombo 3rd Test: Sri Lanka Win Toss & Bat

| August 3, 2010 | 0 Comments

Dhoni was third time unlucky with the toss, as the coin spun in Sangakkara’s favour and he decided to bat, in the third test against India at the P Sara Stadium, in Colombo. India will seek to win the match and level the series after having lost the first match at Galle. The second test [...]

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Colombo 3rd Test: Probable Indian Team

| August 2, 2010 | 0 Comments

Gambhir and Harbhajan have been ruled out of the third test at the P Sara Stadium in Colombo,starting on Tuesday. Gambhir’s absence should now worry India, unduly, although, a year ago, this statement would have been considered absurd. In fact, it gives M Vijay another opportunity to strengthen his case for a permanent place in [...]

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ICC World Cup 2011: India, Pakistan, Head to Head in World Cups

| August 2, 2010 | 0 Comments

In 119 ODIs played between Pakistan and India, their trans-border rivals have dominated India with a 69-46 win loss record. But in World Cups, the story has been radically different. The sides met for the first time in a World Cup, in 1992, in Australia. Pakistan won that World Cup, but the India-Pakistan rivalry has [...]

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Nottingham Test: Defeat Looms For Pakistan

| August 1, 2010 | 0 Comments

The Nottingham test match against England is all but over for Pakistan who finished the third day at 15/3, chasing an improbable 435 for a win. Chasing a target in the fourth innings was always going to be tough in conditions conducive to bowling. But Pakistan did rally earlier in the day, first stretching their [...]

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ICC World Cup 2011: Sri Lanka Team Probables

| July 31, 2010 | 0 Comments

The final 15 in the Sri Lanka squad for the World Cup are as under: Sangakkara, Dilshan, Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene, Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Mathews, Kapugedera, Kulasekara, Perera, Muralitharan, Herath, Randiv, Mendis, Fernando Note: No Jayasuriya, no Vaas Breaking News: Sri Lanka’s preliminary squad for the ICC World Cup 2011: Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, [...]

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Finn’s Brilliant Spell of 3/6 Triggers Pak Collapse

| July 30, 2010 | 0 Comments

Twenty-one year old Steven Finn from Watford, has bowled a brilliant spell of swing bowling to bring about the collapse of the Pakistan batting, in the ongoing Nottingham test. Finn made his Test debut, in March 2010, playing against Bangladesh. In his 4 test matches, he has already taken 19 wickets with a career best [...]

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ICC World Cup 2011: Pakistan Team Probables

| July 30, 2010 | 0 Comments
ICC World Cup 2011: Pakistan Team Probables

Here finally is the list of 30 Pakistan probables for ICC World Cup 2011: Shahid Afridi, Ahmed Shahzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Taufiq Umer, Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Naved Yasin, Kamran Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Salman Ahmed, Abdul Razzaq, Yasir Arafat, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Yasir Shah, [...]

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Nottingham Test: Pakistan Tottering at 49/6

| July 30, 2010 | 0 Comments

Are we in the middle of another dramatic collapse from the Pakistan batting line-up? The Nottingham test has taken a turn in England’s favour after lunch on the second day. In his very first over, Swann took a good catch to give Steven Finn the wicket of Umar Amin, who recently made his debut in [...]

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