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Al-Amin stars in comprehensive Bangladesh win

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:11:54 +0000

England Under-19 slumped to a heavy defeat at the hands of Bangladesh Under-19 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur

The Surfer: A Test match for the Twitter generation

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:43:15 +0000

The frenetic fall of wickets and early finshes to the first two Tests in the UAE will have done little for the bank balances of the Pakistan Cricket Board or the local organising authorities, but the golf clubs of Dubai have probably done all right out of them, with the travelling supporters finding plenty of time to kill, writes Paul Radley in the National. Is someone sat on the fast-forward button? This Test series was always supposed to be brief, with three matches to be played back to back, and…

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India cricket team lose chief sponsor

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:10:35 +0000

Indian cricket was hit by a major crisis on Saturday when the long-time sponsor of the national team pulled out over differences with the board.

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Indian cricket team loses long-time sponsor

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:02:19 +0000

India's national cricket team lost its major sponsor Sahara India after an 11-year association. Sahara India announced Saturday it will end its sponsorship of the national team and would also give up its ownership of Indian Premier League team Pune Warriors. The sponsorship contract was not due to expire until next year but Sahara said it will only stay on for a few months while the Board of…

Different Strokes: Should we love them more? Or less?

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:48:52 +0000

Brad Hogg: happy to be on the field than off it

The Surfer: The search for a dignified end to a sporting career

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:51:10 +0000

Osman Samiuddin in the National writes that in sport, the business of retirement can be an unsettling one, not only because it is not easy to know whether something irreversible has set inside a player or whether it is merely a temporary slip. While they make make adjustments as they recognise the approaching of the end, what the sportsmen are really doing, writes Samiuddin, is battling the conceit of the rest of us who think we know that it is time for them to leave. Why should sportsmen care what…

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Australia to take two keepers to West Indies

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:26:45 +0000

Matthew Wade is expected to earn a Test call-up for the tour of the West Indies in April after the national selector John Inverarity expressed his desire to have two wicketkeepers in the squad

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Cricket: Sri Lanka sack coach Marsh, bring in Ford

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:37:22 +0000

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Cricket on Wednesday sacked its Australian coach Geoff Marsh and replaced him with South African Graham Ford as part of a major shake-up following the national team's poor run.

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Sami, Kaneria scythe through Baluchistan

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:18:31 +0000

Mohammad Sami and Danish Kaneria took four wickets each to skittle Baluchistan for 164 on the first day at the National Stadium in Karachi

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Sri Lanka cricket captain resigns

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:24:39 +0000

Sri Lanka cricket appoints a new captain for the national team following the resignation of Tillakaratne Dilshan.

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