Posts Tagged "Pakistan cricket"

The tough-guy fast bowlers of yesteryear might not approve, but Pakistan’s budding young quicks were coached on their appearance at a training camp this week — by a hair stylist.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board is working on a plan to send a “vigilance expert” with its team to England for The Champions Trophy to help ward off potential match fixers.

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In mid-2010 Pakistan cricket hit an all-time low when three of their most prominent players were caught up in the now infamous spot-fixing scandal.

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There’s a lot to worry about when considering the state of cricket, both domestically and throughout the world. We have floundering attendance figures and questions over form, and the batting order.

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Australia captain George Bailey couldn’t be happier with the way his men are shaping up for the World Twenty20 after a record-breaking win over Pakistan in the third game of their series on Monday night.

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Pakistan took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match Twenty20 series against Australia on Friday night but only after George Bailey’s side tied the scores then lost the game with the last ball of Pakistan’s Super Over in extra time.

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Australia captain George Bailey says his side can still win the World Cup that starts later this month despite their record loss to Pakistan in the opening Twenty20 clash.

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In steering Australia to a stunning 2-1 series win over Pakistan, I believe Australia has found the hard hitting middle-order all-rounder we have been desperately searching for since the retirement of Simon O’Donnell.

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You’ve got to have respect for the levels of patience possessed by the typical modern-day international batsman.

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Sport tugs at the heart in a way no other activity can. Sport, in its intact original form, is unscripted. Athletes win and lose, they laugh and they cry, but they exert themselves at all times.

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You can now include 2012 alongside 2011 and 2009 as historic moments in Pakistan cricket, but for such very different reasons than the turmoil that came before.

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The weight of expectation is a funny thing: pressure is there where once there was none. The natural processes give way to the nagging thought at the back of your mind that your performance doesn’t befit your ranking.

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England coach Andy Flower said on Sunday Pakistan’s series-clinching Test win would be a huge boost to the country, but called on his team to show their mettle on subsequent matches in the subcontinent.

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Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq says Australia will struggle to beat India in the Boxing Day Test – because the home side doesn’t have any world-class bowlers.

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Justice Jeremy Cooke didn’t do international cricket any favours when he handed down custodial sentences in a London court yesterday to three Pakistan Test players and a Pakistan agent. His parting comment was time in the slammer could be halved with good behaviour.

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“Boom-Boom” is back! No, I’m not talking about an increase in carnal relations amongst the general populace. Shahid Afridi has announced his un-retirement from One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket.

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Pakistan and India have been urged to resume tours to each other by an International Cricket Council task team, which also recommended the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman lose his right to veto team selection.

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Pakistan’s cricket chief has vowed to safeguard his country’s rights after proposed constitutional changes by the game’s world governing body, which meets in Hong Kong from Sunday.

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Disciplined bowling by India saw them beat Pakistan by 29 runs on Wednesday to set-up a World Cup final against Sri Lanka in Mumbai on Saturday.

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India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakarra have been by far the best tactical captains at the tenth Cricket World Cupon the sub-continent – blowing away the age-old theory that keepers don’t make good captains.

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