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Posted by Mosharaf Hossain on Monday, April 9, 2012,
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 Ex- leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed’s name has cropped up as one of the main candidates to be the bowling coach of the national side before the visit to Sri Lanka.
As per details, Mushtaq who until this week was working with the
English team in Sri Lanka as their bowling coach has already held 2
meetings with the PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf.
“Mushtaq Ahmed has met with Zaka Ashraf and talked about the
chance of taking over as bowling coach and working along with Dav
Whatmore,” one source sai... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mosharaf Hossain on Saturday, March 3, 2012,
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Cricket
 Dav Whatmore, who led Sri Lanka to World Cup victory, arrived
in Lahore to authorize an agreement to become Pakistan’s new head coach,
an official said on yesterday.
Whatmore, who played 7 Tests and 1 ODI for Australia, coached
Sri Lanka to the World Cup title in 1996 and also helped Bangladesh
access the 2nd round in the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean. Whatmore
was selected by a three member coaching panel of the PCB after Waqar
Younis left the post citing health problems in Sept la... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mosharaf Hossain on Monday, February 13, 2012,
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Cricket
 Ex- India skipper Sunil Gavaskar on Monday mentioned that the
T20 cricket is affecting the batting skills of the Indian players.”I
think this is the impact of the T20 cricket, because what the T20
crickett does is motivate the batsman to go for the big shots.
Those shots are definitely required in the T20 cricket, but once it
gets into your system, you sense you can get away with it in the 50
overs cricket as well,” Gavaskar explained. Sunil Gavaskar mentioned the Indian coach Duncan... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mosharaf Hossain on Sunday, February 12, 2012,
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Cricket
 Adelaide: Riding high on Gautam Gambhir's fabulous 92 runs knock and
Dhoni's captainship innings, India routed the hosts by four wickets in
the fourth match of the ongoing Commonwealth Bank Series at Adelaide
Oval on Sunday. India achieved the target of 270 runs with two balls
still remaining. While chasing the target of 270 runs, Indian
openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir gave a steady start after the
hosts were restricted to 269 for 8. India suffered first jolt in the
form of S... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mosharaf Hossain on Sunday, February 12, 2012,
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Cricket
 4 English Cricketers,
including Kevin Pietersen and Monty Panesar, escaped unhurt when the
taxi they’re travelling in was involved in a minor accident in Dubai.
Stuart Broad, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen and Monty Panesar were
travelling at around 100 kph when the taxi’s bonnet unexpectedly flew up
and into the car’s windscreen, obscuring the driver’s vision, revealed a
cricket web-site.
The driver was able to stop the car smartly, however, and the cricketers
were able to tak... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mosharaf Hossain on Saturday, February 11, 2012,
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Cricket
 Along with the different records he has received over the last season Saeed Ajmal has also had to endure strong criticism over his bowling action. On the other hand Saeed Ajmal has found support from Sri lankan Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
“I don’t see anything bad with his bowling action. There should be no
issue as long as the umpires don’t call him on the field or the batsmen
object. If there’s any correction to be done I am certain Saeed Ajmal
will do it,” mentioned Mur... Continue reading ...
Posted by Rubel Ahmed on Thursday, February 9, 2012,
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Cricket
 Ex- Australian fast bowler Nathan Bracken is suing Cricket
Australia, claiming negligence for failing to properly deal with a knee
injury that “destroyed” his career. Bracken, who played 5 Tests and 116
ODIs for Australia, is arguing that Cricket Australia’s surgeons and
lead physio therapist can’t provide “good” health advice to elite
players.
News Limited newspapers claimed he was wanting around $ 1 million in
lost income. He claims Cricket Australia neglected to “check ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Rubel Ahmed on Wednesday, February 8, 2012,
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Cricket
 Perth: R Ashwin and
Ravindra Jadeja played sensibly to stitch a crucial partnership that
drove India home in the second ODI at Perth on Wednesday. India chased
down a target of 234 runs against Sri Lanka to register their first win
of the CB series.
Scorecard: India V Sri Lanka»
From
a position of strength, where India were looking certain of a win,
their batsmen, almost as if they had a change of heart, started throwing
away their wickets that allowed Sri Lanka to crawl back into the ... Continue reading ...
Posted by mosharaf on Wednesday, February 8, 2012,
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Cricket
 Pakistan on Tuesday included all rounder Shahid Afridi in its one-day
and T20 squads for the rest of this month's series against England in
United Arab Emirates.
Opener Taufiq Umar will return home after the three-Test series which Pakistan won 3-0.
The first of four one-day matches will be played in Abu Dhabi on
February 13. The one-days will be followed by three Twenty20
internationals.
Misbah-ul Haq will lead Pakistan in both the formats.
One-day squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), You... Continue reading ...
Posted by Rubel Ahmed on Wednesday, February 8, 2012,
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Cricket
 Lalit Modi, a Ex- commissioner of the IPL has disclosed that
the BCCI, had a role to play in the exclusion of Pakistani players from
the league. The league saw the effective inclusion of Pakistani players
in its very first year in 2008.
However, after the Nov 26, 2008 strikes, Pakistani cricketers were
almost exclusively shunned from next edition. None of the sides bid for
the Pakistani cricketers up for auction in the 2009 event organised in
South Africa. The BCCI had refused any wrong... Continue reading ...
Posted by mosharaf on Tuesday, February 7, 2012,
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Cricket
 Pakistan on today included all rounders Shahid Afridi and Hammad Azam
in its ODI and T20 teams for the rest of this month’s series against England in UAE.
Meanwhile, Azhar Ali has been rewarded for his outstanding batting in Pakistan’s test series sweep against England with a spot in the middle order of Pakistan’s the ODI team.
Ali has played only 1 ODI match against Ireland in 2011 but received
the selectors focus after scoring a career best 157 in Pakistan’s 71-run
3rd test win o... Continue reading ...
Posted by mosharaf on Monday, February 6, 2012,
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Cricket
 Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh is struggling with cancer and
undergoing “chemotherapy” in America. The Private TV channels revealed
this reports today, quoting Yuvraj’s physio Jatin Choudhary.
[Yuvraj] Jatin Choudhary revealed that the cancer in Yuvraj Singh was
identified towards the end of October. Since it was identified in the
initial phase, no surgical treatment is needed and it will be cured in 3
phases of chemotherapy.
The radiation treatment will continue till March. So, it’... Continue reading ...
Posted by mosharaf on Saturday, February 4, 2012,
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Cricket
 Ex- Pakistan skipper Waqar Younis has requested the ICC to
reexamine the 5 year ban on Mohammad Amir. The ICC suspended Amir for 5
yrs for his participation in spot-fixing during the last Pakistan and
England series in August 2010.
A London court put him in jail for corrective sentence for 6 month
and he was released from the jail on good conduct. But the ICC 5 yr ban
still remains to be reconsidered. “Every law has some room for good
conduct and the ICC can find compassion for this y... Continue reading ...
Posted by mosharaf on Friday, February 3, 2012,
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Cricket
 Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Aamer was released from jail in
Britain where he was serving a 6 month sentence for spot-fixing. As per
reports, the young fast bowler has served half of his jail sentence, but
has been released on bail for good habits, 2 days early. He’s yet to
complete his 5 year ban phase.
Aamer, Salman and Asif were found responsible in the scandal that shook the world in May 2010. On November 3, Butt, Asif and Aamer
became the initial players ever to be jailed for cor... Continue reading ...
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