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Intikhab says PCB top brass responsible for poor performance in South Africa
LAHORE, March 7: Former Test captain and manager of Pakistan team Intikhab Alam held Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, players, team management and selection committee responsible for the debacle in the ongoing World Cup.... 
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No TV threat to 2007 World Cup
JOHANNESBURG, March 7: Organisers of the next World Cup in the West Indies in 2007 have brushed aside fears the tournament could be shifted elsewhere since it did not suit television...
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New Zealand have eyes fixed on ultimate prize
 BLOEMFONTEIN (South Africa), March 7: New Zealand have their eyes fixed on the ultimate prize at the World Cup despite their unfavourable situation going into the Super Six....
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Proteas caught in vacuum: ex-coach
CAPE TOWN, March 7: South African cricket is caught in a vacuum and failing to produce the quality players of old, according to former coach Bob Woolmer....
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Convincing victories for Capriati and Mauresmo
 SCOTTSDALE (Arizona), March 7: Mark Philippoussis won seven straight games en route to a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Scott Draper on Thursday to join top seeded fellow Australian Lleyton Hewitt in...
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Danish star Bjorn back in contention
DUBAI, March 7: A rare lapse in concentration cost Ernie Els the outright lead at the halfway stage of the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday....
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South America wants more teams in 2006
ZURICH (Switzerland), March 7: A South American proposal to increase the size of the 2006 World Cup finals from 32 teams to 36 has been forwarded by FIFA to the organisers...
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Steve Waugh scores 73rd century
MELBOURNE, March 7: Steve Waugh completed his 73rd first-class century on Friday to help New South Wales press their claims for a place in this year’s Australian interstate cricket final....
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Highbury jinx must end,says Ranieri
LONDON, March 7: Chelsea have not beaten Arsenal in their last eight FA Cup meetings and have not won a meaningful match at Highbury for 13 years....
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Millat Club in quarterfinal
LAHORE, March 7: Millat Club, VIR Club, Burt Club, Super Griffen, Friends Club and New Khan advanced to the quarterfinals of the inaugural Ameer Abdullah Khan Memorial badminton tournament after winning...
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IOC unhappy with progress
ATHENS, March 7: Relations between Athens 2004 organisers and the International Olympic Committee appeared strained on Friday after remarks by an Australian IOC official about Greece’s slow preparations....
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Australia destroy Sri Lanka to reach last four
 CENTURION (South Africa), March 7: Australia stormed into the World Cup semifinals as Ricky Ponting and Brett Lee swept Sri Lanka regally aside on Friday....
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Kenya put up fighting total after slow start
CAPE TOWN, March 7: Opener Kennedy Obuya struck a chancy 79 to help Kenya to 225 for six in their World Cup Super Six match against India on Friday....
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Indians lose appeal for semifinal switch
JOHANNESBURG, March 7: World Cup organisers rejected on Friday a bid by India to have the second semifinal changed from a day-nighter into a day game....
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BCCI for resumption of cricket ties with Pakistan
NEW DELHI, March 7: India’s national cricket board has asked the federal government to allow resumption of cricket matches with Pakistan to prevent their team being isolated from world cricket....
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Results and fixtures
Feb 9: West Indies beat South Africa by three runs (Cape Town, D/N)....
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Pybus to quit, blames senior players for Cup debacle
JOHANNESBURG, March 7: Pakistan coach Richard Pybus was on the verge of quitting on Friday, saying it was difficult to coach a side in which players were not willing to learn....
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Wasim still undecided to call it a day
LAHORE, March 7: Paceman Wasim Akram said that he had not yet decided to call it a day because of Pakistan team’s debacle in the World Cup-2003 in South Africa....
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Bracken plays waiting game
JOHANNESBURG, March 7: Australian left-arm seamer Nathan Bracken knows his World Cup fortunes depend on the cruel hand of fate striking down one of his colleagues over the next two weeks....
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Jayasuriya relieved to escape serious injury
 CENTURION, March 7: Sri Lanka received a boost on Friday after it was revealed captain Sanath Jayasuriya had not broken his left forearm after being hit by Australia’s Brett Lee in...
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