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Spineless batsmen give India historic series victory
RAWALPINDI, April 16: It was a sad day as the last rites of Pakistan cricket were performed at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Friday. Indian spinner Anil Kumble and paceman L. Balaji nailed the coffin in front of a handful of mourners. ... 
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'Rawalpindi Express' could face action
RAWALPINDI, April 16: Pace ace Shoaib Akhtar could face action if he was found to have faked an injury and made a controversial phone call to controversial Rashid Latif during the third Test ...
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Pakistan's 224 in first innings was decisive: Ganguly
RAWALPINDI, April 16: Bowling out Pakistan for a low 224 in the first innings was the main reason for Indians winning the Test and with it the series, captain Saurav Ganguly told a news conference on Friday. ...
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India hails its cricket team's finest hour
NEW DELHI, April 16: India hailed its cricket team's historic maiden Test series victory in Pakistan on Friday as one of the finest moments in the country's cricketing history. ...
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Inzamam unhappy with Shoaib
RAWALPINDI, April 16: Reports of disharmony in the Pakistan camp became all the more evident on Friday after captain Inzamamul Haq expressed surprise over the way an apparently injured Shoaib Akhtar had batted on the fourth day of the third and final Test. ...
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Pakistan cricket's blackest day
I am not certain whether the poet is Byron but these lines come to mind: "If Greece must perish we thy Will obey/But let us perish in the face of day." Not for Pakistan the face of day, not even a tame surrender, just the silence of the lambs. ...
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PCB to consider changes in team management
RAWALPINDI, April 16: A top official hinted on Friday at changes in the Pakistan team management following defeat by India in the One-day and Test series. ...
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Hanif disappointed with performance
LAHORE, April 16: Former great Hanif Mohammad was disappointed with Pakistan's dismal performance in the home series against India. Speaking by telephone to a TV programme, the Little Master said ...
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Indians climb up ratings
ISLAMABAD April 16: India's 2-1 series win in Pakistan has boosted it to fourth in the ICC Test Championship table, the highest it has ever been in the official table. ...
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Sehwag, Kumble share spoils
KARACHI, April 16: Ebullient Indian opener Virender Sehwag and veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble were the most successful batsman and bowler respectively of the three-match Test series that ended in Rawalpindi on Friday. ...
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ZCU and players issue writs against each other
HARARE, April 16: The Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) and a group of 13 rebel players have issued writs against each other for alleged breach of contract. ...
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Malaysia down S. Africa
CANBERRA, April 16: Malaysia stunned South Africa with three first half goals to win 3-2 in men's 4-Nations Challenge field hockey tournament on Friday. ...
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Venus eases into quarterfinals
NEW YORK, April 16: Venus Williams advanced to the quarterfinals of the Family Circle Cup Tennis Tournament in Charleston, South Carolina on Thursday with a routine 6-4 6-1 win over Switzerland's Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian. ...
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Curtis, Els chase Beckman
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, April 16: British Open champion Ben Curtis carded a three-under-par 68 on Thursday to lie one stroke off first-round leader Cameron Beckman's pace at the PGA Tour's Heritage. ...
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