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Pakistan slump after Martyn's flawless century
MELBOURNE, Dec 28: Australia's Damien Martyn scored 142, his sixth Test century of 2004, before Pakistan suffered a spectacular top-order batting collapse on the third day of the second Test on Tuesday. ... 
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Shoaib Malik needs hard work: report
LAHORE, Dec 28: Shoaib Malik has to work on his bowling action and put in a lot of effort in order to get permission to continue his bowling, according to the report on his suspect bowling action prepared by Western Australian University. ...
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Pakistan's batting crumbles again
The Melbourne Test is still in progress as I write this though it might be over before your newspaper arrives. It should have been evenly poised and indeed Pakistan could have been in sight of a win. ...
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Bangladesh's India tour may be postponed
NEW DELHI, Dec 28: Bangladesh's cricket tour of India, scheduled for April next year, is likely to be postponed because of a packed international calender, a top Indian board official said on Tuesday. ...
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Trescothick and Strauss give England chance of victory
DURBAN, Dec 28: England opening batsmen Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Strauss batted for most of the third day of the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead Tuesday to give their team a chance of pulling off a sensational victory. ...
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Sri Lanka's NZ tour to continue
COLOMBO, Dec 28: The Sri Lankan cricket team's tour of New Zealand will continue despite the tsunami which has killed nearly 19,000 people in their homeland, officials said on Tuesday. ...
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Tariq new PHF chief as Aziz resigns
LAHORE, Dec 28: Tariq Kirmani was named as new Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) chief on Tuesday after Gen Aziz Khan stepped down, saying it was unfair to continue following his retirement from Pakistan Army. ...
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PHF reshuffles team officials, selectors
LAHORE, Dec 28: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) continued playing musical chairs, bringing yet another set of senior and junior team officials and including old faces in the selection committees amid objections from some of the Congress members. ...
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Munir blames PHF for team's failure
LAHORE, Dec 28: Olympian Munir Dar said on Tuesday Pakistan hockey team's poor performance was because of mismanagement on the part of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF). ...
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Japan accepts Fischer's plea
TOKYO, Dec 28: Japanese Justice Minister Chieko Nohno agreed on Tuesday to consider fugitive US chess legend Bobby Fischer's plea to go to Iceland to avoid deportation and potential jail in the United States. ...
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