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England pull off stunning victory in tour opener
RAWALPINDI, Nov 2: England’s trusted spinner Ashley Giles and uncapped paceman Liam Plunkett ripped PCB’s Patron’s XI apart on Wednesday to pull off an improbable 52-run victory on the last day of their three-day tour opener at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium....
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Ranatunga fears ODI whitewash
PUNE (India), Nov 2: Sri Lanka’s former World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Wednesday predicted a 7-0 sweep for resurgent India in the current one-day series unless the tourists quickly stop the rot....
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Gaudio makes winning start
PARIS, Nov 2: Argentine Gaston Gaudio made a winning start to his Paris Masters campaign when he beat local favourite Fabrice Santoro 6-4 7-5 in a second-round match on Wednesday....
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Regional players being ignored, claims official LAHORE, Nov 2: Dera Ghazi Khan District Cricket Association (DGKDCA) secretary,...
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Australia prefer Bracken’s swing over MacGill’s spin
BRISBANE, Nov 2: Australia have matched an expected pace barrage by picking swing bowler Nathan Bracken over second leg-spinner Stuart MacGill for the opening cricket Test against the West Indies starting on Thursday....
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Vaughan not worried by batting failures
RAWALPINDI, Nov 2: England captain Michael Vaughan is not concerned that his team’s batting did not click in the three-day warm-up match which his side won against the PCB Patron’s XI at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Wednesday....
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Fastest 50 by Sri Lankan
COLOMBO, Nov 2: Former Sri Lankan international Kaushalya Weeraratne set a new limited-overs cricket record this week when he hit the fastest half-century off 12 balls in a domestic match here....
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Rana Naved targets Flintoff and Trescothick
RAWALPINDI, Nov 2: Pakistan’s Rana Navedul Hasan has picked out Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Flintoff as the most prized wickets in the Test series against England....
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Bowling is doing my talking, says Yasir
RAWALPINDI, Nov 2: Yasir Arafat, who took nine for 76 in the three-day match against England on Wednesday, said that he was letting his bowling do the talking for him....
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Hasan to lead Pakistan ‘A’
LAHORE, Nov 2: In-form middle-order batsman Hasan Raza will lead Pakistan ‘A’ team which was announced on Wednesday to meet England in a three-day practice match scheduled to be played at the Bagh-i- Jinnah from Sunday....
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East Asian Games: China challenge Japan pool domination
MACAU, Nov 2: Two-times world champion Luo Xuejang powered to victory in the East Asian Games women’s 50m breaststroke on Wednesday as China threw down the gauntlet to Asian swimming power Japan ahead of the Beijing Olympics....
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Last-ball win for SSGC
KARACHI, Nov 2: In a sensational last-ball finish, Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) clinched the 20th Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Festival trophy defeating Cantt Sports CC by one wicket on Wednesday....
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Chelsea suffer first jolt as Madrid, Lyon march on
PARIS, Nov 2: Chelsea’s Champions League campaign suffered its first real jolt on Tuesday when Jose Mourinho’s Premiership titleholders were stunned 1-0 by Real Betis. As Lyon and Real Madrid became...
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Snooker: Yousuf, Saleh invited to compete in Mumbai
KARACHI, Nov 2: Pakistan’s top cueists Muhammad Yousuf and Saleh Muhammad have been invited for five-nation International Doubles Time Limit snooker championship to be played at Bombay Gymkhana from Dec 13...
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Struggle for World champion
HONG KONG, Nov 2: World and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat wasnt at his fiery best but was still too good for local hope Chan Yan-kit as he eased into the last...
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LRC decision
LAHORE, Nov 2: The Lahore Race Club (LRC) has decided to announce declarations of riders, two-hours before the first race on the day of racing suspending the present practice of declaration two-days before the race-day....
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