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Pakistan 162 for 9 (Kamran Akmal 33, O’Keefe 3-29, Nannes 3-30) beat Australia 151 (D Hussey 33, Mohammad Aamer 3-27) by 11 runs… Pakistan beat Australia by 11 runs in the second Twenty20 international at Edgbaston to wrap up a 2-0 series win. After Kamran Akmal’s 33 from 25 balls helped Pakistan post 9-162,… |
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Australia 119 for 4 (Hussey 46) beat New Zealand 118 (Franklin 43, Johnson 3-19) by 6 wickets… It was a different country but the same result for Australia as they breezed to a six-wicket win over an out-classed New Zealand in the first Twenty20 in Wellington. After an unbeaten home summer the visitors started their [..… |
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England spinner Laura Marsh has admitted she can’t wait to be involved in her side’s attempt to win the ICC World Twenty20. Marsh, who was the leading wicket-taker at the ICC Women’s World Cup earlier in the year, will be hoping to repeat her excellent spin partnership with Holly Colvin, which was one of the [...] <… |
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Zaheer Abbas, the former Pakistan captain, has said his country will be better served with a specialist batting coach rather than a sports psychologist to help them perform better and cope with pressure situations, starting from the World Twenty20 in England next month. The Pakistan Cricket Board had, earlier this week, appoi… |
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West Indies have stuck with largely the same women’s squad for next month’s World Twenty20 that represented them at the World Cup earlier this year in Australia. The only new face is batsman Juliana Nero, who had been in the original squad for the World Cup but missed out due to a hamstring injury. Two [...] <… |
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Mumbai, Mar 31 (PTI) Praveen Amre, who guided Mumbai to their 38th Ranji Trophy title earlier this season as coach, has been appointed as the coach of the Mumbai Indians franchise team for its IPL campaign in South Africa. Former Test middle order batsman Amre has replaced ex-India opener Lalchand Rajput as Mumbai Indians coa… |
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New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI) The Indian Olympic Association wants the Indian Premier League to be deferred till the general elections are over as any untoward incident during the Twenty20 cricket event could raise serious security concerns for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. The second edition of the IPL, starting April 10, has… |
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Joseph Hoover Wellington, Mar 1 (PTI) When Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s legion set sail for the Antipodes 10 days ago they were a confident bunch, pretty much sure they could vanquish New Zealand in their own backyard. But having suffered back-to-back defeats in the Twenty20 series, the visitors have been riddled with self-do… |
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Joseph Hoover Christchurch, Feb 25 (PTI) Smarting from the seven-wicket defeat in the tour opener against New Zealand, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today attributed the loss to the irresponsible batting by his teammates. The Indian captain, suffering his third defeat in 12 T20 matches, felt that his batsmen needlessly w… |
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Christchurch, Feb 23 (PTI) New Zealand coach Andy Moles and middle-order batsman Ross Taylor consider India above South Africa and Australia and feel Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team should be rated number one in the world for their consistent performance over a period of time. India defeated Australia in the Test series and… |
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