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Physical and mental inferiority behind Pak's Oz cricket tour humiliation: Alam

Pankaj Mishra — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:58:41 +0530

Rejecting reports of discord in the team, Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam has said his team lacked the temperament needed to win against the World Champions Australia and blamed the players for being physically and mentally inferior to the Kangaroos.

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England playing with fire by resting Strauss for Bangladesh tour: Warne

Pankaj Mishra — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:54:08 +0530

England are "flirting with danger" by resting Andrew Strauss for the tour to Bangladesh, according to former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne.

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Warne slams Strauss over Bangladesh break

Pankaj Mishra — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:16:02 +0530

Australia great Shane Warne has accused Andrew Strauss of showing a lack of respect for Test cricket following the England captain's decision to opt out of the tour of Bangladesh.

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Warne eager to expand Royals' empire

Pankaj Mishra — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:14:32 +0530

Shane Warne said he wished he was 20 years younger as he helped unveil plans for a new global Twenty20 alliance.

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Warne tells Aussies to take part in IPL

Pankaj Mishra — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:12:41 +0530

Shane Warne has urged his fellow Australians to play in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) despite threats from an Indian political party.

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Rajasthan Royals form global alliance

Pankaj Mishra — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:16:38 +0530

Rajasthan Royals, the inaugural Indian Premier League  (IPL) champions Monday joined forces with Hampshire, Cape Cobras, Trinidad and a yet-to-be-confirmed Australia state team for a global alliance here at Lord's.

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Wasim Akram included in probe panel

Pankaj Mishra — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:05:35 +0530

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has included former skipper Wasim Akram in an inquiry committee formed last week to probe the national team's poor performance in Australia.

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Australia aiming to have unbeaten summer home season: Bollinger

Rakesh Saini — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:09:01 +0530

Australian fast bowler Doug Bollinger has said that his team is aiming to whitewash West Indies in the ODI series and go through the home season unbeaten.

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Pawar meets Bal Thackeray, bats for Oz cricketers

Pankaj Mishra — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:59:27 +0530

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Sunday met Shiv Sena chief  Bal Thackeray to urge him not to oppose the participation of Australian cricketers in the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL).

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Australia beat West Indies by 113 runs in Melbourne ODI

Pankaj Mishra — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:58:38 +0530

Australia on Sunday crushed West Indies by 113 runs in the first ODI at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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Pakistan summon coach, captain over Australia rout

Pankaj Mishra — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:57:14 +0530

An evaluation committee issued a demand on Sunday for Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam and captain Mohammad Yousuf to explain the team's dismal performance on their tour of Australia.

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Pakistan coach accepts blame for Australian defeats

Pankaj Mishra — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:44:52 +0530

Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam said Sunday he accepted full responsibility for his team's dismal performance on its tour of Australia last month, and vowed not to run away from any investigation.

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Australian cricket legends to meet at Imparja Cup

zaheen — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:51:07 +0530

Melbourne, Feb 7 : Retired Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie will captain a group of Australian cricketing legends to play against some of the country’s best indigenous players in Alice Springs this week.

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Lawson cast doubts over accuracy of speed guns

zaheen — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:50:17 +0530

Melbourne, Feb 7 : Former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson has expressed his admiration of Shaun Tait’s bowling performance in the Twenty20 game against Pakistan, but has cast doubts over the accuracy of the speed gun that clocked his 160.7km/h delivery.

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Ponting backs fast bowlers to quell Gayle's inexperienced team

zaheen — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:47:29 +0530

Melbourne, Feb 7 : Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has backed his fast bowlers to contain West Indies captain Chris Gayle and his team in the one-day series starting at the MCG from Sunday.

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Siddle will fight his way back into the Oz squad: Lee

zaheen — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:44:31 +0530

Sydney, Feb.7 : Australian and New South Wales fast bowler Brett Lee, who is currently out of national reckoning because of a serious elbow injury, has predicted that injured right-arm quick Peter Siddle will fight his way back into the national squad.

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Australia is not a racist country, Lee tells Indian media

zaheen — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:43:33 +0530

Sydney, Feb.7 : Though the Indian media has gone to town describing Australia as a country where racism, especially against the Asian minority thrives, the continent’s pin-up boy – Brett Lee – has taken the initiative in saying this is not the case.

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Lee says he may never bowl again

zaheen — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:42:28 +0530

Sydney, Feb.7 : Australian and New South Wales fast Bowler Brett Lee has said that there is a distinct possibility of him not bowling in competitive cricket again, as he is yet to recover from a serious elbow injury.

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Tait is Australian cricket''s new Thommo, claims Hogg

zaheen — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:41:30 +0530

Melbourne, Feb.7 : Former Australian Test quick Rodney Hogg has hailed South Australian Shaun Tait as the new-age Jeff Thomson and says he will pilot Australia to Twenty20 World Cup supremacy with his terrifying pace.

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Tait gunning for Akhtar's 161.3kmh fastest ball record

zaheen — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:35:39 +0530

Melbourne, Feb 6 : Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait has said that his focus on short, sharp spells is the factor behind his speed and he is confident of pushing the radar gun further.

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Cricket Australia may give thumbs down to pink balls

zaheen — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:12:22 +0530

Sydney, Feb. 6 : After receiving a lukewarm response from players in Adelaide, pink balls appear certain to fall short of the standard Cricket Australia requires for day night Test matches.

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Hussey safe for another tilt at Ashes

zaheen — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:13:23 +0530

Sydney, Feb. 6 : Dismissed as a has been at the start of the Australian summer, middle-order batsman Michael Hussey continues to be a key member of Australia''s Test and one-day teams, and is ranked the best one-day batsman in the world.

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Warne helps to ease India-Australia tension over violent 'racist' attacks

zaheen — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:11:40 +0530

Melbourne, Feb 6 : Former Australian leg spinner Shane Warne met Victoria Premier John Brumby to discuss how to address issues stemming from violent attacks on Indians.

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Hidden reasons behind Pakistan's poor performance Younis

Pankaj Mishra — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:38:56 +0530

Pakistan's former captain Waqar Younis claimed there are some hidden reasons behind the team's terrible performance in Australia.

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Australia beat Pakistan by 2 runs to complete a summer clean-sweep

Pankaj Mishra — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:36:21 +0530

World Twenty20 champion Pakistan on Friday failed to end their disastrous Australia tour on happy note, as they lost the only Twenty20 match at Melbourne Cricket Ground by two runs.

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Coach Nielsen feels Lee has future with Oz ODI squad

Pankaj Mishra — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:54:31 +0530

Australian cricket team coach Tim Nielsen feels that fast bowler Brett Lee still has a future with the national squad, but it''s unlikely to be in Test cricket.

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Clarke under pressure to retain spot in Oz Twenty20 squad

Pankaj Mishra — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:53:20 +0530

Australia''s Twenty20 team captain Michael Clarke is under pressure to retain his spot in the squad, given his poor average in this format of the game.

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Defiant Yousuf rules out resignation

Pankaj Mishra — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:36:42 +0530

Under fire for his teams horrendous show in both the Test and one-day series against Australia, Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has made it clear that he would not step down.

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Gabba to host first Ashes Test on November 25

Pankaj Mishra — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:35:44 +0530

The first of the five Ashes Tests will be held at The Gabba in Brisbane from November 25 to 29, it has been confirmed.

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Waqar waiting to spill beans on hidden reasons behind Pak's Oz debacle

Pankaj Mishra — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:34:46 +0530

Upset over Pakistans deplorable performance Down Under, former fast bowler and current bowling coach Waqar Younis has said there were some ‘hidden reasons behind his teams shoddy show.

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