Category: CRICKET
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Pakistan on the move after sweeping series against England
Dubai Feb 06, 2012: SWEEPING SERIES, Pakistan has narrowed the gap with the top four sides in the Reliance ICC Test Championship table after beating number-one ranked England by 3-0 in the three-Test series which finished in Dubai on Monday. Pakistan had entered the series in fifth position on 99 ratings points and though it has…
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Results of the ICC Board meeting in Dubai
Board meeting result, The ICC Board held the first of its scheduled 2012 meetings in Dubai on 31 January 2012 and 1 February 2012. The major items considered or decisions taken were: Independent Governance Review Following adoption of the new ICC Strategic Plan in April 2011 which, inter-alia, identified the need for an independent governance…
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Saeed Ajmal rises to No.2 spot as Abdur Rehman breaks into the top 10
Dubai, Jan 29, 2012: Crafty off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has risen one more place and his spin partner Abdur Rehman has broken into the top 10 for the first time in his career in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers which were released on Sunday after the conclusion of the Abu Dhabi, Adelaide and Napier…
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ICC Executive Board to meet in Dubai
Dubai Jan 29, 2012: Independent Governance Review, The ICC Executive Board will hold the first of its scheduled 2012 meetings in Dubai, starting on January 31, 2012 and concluding on February 01, 2012. The major topics on the agenda are: Independent Governance Review In April 2011, the ICC had adopted a new strategic plan which identified…
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Australia reduces the gap with third-ranked India to just fraction of a point
Dubai, Jan 28, 2012: THIRD RANKED INDIA, India and Australia have moved in opposite directions in the Reliance ICC Test Championship table after the conclusion of their four-Test series in Adelaide on Saturday. India, which had entered the series in second place on 118 ratings points, has fallen to 111 ratings points while fourth-ranked Australia…
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Rehman stuns England to give Pakistan series 2nd Cricket Test
Abu Dhabi, Jan 28, 2012 (Report by David Hopps): Rehman stuns England, England suffered one of their most disastrous batting collapses in Test history as they disintegrated against Pakistan’s spinners to lose the second Test in Abu Dhabi and with it the series. Pakistan went 2-0 up with one to play as Abdur Rehman, their…
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Cricket’s Day of Shame
By: Rashid Ali Siddiqui, President, Pakistan Sports Writers Federation (PSWF). The conviction by an English court of three Pakistani cricketers in a spot-fixing case has finally opened the can of worms and the truth behind what sports officials have tried not to divulge for more than three cricketing decades and, possibly, fifty years in other sports.…
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Vikrant Shetty’s bowling action found to be legal
UAE’s off-spinner underwent remedial work and further testing and is now free to resume bowling at international level. The International Cricket Council today announced that the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed, that following significant remedial work and a home board assessment, the bowling action of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) off-spinner Vikrant Shetty is found to…
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Change in dates for ICC Intercontinental Cup and 50-Over League fixtures
Dubai, ICC Media Release Jan 23, 2012: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced a change in date for two of the four upcoming 50-Over League and ICC Intercontinental Cup third round fixtures that are scheduled to be played in March and April. The 50-over games between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Scotland in…
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Pakistan shock No. 1 England by 10 wickets in first Test
By Rashid Ali Siddiqui, DUBAI, January 21, 2012 – Pakistan shock England, Pakistan thrashed world No. 1 England comprehensively by 10 wickets within three days in he first Test to walk away with a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series being played at a neutral venue in the UAE. With two days to spare England crumbled…