Category: CRICKET
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Shahid Afridi to Hit Hard Against Drugs in New Role as UNODC Goodwill Ambassador
Vienna (UNODC), Jan 18, 2012:– Shahid Afridi UNODC Goodwill Ambassador, Pakistan cricket star Shahid Afridi has been appointed UNODC National Goodwill Ambassador in recognition of his outstanding sporting record. Both batsman and bowler, Afridi is a talented all-rounder who from 2009 to 2011 was captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in various formats of…
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The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) cricket team is known as the ‘RMAF Hawk’ cricket team
Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia Jan 19, 2012: Royal Malaysian Air Force RMAF, Cricket is the No.1 Sport in the RMAF since 2005. This is mainly due to RMAF Hawk cricket achievements at National and International Levels. Cricket is the oldest ‘organised team sport’ in the Malaysian Armed Forces’, where it was introduced and made popular by the British Army & Royal…
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Schedule and match officials announced for Pepsi ICC WCL Division 5
Dubai, Jan 16, 2012: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the schedule and match officials for the upcoming Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5 (WCL Div. 5) which will be held in Singapore from 18 to 25 February. Six teams will compete for the opportunity to finish in the top two of the event and…
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Opportunity for England to win jackpot in series against Pakistan
Dubai, Jan 16, 2012: England win jackpot, England will have a chance to the win the US$175,000 jackpot for topping the Reliance ICC Test Championship table when it goes head to head with Pakistan in a three-Test series starting in Dubai on Tuesday. The award is presented on an annual basis to the side which…
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Dhoni banned for one Test after India are fined for maintaining a slow over-rate in third Test
Perth-Australia, Jan 15, 2012- Dhoni banned, The India team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during the third Test against Australia in Perth, Western Australia, and as this is the second offence within 12 months India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been suspended for the next Test match in line with the ICC Code…
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ICC back Australian Government move on cheating
Perth-Australia, (ICC Media Release) Jan 13, 2012: ICC back Australian Government, Haroon Lorgat, the International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive, yesterday expressed the ICC’s support for the proposals being made by the Australian Government to establish a national framework of laws to combat cheating in sport. In Perth to attend the Third Test Match between Australia and…
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World No 1 spin bowler Saeed Amjal amongst Pakistan’s sporting best for 2011
By: Rashid Ali Siddiqui, President PSWF: Asian Karate Champion Saadi Abbas, World number 1 spin bowler Saeed Amjal, Tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq and Women’s cricket captain Sana Mir were adjudged the best athletes of the year 2011 by the Pakistan Sports Writers Federation (PSWF). PSWF is the sole representative sports journalist body in Pakistan and affiliated with…
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ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012 schedule announced
Dubai, ICC Media Release Dec 21, 2011: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the schedule for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012 which will take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 13 to 24 March, 2012. Sixteen sides from across the globe will feature in the 12-day tournament which will be played at…
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William Porterfield to lead ICC Combined Associate and Affiliate XI
Dubai, ICC Media Release Dec 16, 2011: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced its ICC Combined Associate and Affiliate (AM) XI which will take on England in a three-day practice match at the ICC Global Cricket Academy in Dubai from 7 to 9 January 2012 (William Porterfield). This match is part of England’s preparation for the…
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Younus vaults into fifth position, Bracewell shoots up 50 places after a nine-wicket haul
ICC Media Release Dec 13, 2011: South Africa and Sri Lanka aim for upward movement in Test Championship table, Pakistan batting’s mainstay Younus Khan has charged up the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after his double-century set-up an innings and 184-run victory for Pakistan in the first Test against Bangladesh. The 34-year-old, whose…