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One-day series on after ICC puts off Inzamam hearing
LONDON, Aug 23: Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq seems certain to face England in five One-day Internationals and a Twenty-20 match after the ICC’s decision on Wednesday to postpone his disciplinary hearing on ball-tampering and disrepute charges....
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PCB should have filed a complaint against Hair: Ehsan Mani
WASHINGTON, Aug 23: Pakistan Cricket Board chief Shaharyar M. Khan did not bother to register a written protest against umpire Darrell Hair during the England series in Pakistan last year despite...
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Indians to support ICC in Hair war
MUMBAI, Aug 23: The BCCI have appeared as an unlikely saviour of Darrell Hair’s career when their secretary, Niranjan Shah, on Wednesday suggested India would support the ICC in the ongoing row over ball-tampering accusations....
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Ball tampering law should be scrapped, says Woolmer
LONDON, Aug 23: Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has called for the scrapping of the law against ball-tampering in cricket. Woolmer targeted law 42.3, which prohibits rubbing the ball on the ground...
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ECB, PCB chiefs meet
LONDON, Aug 23: Senior cricket officials from England and Pakistan met at a west London hotel on Wednesday ahead of the upcoming one-day clash between their two nations after the climax...
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ICC backs umpires in Oval Test row
LONDON, Aug 23: International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed insisted Pakistan would have no right of veto over the appointment of Darrell Hair after the umpire ruled they had...
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Gough recalled as England pick two new faces LONDON, Aug 23: Veteran pace bowler Darren Gough was handed an England recall when he was announced in the 16-man squad on Wednesday for the upcoming one-day series against Pakistan....
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Top lawyer to defend Inzamam
LONDON, Aug 23: Pakistan have appointed a top legal team from DLA Piper to represent Inzamam-ul-Haq at the ICC hearing. The lawyers will be fronted by Mark Gay, a renowned sports...
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Yousuf rises to career-best ranking
LONDON, Aug 23: Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf gave his side some good news after his form during the Test series against England saw him rise to a career-best position of third in the ICC Test batting rankings....
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Wasim Raja will continue to rule the hearts
KARACHI, Aug 23: Wasim Raja, who died while playing for Surrey Over 50s on Wednesday at High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, was one of those immensely gifted cricketers who seldom played to their full potential....
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Former players, officials mourn Wasim’s death LAHORE, Aug 23: Former Test cricketers, umpires and organisers were on Wednesday left shocked by the sad news of former Test all-rounder Wasim Hasan Raja’s sudden death....
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Aussies see no point in refusing to play Test
SYDNEY, Aug 23: Australia will never follow Pakistan''s lead and refuse to play out a Test match, team coach John Buchanan said on Wednesday. For the first time in the 129-year-history...
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England need Ashes rout to go top
LONDON, Aug 23: England need to win the upcoming Ashes series by the unlikely margin of three clear Tests to replace Australia at the head of the ICC Test championship table, the global governing body has announced....
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Kapil blasts Hair
ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: Former Indian captain Kapil Dev on Wednesday strongly condemned the attitude of Australian umpire Darrell Hair. “Many players of the sub continent used to lodge numerous complaints against Mr Hair....
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Cycling, wushu gold medals for Pakistan in Games
COLOMBO, Aug 23: Pakistan excelled in the martial arts discipline, wushu, on Wednesday by winning two gold, three silver and one bronze medals at 10th South Asian Games at the Joseph College Sports Complex....
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Hidalgo shocks Blake, Davydenko cruises
NEW HAVEN (Connecticut), Aug 23: Defending champion James Blake suffered a shock 2-6, 7-6, 7-6 defeat by Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in the New Haven event second round on Tuesday....
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Gatlin banned upto eight years
RALEIGH (North Carolina), Aug 23: Olympic champion Justin Gatlin was banned for up to eight years after agreeing that his positive drugs test constituted a doping violation, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Tuesday....
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Yasir, Tanveer cruise into Jr Tennis semis
KARACHI, Aug 23: Pakistan’s Yasir Khan and Tanveer Ashiq marched into the boys’ singles semi-finals of the ITF Pakistan World Junior Ranking tennis championship at the Islamabad Club on Wednesday....
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Cueists will do well in Asiad: PBSA
KARACHI, Aug 23: The Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA) on Tuesday called upon the Doha Asian Games-bound probables to train rigorously for bringing laurels to the nation....
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Top seeds advance to semis: Snooker Cup
KARACHI, Aug 23: Top three seeds asserted their superiority when they stormed into the last four of AKD Snooker Cup by disposing off their respective opponents in the quarter-finals at the Karachi Club on Wednesday....
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Juventus threatened with more sanctions
ROME, Aug 23: The Italian football federation wrote to FIFA on Wednesday saying it would impose extra sanctions on Juventus if the club turn to a civil court to try to overturn their relegation after a match-fixing scandal....
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Injury ends Kumble’s county stint
NEW DELHI, Aug 23: Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble is nursing a shoulder injury and has curtailed his stint with English county Surrey, the club said on Wednesday....
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