Rana Nasir Ghafoor
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Articles By Rana Nasir Ghafoor
Allan Donald compares Kevin Pietersen with Brian Lara Former South African pacer Allan Donald has said that Kevin Pietersen played just like Brian Lara in the second Test at Headingley. England were in deep trouble, when Pietersen took over responsibility on his shoulders and fished the side out of the troubled waters. The aggressive batsman […]
Aug 5 2012 | Posted in
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West Indian skipper Darren Sammy is pretty confident about his team’s chances of imposing a clean-sweep victory over New Zealand in the ongoing Test series. The Windies crushed the Black Caps in the opening encounter, winning the game by nine wickets. The entire West Indian batting line-up performed magnificently, but Chris Gayle was star of […]
Aug 3 2012 | Posted in
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Veteran West Indian batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul failed to open his account in his only innings in the first match against New Zealand, however, he is determined to turn things around and score some runs in the second and final Test. "It seems to be a habit. Lots of times while scoring runs, I am not […]
Aug 2 2012 | Posted in
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India imposed an emphatic six-wicket defeat over Sri Lanka in the fourth One Day International (ODI) at Colombo on Tuesday. The Men in Blue were dominant in all three departments of the game, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni lavished special praise on his part-time bowlers, saying that he was not short of options to trouble Sri […]
Aug 1 2012 | Posted in
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India’s star batsman Suresh Raina has said that his team will look to play natural game and not to take any unnecessary pressure in remainder of the Sri Lanka tour. The Men in Blue are currently 2-0 up in the One Day International (ODIs), with two more games to be played later this week. After […]
Jul 31 2012 | Posted in
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Suresh Raina’s quick half-century played an important role in India’s close win over Sri Lanka in the third One Day International, but the aggressive left-hander did not take anything thing away from Gautam Gambhir, and said that the Delhi opener laid a solid foundation by scoring a magnificent ton. Batting first, the home side posted […]
Jul 30 2012 | Posted in
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India’s legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has given his countrymen a simple advice, asking them to embrace pressure and not to fight it in the London Olympics. India will be represented in various sports in the ongoing mega event, as it has sent the the largest ever contingent to London. Tendulkar has won many major titles […]
Jul 29 2012 | Posted in
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India’s most senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar is not reluctant to admit that Men in Blue certainly need to produce better results when they play Australia and England away from home. The maestro explained that the side is pretty confident of doing well at home against the world’s top teams, but will surely try to prepare […]
Jul 27 2012 | Posted in
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Cricket South Africa has excluded Jacques Kallis from the squad for the One Day International (ODI) series against England in order to give him some rest before the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup. The 36-year-old has played in 321 matches, scoring over-11000 runs at a brilliant average of 45.26. The big man is in sublime form […]
Jul 26 2012 | Posted in
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Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene is delighted to see his bowling all-rounder Thisara Perera showing plenty of improvement and confidence. The right-arm bowler scalped three wickets in the second One Day International (ODI) against India to take his side to a comprehensive 9-wicket triumph. Perera picked up the big wickets of Virender Sehwag and Virat […]
Jul 25 2012 | Posted in
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Saddened by his team’s terrible defeat at the hands of South Africa in the opening Test, England captain Andrew Strauss has said that he was left with a ‘sour taste in the mouth’. England, world’s number one Test side, were outclassed by the Proteas in all three departments of the game. Batting first, the Englishmen […]
Jul 24 2012 | Posted in
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Without making any mistake whatsoever, I suffered road accident not once but twice in the last few weeks. All the credit goes to Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif. Despite the fact that he himself cannot stay on spot to monitor the development work currently going on only and only in Lahore, it is entirely […]
Jul 23 2012 | Posted in
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