Fortunately, India have been recently losing all of their away games on a consistent basis, and it is feared that the time will come when the Men in Blue will forget how to win away from home. Oh, it should have been ‘UN’fortunately rather than fortunately. It is a serious concern for the BCCI to […]
Jan 11 2012 | Posted in
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Perhaps, Pakistan is destined to suffer blackouts—-be it electricity blackout, sugar blackout or cricket blackout. It has been two years and eight months since any international cricket match was held on the green soil. As life is dearer to all than anything else in the world, no foreign cricketer is ready to gamble with his […]
Jan 10 2012 | Posted in
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Having gone 2-0 up in the four-match test series, Australia have every opportunity to dethrone India and take the series 4-0. However, there are a few Aussie cricketers who are focussing on the 3rd test to start on the 13th of January rather than thinking of a clean sweep. India’s tour to Australia down under […]
Jan 10 2012 | Posted in
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With England due to play Pakistan from 17th January onwards, most of the cricket crazy fans would be considering England as firm favourites to demolish Pakistan in the Emirates. Having beaten them in both test and ODI series back in July-September 2010, the Three Lions will definitely start as favourites in what is meant to […]
Jan 7 2012 | Posted in
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South Africa beat Sri Lanka to win first home Test series in 3 years South Africa thumped Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final Test of the three match series at the Newlands, Cape Town on Friday, January 6, 2012. With this victory, the hosts got their first Test series win since 2008. They […]
Jan 6 2012 | Posted in
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In a time when the world wants nothing to do with Pakistan, her neighbour China made a bold statement by sending a few men with hockey sticks to the troubled nation. The nation’s cricket team hosts all of its matches in the Middle East. First it was Sharjah and more recently in Abu Dhabi, yet […]
It seems that the political world around the globe is in a flux. From Washington DC to the developing countries in the world, no one seems happy with the current ruling lot and wishes to play one’s due role. The situation in Sri Lanka is no different where even women have started realizing the fact […]
Dec 7 2011 | Posted in
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Worst cricket captains of 2011 With the year coming to an end, everyone seems to be talking about the best players, skippers, all-rounders, coaches and umpires of 2011. However, no one really likes to talk about the ones who had a miserable year in terms of performance. This is what forced me to write about […]
Dec 2 2011 | Posted in
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With the introduction of twenty-over cricket at international level in 2005, One Day Internationals and Test Cricket have gradually lost their feel amongst the fans. People are in search of continuous entertainment and demand more T20 games than ODI’s and tests. Responding to the fans changing considerations, the International Cricket Council (ICC) have now made […]
Second Test: Having achieved a controversial draw from the face of a win, Pakistan went into the second test with left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman in place of fast bowler, Aizaz Cheema. Srilanka, on the other hand, included fast bowler Dhamika Prasad, in place of fellow pacer, Nuwan Pradeep. Pakistan lost the second successive toss and […]
Nov 24 2011 | Posted in
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First Test: Pakistan hosted Srilanka in UAE for a full series comprising of Tests, ODI’s and a T20 international. Due to the current economic and political instability, Pakistan have been forced to host their home series in UAE, having previously played the likes of West Indies, England and South Africa. Following the same pattern, Srilanka […]
Nov 23 2011 | Posted in
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The Interim coach of Pakistan Cricket team Mohsin Khan comfortable with the new ODI rules The interim coach of the Pakistan Cricket Team Mohsin Khan decelerated that his team is comfortable with the ODI rule change for the batting and bowling power-plays as his side prepares for the first One Day game on Friday against […]
Nov 10 2011 | Posted in
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