Displaying Archives 1617 - 1624 of 1927
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Younis Khan signs for Yorkshire
Younis Khan, the Pakistan batsman, has signed a one-year deal with Yorkshire for next summer. Younis, who is currently in action for Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy in India, will be
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Shoaib and Asif decline retest on B sample
Pakistan's fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif will not challenge the results of a doping test that forced them out of the ongoing Champions Trophy, Shahid Hamid, a member of the tribunal hearing their
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Ntini's five-for destroys Pakistan
Makhaya Ntini unleashed an opening spell like few others seen in one-day history, taking five wickets for just eight runs, to book South Africa's place in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy. On a bouncy pitch with predominant seam movement, South
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Fleming leads NZ to deserving win
New Zealand became the first side to qualify for the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy when they eased past Pakistan by 51 runs to register their second win of the tournament. In their 500th one-day international, and in Stephen Fleming's 194th match
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Younis backs Afridi to come good
What wouldn't Pakistan give for Shahid Afridi to regain his mojo? It's been over 17 months, and 21 innings, since he's managed a fifty. In between he's retired from Test cricket, reversed his decision and turned into a more-than-handy operator with the
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Asif still eligible for Emerging Player - Speed
Mohammad Asif, the Pakistani fast bowler currently being investigated on doping charges, is still eligible for the Emerging Player of the Year award at next month's ICC awards. Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, confirmed this with while announcing
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ICC dragged into England compensation row
The ICC is to intervene on England's claims for compensation from the forfeited Oval Test after Pakistan rejected their demands for £800,000 in lost revenue. As expected, following the failure to reach an agreement between the two countries' boards, the
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'I have never forced anyone to offer prayers' - Inzamam
Inzamam-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain, has strongly denied accusations that he was putting players in the team under pressure to pray and that the selection process was linked to religion in any way as the debate over the role of Islam in the Pakistan
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