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Pakistan cricket heading towards disaster - Zaheer Abbas
Zaheer Abbas, the former Pakistan captain, has said he fears for the future of Pakistan cricket due to what he feels is its poor administration. Abbas' comments came in the aftermath of Pakistan's nine-wicket defeat at
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Karachi association slams Pakistan team composition
The Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) has condemned the national side and the selection committee for failing to put together "a representative team" in the ongoing Test series against England. The
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Pakistan's bowlers need more support
kistan know exactly where their frailties lie. Yet all summer they have been falling over the same hurdles and repeating the same mistakes and Salman Butt must surely be tired of explaining how inept batting and fielding remain Pakistan's weak links. Butt knows only too
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Broad fined for throw at Haider
England fast bowler Stuart Broad has been fined 50% of his match fee for throwing the ball at Pakistan batsman Zulqarnain Haider on the third day of the Edgbaston Test. Broad pleaded guilty to a Level 2 offence and was fined for breaching the section of the ICC Code of
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Strauss demands improvement despite six in a row
Not since 1887 has a side made as little as 72 in their first innings and still gone on to win a Test, so it was no real surprise that history was averted at Edgbaston today. That Mohammad Amir got the better of a woefully flat
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Pakistan's Mohammad Irfan in line for IPL contract
Mohammad Irfan, the fast bowler from Pakistan, has reached an agreement with Kolkata Knight Riders to play for them in IPL 2011, though only after the BCCI approves the deal. Irfan shot to prominence after an impressive debut season in Pakistan and was nearly selected
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Strauss and Trott secure nine-wicket victory
Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott hit unbeaten half-centuries to guide England to an emphatic nine-wicket win in the second Test at Edgbaston to give them a 2-0 lead in the series. Both batsmen finished on 53 with the second-wicket pair making light work of
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Sorry Pakistan crumble for new low
Pakistan were poor in the first Test, but were even worse at Edgbaston as they crashed for 72 on the opening day - a new low against England five days after setting the previous record - with their threadbare batting skittled by the hosts
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