Afghanistan bidding to prove doubters wrong by qualifying again for World Twenty20
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Mar 212012
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Missing out on the Asia Cup has added to Afghanistan's motivation to win the World Twenty20 qualifier for another shot at cricket's major teams.
Afghanistan, which plays Namibia on Thursday with one of two Read more [...]
Pakistan hunts for ODI series venue
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Feb 272012
Abu Dhabi: UAE will miss the chance to host the Pakistan-Australia one-day series in August owing to the hot weather here.
Pakistan is on the lookout for a venue to stage their home series against Australia in August. Speaking to Gulf News, Read more [...]
Feb 252012
By CricketCountry Staff
Dubai: Feb 25, 2012
Following their 4-0 drubbing at the hands of England in the ODI series, Pakistan came up with a refreshing performance in the opening T20I to silence some of their critics and Read more [...]
Feb 222012
Preamble Morning. If you had said six weeks ago that the Test and ODI series between Pakistan and England would end with a whitewash apiece, nobody would have dubbed you an incurable maverick. Sure, they might have Read more [...]
Pakistan v England, fourth ODI: live
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Feb 212012
1) climate change
2) syria
3) the eurozone
4) spot fixing
5) high speed rail 2
Thanks Jonathan. And, I would add, judging from a lot of below-the-line
comments of late: racism.
"When Ponting retires he will become an ambassador for peace between
India and Pakistan," says Luke Bickers. And Geoffrey Lippitt adds: Read more [...]
Pakistan desperate to avoid ODI whitewash
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Feb 212012
21 February, 2012
DUBAI: Haroon Siddiqui-Pakistan eyeing consolation victory to avoid the one-day series whitewash while England are sighting cleansweap against the hosts here at the Dubai Sports Stadium on Tuesday (today).
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Feb 202012
It would have seemed scarcely believable only a couple of weeks ago but England go into the fourth ODI in Dubai on Tuesday with an excellent chance of securing a 4-0 whitewash over Pakistan.
It would complete a remarkable turnaround from Read more [...]
Wasim Akram: I won’t let diabetes bowl me out
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Nov 272011
"I was devastated!" exclaims Wasim Akram, former captain of the Pakistan cricket team and holder of two world records. His eyes grow almost as large as the designer sunglasses he's sporting as he describes his reaction on discovering that he had type 1 diabetes 16 years ago at the age of 29. "My first instinct was to go into hiding," he says.
Today, Wasim knows that's how most people react when they first find out they have type 1 diabetes, Read more [...]