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LONDON: Formula One champion Jenson Button says his move to McLaren will take him outside of his comfort zone so he can truly measure himself against Lewis Hamilton.Speaking to Reuters Television on Thursday the Briton said he had felt he needed to find a fresh challenge after winning the title.
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Gambhir, Tendulkar centuries save India |
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AHMEDABAD: Gautam Gambhir made 114 and Sachin Tendulkar hit an unbeaten 100 as India batted out the final day to draw the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka here on Friday.
India easily wiped out a huge first innings deficit of 334 runs as they scored 412-4 in their second knock before the
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Misbah decision after first Test in Dunedin |
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By our correspondent
KARACHI: Pakistan on Friday ruled out sending a replacement for Younis Khan to Dunedin where the first Test against new Zealand will get underway from November 24.
Experienced batsman Misbah-ul-Haq is in line to regain his place in the Pakistan squad as a replacement for Younis but national s
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McIntosh ton keeps Pakistanis at bay |
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QUEENSTOWN: Tim McIntosh, on the day New Zealand’s Test side was announced, continued his pre-series form with an unbeaten century against the touring Pakistanis here on Friday.
Resuming the final day on 7, with a draw the most likely result, McIntosh batted his way to 131 from 196 deliveries
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John Wright to assist Kiwis |
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WELLINGTON: John Wright, a prominent name doing the rounds for New Zealand’s next coach, will work with the national side briefly ahead of the first Test against Pakistan.
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive Justin Vaughan said that Wright, currently with the Invitation XI playing the t
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Bond returns for Pakistan Tests |
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WELLINGTON: Star fast bowler Shane Bond has been recalled to the New Zealand Test squad to play Pakistan in the first two Tests of a three-match series.
Bond’s selection on Friday follows a two-year absence from the New Zealand Test team due to injury and his participation last year in the re
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Aussie cricketers dodge bullets |
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MELBOURNE: Dean Jones believes the Australia’s selectors have fallen asleep at the wheel by allowing the country’s cricketers to dodge a bullet for losing the Ashes.
The former Australian batsman is astounded that veteran seamer Stuart Clark is the only fall-guy from the team that lost the A
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PCB chiefs prepare to face PAC |
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By our correspondent
KARACHI: Pakistan’s cricket chiefs were on Friday frantically preparing themselves to face the influential Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly that will review the special audit report on the finances of the Pakistan Cricket Board on Saturday (today).
According to sources in th
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Warne and Clarke to lead all-star outfits |
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MELBOURNE: Shane Warne and his great mate Michael Clarke will go head to head as captains in a Twenty20 exhibition at the Gabba on Sunday.
Warne will lead the Australian Cricketers’ Association XI while Clarke, the national Twenty20 skipper, is in charge of an Australian XI in a match that ki
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Global news agencies suspend CA coverage |
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SYDNEY: Reuters, along with fellow news agencies Associated Press and Agence France-Presse, suspended coverage of Cricket Australia events because of a long-running dispute over media rights and freedom of the press.
The dispute prompting the Australian government to conduct an inquiry to fin
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Richard Cox named new Dutch boss |
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AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands board has named Richard Cox as its new chief executive. He is the third person to take on the role this year following the resignation of Andre van Troost after just five months.
Cox has been director of cricket/academy director for Warwickshire and has 20 years of
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Meares, Meyer win gold in cycling World Cup |
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MELBOURNE: Australia’s Anna Meares won the women’s sprint to open the Melbourne round of the cycling World Cup series on Thursday, beating China’s Guo Shuang by 2-0 in the best-of-three gold medal ride off.
Meares was a silver medallist in the sprint at the Beijing Olympics, where she beat Gu
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