January 3, 2018
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The International Cricket Council today announced the umpire and match referee appointments for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018, which will be staged in New Zealand from 13 January to 3 February. The Windies will be looking to defend their title and emulate Pakistan, who won consecutive titles in 2004 and 2006. Australia and India have won the title ...
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January 3, 2018
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SYDNEY: Regulars Glenn Maxwell and Matthew Wade were axed from Australia´s squad on Wednesday for this month´s one-day international series against England. Chief selector Trevor Hohns said ODI specialist Maxwell was omitted over consistency concerns, while Tim Paine takes the wicketkeeping gloves from Wade following his outstanding form in the Ashes Test series. Selectors also named Australia´s Test pace trio ...
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January 3, 2018
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Pakistan beat New Zealand XI by 120 runs in their warm-up game in Nelson on Wednesday, three days before the five-match ODI series kicks off. Put in to bat first by New Zealand XI, who won the toss, Pakistan put up a massive total of 342 from 50 overs, driven by centuries from openers Azhar Ali and Fakhar Zaman who scored ...
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January 3, 2018
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KARACHI: The Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) has been forced to change the schedule of this month’s Blind Cricket World Cup after the Indian government refused to grant permission to its team to travel to Pakistan for the matches. According to an official of PBCC, the fixtures of the Indian team will now be played in UAE instead of Pakistan. ...
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January 3, 2018
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MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Colin Munro smashed his way into the record books as New Zealand crushed the West Indies by 119 runs in the final Twenty20 at Mount Maunganui on Wednesday to sweep the series. Munro, with a rollicking 104 off 53 deliveries, became the first player to hit three centuries in international Twenty20 cricket as New Zealand posted an imposing ...
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January 2, 2018
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AFTER ROUND THREE POINTS TABLE & NEXT ROUND OF ONE DAY CUP – DEPARTMENTS 2017-18 Sr. # Teams P W L Points N. R. Rate 1 UBL 3 3 0 6 2.586 2 SSGCL 3 2 1 4 1.254 3 PTV 3 2 1 4 0.756 4 WAPDA 3 2 1 4 0.600 5 SNGPL 3 2 1 4 -0.142 ...
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January 2, 2018
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KARACHI: Pakistan cricket head coach Mickey Arthur feels that players have acclimatised well with the conditions in New Zealand, before the team kicks off its tour with a 50-over warm-up match against New Zealand XI in Nelson on Wednesday. A day before Pakistan’s practice match, Arthur said the team is looking forward to the game and both batsmen and bowlers ...
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January 2, 2018
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SYDNEY: The Melbourne pitch for the fourth Ashes Test match has been rated “poor” by the International Cricket Council (ICC), reportedly the first for an Australian ground, just days after players also criticised the conditions. The showpiece Boxing Day match, which ended in a draw, denied England their first win of the series that Australia had already claimed with an ...
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January 2, 2018
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KARACHI: Pakistan’s young spin sensation Shadab Khan has joined Hong Kong Island United for the next season of HKT20 blitz. An announcement from the management of Hong Kong Island United said that Shadab Khan has joined the team as the vice captain – the second Pakistani player to join the team after pace sensation Hasan Ali. “Teenage leg-spin sensation Shadab ...
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January 1, 2018
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Allrounder Ben Stokes has been withdrawn from England’s ODI squad for the series in Australia, and batsman Dawid Malan was named his replacement. Stokes is still waiting to hear if he will be charged by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for his role in an incident outside a club in Bristol, and although England had picked him in their ODI squad in the first week of ...
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