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PONTING IS NOT PLANNING TO RETIRE
Australia’s selection chairman is hoping he maintains the desire to stay on. Ponting’s camp has dismissed speculation he is considering standing down and Andrew Hilditch has stepped in to support the 35-year-old’s long-term ambitions. Hilditch does not believe Ponting, who has been in charge for 71 matches, is mapping out his retirement plans. “I’d be [...]
TENDULKAR IS THE BOOS !
The 37-year-old champion batsman, who holds almost every batting record, overtook retired former Australian captain Steve Waugh with whom he was tied at 168 matches after the second Test at SSC. Tendulkar, who has been around for two decades now, has also played 442 one-day internationals, just a couple of matches less than Sri Lankan [...]
ENGLAND VS PAKISTAN TEST MATCH
England won the toss and decided to bat against Pakistan. Salman Butt, the Pakistan captain, said he would also have batted first but he won’t be overly disappointed to be able to unleash his new-ball attack straight away. England, who won the toss, were in trouble at 118 for four shortly after lunch, with Kevin [...]
Mohammad Aamer profile
After his successful 2009 T20 World Cup tournament, Aamer was selected in the test squad for Pakistan for the series in Sri Lanka.He was chosen alongside fast bowler Umar Gul and Abdur Rauf, ahead of more notable and experienced names such as Sohail Tanvir. He started his Test career well, taking six wickets in the [...]
PAKISTAN WON BY THREE WICKETS AND SERIES DRAWN 1-1
Australian cricket fans would like to see continuation of Australia’s dominating form over Pakistan. Aussies are in a 13-match winning streak against Pakistan in test cricket. An Australian defeat to Pakistan in a test match last time came 15 years back. Left-arm quick Mohammad Aamer was five not out and Umar Gul, who hit the [...]
PAKISTAN V AUSTRALIA: MOHAMMAD AAMER TOOK THREE WICKETS IN THE FIRST HOUR
Pakistan, the killer blow was landed by young left-armer Mohammad Aamer, who took three wickets in the first hour, before the arrears had even been cleared. It was a sunny day, the clouds high, and the ball did not swing appreciably. Youthful exuberance and no mean skill enabled Aamer to prevail. Pakistan teenage Pakistan, the [...]
PAK ON TOP POSITION
Ricky Ponting, the Australia captain, survived a couple of lbw appeals while padding up to be 18 not out and Michael Clarke was unbeaten on two. Opener Shane Watson, whose six wickets for 33 runs earlier in the day saw the medium-pacer to a Test-best bowling return for the second time in as many matches, [...]
LANKAN HUNTER……MURALI
Wicket hunter Muttiah Muralitharan will retire from Test cricket after the first Test against India. Muralidaran broke the back of India’s resistance in the first innings by taking out MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh, after Virender Sehwag’s soft dismissal, and forced India to bat again. The story of the morning was Murali, who was puzzlingly [...]
SRI LANKA VS INDIA MATCH SCHEDULE
Date Match Details Time Ground City Jul 13 Tue – Jul 15 Thu Sri Lanka Board Presidents XI vs India (Practice match) 10:00 AM Nondescripts Cricket Club Colombo Jul 18 Sun – Jul 22, Thu Sri Lanka vs India, 1st Test 10:00 AM Galle International Stadium Galle Jul 26 Mon – Jul 30, Fri Sri [...]
IT’S VERY HARD …………DHONI
Muralidaran needs eight wickets……….
