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Cricket Jokes 2008-10-28 08:43:48 Cricket Aliens Joke
Two aliens were visiting Earth to research the local customs. They split up so that they could learn more in the time allowed.
When they met to share their knowledge, the first alien told of a religious ceremony it had seen.
“I went to a large green field shaped like a meteorite crater. Around the [...] Read more:Cricket
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Most Economical Bowling Figures 2008-10-28 08:28:20 Although West Indies’ Phil Simmons isn’t best known for his bowling but he managed to bowl a record spell of 10 overs and conceded only 3 runs while taking 4 wickets. His figures were
10 overs-8 maidens- 3 runs- 4 wickets. His economy rate of 0.30 is still a record in ODI cricket. Read more:Bowling
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Funniest Six 2008-10-28 08:15:42 It wasn’t the best of deliveries but Alan Border made it look so great.
Harbhajan Doubtful for Delhi Test 2008-10-28 08:14:51 The Turbanator, Harbhajan Singh, has sustained a thumb injury which can prevent him from playing the third match of four-match series at Delhi. Bhaji has an excellent record against Ausies and he always seems to be troubling Australian batsmen with his tricky off-spinners and doosras. He has also performed well with the bat against them.
The [...] Read more:Doubtful
Ponting Urges Senior Players to Perform 2008-10-27 07:57:12 With 1-0 deficit in the series, Ausies would definitely give heart-out performance in third Test which gets underway in Delhi from November 02. Skipper Ricky Ponting
has laid stress on his senior players to perform more than 100%. Some big names, like Matthew Hayden and Brett Lee, haven’t performed up to their potentials in the [...] Read more:Players
Underarm Bowling Incident 2008-10-27 07:04:51 New Zealand needed six of the last ball to tie the game. Australian captain, Gregg Chappell, advised his bowler to bowl an under-arm ball to prevent the batsman from hitting six. What a display of sportsman spirit from Ausies!!! Read more:Bowling
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Lawson Sacked, Why not Malik? 2008-10-27 06:40:01 Unfortunate Geoff Lawson
, who had a miserable run as a coach with Pakistan team, was finally sacked from his position on Friday. The decision came as a little bit of surprise because just a couple of days before sacking Geoff Lawson, PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt, had announced that Geoff Lawson would be retained as the [...] Read more:Malik
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Best ODI Opening Pair 2008-10-24 07:27:50 Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly hold the record for scoring highest runs as opening pair. They scored together 5621 runs in 117 innings at an average of 48.87 per stand. 16 times they put on 100 or more for first wicket and 21 times they crossed the 50 runs mark. Their highest stand was 258 [...]
Saleem Malik Cleared from Fixing Charges 2008-10-24 07:03:59 Saleem Malik
finally gets his lifetime ban over-turned followed by a ruling from Court. Malik can now take part in cricketing activities. Lifetime ban was imposed on him in 2000 after he was found guilty of offering bribe to Australian players to lose a Test match in 1994-95 series.
Malik has always denied the charges. And [...]
Asif Promises to be a Changed Person 2008-12-05 09:48:39 Pakistani pace-man Muhammad Asif, who has been regularly hitting the news headlines with his misdemeanors for almost past one and half year, has promised that he won’t do all that again if he gets another chance. The bad time for Asif started when he was detained by the Dubai airport authorities for allegedly keeping “a [...] Read more:Promises
Some Bowling Records 2008-12-05 09:16:25 Bowling is a tough job and it really takes special consistency and hard-work to master this art. Muttiah Muralithran is arguably the best off-spinner of all times and therefore he has many records in his bag. One of those records is of taking most wickets on a single ground. Murali has played 43 matches (Tests, [...] Read more:Bowling
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England Awaits Security Clearance in Abu Dhabi 2008-12-05 08:48:14 England cricket team arrived in Dubai in early hours of Friday. The team will temporarily stay in Abu Dhabi until they get the final security clearance before proceeding to India. England are to resume their halted Indian tour which was brought to a standstill after Mumbai terror attacks. Managing director of England cricket, Hugh Morris, [...] Read more:Clearance
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Brilliant Catch 2008-12-05 07:40:02 Wonderful anticipation and diving catch from Brandon McCullum. Read more:Brilliant
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That was Funny 2008-12-04 09:41:37 Fast bowlers ,generally, don’t reveal the funny side of their personality on the field. After all, they are given the task of horrifying the batsmen but it’s really surprising to know that many jokes have been attributed to these “furious” bowlers. Here are few of those.
That was Close
In a county game, the umpires were [...] Read more:Funny
Is It Fair Kevin? 2008-12-04 09:21:22 Well, English team has finally (almost) decided to fly back to India and play a series of two test matches there. England had flown back home after terrorist attacks of Mumbai without completing the 7-match ODI series. ECB had talks with Indian board and asked them to change the venues which BCCI did gladly. Then [...] Read more:Kevin
England All Set to Resume Indian Tour Despite Security Concerns 2008-12-04 08:55:48 England is to resume their halted tour of India if security advisors give them a “all clear” signal. English team will stay in Abu Dhabi for at least three days and will have their practice match before they fly to India. England Cricket Board is keeping a close eye on the security situation of the [...] Read more:England
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Shoaib Hits Sachin 2008-12-04 07:48:49 Little Master hit by a nasty bouncer from Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar. Read more:Sachin
Cricket Shouldn’t be Sacrificed 2008-12-03 09:50:26 Former Pakistani players, including PCB director-general Javed Minadad, have stressed the need of cricket relations between India and Pakistan in the wake of recent Indian terror attacks. Javed said that Pakistan and India should back each other in terms of cricket in this testing time so India should go ahead with their planned tour of [...] Read more:Cricket
Most Partnership Tons 2008-12-03 09:24:49 To master the art of batting in cricket takes a lot of skills and one of those is building partnership. If you can build big partnership with your fellow batsmen, it means you are a good, decent batsman. Tendulkar and Ganguly are the two names which can be quoted in list of awesome batsmen (Ganguly [...]