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Entries for February, 2007

Abdul Razzaq out of World Cup

This time its Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq who has withdrawn from the World Cup due to a fractured knee. He has been advised not to play for three weeks and that literally means the end of his World Cup campaign. This also spells trouble for Inzy who may have to deal with the absence of [...]

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Best Moments - World Cup 1996

This is the wicket of Aamir Sohail being bowled by Venkatesh Prasad after he was hammered for a four. A terrific response by Prased especially after he was given a rude send-off back to the bowling run-up by Sohail.

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Battle of the Captains - Part 1

Here I will be talking about all the captains taking part in the World Cup. With the tournament so evenly balanced, any team can walk away with the honours. It will be upto the individual captain to lead from the front, be it batting, bowling or fielding. Let me start this 4 part series with [...]

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Drugs and cricket

Disgraced duo Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif have been warned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that they will not be part of the World Cup squad if a drugs test is not done on time. PCB Chairman, Mr Nassem Ashraf, has made it quite clear that he will have no tolerance on the use [...]

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Ouch. That would hurt.

Its now official. Brett Lee has officially withdrawn from the World Cup due to an ankle injury sustained during the recent Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. This raises serious question marks over Australia’s pace attack with Stuart Clark called in as replacement, provided it is approved by the ICC. The following is an excerpt from Cricinfo.com:
“Stuart Clark will [...]

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