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Cricket pitch to parliament: Sachin Tendulkar's political mo...

New Delhi, India (CNN) -- From the boisterous crowds of stadia to a noisy assembly of mostly politicians, India's cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar faces a new test. On the website of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parli [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Controversies over the years in Pakistan vs England cricket ...

As every doosra and teesra out of Saeed Ajmal’s hand passed the incapable strokes of perplexed Englishmen, the smell of a potential controversy got stronger with every wicket in the packed media centre of an otherwise empty cricket [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

CRICKET'S BETTING CONTROVERSIES

Gambling controversies have cast a shadow over cricket for many years. The problem seemed to have halted after the International Cricket Council set up an Anti Corruption and Security Unit in 2000. However former Pakistan Test captain [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Hope Shoaib achieves many more milestones in international c...

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has said that she hopes her husband and former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik achieves many more milestones in international cricket. Appearing with Malik on a private TV’s morning show, both [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Cricket: Former players term Waqar’s stint successful

Former team manager Intikhab Alam, who also heads the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) committee formed to find Waqar’s replacement, has given a thumbs-up to the former fast-bowler’s performance and termed his tenure a successful [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

PAKISTAN CRICKET AND CONTROVERSIES SINCE 2009

Pakistan cricket has been hit badly by different controversies after winning the Twenty20 World Cup in 2009. The worst of all the controversies was the spot-fixing scandal. The scandal did hurt the team badly, but things have moved in a b [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

England's cricket secret

Michael Atherton calls this the best England team he has ever seen. Shane Warne offers them the highest compliment available to a sportsman of his ilk: they play, he reckons, like Australians. Even Geoffrey Boycott cheerfully accepts his [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Do away with cricket controversies

I think we’ve all spoken at length about how boring Pakistan’s tour of the West Indies was. There was an absence of intensity. There were moments when it seemed an international duel was on show, as opposed to net practic [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Cricketing controversies

I have always been a cricket fan. Cricket turns me into a flag waving, national anthem singing patriot and believer in the power of cricket to unite, to overcome all that is ugly and divisive in our country. As a child I even [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Afridi takes legal route to resume cricket career

Shahid Afridi has engaged lawyers to send a letter to the Pakistan Cricket Board in a bid to have his No Objection Certificate reinstated, so he can return to playing cricket for English county Hampshire. PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar told [...]

Posted On : Jun, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Cricket Controversies - Ball Tampering

Most persons associated with cricket perceive it as a batter's game. The laws appear to favour batsmen and even the boundaries at cricket grounds are smaller. The laws of cricket prohibit ball tampering- any act that attempts to alte [...]

Posted On : Nov, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Pakistan cricket team: Does lack of education instigate cont...

Waqar Younis, the former strike bowler and current coach of the Pakistan cricket team has stressed that education at a very early age is extremely necessary as it would keep the cricket players away from allegations and controversies. [...]

Posted On : Sep, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

How Pakistan and England improvised a tour that tarnished cr...

To the relief of everyone Pakistan and England completed the final match of this crisis-ridden tour tonight. At the Rose Bowl, with the one-day series yet to be decided, there was almost a capacity crowd, some of whom were present becaus [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Controversies involving Pakistan team

August 2006: England are awarded the fourth and final test of their home series against Pakistan at the Oval after the tourists forfeit the match following a ball-tampering row. Pakistan refused to return to the field for the final sessi [...]