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Whites stun Blues for championship

Pakistan Whites pair of Imran Nazir and Shoaib Malik won the fourth International Double Wicket Cricket Championship, stunning the favourites Pakistan Blues duo of Wasim Akram and Yasir Arafat in the final by two runs at Gaddafi Stadium Wednesday

27-Apr-2001

Sacked Sri Lankan board chief threatens Sports Minister

Sacked Sri Lankan cricket board President, Thilanga Sumathipala, has demanded a public apology from the Sports Minister and threatened legal action for defamatory comments made in the aftermatch of the cricket boards dissolution

27-Apr-2001•CricInfo

Tips from Gavaskar and Tendulkar helped me a lot: Das

Valuable tips from legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar and batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar helped India's new opener Shiv Sundar Das tighten up his batting in the recently concluded Test series against the mighty Australians

27-Apr-2001

Code of Conduct for ending interference in sports:Bharti

Sports Minister Uma Bharti today proposed introduction of code of conduct and bringing sports under concurrent list to free it from political and other interference and promote games in the country

27-Apr-2001

DSP post offered to Harbhajan

The Punjab Government has honoured one of its most famous sporting sons, Harbhajan Singh with a cash award of Rs 5 lakhs, a plot of land and offered him a job in the State Police in recognition of his outstanding performance in the recent Test series

26-Apr-2001

Jadeja makes foray into Bollywood

Former cricketer Ajay Jadeja today made a foray into Bollywood with the muhurat of his debut film at a studio in Mumbai, though he said cricket will always be his first love

26-Apr-2001

Yorkshire take control thanks to Vaughan and Lehmann

Half-centuries from England's Michael Vaughan and Australia's Darren Lehmann provided fitting entertainment at the start of an Ashes summer as Yorkshire continued to dominate in their game with Kent

26-Apr-2001•Mark Pennell of the Kent Messanger Group

Heavy rain and thunderstorms cancel two days at Oxford

A torrential downpour and huge thunderstorm put paid to any hopes of play on the second day of Hampshire's match with Oxford University Centre of Cricket Excellence at The Parks

26-Apr-2001•Victor Isaacs

Shoaib to come face to face with accusers

Shoaib Akhtar's likely return to Test match cricket after working on a suspect bowling action will be officiated by the umpires who first reported him for throwing

26-Apr-2001•Bloomberg News Agency

Collingwood boosts Durham score

With the weather once again preventing any play until mid--afternoon a draw looks the most likely outcome unless either Notts or Durham can force the initiative on the third day

26-Apr-2001•Dave Bracegirdle

Division I Cricket Championship: Season of change

The annual Division 1 cricket championship, which usually starts in May, will begin in August this year

26-Apr-2001•Haydn Gill

Second day's play at New Road washed out

More rain in the Worcester area has seen the second day of the Second Division CricInfo Championship match between Worcestershire and Sussex called off without a ball being bowled

26-Apr-2001•CricInfo

Colin Croft: There will never be another like Courtney Walsh

I believe that Courtney Walsh should stick to his guns, and ride off into retirement

26-Apr-2001•Colin Croft

Middlesex take control against Derbyshire

The Middlesex bowlers spoiled Dominic Cork's comeback as Derbyshire struggled on a slow Derby pitch

26-Apr-2001•Nigel Gardner

Majid Sayed's Whack Set Biman Off to Dream to Become Champions

Majid Sayed, the Pakistani recruit of Biman Bangladesh has ushered his team to an exhilarating victory over Abahani Ltd, defeating them by 6 wickets today in BNS

26-Apr-2001•Shahryar Khan

Bangladesh's First Away Test: a Postmortem

In January, this year, I asked Wayne Philips, the former test cricketer and the present coach of CBCA cricket academy, to comment on Bangladesh's getting the test status

26-Apr-2001•Shahryar Khan

BCCI-Sports Minister spat takes new turn

The spat between the Cricket Board and Sports Minister on the issue of playing against Pakistan, took a new turn today with Uma Bharti holding back a letter to the Finance Minister regarding tax exemption for BCCI for organising the ICC KnockOut

26-Apr-2001

Zimbabwe hold advantage at end of the first day against Bangladesh

Despite an impressive partnership between Mehrab Hussain (71) and Habibul Bashar (64), Bangladesh failed to take advantage of another rather disappointing performance by Zimbabwe's bowlers and fielders

26-Apr-2001•John Ward

Dessie's Simple Step To Success

Desmond Haynes always has a lot to say on cricket, and whenever he speaks on the subject, he commands instant attention

26-Apr-2001•Haydn Gill

Sri Lankan selectors pick 27-man squad for Pakistan tour

The Sri Lankan selectors have picked a 27-man squad for the forthcoming Pakistan A tour of Sri Lanka, which was to commence on the 9th May, but has now been delayed until the end of May

26-Apr-2001•CricInfo

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