City Boys beat BCC

4TH SHAHEED-E-MILLAT CRICKET TOURNEY

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 25: In the ongoing 4th Shaheed-e-Millat T-20 Cricket tournament Young Boys Parimpora defeated BCC Nowhatta by seven wickets at Islamia College ground here on Thursday. Batting first BCC were bundled out for 78 runs only. Bilal with 16 runs was highest scorer for them. Fayaz More

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Chinar Cup from Sep 4

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 25: The Bijbehara Cricket organization (BCO) is going to organise Chinar Cup cricket tournament at Higher Secondary School ground Bijbehara from September 4.All the interested teams have been informed to confirm their entries in BCO office before September 3. For further information More

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'I urged Dravid not to retire'

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Melbourne, Aug 25: Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting claims that he persuaded Rahul Dravid against retiring when he was written off after a string of low scores last year and the in-form Indian batsman has reciprocated the support by inspiring him during his lean patch.  Dravid, the More

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Ranatunga blames BCCI for India's debacle

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Colombo, Aug 25: Former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga has blamed the BCCI and the IPL for India's debacle in England, saying the Board did not let the players prepare well for the tough English conditions.  India surrendered its numero uno status to England after suffering a humiliating More

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Playing for County changed my approach: Broad

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

London, Aug 25: England paceman Stuart Broad has credited a short stint with Nottinghamshire and a pep talk with County coaches for the amazing resurrection of his career as he emerged Man-of-the-series in India's 4-0 whitewash after struggling against Sri Lanka a few weeks back. Broad took 25 More

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Afridi to play for Karachi in National T20 C'ship

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Karachi, Aug 25: Retired from international cricket, Shahid Afridi will be seen in action in Pakistan's National Twenty20 Championships leading his home team Karachi Dolphins next month. In what will be seen as a surprising choice, the Karachi Dolphins and Karachi Zebra squads, to be led by out More

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Real Madrid fans, players back Mourinho

Madrid, Aug 25: Real Madrid fans and players have showered down messages of support for coach Jose Mourinho as he faces an inquiry for jabbing his finger into a rival's eye.  Mourinho's eye-poke in the final moments of Real Madrid's Super Cup loss to Barcelona on August 17 made front pages and More

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Players have too much say: Ian Chappell

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 25: Former Australian captain Ian Chappell slammed the Indian Board to letting its senior players have too much say and the selection committee led by Krish Srikkanth have been negligent which has led to this debacle in England.  "The BCCI are in the business of making money More

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Ajmal not bothered about questions over his action

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Lahore, Aug 25: Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal is not concerned at some former Test players and commentators raising questions over his bowling action, saying his action has been cleared by the ICC. "They can say what they want but the ICC has cleared our actions and of course umpires and referees More

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