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DUBLIN: Misbah ul-Haq has told his Pakistan team they must improve in all three departments ahead of Sunday's series decider with Ireland.Kevin O'Brien hit a dramatic four off the last ball of the first one-day international on Thursday to deny Pakistan victory and earn Ireland a dramatic tie -- the 28th in ODI history."Full credit to Ireland. They needed almost 10 an over for the last 12 overs but they batted well and we know we will have to improve our performance," said Misbah.In contrast, Ireland got so close to their victory target of 276 in 47 overs that the tie felt like a loss, according to O'Brien, whose unbeaten 84 was his highest score for Ireland since his century masterminded the shock of the 2011 World Cup, when the Irish defeated England in Bangalore."To come so close and not get over the line is tough to take but when ...
LEEDS: Rain delayed the scheduled 11am local (1000GMT) start of the second and final Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley on Friday.Heavy overnight and early morning rain meant the square was still fully covered when the captains should have been tossing up at 10.30am.With rain still falling, the umpires said they would only inspect when it stopped. It was estimated it would take at least 90 minutes to dry the ground.England lead the ...
LEEDS: Kevin Pietersen remains a talking point, even when he's injured, and so it was that England captain Alastair Cook found himself being quizzed about the star batsman in Leeds on the eve of the second and final Test against New Zealand at Headingley.It was at Headingley last year that Pietersen scored a spectacular century against his native South Africa only to say that it was "difficult being me".Soon afterwards Pietersen was dropped for sending ...
LONDON: Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff may no longer be a member of the England side but that won't stop him from returning to cricket duty for Twenty20 action with an Australian twist.With the Ashes underway, Flintoff -- victorious in his one-bout boxing career -- will be back on more familiar territory with two Twenty20 matches involving English and Australian cricket stars of yesteryear.Also taking part in the Betfred Big Bash Challenge at the Grappenhall ground in ...
DUBLIN: Mohammad Hafeez scored his fifth century in one-day international cricket to put Pakistan in a commanding position in the first match of their series against Ireland at Clontarf on Wednesday.The Pakistan innings was interrupted four times by rain but only three overs were lost and the tourists scored 144 off 16 overs after the final rain-break to finish on 266 for five.Ireland's revised target was 276 off 47 overs.Hafeez, who came to the wicket ...
NEW DELHI: Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf has been withdrawn from next month's Champions Trophy tournament in England amid media reports he is under Indian police investigation for spot-fixing, the ICC said Thursday.The announcement comes a week after police arrested three cricketers, including Test fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, accusing them of deliberately bowling badly in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars during the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL).The International Cricket Council (ICC) said the decision ...
LEEDS: Daniel Vettori was on Thursday ruled out of playing in the second and final Test against England starting in Leeds on Friday after doubts over his ability to last a five-day match.Former captain Vettori hasn't played a Test for nearly a year, mainly because of Achilles trouble, and was only originally selected for the one-day leg of this tour.But a calf injury suffered by his fellow left-arm spinner Bruce Martin during New Zealand's thumping ...
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