November 19, 2009

Vital Five launched with great fanfare

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By Syed Khalid Mahmood The Customs Cricket Academy (CCA), founded by former Test fast bowler Jalaluddin in 1999, has distinguished itself by...

Recalling Tendulkar’s debut 20 years ago

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By Syed Khalid Mahmood It was a Wednesday on November 15, 1989. I was still very sad and depressed having lost my closest friend, Ali Rizwan...
November 14, 2009

Qualification in World Cup celebrated like title triumph

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By Syed Khalid Mahmood Pakistan emerged triumphant in the FIH World Cup Qualifiers in Lille, France, that has earned them the qualification ...
November 13, 2009

PCB now gambling with Yousuf

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By Syed Khalid Mahmood Two wrongs don’t make one right. Isn’t it? Yet the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) or is just its Chairman, Ijaz Butt,...
November 12, 2009

Younis makes himself and PCB a laughing stock

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By Syed Khalid Mahmood It’s certainly the bad luck of the whole nation that they have had to endure a man as inconsistent in temperament and...
November 11, 2009

Countdown to mega event begins

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By Syed Khalid Mahmood The World Cup remains the most prestigious of all the cricket tournaments and the International Cricket Council (ICC)...

Pakistan not to host a single game

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By Syed Khalid Mahmood The ICC World Cup will make a return to the sub-continent in early 2011 but Pakistan, having being proactive hosts in...
November 10, 2009

Black Caps survive unlikely late flourish

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By Syed Khalid Mahmood How often would you expect any team having lost its ninth wicket for 101 in the 34th over still be in the reckoning f...