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Taliban to debate Pakistani cricket star's protest
Fox News
Taliban leaders will hold a meeting to decide whether a Pakistani cricket
star-turned-politician will be allowed to hold a planned march to their
tribal stronghold to protest U.S. drone strikes, the militant group's
spokesman said Thursday. Ahsanullah ...
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Afghanistan's a cricket nation, but all eyes are on taekwondo
Stars and Stripes
Cricket may be king in Afghanistan but the nation's undisputed No. 1 sports
hero does not bowl a ball or wield a bat. Rohullah Nikpai grabbed the
country's first Olympic medal at the Beijing games in 2008 — a bronze in
taekwondo — and is gunning for ...
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Cricket in Brooklyn? It's a Wicket Good Time
New York Times (blog)
The Brooklyn campus of Long Island University is now the home of a new
collegiate cricket club, so we thought we'd pay them a visit. Boy, did we
learn a lot. Let's get a few things straight before we start: The base path
is a pitch; a pitch is a bowl ...
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Taliban to debate Pakistani cricket star's protest
The Associated Press
By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD, Associated Press – 1 minute ago. DERA ISMAIL KHAN,
Pakistan (AP) — Taliban leaders will hold a meeting to decide whether a
Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician will be allowed to hold a planned
march to their tribal stronghold ...
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Cricket: KP must be made to make his decision on Test future now, says Cork
WalesOnline
Pietersen is understood to be "annoyed" by some of the tweets posted on
the KP Genius Twitter account, which are meant to be read as though written
by Pietersen himself and often talk about what a great cricketer he is. But
the main sticking point ...
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Cricket loses Lombard on Women's Day
Independent Online
Elize Lombard, CEO of the Northerns Cricket Union, has died. Johannesburg
– The Northerns Cricket Union confirmed the untimely death of CEO Elise
Lombard on Thursday. "I would like to place on record Elise's commitment
to cricket over the past 32 years ...
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Why Australia needs Khawaja and Hughes
The Roar (blog)
After 135 years of Test cricket, we have drawn the remarkable conclusion
that you won't become a successful Test cricketer without first proving
yourself in the first-class arena. The likes of Baily (40.70), Cowan
(41.48) and Forrest (35.04) fall ...
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Fans get say on future of county cricket
ECB.co.uk
The England & Wales Cricket Board is giving cricket fans the opportunity to
have their say on county cricket and its future, through the biggest survey
of its kind in the history of cricket in England and Wales. Hundreds of
thousands of county cricket ...
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Australia slumps as England takes top ODI spot
Sydney Morning Herald
After the International Cricket Council's annual update of limited-overs
rankings, Australia has dropped to fourth on the ladder, its lowest ranking
since the ODI table was launched in 2002. England is the new top-ranked
team, just ahead of South ...
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