Hampshire advocate PCB to free Afridi

Hampshire has called on the PCB to free Shahid Afridi for the Friends Life T20 event after prove he would sit out the opener with Somerset. Afridi is currently engaged to play in the English domestic Twenty20 competition after the PCB balanced his central contract. That move came in the wake of Afridi announce his temporary retirement from international cricket following a public falling out with the governing body. The knock-on consequence of...

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Flower told Petersen will come good

England coach Andy Flower is "very animated" about Kevin Petersen’s performance in spite of the gifted batsman's latest failure next to left-arm spin. England completed a excellent innings and 14-run win in the first Test in Cardiff after bundling out Sri Lanka for a mere 82 in the tourists' second innings in under two strange hours at Sophia Gardens on Monday. It was also extraordinary to see Pietersen give just three runs in England's of 496...

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