PCB forms board to look for coach

Former captain Zaheer Abbas has been named in a three-man commission to look for a new Pakistan coach. The unpredicted decision by Waqar Younis to resign from the coaching post took everyone in the organization by surprise. The former speedster has done wonderful work in uplifting Pakistan cricket and it came as a shock to all when he decided to take a break. Waqar will give up the job after Pakistan's tour of Zimbabwe, next month. Waqar had...

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Lillee: Rough road ahead for Zaheer

Australian pacer Dennis Lillee feel Zaheer Khan, having gone through surgery on his wounded ankle, will find it hard to create the same impact on his return to the game. “I think Zaheer's injury happen due to stress. If he was 18 years old, his revival would have been faster. But when a player suffer a fresh injury at 33, he of course takes more time to get back into action," Lillee, who is in the city overseeing the MRF Pace Foundation training...

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Another warm up Indians win

Indians 161 for 5 (Parthiv 40, Rohit 29, Joshua Cobb 2-22) hit Leicestershire 146 for 7 (Andrew McDonald 44, R Vinay Kumar 3-29, A Mishra 2-19) by 15 runs India produced an inspiring presentation in the field to beat Leicestershire by 15 runs at Grace Road in their final warm-up game. Leicestershire, field 10 of the side that won the Friends Life t20 final next to Somerset on Saturday, were peg back to 146 for seven as they chase a victory target...

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Ishant Sharma delay his surgery to next year

Speedster Ishant Sharma will delay his ankle surgery until the termination of India's tour of Australia early next year. Sharma was ruled out of the England-India ODI series after he continued a muscle injury to his left ankle during the third Test at Edgbaston. "It [the tour of Australia] is a very main tour and nobody wants to miss it," Ishant told. "So I'll get the surgery after completed the Australian tour. I am going to the National Cricket...

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