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England v Pakistan, 4th ODI, Lord'sGul and Shoaib square the series September 20, 2010
Pakistan 265 for 7 (Hafeez 64, Swann 4-37) beat England 227 (Strauss 68, Gul 4-32) by 38 runs
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Umar Gul was unplayable with the old ball as England succumbed to defeat.
Pakistan took the one-day series to a decider as they secured a 38-run victory at Lord's with their bowling attack again showing its...
7:22 AM
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Pakistan in England, 2010Angry England hit back at Butt remarks
September 20, 2010
Andrew Strauss: not impressed by Ijaz Butt's remarks.
The England & Wales Cricket Board has announced that it will be taking legal action against Ijaz Butt, the chairman of the PCB, after describing his allegations that England's players accepted a bribe to lose the third ODI at The Oval as "wholly...
7:20 AM
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England v Pakistan, 4th ODI, Lord'sPakistan considered police action over nets incident
September 21, 2010
Jonathan Trott squared up to Wahab Riaz in the nets at Lord's.
Shahid Afridi, Pakistan's one-day captain, has said that his team had considered filing a police complaint against Jonathan Trott after his altercation with fast bowler Wahab Riaz in the nets before Monday's...
7:19 AM
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Pakistan in England 2010Swann wanted to pull out of one-dayer
September 24, 2010
'I was dead against playing. And I wasn't alone, plenty of other players had strong reservations.
Graeme Swann, the England offspinner, wanted to pull out of the fourth one-day international at Lord's on Monday following Ijaz Butt's claim that England took money to lose the previous match at...
7:17 AM
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Naved meets Ijaz Butt, appeal adjourned againCricinfo staffSeptember 24, 2010
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan finally met PCB chairman Ijaz Butt, but his appeal has been adjourned again
After several unsuccessful attempts, Pakistan fast bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has finally met PCB chairman Ijaz Butt to plead his case against the one-year ban imposed on him by the board. "Friday's meeting...
7:16 AM
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Pakistan news'I am better than my stats suggest' - Sami
September 25, 2010
Mohammad Sami averages more than 50 with the ball in Tests
Sami, the Pakistan fast bowler, is targeting a return to the national team for the series against South Africa in the UAE in October, and the World Cup early next year. Sami last made an international appearance in May, during...
7:10 AM
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Spot-fixing controversyIjaz Butt's UK trip on ICC members' radarOsman Samiuddin and Nagraj GollapudiSeptember 28, 2010
The ICC will wait to see how the spat between ECB and PCB plays out before deciding on how to deal with Ijaz Butt.
Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has left for the UK on a visit that comes amid growing tension between the two national cricket boards, and with the...
7:09 AM
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Spot-fixing controversySuspended trio picked for regional tournamentESPNcricinfo staffSeptember 27, 2010
The suspended trio needs ICC clearance before they can play in the tournament.
Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif, the Pakistan players provisionally suspended by the ICC following spot-fixing allegations, have been selected as reserves by their regional sides for a domestic Twenty20...
7:07 AM
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Yawar Saeed quits as Pakistan managerESPNcricinfo staffSeptember 27, 2010
Yawar Saeed's resignation was widely expected
Yawar Saeed has stepped down as manager of the Pakistan team, as had been widely expected. The PCB announced in a brief statement that Saeed had asked the board chairman to be relieved of his duties and that Ijaz Butt had agreed. Saeed had indicated...
4:17 AM
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Pakistan fast bowler Umer Gul has been named as the Cricket World® Player Of The Week after his six-wicket haul helped his side to a 23-run win over England in the third One-Day International at The Oval.
After Pakistan were dismissed for 241, Gul returned six for 42 as England were bowled out for 218 in reply.
Gul's mastery of reverse swing proved too much for England's batsmen to handle and he dismissed Andrew Strauss, Eoin Morgan, Michael...
3:34 AM
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Pakistan levelled their five-match One-Day International series with England by winning the fourth match by 38 runs at Lord's to set up a decider at The Rose Bowl.
Pakistan made 265 for seven after Mohammad Hafeez stroked a half-century and Graeme Swann took four wickets for the home side but after making a solid start, England fell away to be dismissed for 227 in reply.
Having won the toss and chosen to bat, Pakistan got off to a good ...
3:26 AM
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England tour was difficult both on and off the field:Waqar Pakistan Coach Waqar Younis has said that the near three-month-long tour of England, which was marred by 'spot-fixing' allegations, had been difficult "on and off the field".
Waqar's comments came after the team returned home on Thursday.
"If you take into account the tour to Sri Lanka before we went to England, it was four months on the trot and the tour of England was difficult both on and off the field," The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Waqar, as saying.
He also admitted that the controversies during the England matches were one of the lows of the tour.
"We...
3:23 AM
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The Pakistan squad returned home after completing one of the most acrimonious tours in history, with limited-overs captain Shahid Afridi calling the four-month trip to England the "most difficult" of his career.
"It was tough because of the controversies and became very difficult to cope with. Every time we went out of the hotel people passed remarks against us," Afridi said on arrival in Karachi. "The best part of the whole tour...
