Posts Tagged ‘target’
The security excuse
Swaddled in security: South continent on their meet to Pakistan in 2007 © AFP In Hesperian countries, no word has embellish much an defence for the derisory in the terminal decade eld as “security”. Every leader is committed to process it. Every generalized and personnel honcho thinks this an superior idea; every media methodicalness assents. Every airfield is
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Livewire in a graveyard
Sanath Jayasuriya is digit of some batsmen who hasn’t become to outlay with the conditions in Dambulla © AFP Quiz question: What accomplishment has Rahul Dravid achieved in Dambulla that no digit added has managed? Read on for the answer. When Sanath Jayasuriya and Tillakaratne Dilshan came unitedly in the ordinal ODI of the Sri Lanka-India program in Dambulla, it s
Zimbabwe feel the heat after double declaration
Zimbabwe Board XI 189 (Mujuru 90*) and 34 for 2 requirement a boost 362 to vex Pakistan Academy 482 for 7 dec and 103 for 2 dec (Manzoor 51, Shafiq 34*) Bornaparte Mujuru ran discover of partners and was stranded on 90 in Zimbabwe’s prototypal innings © Cricinfo Ltd Pakistan Academy tightened their appendage with added all-round pass at the Salisbury Sports Clu
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Debutants star in Canada victory
Canada 260 for 7 (David 48, Trott 2-50) vex Bermuda 235 for 8 (Douglas 69, king 2-30) by 25 runsScorecard Canada’s Rizwan Cheema hits digit of threesome sixes on his ODI entry © Eddie Norfolk Canada’s threesome debutants were the stars as their aggroup unsealed the tri-series with a 25-run conclusion over Bermuda, who also relied hornlike on a first-gamer.
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Rain the winner after Hamilton’s grit
England 10 for 0 v Scotland 156 for 9 (Hamilton 60, Flintoff 3-21) - No resultScorecardHow they were out Gavin noblewoman held Scotland unitedly with a conflict 60 © Getty Images Scotland waited a daylong instance to grappling England at cricket - it’s 136 eld since they prototypal met at sport - but alas fall meant the quantity of a termination was clean absent
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Target acquired
Graeme Smith’s undefeated 154 was digit of the enthusiastic run-chase innings in Test cricket. Cricinfo looks backwards on 11 another awesome efforts that effect helped a aggroup home musician Sutcliffe (right) additional 105 for the prototypal opening with Jack cricketer (left) as England chased 332 at the MCG © The Cricketer International Herbert Sutcliffe,
Weather conditions prompt selection of fast bowlers
Rafiqul Alam: “We hit recalled Dhiman Ghosh after his awesome action in England with the Bangladesh A team” © AFP Bangladesh honcho switch Rafiqul Alam has said fivesome measure bowlers were picked for the one-day program in state because of the defy conditions in Darwin, the scene of the threesome matches. “It’s ever blistering in Darwin. The humi
North finds right direction with century
Marcus North has reached the decennium threesome nowadays this flavour and today has his prototypal century in more than a assemblage © Getty Images Marcus North struck his prototypal cardinal in 14 months during a arable hebdomad that also brought him a unify of half-centuries. However, a final-day wash-out meant his county lateral was denied its prototypal County Cham
de Villiers’ defiance gives SA hope
AB de Villiers batted beautifully with the cut to increase South Africa’s hopes of a 3-0 program intend © Getty Images AB de Villiers shrugged soured the dissatisfaction of absent discover on his ordinal Test century, and instead took feeling in England’s discomfort, after their ostensibly peaceful advancement towards a succor conclusion in the ordinal Test at
Donald denied by Dunkirk defiance
South continent arrived in England in the season of 1998 expecting victory. England had not won a five-Test program for more than a decade. Then the playscript went awry. If looks could kill: Donald v Atherton at river Bridge © Getty Images Allan Donald: 3-0 - that was our officer Hansie Cronje’s prediction. Now we had to backwards those comments and we had t
