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SHARJAH - An unbroken 41 run partnership for the tenth wicket between Will Gidman (71 not out) and Luke Jarvis (9 not out) enabled MCC team defeat Sharjah Invitation X1 by one wicket at the Sharjah stadium on Wednesday.

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DUBAI - No. 4 seed, Osku Palermaa conquered three lefties; Naif Oqab of UAE, Remy Ong of Singapore and Shaker Al-Hassan of UAE to bag the Open Masters title of the 1st Dubai International Open Bowling Tournament on Friday.

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Jacques Kallis and A.B. de Villiers scored unbeaten centuries in a 173-run stand as South Africa beat India by 90 runs in the final one-day international but lost 2-1 in the three-match series.

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Former test captain Waqar Younis accepted an offer from the Pakistan Cricket Board to take over as national team coach, a day after the PCB had offered him the position.

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South Africa scored 365-2 against India in the third and final one-day international at Sardar Patel Stadium on Saturday.

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AJMAN — Ramada Hotel & Suites Ajman organised a reception for the Afghan and Canadian Cricket teams who played the 200th one-day international match at the historic Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

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SHARJAH — Insportz Club chasing Zayed Cricket Academy’s huge total of 182 runs, coasted to a five wicket victory thanks to Aniket Rodrigues’s 66 runs in a highly dramatic Under-14 match in the Interface Gulf Cup 2010 cricket tournament here.

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DUBAI — When India’s Sachin Tendulkar slammed the first-ever double century in One-day Internationals in Gwalior on Wednesday, it was not just another record. It was an apt reply to some of the cricket pundits, who doubted his ability to play the 50-over game at the age of 36.

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Pakistan have omitted fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar from a 30-man preliminary squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies this year.

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