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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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KARACHI - Two Pakistan cricketers are under investigation for suspected match-fixing, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ejaz Butt said on Friday.

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The hallowed Lord’s grounds could host Indian Premier League (IPL) matches if the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) actualises its plan to buy a team.

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CHENNAI, India - Record-scoring opener Sachin Tendulkar and fellow batsman Virender Sehwag will be rested for India’s third and final one-day international against South Africa in Ahmedabad on Saturday, the Indian cricket board said in a statement.

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PORT OF SPAIN, Feb 25, 2010 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul is one of four players who will return to the West Indies’ line-up for Sunday’s Twenty20 International against Zimbabwe at Queen’s Park Oval.

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CHENNAI, India - India’s president Pratibha Patil and prime minister Manmohan Singh led the accolades to Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday, a day after the batsman became the first player to score a double century in one-day international cricket.

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NEW DELHI - Indian media lined up on Thursday to shower the “God” Sachin Tendulkar with front-page tributes and predict the record-shattering batsman was not finished yet.

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