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HARARE - Zimbabwe’s 15-man cricket squad leaves for the West Indies next week determined to face up to their most stringent examination so far as they bid for a return to Test status.

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DUBAI — While their brothers at home are fighting their own war, out here in the UAE, Afghanistan’s stalwart cricketers are showing off their warrior skills on the field of sport.

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DUBAI — It was a dream come true for a team like Afghanistan to qualify for the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup. It gave something to the war-torn nation to cheer about. It is nothing less than a miracle that a country who is suffering from war for many decades and has no infrastructure, has booked a ticket to West Indies.

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DUBAI — Ireland outclassed the Netherland by 65 runs to reach the final of the Twenty20 World Cup Cricket qualifiers. By virtue of this victory they joined Afghanistan in the T20 extravaganza to be held in West Indies in a few months.

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DUBAI — Favourites Afghanistan won the battle of nerves to book their ticket to West Indies by beating UAE by four wickets in the World Twenty20 qualifiers at Dubai Spots City on Saturday.

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ABU DHABI - Sherwood Academy – the team that came best prepared - deservingly won the Lifebuoy inaugural Abu Dhabi inter-school Under 14 cricket tournament defeating Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Pakistan School in the final at the Shaikh Zayed Stadium on Friday.

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KARACHI - Jubilant Afghan cricketers said on Sunday they were ready to take on the world’s best players and strive to make their war-ravaged country proud after they qualified for the World Twenty20 finals.

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KARACHI - Afghanistan’s qualification for this year’s World Twenty20 main rounds was hailed as a triumph for cricket’s development in the war-ravaged country by a top regional cricket official on Sunday.

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Indian spearhead Zaheer Khan triggered a sensational S Africa collapse after in-form Hashim Amla and debutant Alviro Petersen hit centuries.

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