Vettori Accepted Defeat Realistically

New Zealand captain Denial Vettori has accepted the defeat against New Zealand in the semi final boldly and said that it was not good performance from the New Zealand batsmen. Vettori was not happy on the field when they were losing the game. After the match when he was called up for post match interview he came after drying his eyes.

Brain Lara Wants To Make IPL Entrance

Left handed bats and former West Indies captain Brain Lara is showing some interest to make his IPL entrance. Lara has played in Zimbabwe’s Twenty20 competition. He is fit and wants to play IPL 2011, season.

Lara said that he needs to work on his fitness and to get chance of playing IPL he has to start working now. He added that fitness is the main thing behind the success and to play competitive matches he has to play regularly and regain form and fitness.

He is very optimistic about the future of his country’s cricket and he said that there is a lot of talent in West Indies and but there must be something wrong in the domestic setup that is not allowing the players to groom up properly.

Lara supported Darren Sammy as a captain and said that he is very committed player and he can lift up the spirit of the game. He added that he has all the good qualities of leader and he can lead the team any time.

Lara also played one season of ICL and he said that he has no regrets on what he done and it is past now. He excused to play ICL after playing its first season and now is planning to play IPL.

Australia bats first in opening one-dayer

MELBOURNE: Stand-in Australian captain Michael Clarke won the toss and elected to bat in the one-day cricket match against Sri Lanka at the MCG.

Left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty is making his Australian debut.

Clarke will lead the team in the absence of Ricky Ponting, who flew to Launceston earlier in the day for his grandmother’s funeral.

A small crowd had turned up for the start of the game and well over half of them were Sri Lankan fans.

Sri Lanka belted Australia by seven wickets in Sunday’s Twenty20 game, the fifth straight loss for the home team over the three forms of the game.

Clint McKay is 12th man for Australia and Jeevan Mendis will carry the drinks for the tourists.

Teams:

AUSTRALIA: Michael Clarke (capt), Xavier Doherty, Brad Haddin, John Hastings, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh, Peter Siddle, Steve

Australia bats first in opening one-dayer

MELBOURNE: Stand-in Australian captain Michael Clarke won the toss and elected to bat in the one-day cricket match against Sri Lanka at the MCG.

Left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty is making his Australian debut.

Clarke will lead the team in the absence of Ricky Ponting, who flew to Launceston earlier in the day for his grandmother’s funeral.

A small crowd had turned up for the start of the game and well over half of them were Sri Lankan fans.

Sri Lanka belted Australia by seven wickets in Sunday’s Twenty20 game, the fifth straight loss for the home team over the three forms of the game.

Clint McKay is 12th man for Australia and Jeevan Mendis will carry the drinks for the tourists.

Teams:

AUSTRALIA: Michael Clarke (capt), Xavier Doherty, Brad Haddin, John Hastings, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh, Peter Siddle, Steve

PM briefed on next years PSDP

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance, Economic Affairs and Planning and Development Division, Dr.

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NATO installs surveillance tower near Pak border

CHAMAN: Nato forces in Afghanistan have installed a sophisticated surveillance system along the Pak-Afghan border to monitor the movement of insurgents in the area.

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Aggression and fire needed to lead team: Afridi

LAHORE: Newly appointed Pakistan one day and test captain, Shahid Afridi said he needs to add more aggression and fire to lead the team in longer versions of the game in Asia Cup and in the tour of England.

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Pakistan Vs Australia Live Streaming updates

Pakistan Vs Australia Live Streaming updates :- Watch Latest Pakistan Vs Australia Live Streaming and Latest Cricket Scores update .

Match scheduled to begin at 19:35 local time

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Pakistan fitness trainer steps down

David Dwyer, Pakistan’s fitness trainer, has decided to step down from the role after two and a half years with the side because of personal reasons.

“I have simply decided to move back to Sydney after two and half great years with the team purely for personal reasons,” Dwyer told Cricinfo. “It was a very difficult decision to make because I can see that we have made very good physical improvements in all of the players over the course of my time with the team,” Dwyer said.

The former club-level rugby player join Pakistan set-up with former coach Geoff Lawson in 2007 on a two-year contract and stayed on for over a year after Lawson was removed late in 2008. “Most importantly the friendships that I made with the coaches, players and all of those involved with the team,” he added.

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Bangladesh Vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI- 08 Feb 2010

Bangladesh Vs New Zealand
2nd ODI – 08 Feb 2010 at 23:00GMT
Series/Cup : BAN in NZ – 2010
Result : NZ won by 5 wickets

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