All 16 team squads announced for U-19 World Cup

All 16 team squads announced for U-19 World Cup The squads:  Afghanistan: Mohammad Javed (captain), Afsar Khan, Aftab Alam, Fareed Malik, Hashmatullah, Mohammad Yamin, Mohibullah, Najibullah, Nasir Jamal, Noorulhaq, Rahim Mangal, Rashid Khan, Sayed Shiraz, Shabir Ahmed and Younas Khan.  Australia (captain not yet named): Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, William Bosisto, Meyrick Buchanan, Harry Conway, Sam Hain, Travis Head, Joel Paris, Kurtis Patterson, Jimmy Peirson, Gurinder Sandhu, Mark Steketee, Nick Stevens, Ashton Turner and Jack Wildermuth.  Bangladesh: Anamul Haque (captain), Abu Haider, Abu Javed, Asif Ahmed, Dewan...

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Dravid for Khel Ratna, Yuvraj for Arjuna

The Cricket Board has decided to recommend recently retired stalwart Rahul Dravid for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Yuvraj Singh, the player of the World Cup, for the Arjuna Award.  "We will be forwarding the names of Rahul Dravid for Khel Ratna Award and Yuvraj Singh for the Arjuna Award next week (to the government)," BCCI's CAO Prof Ratnakar Shetty told PTI on Saturday.  The Government had recently extended the deadline for the nominations till July 20.  The 39-year-old Dravid retired from all forms of the game at the international level following the Test series in Australia last year after having accumulated...

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India should open with Gambhir: Akram

New Delhi: Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram feels that Gautam Gambhir should get back to opening the innings for India instead of batting at the number three position. With the Indian team management preferring to go with Ajinkya Rahane and Parthiv Patel up the order after their decent outings in England, regular opener Gambhir was left with no option but to bat at number three in the first ODI against England in Hyderabad on Friday, but Akram firmly believed that the Delhi left-hander should return to his usual position. "I think the team management sees that Gambhir's future in the playing XI is at number three, but I would have definitely...

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NZ won by 10 wickets against Zim

Harare: Brendon McCullum smote an unbeaten 81 as New Zealand raced to a 10-wicket win in the first Twenty20 international against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on Saturday. The New Zealand bowlers set up the victory by restricting Zimbabwe to 123 for eight in their 20 overs after being sent in, with home skipper Brendan Taylor the only batsman to shine, making 50 not out. Opening bowler Kyle Mills and off-spinner Nathan McCullum took two wickets each in a steady New Zealand bowling performance. Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill (40 not out) made the target look ridiculously easy, needing only 13.3 overs to score the required runs. McCullum...

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New Zealand in Zimbabwe T20I Series - 1st T20I

New Zealand in Zimbabwe T20I Series - 1st T20I Zimbabwe v New Zealand New Zealand won by 10 wickets (with 39 balls remaining) T20I no. 211 | 2011/12 season Played at Harare Sports Club 15 October 2011 (20-over match) Zimbabwe innings (20 overs maximum) Runs Maidens Balls Fours Sixs SR H Masakadza c NL McCullum b Mills 9 10 7 0 1 128.57 CJ Chibhabha c †BB McCullum b Mills 9 19 12 2 0...

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West Indies in Bangladesh ODI Series- 2nd ODI

West Indies in Bangladesh ODI Series- 2nd ODI Bangladesh v West Indies West Indies won by 8 wickets (with 44 balls remaining) ODI no. 3200 | 2011/12 season Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 15 October 2011 - day/night (50-over match) Bangladesh innings (50 overs maximum) Runs Maidens Balls Fours Sixs SR Tamim Iqbal c Russell b Roach 1 5 2 0 0 50.00 Imrul Kayes c †Ramdin b Rampaul 0 2 3...

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Hyderabad: Back in form with a match-winning knock against England, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the unbeaten 87 in the opening ODI here was one of his most "precious and well-calculated" knocks. "I normally don't believe in rating my performance but yes this innings is a precious innings for me. Over the years, I have played some good knocks and this one is also a valuable one. Once I started batting at No 6, I had remodelled my game. This innings of mine was a very well calculated one," Dhoni said at the post match media interaction after India beat England by 126 runs in the first ODI last night. "I tried a lot of aerial shots...

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