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1.Ashes will swing England's way: Pietersen
BIRMINGHAM: Kevin Pietersen reckons England's mastery of reverse-swing will inspire the team to Ashes glory just as it did four years ago on home soil.Pietersen, rejecting Australia great Shane Warne's claim that England are a "one-man team" who cannot win without their batting star, said pa ...
2Shoaib needs to get fit for a comeback: Sarfaraz
KARACHI: Former Pakistan Test pacer Sarfraz Nawaz says pacer Shoaib Akhtar needs to get fit if he wants to make it to the Pakistan squad in future. Talking to PPI, Sarfraz said that the problem with Shoaib was his fitness and if he gets in good shape he would make it to the Pakistan squad ag
3Pakistan fail to capitalise on fine start
COLOMBO: Pakistan got some valuable batting practice on the second day of their practice game against Sri Lanka Cricket XI, with openers Khurram Manzoor and Salman Butt both scoring half-centuries here on Tuesday.Three wickets towards the end of day's play pegged the tourists back, as the Pa