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From the daily archives: Saturday, January 28, 2012
ABU DHABI: Left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman took a career best 6-25 to help Pakistan humble England by 72 runs in the second Test on Saturday, to give them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
The 31-year-old twice took two wickets [...]
ADELAIDE: Charges of complacency aimed at India are only likely to intensify after they fell to a crushing 4-0 series defeat in Australia and an eighth successive loss in overseas Tests on Saturday.
The news conference after a fourth emphatic defeat in the series, this time by 298 runs, opened with the [...]
ABU DHABI: Pakistan picked up four early wickets after England were set 145 runs for a series-levelling win to set up an intriguing finish to the second Test at Abu Dhabi Stadium on Saturday.
Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar took 6-62 in his [...]
ABU DHABI: Monty Panesar took six wickets as England bundled out Pakistan for 214 in their second innings on Saturday, leaving visitors only 145 runs to win the second Test and square the series.
Pakistan resumed at 125/4 in foggy conditions but [...]
ABU DHABI: England were closing on a series-levelling win against Pakistan in the second Test after taking the stubborn wicket of Azhar Ali at Abu Dhabi Stadium in Saturday’s morning session.
Ali hit a fighting 68 and added 88 for the fifth [...]
ADELAIDE: A miffed Indian team management on Saturday rejected speculation that senior batsman Rahul Dravid is contemplating retirement after his below-par show in the 0-4 Test drubbing against Australia, insisting that such media reports were “baseless”.
After losing the fourth Test by 298 runs, the Indian team management gave a [...]
ADELAIDE: Facing intense criticism for failing to put up even a semblance of fight in the 0-4 Test series loss to Australia, stand-in Indian skipper Virender Sehwag on Saturday tried to defend the team’s performance, insisting that such debacles happen to every international side.
Sehwag urged the fans and media [...]
ADELAIDE: The humiliating 0-4 whitewash at the hands of Australia on Saturday resulted in India dropping a rung to third spot in the ICC Test rankings with Michael Clarke’s team breathing down their neck just a fraction of a point behind in the table.
India, who entered the series in [...]
ADELAIDE: Miffed with reports that its senior players were contemplating retirement after failing in the Test series loss to Australia, the Indian team management on Saturday rejected the speculation as “baseless” and refused to answer queries on the matter.
India were whitewashed 0-4 in the Test series that concluded on Saturday and [...]
ADELAIDE: The flopshow of India’s senior batsmen in the Test series loss to Australia notwithstanding, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday refused to say anything on their future, insisting that decisions would not be taken in haste.
There is intense speculation on the future of India’s senior batting trio of
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