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Switch hit: How the humble bat revolutionised <b>cricket</b>

The range of shots played by batsmen in Twenty20 cricket seems to have no limit. You imagine the most fantastic of shots and someone out there is executing it to precision already. Batting has moved on from the paddle sweep, reverse sweep, …See all s…

 

Islamabad: A settlement on Siachen, the world's highest battleground, will have a positive effect on the overall relationship between Pakistan and India, said a leading daily that exhorted the Manmohan Singh government to “put its foot down and e…

 
Indian skipper Dhoni announces retirement from Test <b>cricket</b>

by FP Sports Apr 1, 2012 At around 7:30 this morning, an email from the BCCI arrived in our inbox and in a very matter-of-fact manner, informed us that Mahendra Singh Dhoni – India's most successful skipper – had decided to quit from Test crick…

 
Zardari seeks “greater transparency” <b>Pakistan</b>-US relations

Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari today sought “greater transparency” in Pakistan-US relations and called for an end to American drone strikes, saying they fuelled militancy in his country. Zardari made the remarks during a meeting with the US …

 
Gilani, first Pak PM to be indicted by SC in contempt case

Gilani, 59, the first Pakistani Prime Minister to be arraigned for contempt by the apex court, pleaded not guilty in the packed court room. At the commencement of the hearing Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk, who headed the seven-judge bench, read out the charge …

 
If Indian <b>cricket</b> was a Star Wars movie…

So just for a moment imagine that George Lucas was making a movie on Indian cricket based on the characters of Star Wars series. We attempt to take a humourous look at just who he might pick as the main characters of the movie.See all stories on this t…

 
Kasab case: SC to hear calls intercepted from <b>Pakistani</b> handlers

New Delhi: The intercepted conversation between the executors of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and their Pakistani handlers during the carnage will be played in the Supreme Court tomorrow after the prosecution said it was an important evidence showing the…

 
After <b>Pakistan</b>, is Iran 'exporting' terror to India?

Unlike Pakistan, which acquired its nuclear assets on the sly by flying beneath the radar of international attention, Iran has been drawing excessive attention to its nuclear program with to its over-the-top rhetoric directed against Israel and the US….

 
What next for <b>Pakistan</b>? Three scenarios and outcomes

By B Raman After having fairly successfully defied the Army over the so-called Memogate affair, the elected Pakistani executive headed by President Asif Ali Zardari has now chosen to defy the judiciary on the question of its refusal to write to the ……

 
Save <b>cricket</b> from the lynch mob experts; it needs help, not curses

There's still one match to go but cricket fans are done with the mourning ritual already. By now the billion plus experts in the country must have run out of opinions on and remedies to the problem. The process started quite early, in England. …S…

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