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Kingstown, Jul 28: Zulfiqar Babar completed a dream debut by striking the final ball of the match for six to give Pakistan a two-wicket victory over the West Indies in the first Twenty 20 international at the Arnos Vale Stadium Saturday. Having taken three wickets for 23 runs with his left-arm spinners in helping to restrict the world champions to 152 for seven, the 34-year-old newcomer then made

Harare, Jul 28: A dominant India will look to plug their bowling loopholes as they go into the third one-dayer against minnows Zimbabwe on Sunday with the aim of sealing the five-match series with another emphatic triumph. India have taken a 2-0 lead on the back of an impressive show by their young batsmen and now need just one more win to take an unassailable 3-0 lead. Zimbabwe to their credit

New Delhi, Jul 27: The Delhi Police today told a court here that the photo of cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a magazine posing as God and holding a shoe in his hand "is a work of art" and the player had "no intention" to insult religion. Police filed their status report in pursuance to the court's order on a complaint seeking registration of an FIR against Dhoni, publisher and editor of a

Harare, Jul 27: Shikhar Dhawan capitalised on three reprieves to slam his third ODI century as India maintained their stranglehold over minnows Zimbabwe with a comfortable 58-run victory in the second cricket one-dayer here today. Dhawan struck 116 as India recovered from early jolts to post a competitive 294 for eight and then restricted the hosts to 236 for nine to take a 2-0 series lead in the

Paris, Jul 26: Scientists today said Usain Bolt performed a feat of biomechanics when he ran 100m in a record 9.58sec at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Crossing the line in a time that is still a world record meant Bolt had to muster "truly extraordinary" power and energy to overcome exceptional drag, they said. Taking into account the altitude of the Berlin track, the temperature at the

Islamabad, Jul 26: Pakistan has reportedly an opportunity to move to the second place in the ICC Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) Rankings table if they win both the matches against West Indies, which is currently placed second in the ranking table, in the upcoming Twenty20 series. According to the Daily Times, however, if West Indies win both the matches it could gain five ratings points to finish

Harare, Jul 25: Virat Kohli cracked a scintillating century as India thrashed minnows Zimbabwe by six wickets in the first cricket one-dayer to take a 1-0 lead in the five match series here on Wednesday. Chasing a modest victory target of 228, India rode on captain Kohli's 115 as they overhauled the target with 31 balls to spare in what turned out to be a lop-sided contest at the Harare Sports

Jul 24: The upcoming five-game ODI series against India at home presents Zimbabwe with a stiff challenge, considering that they have won just five matches against any team aside from Bangladesh and Associate members in the last five years. Since July 2008, Zimbabwe have won just five ODI series - two each against Bangladesh and Kenya and one over Ireland. In that time, they have played 80 ODIs -

New Delhi, Jul 23: The winners of IPL 6 Mumbai Indians will take on Rajasthan Royals, who finished third in the cash-rich tournament, in the inaugural group stage match of the Champions League Twenty20 to be played on September 21 at Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur.The CLT20 final will be played on October 6 at the Ferozeshah Kotla Ground in Delhi, which hosted the first qualifier and the

New Delhi, Jul 23: Saina Nehwal is the top female sportsperson of the country. If you wonder how much that translates into real money terms, think $120,000. Who got whom in IBL auction For that is the amount Hyderabad Hostshots shelled out for her at the inaugural Indian Badminton League auction in the Capital on Monday. It translates into about Rs 71 lakh, not too much if you consider that some