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• New Zealand to play Mexico in World Cup warm-up

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 155
  New Zealand will play Mexico in March as part of the buildup to their first World Cup finals appearance since 1982, according to officials. The minnows’ match against the world’s 17th-ranked side will be played in Los Angeles on March 3, in the first of up to six warm-up matches for the finals in South ...
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• Afridi should bat as specialist batsman at No. 6 in Oz test series: Ex PCB consultant

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Lahore, Dec 19(ANI): Former Pakistan Cricket Board security consultant, Ahmad Ishaque Jahangir has said that the biggest challenge before the team during the tour of Australia will be finding the right batsman for the right place to bolster the middle order.“Teams like Australia and India work hard to find ...
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• Younis likely to return in ODI series against Australia

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Karachi, Dec 18 (IANS) Former Pakistan skipper Younis Khan is likely to make a comeback in the one-day series against Australia which begins in Brisbane from January 22.Younis, 32, decided to opt out of the Test tour of New Zealand last month after leading Pakistan to a 1-2 one-day series defeat against the Kiwis in ...
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• Of Oscars, inspiration and smoking in a good cause

  
  NewsWire.co.nz — Authority: 135
  Now that he has seen Avatar , Peter Jackson isn’t optimistic of an Oscar for his latest movie, The Lovely Bones . It was one comment the veteran Wellington film-maker let slip at a press conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in the capital this week. Young star Saiorse Ronan also gave her view on the Oscar ...
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• Iain O’Brien is gone, but we shall never forget

  
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  I could have easily written a post saying how sad I was that IOB has given up test cricket, but I am too sad for words, so I have made an emotional photo essay instead. IOB, thanks for the memories.
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• Are you ready for your close up, Mr Vettori?

  
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  My book has no mention of the film Dirty Dancing.
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• Daniel Vettori crosses the final frontier

  
  cricket with balls — Authority: 523
  As far as dictators go, Daniel Vettori is fairly relaxed. Some dictators get into power and the next day make themselves the coach of the football team, put their picture up in every school and green light biopics about their rise to power. Dan didn’t do that. Once he took over as captain he didn’t even become ...
  2 weeks ago

• ‘High in spirits’ Pak team eyeing series win in Napier

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Karachi, Dec. 8 (ANI): The morale boosting 141-run win over New Zealand in the second Test match has ended Pakistan’s drought in Test matches, and the players are now aiming to topple the hosts in the third and penultimate match of the series starting December 11 in Napier to pocket the three-match series.Team ...
  2 weeks ago

• Intikhab rues woeful batting, fielding despite impressive win in second Test against NZ

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Lahore, Dec.8 (ANI): Pakistan may have registered an impressive win against New Zealand in the second Test match, but coach Intikhab Alam is not at all happy with the team’s performance in the Wellington Test.Alam said though he was happy by the way the team played, still there were some aspects of the game which ...
  2 weeks ago

• Gul, Aamer engage in scuffle?

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Karachi, Dec 7 (IANS) Controversy seems to have struck Pakistan cricket again following sensational reports that pacers Umar Gul and Mohammad Aamer got engaged in a scuffle after the second Test against New Zealand ended in Wellington Sunday.According to TV reports, the Pakistan team management found both Gul and ...
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• India draw with New Zealand in Champions Challenge hockey

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Salta (Argentina), Dec 7 (IANS) India, leading 1-0 at the break, drew 2-2 with New Zealand in their opening Pool A game of the Champions Challenge hockey tournament.Tushar Khanderkar (30th) and Shivendra Singh (51st) scored for India while the Kiwis replied through Dean Couzins (47th) and Andrew Hayward (58th) here ...
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• Pakistan Beats Kiwis by 141 Runs to Level Series

  
  A Pakistan News — Authority: 553
  WELLINGTON: Pakistan Beats Kiwis by 141 Runs to Level Series , Pakistan thrashed New Zealand by 141 runs in second cricket Test match to level the series by 1-1 here at Wellington on Sunday. Watch Live Cricket New Zealand were all-out for 263 runs in their second innings falling short of 141 runs of 405-run ...
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• In bed with Iain O’Brien

  
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  Thanks for the memories IOB. You know the name, but barely.  You’ve seen him on the telly, but never in real life. Then he comes to your attention. TheIOB “Some Queensland fucktard just called me a fagot, is it the highlights in my hair? LOL. #testcricketershavefeelingstoo” From that moment onwards ...
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• The IOB is leaving test cricket

  
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  Bow your heads people, we may never see a test cricketeting blogger of his ilk again. Fly your flags at half mast today. The highlights in his hair will never flow into the wind of test cricket again. Well played IOB.
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• Kiwi bowlers should go on strike

  
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  Since getting a kiwi test bowler to write some of my book for me it has come to my attention how hard working they are as a species. Mr O’Brien put in about three drafts of his chapter, which is probably more than I had for the book in total. He was a busy writer, offering alterations, trying to get it the best ...
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• Younis likely to miss Australia tour

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  By Omar KhalidKarachi, Dec 4 (IANS) Pakistan’s regular captain Younis Khan seems unlikely to make his comeback with the tour of Australia starting next month after skipping the country’s premier first-class tournament because of a freak accident.Younis, who is a fishing fanatic, injured his foot after slipping on ...
  3 weeks ago

• Retraction. (Not really.)

  
  Wellington Road — Authority: 115
  When I was growing up, Harriet the Spy was a book that I liked a lot. It’s about a girl who writes in her journal what she really thinks of people. One day, Harriet loses her journal, and her friends find it and read it. Harriet’s friends are hurt by what she has written, and Harriet must apologize (i.e., ...
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• New Zealand’s Space Mission Is Adorable

  
  The Awl — Authority: 770
  In a quest to be EXACTLY the place where Jemaine, Bret, and Murray WOULD come from, New Zealand has managed to launch a wee little rocket just slightly beyond our atmosphere into a stratum of area that could technically be called space. It then triumphantly fell into the Pacific Ocean. The sub-orbital vehicle ...
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• Alam blames excess of T20’s, ODI’s for poor batting show in Dunedin Test

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Wellington, Dec.1 (ANI): Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam has blamed the excess of T-20 and one-day cricket for his team’s poor batting in the first Test against New Zealand, which the hosts won by 32 runs.Alam said Test cricket is all about spending time at the crease and applying one’s skill depending upon ...
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• Misbah to join Pakistan team in New Zealand

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Karachi, Nov 29 (IANS) Pakistan batsman Misbah-ul-Haq, who left for Wellington to join the team ahead of the second cricket Test against New Zealand, said more than bolstering the batting, the tourists will have to improve their fielding to be able to level the three-match series.Pakistan lost the first Test against ...
  3 weeks ago

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