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Manzoor scored his maiden Test century
Pakistan opening batsman Khurram Manzoor scored his maiden Test century as his side went on to dominate South Africa throughout the entire second day of the first Test in Abu Dhabi.
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Bailey and Finch gave Australia a 1-0 lead
Australia stand-in captain George Bailey and opening batsman Aaron Finch both recorded half-centuries as they helped the baggy greens draw first blood against India in Pune.
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Haque’s 181 brought Bangladesh back into contention
Bangladesh batsman Mominul Haque scored a magnificent 181 as he turned the tide in Bangladesh’s favour on day three of the first Test against New Zealand in Chittagong.
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Shehzad and Hafeez single-handedly crushed Zimbabwe
Pakistan completed a 2-0 series whitewash behind opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad’s career-best 98 runs, which is now the highest score made by a Pakistani batsman in Twenty20 Internationals, surpassing Misbah-ul-Haq’s 87 not out against Bangladesh in Karachi in 2008.
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Cronje’s father believes the Indian authorities made his son into a “scapegoat”
Deceased South African captain Hansie Cronje’s father, Ewie, has announced that “I’m considering legal action against the Indian police” after his son was implicated in the 2000 match-fixing scandal in a chargsheet filed by Delhi police.
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Narine’s four wickets helped the West Indies tie the series
After suffering their largest loss to Pakistan and recording their lowest total at home during the first ODI, the West Indies were hungry for redemption and they got it thanks to the outstanding effort of spinner Sunil Narine.
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Afridi’s seven wickets for 12 runs is now his new personal best bowling figures in ODIs
Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi backed up his statement about himself being “better” than many of the other international players in the game after he scored 76 runs and took seven wickets against the West Indies in a fairytale-like ODI return.
Clarke thanked Smith for yet another classic series between South Africa and Australia
Australia captain Michael Clarke has admitted that his side were beaten by South Africa since they were the better team this time around.
Flintoff will always regard this as the greatest moment in his international career
Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has revealed that dismissing ex-Australian skipper Ricky Ponting during the 2005 Ashes series was the “best wicket of my Test career”.
Panesar will never forget this moment
England left-arm spinner Monty Panesar has admitted that he experienced one of the greatest moments of his international career when dismissing iconic Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar in both innings of the second Test in the ‘Little Master’s’ hometown of Mumbai.
