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September 9, 2014 Pakistan

The ICC flexes its elbow muscles

Well this is news. Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal has been banned from bowling. Ajmal was tested once before and had his action cleared. But not this time. This time he has been found guilty of the greatest crime in cricket. People will whisper the word whenever he is near and he

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October 8, 2013 Pakistan

Pakistan Test preparations as smooth as Stickle Bricks

Next Monday sees a proper Test series – Pakistan v South Africa. Well, we say ‘proper Test series’ but it’s actually just two Tests, so not a proper Test series at all really. The background Pakistan recently managed to lose a Test against Zimbabwe. For any other nation, this would

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January 17, 2012 England / Pakistan

Saeed Ajmal will bowl a few more overs against England

England have faced Michael Beer, Xavier Doherty and a guy who looks a bit like Harbhajan Singh in the last year. They haven’t really had to combat any spin bowlers. Saeed Ajmal is a spin bowler – he’s a good spin bowler, in fact. He’s not a 7-55 on day

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