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Afridi leads Pakistan in World Cup opener

CRICKET -Pakistan launched their World Cup with captain Shahid Afridi back leading from the front with his first ever five-wicket haul in the event to crush a very sloppy Kenya by 205 runs in Group A ...

 
 
 

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Shahid Afridi took five wickets to lead Pakistan to a 205-run victory over Kenya in its opening match at the Cricket World Cup.
 
 
 

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Afridi leads Pakistan to victory

 
CRICKET . Shahid Afridi took five wickets to lead Pakistan to a 205-run victory over Kenya in its opening match at the Cricket World Cup.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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England wins Cup opener

CRICKET - England laboured to a thrilling sixwicket victory completed with eight balls to spare over the Netherlands in a Group B match to avert what would have been the first upset of the World Cup on Tuesday. The Netherlands batsmen, especially the South Africa-born Ryan ten Doeschate (119), thrived on England's shoddy bowling and sloppy fielding to power the team to 292-6. At least England could console themselves with the third highest successful run chase at a World Cup after the Dutch posted the best score by an associate member against a testplaying nation.


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Dutch cricketers give English a jolt

England suffered a scare before engineering a tight, six-wicket victory over Netherlands in World Cup Group B on Tuesday, an outcome that struck a blow for the associate teams.


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England escapes Dutch scare

CRICKET . The Netherlands' Ryan ten Doeschate scored a dazzling World Cup century against ragged England on Tuesday, but the three-time finalists fought back to win a nervy game in New Delhi.


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After success in cricket, YouTube looks to broadcast NHL, NBA games

Google's YouTube service said it is in talks with the NBA and NHL to broadcast live games, building on the popularity of cricket's Indian Premier League broadcasts last year. YouTube aims to show more live sports in the second half of the year, said Gautam Anand, Google's director of content partnerships for Asia Pacific, in an interview in Seoul yesterday. Adding live sports broadcasts may help YouTube expand revenue by keeping viewers on its site longer, which would appeal to advertisers. YouTube's live cricket matches from the Indian Premier League brought in 55 million visits from more than 250 countries, Anand said. "It's fair to say that there will be a lot more appealing sports content you'll see on YouTube," Anand said. "We have ongoing conversations with pretty much everyone." Brian Suh, head of YouTube Partnership at Google's Korean unit, said it is in negotiations with "most pro sports leagues." The NBA and NHL did not returns messages seeking comment.


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Cricket setback humbles Canada

Canada coach Pubudu Dassanayake said his team needs to shrug off their World Cup stage fright after slumping to a humiliating 210-run defeat against Sri Lanka.


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Cricket setback humbles Canada

Canada coach Pubudu Dassanayake said his team needs to shrug off their World Cup stage fright after slumping to a humiliating 210-run defeat against Sri Lanka.


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Aussies win their Cricket World Cup opener but few see it

Australia set off their campaign for a fourth Cricket World Cup title in a row with a comfortable 91-run win over Zimbabwe on Monday but disappointingly few Indian fans bothered to turn out to see it.


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Aussie rules

Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Tait shared six wickets to lead Australia to a 91run win over Zimbabwe in their opening World Cup match Monday. Canada opened with a 210-run loss to Sri Lanka. "To be fair to the Canadians, they bowled really well at the start," Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene told the Toronto Sun.


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Canada drops cricket match

-Mahela Jayawardene smashed an 81-ball century, the fastest by a Sri Lankan in the history of the World Cup of cricket, to set up a 210-run victory over Canada on Sunday in Group A. Sri Lanka won 332-7. Canada lost wickets steadily, although hitting by Rizwan Cheema (37), including two big sixes, helped take Canada past three figures to an eventual 122 all out. Sri Lanka was without fast bowler Lasith Malinga, who did not play due to a sore back. Canada plays Zimbabwe next Monday. The top four from each of the seventeam groups advance to the quarter-finals. The World Cup will be reduced to 10 teams from 14 at the next edition in 2015.


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