Cricket-Pakistan get first crack at Aussie Test bat
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PERTH, Australia  - The Pakistan pace duo of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami will get their first crack at an Australian Test batsman so far on this tour when they take on a Chairman&#39;s XI captained by Justin Langer in a limited overs match here.
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Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq and Shoaib Akhtar are fit for the second Test against Australia.
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PERTH: A youthful Pakistan cricket squad arrived in Perth last night bristling with confidence at the daunting task which confronts them in the upcoming Test series against Australia.
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In cricket, Australia has defeated Pakistan by nine wickets in the second test in the southern Australian city of Melbourne. Chasing 126 for victory, Australia finished on one for 127, with Matthew Hayden on 56 and Ricky Ponting 62.
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Australia, buoyed by Justin Langer&#39;s 191, skittled Pakistan for 179 on the second day of the first test in Perth to take total control of the match.
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Australia, led by pace bowler Glenn McGrath and opener Justin Langer, handed Pakistan its worst Test loss in runs, winning by 491 on the fourth day of the series opener in Perth.
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat in the triangular series final against Pakistan at the VRA Ground here.
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and chose to bat first against New Zealand in the second and final cricket Test at Adelaide.
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Justin Langer scored 191 as Pakistan dismissed Australian for 381 in the first cricket Test in Perth. He fell short of a double-hundred in successive Tests after becoming Shoaib Akhtar&#39;s fifth wicket early on day two.
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Justin Langer plans to heap more misery on Pakistan after his opening-day unbeaten century revived Australia in the first Test at the Waca.
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Pakistan&#39;s Shoaib Malik could play in the first Test against Australia starting on Thursday as he waits for results of tests on his bowling action.
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Pakistan won the toss and sent South Africa in to bat in the first one-day international at Centurion Park.
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England stand-in captain Andrew Strauss has won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against Pakistan at Lord&#039;s.
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Assuming Australia bat first at the Waca ground against Pakistan, you can be sure the blood will be pumping through my heart and veins faster than on most occasions that I face the first ball in a Test match.
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Australia first blunted Pakistan&#39;s undermanned attack and then sliced through its top order yesterday to seize control of the second cricket Test at the MCG.
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Australia and Pakistan are poised for an explosive bowling duel in the first Test, which gets under way at the WACA ground in Perth today.
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Australia had Pakistan on the rack after reducing them to 111 for eight at tea on the second day of the First Test in Perth. That left the visitors still 270 runs behind and facing a crushing defeat.