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Pakistan could not cope with either a barrage of short-pitched bowling from the England pacemen or the slow bowling of Graeme Swann and Michael Yardy.

Umar Akmal hit Swann for two straight sixes into the sightscreen but was bowled for 17 when the England off-spinner kept his nerve and floated up another tempting delivery. Yardy was again economical, conceding 10 runs from his four overs.

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England beat Pakistan by five wickets today in the opening Twenty20 cricket international in Cardiff, securing victory with almost three overs remaining.

Eoin Morgan hit the winning runs, striking a boundary to finish unbeaten on 38. Michael Yardy was 35 not out, while wicketkeeper Steve Davies hit 33 runs.

England reached 129-5 from 17.1 overs after restricting the tourists to 126-4. The teams play again in Cardiff in two days, with a five-match one-day series starting Sept. 10. England won the Test series 3-1.

Earlier, Umar Akmal top-scored with an unbeaten 35 for Pakistan. Graeme Swann was the pick of England’s bowlers, taking 2-14. Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi each claimed two wickets in the England reply.

Pakistan was without three players at the center of an alleged betting scandal, who were suspended and charged with breaches of the sport’s anti-corruption laws last week.

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"Without a doubt it is better to beat Australia 5-0 than 3-2 or 4-1," said Flower, whose England  team go into Wednesday's NatWest Series match at the Oval with a 3-0 lead. "I think that the fact that we have won three games and that we can win another two, grows our self belief and can dent theirs."

The Germans managed 4-0 against the Aussies in the football World Cup but nobody beats them 5-0 at cricket, do they? Well, actually New Zealand did so at home in 2005. But Flower will not allow his team to entertain thoughts of emulating that until they have secured win number four.

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Former captain Moin Khan has said that emotional intensity witnessed during the India-Pakistan Asia Cup clash last night was the result of no bilateral cricket being played between the two countries since 2007.

“There is always a lot at stake in an Indo-Pak match no matter how much one tries to say it is just another cricket encounter. The high degree of emotion involved in the match was proof of that,” Moin said.

“When we regularly play bilateral matches the players get used to the tension and pressure situation. People on both sides also get used to accepting that in sports one team has to lose,” he noted.

The match, which India won by three wickets in the final over, saw verbal clashes between Kamran Akmal and Gautam Gambhir and Shoaib Akhtar and Harbhajan Singh.

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After a long a break of almost a year cricket lovers will see the two titans clashing once again. World famous enmity between India is loved by all when they come on cricket field. Whether it is ODI, test or T20 their collision is worth watching.

Coming towards the series today’s 4th ODI match of India and Pakistan at Dambulla will draw the route of Asia Cup for one of the teams playing.

Pakistan was impressive in the opening game against Sri Lanka but failed to carry it off. If they failed to win this match as well their innings will end here only.

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Wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has said that Pakistan cricket is passing through a difficult phase and it cannot afford more controversies. In an exclusive interview with Deutsche Welle Radio Urdu Service on Tuesday, he reminded that a difficult tour of England was on the cards and Pakistan had to participate in the World Cup next year. “I believe that in such a difficult situation when foreign teams are reluctant to visit Pakistan we should abstain from creating controversies in the larger interest of the game and the country,” he said.

For the last two weeks Kamran is in the news amid allegations of match-fixing levelled against him by former team coach Intikhab Alam and assistant coach Aaqib Javed. Kamran, known for his swashbuckling batting in the limited version of the game, said he would not comment on allegations of two former team officials. “I am astonished by such allegations but I am under a contract with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and I hope that the board would take care of these allegations.

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South Africa held off a spirited late challenge by West Indies to defend a modest total of 120-7 and win the second Twenty20 international by one run at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Thursday.

South Africa clinched the two-match series following its victory by 13 runs in the first match on Wednesday, and gave the Proteas momentum going into the first of five one-day internationals at the same venue on Saturday.

West Indies was set back off the last ball of the first over when captain Chris Gayle was leg before wicket to Dale Steyn without scoring.

Gayle's opening partner Andre Fletcher followed for 4 and it took a careful partnership of 68 off 11.5 overs between Dwayne Bravo and left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul to steady the innings. But it heightened the pressure and led to a cluster of wickets to deep field catches as West Indies went for boundaries to boost the scoring rate.

Bravo lofted a catch to Johan Botha off Morne Morkel for 40 from 42 balls. Offspinner Botha, later named player of the match for his bowling and his run-a-ball 23 in the South Africa innings, removed Chanderpaul for 29, Kieron Pollard for 29 and Ramnaesh Sarwan for 6.

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ICC T20 World Cup Super 8: Pakistan vs. England, T20 Today’s match: There are 2 matches slated for the day in the ICC T20 World Cup Super 8.The first match is going to be played between Pakistan and England.

This match would be beginning from 7:00 PM, IST. At the same time, the second match is going to be played between South Africa and New Zealand.

If we see the stats of the first round of the tournament, we find that Pakistan have played 2 matches so far, winning one. Meanwhile, the English team have played 2 matches, losing one. The another match was abandoned due to rain. South Africa and New Zealand have one match each so far.

IPL 2010 schedule: Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers live streaming & IPL 2010 Youtube. Pegged with two consecutive wins after the hat trick of defeats in the IPL3 the Shilpa Shetty owned and the champions of the first IPL Rajsthan Royals face the last edition champions Deccan Chargers on Friday. Rajsthan Royals have registered their wins against the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Kings Eleven Punjab.

For Rajsthan Royals it seems that they are now out of the hangover of loosing their two star batsmen Graeme Smith and Dimitri Mascarenhas due to injury. Yusuf Pathan is always a big hope for the Rajsthan team and the inclusion of Adam Voges gave good confidence to their batting. He has played very solid innings and has been great help for the RR to register victory.  Michael Lumb and Faiz Fazal too have started contributing good for the RR.

For Rajsthan Royals Shaun Tait’s return to the form is great bonanza. Siddharth Trivedi too bowled beautifully in the last match. And Yusuf Pathan is always there with his tweakers. It is their captain and once the master of the art now 40 years old Shane Warne who is looking quite average.

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Having regained the winning momentum with a superb display against Kolkata Knight Riders two days ago, Sachin Tendulkar-inspired.

Mumbai Indians are holding all top cards in the deck going into their fifth Indian Premier League match against Chennai Super Kings here tomorrow.

With in-form Tendulkar leading from the front in batting and the home team's bowling looking potent with two other.

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