Pakistan seal win on dramatic day

Pakistan 367 (Shafiq 83, Misbah 62, Arnel 4-95) and 21 for 0 beat New Zealand 275 (Southee 56, McCullum 56, Ahmed 4-63) and 110 (McCullum 35, Rehman 3-24, Gul 3-28) by 10 wicketsWhat Pakistan inflicted on New Zealand on a dramatic third day in Hamilton was nothing short of an embarassment. On a still-placid track, the hosts were victims of some incisive Pakistan bowling but let themselves down through some equally inept batting, transforming a Test that had been closely-fought on the first two days into a hopelessly one-sided contest in just one session.Pakistan's build-up to this Test had been hijacked by the spot-fixing hearings in Doha but...

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Dan Christian top buy early on Day 2

List of players involved in the IPL auction held in Bangalore on January 8 and 9, 2011. The list of players bought is in descending order of their final bid price. Players sold on Sunday are in boldGautam Gambhir sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for a record $2.4 million.Yusuf Pathan to Kolkata Knight Riders for $2.1 million.Robin Uthappa to Pune for $2.1 millionRohit Sharma to Mumbai Indians for $2 million.Irfan Pathan to Delhi Daredevils for $1.9 million.Yuvraj Singh to Pune for $1.8 million.Saurabh Tiwary to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $1.6 million.Mahela Jayawardene to Kochi for $1.5 million.David Hussey to Kings XI Punjab for $1.4 millionDale Steyn goes to Deccan Chargers for $1.2 millionMuttiah Muralitharan to Kochi for $1.1 million.AB de Villiers to Royal Challengers Bangalore for...

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IPL auction: Who got whom

*Gambhir sold to Kolkata to $2.4 million dollars.*Dilshan sold to Bangalore for 650,000.*Zaheer Khan, sold! To Bangalore for $900,000. Small change compred to Gambhir! *Ross Taylor, New Zealand batsman, sold to Rajasthan Royals for $1 million.*Yusuf Pathan sold to Kolkata for $2.1 million dollars.*Kevin Pietersen sold to Deccan Chargers for $650,000 (only).*Mahela Jayawardene has been sold to Kochi for $1.5 million dollars.*Yuvraj Singh has been sold to Pune for $1.8 million dollars.*AB de Villiers, South African batsman and potential wicketkeeper, sold to Bangalore for $1.1 million dollars.*Ganguly is the first unsold player.*Cameron White has been sold to Deccan Chargers for $ 1.1 million dollars. He is the first Australian sold.*Kolkata buy Jacques Kallis for 1.1 million dollars. *Rohit...

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Teams spend big to overhaul their rosters

Shaking off months of controversy, litigation and uncertainty, cricket's biggest, richest and most brassy domestic event, the Indian Premier League, sprang into life again, breaking records and banks on the first day of auction weekend in Bangalore.From the 88 players auctioned today, 15 new millionaires were created by the ten IPL franchises who will compete in season four, but there was another sorry bunch of 16 players who were left 'unsold' when the auction finally ended at 6 pm.Minutes after his name was the first to be randomly pulled out from a list of 'marquee players' at 11 am on Saturday morning, Gautam Gambhir earned the highest playing contract in cricket, $2.4m for two years with the Kolkata Knight Riders. With the top seven of the 15 new 'millionaires' being Indian, the day was...

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