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Pakistani cricket player Shahid Afridi, pauses during a warm up session at Gaddafi stadium in Lahore, Pakistan Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004. Pakistani players are getting ready for coming Pakistan-India series from March 10, 2004. Indian cricket team is coming
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Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly, left, share a moment with former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar during a practice session a day before the second cricket test match in Madras, India, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004
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Zimbabwe Cricket Union Chairman Peter Chingoka addreses a press conference in Harare, Wednesday Oct. r 20, 2004. Chingoka said that the ZCU was satisified with the outcome of the International Cricket Council inquiry which cleared the Zimbabwe Cricket Union of racism.
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Zimbabwe Cricket Union Chairman Peter Chingoka
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Jagmohan Dalmiya, President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the chairman of the organizing committee of the Asian Cup 2004 cricket tournament, speaks at a media conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 12, 2004. Dalmiya said that six Asian nations, including India, and Pakistan are expected to take part in the tournament.
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Jonty Rhodes, former South African cricketer comments for television viewers with former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar, left, during the third day of the second cricket test match between India and South Africa in Calcutta, India, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004.
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Former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad speaks on a mobile in his hotel room in Calcutta, India, Wednesday, July 28, 2004. Miandad is the eastern Indian city for a cricket promotional.
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Pakistani batsman Yasir Hameed bats during the first round cricket match of Asia Cup 2004, between Pakistan and Bangladesh, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 17, 2004.
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Indian cricketers Virender Sehwag, left, and Rahul Dravid talk during a training session at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore, India, Monday, June 14, 2004. Indian cricketers are taking part in week-long fitness camp overseen by team trainer Gregory Allen King and former captain Kapil Dev.
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Zimbabwe's cricket captain Tatenda Taibu, center, flanked by police officers, talks to reporters at Lahore airport Friday, Sept. 17, 2004. A 15-member Zimbabwe cricket team arrived in Pakistan for a tri-series starting later this month.
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Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid
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Australian cricketer Shane Warne reacts after bowling out a member of the audience during a promotional event in Bangalore, India, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004. The first cricket test of a four-match series between India and Australia will begin on Oct. 6 in Bangalore.
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Sylvester Joseph of the West Indies bowls during practice at the Beausejour cricket stadium in St. Lucia, Friday April 30, 2004. The One Day International Cricket series continues tomorrow with a double header between the West Indies and England.
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Cricket fans cheer as Sri Lanka's spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, center, arrives at the Sri Lanka Cricket headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 20, 2004. Muralitharan was given a rousing welcome by cricket officials, politicians and fans when he returned from Zimbabwe where he established a new world record by taking total 527 test wickets.
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Pakistani cricket players Saqlain Mushtaq, left, Shahid Afridi, center, and Shoaib Akhtar share a light moment during a practice session in Rawalpindi,
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President of Board of Control for Cricket in India speaks at a press conference in Calcutta, India Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004. The cricket board said Wednesday that it will make all efforts to telecast on its own the upcoming India-Australia cricket series after it was forced to cancel the entire tendering process for telecasting rights, according to news agency reports
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International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani, right, speaks as ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed, left, looks on during a press conference in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday, Oct17, 2004. The Zimbabwe Cricket Union has been cleared of allegations of racism after it was accused of giving preference to inexperienced black players, the International Cricket Council said Sunday.
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Pakistani bowler Shoaib Akhtar smiles as he gets ready to bowl during the first round cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the Asia Cup 2004 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 17, 2004.
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Indias cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, right, walks towards the airport lounge in Calcutta, India, Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004. The Indian cricket team departed for Bangladesh to play two tests and three one-day series, after a security clearance following a threat from an Islamic militant group.
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Pakistani bowler Shoaib Malik, left, prepares to bowl as Bangladeshi batsman Mohammad Ashraful looks on during the first round cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the Asia Cup 2004 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 17, 2004.
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President of International Cricket Council (ICC), Ehsan Mani, center, gestures as Malcolm Speed, right, Chief Executive of International Cricket Council, and Ramiz Raja, Chief Executive of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
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Australian cricket Captain Adam Gilchrist
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Indian cricket team coach John Wright, left, and team captain Sourav Ganguly look on during a practice session in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 14, 2004. The Indian team is in Sri Lanka to compete in the Asia Cup cricket tournament, which will commence on July 16.
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Australia's Shane Warne bowls during the third day of the first cricket test match against India in Bangalore, India, Friday, Oct. 8, 2004.
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India's Gautam Gambhir bats during the third day of the first cricket match between India and South Africa in Kanpur, India, Monday, Nov. 22, 2004.
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Australia´s Simon Katich , Cricket
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Former England cricketer and commentator Geoffrey Boycott addresses a press conference in Madras, India, Monday, July 5, 2004. Boycott spent time with the Indian cricket players who are undergoing a six-day preparatory camp in the southern Indian city for the upcoming Asia Cup to be held in Sri Lanka. The tournament begins on July 16.
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India cricketer Virender Sehwag adjusts his helmet before a practice session in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004. The first test between India and Australia begins on Oct. 6.
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India's bowler Lakshmipathy Balaji, center, celebrates the dismissal of United Arab Emirates' batsman Khurram Khan, right, during the Asia Cup 2004 cricket tournament between India and UAE in Dambulla, 110 kilometers (69 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 16, 2004.
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India's Sourav Ganguly looks on during practice session, a day before the first cricket test match against South Africa in Kanpur, India, Friday, Nov. 19, 2004.
