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English cricketers, Kevin Pietersen and Dimitri Mascarenhas have been fined by the English cricket board for their Twitter rant that saw them use foul language against the selector, Geoff Miller.

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It was a day of gloom for Pakistan on the fourth day of the fourth Test match against England at Lord’s and for more reasons than one.

They were probably lucky that the match went on as planned and was not cancelled after the spot-fixing allegations against Pakistan rocked the cricketing world overnight. However, the rest of the Pakistani batting collapsed under overcast weather and mood at Lord’s to hand England over an easy win by an innings and 225 runs and a 3-1 series win against Pakistan.

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Jonathon Trott and Stuart Broad slammed centuries on the second day of the Lord’s Test match to end the day ahead of Pakistan.

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It has been reported that criminal proceedings will be brought out against the suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi, for his alleged role in the financial fraud committed by him in the first three years of the IPL.

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Pakistan beat England in what turned out to be a thrilling encounter of the third Test match that was played at Oval today. Chasing 148 for a win, Pakistan made heavy weather of the small target before huffing and puffing away to a win. England now lead the series 2-1 and will now look at trying and winning the series at Lord’s.

Live Scorecard and Commentary, , England v Pakistan, 3rd Test at Oval

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England were left in a dire state at the end of the third day of the third Test match against Pakistan at Oval as they capitulated meekly after a decent start to their second innings. Mohammad Aamer and Saeed Ajmal were the chief destroyers, as England ended the day on 221/9, which meant that they were ahead by only 146 runs against Pakistan by the time the stumps were drawn.

England v Pakistan, 3rd Test, 3rd Day Scorecard

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Pakistan may have lost a very important toss on the first day of the third Test match at Oval against England, but what transpired in the seven and a bit hours after that, all went in their favour. Well, almost, but for a small period of play which saw the English batting recover from the early onslaught.

England v Pakistan, 3rd Test, 1st Day Scorecard

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The third Test match between England and Pakistan will be played at the Oval in London from August 18, Wednesday. England leads the series 2-0 and for them, a draw would suffice to clinch the series. On the other hand, Pakistan need to not only stall their losing streak, but also win this game to have some chance of ending the series on parity.

England v Pakistan, 3rd Test at Oval

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Kevin Pietersen has been warned by the English cricket board to not meet the suspended IPL chief Lalit Modi after the duo had met at the end of the second Test match between England and Pakistan.

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Kamran Akmal has been given the axe for the second Test match between Pakistan and England at Edgbaston. Pakistan had lost the first Test match by a whopping margin of 354 runs, and the chief culprit in the field was Akmal, who dropped a couple of vital catches and then missed a stumping.

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