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  <title><![CDATA[I am capable of playing the big innings, says Yusuf Pathan]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/interview/2010/feb/10/yusuf-pathan-interview-duleep-trophy-final-harish-kotian.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Yusuf Pathan talks about his magical innings in the Duleep Trophy final, and the 'Twenty20 specialist' tag that he is looking to shed.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:24:41 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[You can fire me but selection was not an issue: Srikkanth]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/you-can-fire-me-but-selection-was-not-an-issue-srikkanth.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Rejecting suggestions that selection goof-ups led to India's humiliating defeat in the first Test against South Africa, chairman of selectors Kris Srikkanth on Monday said he is still ready to face the sack if held responsible for the debacle.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:06:13 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/you-can-fire-me-but-selection-was-not-an-issue-srikkanth.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Indian selectors need to have guts: Vengsarkar]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/indian-selectors-need-to-have-guts-says-vengsarkar.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[India need to carefully groom replacements for their batting 'fab four' after suffering a crushing innings defeat by South Africa on Tuesday, former captain and chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar said.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:40:43 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Eden curator denies receiving BCCI instructions to prepare turning track]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/eden-curator-denies-receiving-bcci-instructions-to-prepare-turning-track.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Eden Gardens pitch curator Prabir Mukherjee on Wednesday denied reports of being under pressure from the BCCI to prepare a turning track to help India level the two-match Test series against South Africa in Kolkata.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:23:03 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Disappointing end to Dhoni's unbeaten run]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/dhoni-unbeaten-run-india-south-africa-test-rankings.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Mahendra Singh Dhoni had to endure his first Test defeat as captain against a team that had given him his first win as well -- South Africa.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:20:35 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[No IPL ties in Hyderabad upsets AP govt]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/no-ipl-ties-in-hyderabad-upsets-ap-govt.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[The third edition of Indian Premier League  (IPL) seems to be heading for some more serious trouble as Andhra Pradesh government has decided to use the home team Deccan Chargers to mount pressure on IPL organizers against moving the Twenty20 matches out of Hyderabad. State sports minister K Venkat Reddy has asked Deccan Chargers to pull out of IPL-3, starting next month if all the matches scheduled to be played in Hyderabad are not held in the city.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:20:10 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[This South African side is mentally better prepared: Corrie van Zyl]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/this-south-african-side-is-mentally-bettered-prepared-corrie-van-zyl.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[It was an ad hoc appointment but one that simply worked to an advantage. Corrie van Zyl was named the interim coach of South Africa following the controversial resignation of Mickey Arthur last month.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:22:07 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hero Honda deny buying stake in IPL Franchise Kings XI]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/hero-honda-buys-kings-xi-punjab.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Two-wheeler giants and IPL associate sponsors Hero Honda on Wednesday rubbished media reports, which claimed that they have bought stake in Indian Premier League franchise Kings XI Punjab.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:07:12 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Watson, Haddin rested for third ODI against West Indies]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/watson-haddin-rested-for-third-odi-against-west-indies.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[The Australian national selectors on Wednesday rested wicket keeper Brad Haddin and all-rounder Shane Watson for the next two One-day matches against the West Indies, replacing them with Tim Paine and Adam Voges.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:35:22 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chappell rejects Pakistan's coaching offer]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/greg-chappell-likely-to-replace-alam-as-pak-coach.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Former India coach Greg Chappell has turned down an offer to take up the reins of Pakistan's embattled cricket team, saying that he does not intend to coach at the international level anymore.]]></description>
  <image>http://im.rediff.com/cricket/2010/feb/10chappell1.jpg</image>
  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:33:17 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/greg-chappell-likely-to-replace-alam-as-pak-coach.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[India's flat tracks don't worry pacers anymore: Smith]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/indias-flat-tracks-dont-worry-pacers-anymore-smith.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[The flat decks in India no longer worry pacers, said South Africa captain Graeme Smith as he attributed Dale Steyn's devastating form in the first cricket Test against India to a changed mindset of not letting conditions dictate bowling.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:14:38 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Students group asks Sena to go easy on Aus]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/fisa-urges-sena-to-withdraw-threat-against-aus-cricketers.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Stopping Australian cricketers from playing in IPL is not the right way to protest violent attacks on Indians living Down Under, said the Federation of Indian Students Association (FISA), urging the Shiv Sena to withdraw its threat.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:42:36 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/fisa-urges-sena-to-withdraw-threat-against-aus-cricketers.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[One player ruining team spirit and unity: Yousuf]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/one-player-ruining-team-spirit-and-unity-yousuf.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[All the trouble in the Pakistan cricket team is just because of one player, senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf has claimed on Wednesday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:24:02 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/one-player-ruining-team-spirit-and-unity-yousuf.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[IPL has helped teams to adjust better in India: Kallis]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/ipl-has-helped-teams-to-adjust-better-in-india-kallis.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[His impeccable record in all forms of the game defines his pedigree. ]]></description>
  <image>http://im.rediff.com/cricket/2010/feb/10kallis.jpg</image>
  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:42:25 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/10/ipl-has-helped-teams-to-adjust-better-in-india-kallis.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[We were blown away by Steyn: Dhoni]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/dhoni-post-match-quotes-we-were-blown-away-by-steyn.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that Dale Steyn's lethal swing bowling effort was the principal reason for India's humiliating loss in the first Test on Tuesday.]]></description>
  <image>http://im.rediff.com/cricket/2010/feb/09dhoni.jpg</image>
  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:52:29 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/dhoni-post-match-quotes-we-were-blown-away-by-steyn.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA['As a team, we want to win a Test series in India']]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/graeme-smith-post-match-conference-quotes-as-a-team-we-want-to-win-a-test-series-in-india.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Graeme Smith credited his team for coming through the recent crisis - that witnessed coach Mickey Arthur resigning recently and coming through with a clinical performance to wrap up the first Test on Tuesday.]]></description>
  <image>http://im.rediff.com/cricket/2010/feb/09smith.jpg</image>
  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:51:45 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/graeme-smith-post-match-conference-quotes-as-a-team-we-want-to-win-a-test-series-in-india.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sreesanth, Raina in squad for Kolkata Test]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/sreesanth-raina-in-squad-for-kolkata-test.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Soon after India had suffered a humiliating innings and six runs defeat in the opening Test at Nagpur on Tuesday, the selection panel made changes in the squad for the second Test at Kolkata that weren't too convincing. The All-India Senior Selection Committee decided to include Dinesh Karthik, S Sreesanth and Suresh Raina in the squad at the expense of Wriddhiman Saha, Abhimanyu Mithun and Sudeep Tyagi.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:51:00 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/sreesanth-raina-in-squad-for-kolkata-test.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bollinger helps Australia crush West Indies]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/bollinger-helps-australia-crush-west-indies.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Australia crushed West Indies by eight wickets in the second ODI in Adelaide on Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in the five game series.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:42:10 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/bollinger-helps-australia-crush-west-indies.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ECB against T20 competition proposed by Royals: report]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/ecb-against-t20-competition-proposed-by-rajasthan-royals-says-report.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[IPL team Rajasthan Royals' tie-up with Hampshire is likely to be opposed by England and Wales Cricket Board, which feels sanctioning such a competition may divert attention away from the re-launch of its own Twenty20 series.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:41:23 +0530</pubDate>
  <guid>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/ecb-against-t20-competition-proposed-by-rajasthan-royals-says-report.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[PCB summons Afridi, Yousuf, Alam]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/pcb-summons-afridi-yousuf-alam-for-poor-show-in-oz.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi will appear before a six-member inquiry committee on Friday to explain his ball-biting antic in Perth, while captain Mohammad Yousuf and coach Intikhab Alam would depose with their versions of the team's comprehensive rout in Australia.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:13:30 +0530</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Images: Ind vs SA, 1st Test, Day 4, Nagpur]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Images from Day 4 of the first Test between India and South Africa in Nagpur on Tuesday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[South Africa humiliate India at Nagpur]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/live-updates-india-south-africa-first-test-nagpur.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[South Africa humiliated India by an innings and six runs to win the opening Test at the VCA stadium, in Nagpur, on Tuesday. Chasing 325 just to make the visitors bat again, the home team crashed to 319 all out in their second innings shortly before the scheduled close on the fourth day.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sreesanth fit and ready to return]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/pacer-sreesanth-fit-ready-to-return.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Kerala pacer S Sreesanth, ruled out of the first Test against South Africa following a hamstring tear against Bangladesh in Chittagong last month, declared he is fully fit and ready to take on the Proteas.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Spotted: Yusuf Pathan in Hyderabad]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/spotted-yusuf-pathan-in-hyderabad.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[Reader Sanjoy Chandra met Yusuf Pathan at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, shortly after he slammed an unbeaten 210 to help West Zone win the Duleep Trophy.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Injury not caused by workload: Siddle]]></title> 
  <link>http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/injury-not-caused-by-workload-siddle.htm</link> 
  <description><![CDATA[A back injury has sidelined Peter Siddle for five months but the Australian paceman insists that it has nothing do with excessive workload. Siddle has to undergo a three month rehabilitation before considering a return.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:01:18 +0530</pubDate>
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