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Chaminda Vaas, the Sri
Lanka fast bowler, has announced
he will retire from Tests after
the third match against Pakistan
in Colombo starting Monday. He
said he will continue to play
one-dayers and Twenty20s till
the 2011 World Cup. "I am
officially retiring from Test
cricket after the third Test
against Pakistan, but will
continue playing one-day and
Twenty20 matches till the 2011
World Cup," he told reporters in
Colombo, but declined to take
any questions.
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 Canada
177 and 419/9 (S Dhaniram 144,
Qaiser Ali 61, BA Westdijk 4/85)
The Netherlands
229 and 120/5 (44 ov, van Bunge
47*, Bhatti 3/25, Chohan 2/31)
Netherlands require another 248
runs with 5 wickets remaining
A career-best knock by Sunil
Dhaniram put Canada on course
for a comprehensive victory over
the Netherlands at the close of
play on the third day of the
four-day ICC Intercontinental
Cup 2009-10 match in Rotterdam
on Friday.
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Javed Miandad (1975-1996)
Born
12 June 1957 at Karachi, Sind,
Pakistan
Javed Miandad was a
precocious talent who made his
debut for Pakistan the day
before his 18th birthday during
the 1975 World Cup. He made 163
on Test debut against New
Zealand at Lahore in 1976 and at
Karachi later in the series
scored the first of his six Test
double-centuries. He was the
youngest to score a Test 200 at
the age of 19 years, 141 days.
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Kapil Dev (1978-1994)
Born
6 January 1959 at Chandigarh,
Punjab, India
Kapil Dev was a swashbuckling
all-rounder. He was the first
genuinely successful fast bowler
produced by India and went on to
become the leading wicket-taker
in Test cricket. He was
particularly skillful in his use
of swing. His best bowling of
9-83 came against West Indies at
Ahmedabad in 1983, the first
captain to take nine wickets in
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van Bunge heroics seals draw:
Daan van Bunge fell two short of
a deserved maiden first-class
hundred, but nevertheless helped
Netherlands pull off a fine
result to draw against Canada on
the final day at Rotterdam.
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