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Cricket: Ponting drop proves costly
Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke combined to rub salt into Pakistan's fresh wounds in the third cricket test in Hobart yesterday.
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Taliban make 'undetectable' bombs out of wood
Taliban fighters have developed a deadly new generation of their most lethal weapon, the improvised explosive device, or IED, which is almost undetectable because it has no metal or electronic parts, military experts said last week.
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Cricket: Islamabad to protest over racist NZ crowd
Pakistan's sports minister has suggested govt intervention after the national cricket team was racially abused during the Napier test.
![Cricket: O'Brien's late strike brings win into sight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cricket: O'Brien's late strike brings win into sight
New Zealanders rewarded after long day in the field.
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Cricket: Hard work ahead for pace attack
NZ will want to banish any sinking feeling of history repeating as they start the fourth day against Pakistan today.
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Cricket: Skipper too Dan good as old heads save the day
Vettori’s move up the order pays off as he and Brendon McCullum combine to put NZ in a strong position.
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Cricket: Grassy pitch promises an even contest
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori likes the look of the McLean Park pitch for today's test series decider.
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Cricket: Groundsman calls batsmen 'useless'
The most brutally honest comment in the lead-up to today's third cricket Test in Napier came from the local groundsman.