Until the victory over England, it was the biggest day in Irish cricketing history.
In a cricket-addicted nation, Dhoni was taking his first cricketing steps at a late stage.
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'The Rev' one of the more flamboyant personalities, cricketing or otherwise, in the Caribbean.
"Nothing's going to match the excitement of getting back to the competitive cricketing field, " he said.
Malik now lives a reclusive life in Lahore and is rarely seen at social or cricketing functions.
But IPL commissioner Lalit Modi insisted that decisions were taken by franchisees according to their "cricketing strategy".
Will the Irish cricketing authorities be more successful at capitalising on that World Cup triumph over England?
This came after the cancelling of tours by two other cricketing powers, Australia and the West Indies.
Georgetown-born Lennox Cush is a cricketing journeyman, whose career has brought him a relatively modest financial reward.
After the war Pakistan and the MCC visited Canada on tours, beginning a cricketing revival in the country.
Correspondents say the move to resume cricketing ties is a sign of improving relations between the two countries.
We're talking about a person who was very close to me for the majority of my cricketing career.
Mr Packer also took the cricketing authorities to court for restraint of trade.
The change came after press criticism from black cricketing personalties of the decision to field an entirely white eleven.
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"I am looking at it from a cricketing point of view, " added Miller.
However, he says he has already received five job offers for non-cricketing work.
The world's richest cricketing nation should have a larger bench of top-class players.
At the same time, maybe coincidentally, Pakistan's cricketing powers have been in decline.
You know, it was one of the worst periods in our cricketing life.
Cricketing officials say the Zimbabwe team are not "ambassadors" of the Zimbabwe government and the test series should proceed unhindered.
The public perception of Azharuddin is not likely to be changed overnight by his casting aspersions on other cricketing stars.
In only his fifth one-day international, he emerged as the new star of India's cricketing scenario with a tremendous century.
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Nash's cricketing career in Australia peaked in the 2002-03 season with an innings of 176 for Queensland against New South Wales.
The right had been lost in a car accident in England in 1960, apparently eclipsing at its outset his cricketing career.
"They are a proud cricketing nation and they wouldn't have liked the way they were beaten in Adelaide, " said the 33-year-old.
Sussex keeper-batsman Matt Prior, who will make his England debut against Zimbabwe next month, relishes the hands-on aspect of his cricketing education.
Much of this can be attributed to India's breathless cricketing calendar, something which Dhoni acknowledges, but appears to have no control over.
"Christopher -- or CMJ -- as he was universally known was quite simply a cricketing institution, " ECB chief executive David Collier added.
But that situation has completely changed, all the players are professionals now and whole world knows Sri Lanka as a cricketing nation.
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