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Former Pakistan captains Javed Miandad, Intikhab Alam and Zaheer Abbas criticised the PCB for choosing another foreign coach in Geoff Lawson.

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Tim Henman had his fanatical fans holding their breath through five match points before he finally defeated Australian Mark Phillippoussis.

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