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Spotlight shifts to Srinivasan
arrest of Gurunath Meiyappan , the head of the Chennai Super Kings franchise, has turned the spotlight on to his father-in-law N Srinivasan, the BCCI president and managing director of India Cements, the franchise owner. It is not yet clear what Srinivasan's plans are - his immediate response to the news of Gurunath's arrest was to say he would not resign - but there appears to be a ...
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Dravid lauds teams courage
Rahul Dravid lauded his team for their performance in the IPL, saying that the squad had "probably given more than they [had] been asked to". Royals were eliminated ...
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Opening day washed out at Headingley
The first day of the second Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley has been abandoned due to rain.Play had been set to begin at 11am local time but match officials opted to postpone the toss due to the poor conditions on Friday.And, after an early lunch was taken at 12.30pm, play was eventually abandoned at 15:55.England go into the second Test with a 1-0 lead in the two-match ...
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Arthur voices grounds concern
Yorkshire chief executive Mark Arthur has warned the current number of international grounds in England is "unsustainable".The six traditional Test grounds have been joined in recent years by Hampshire's Rose Bowl, Glamorgan's SWALEC Stadium and Durham's Emirates ICG Stadium, while Bristol has one-day international status and Taunton is close to being handed the same. ...
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‘National shame’ threatens IPL as growing spot-fixing furore overshadows final
There was excitement and razzmatazz, big names and cheerleaders. There were also, quite clearly, plenty of ways to make money.Five years on, as the sixth edition of the IPL prepares for its final tomorrow the glamour and buzz of the Twenty20 tournament is still there and the series is worth more than $4bn (2.6bn). Yet increasingly there is a sense of outrage over match-fixing allegations said to ...
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County round-up Centurion Andrea Agathangelou makes his name for Lancashire
The Old Trafford stadium announcer's ability to get his tongue around the name of Andrea Agathangelou is likely to become a more regular challenge after the 23-year-old South African-born all-rounder with Greek Cypriot heritage completed a maiden century for Lancashire in a match for which he was not originally ...
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Headingley counts cost as weather fails the first Test
As play was abandoned at Headingley yesterday, the new chief executive of Yorkshire warned against creating a north-south divide in ...
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Letters Just not cricket
Report , 22 May) and that participation in grassroots cricket has increased over the last eight years. This must be a different game than that which I follow every summer weekend, as an official of ...
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Letters Just not cricket
Report , 22 May) and that participation in grassroots cricket has increased over the last eight years. This must be a different game than that which I follow every summer weekend, as an official of ...
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Yorkshire fear north-south divide after failing to fill England Test
Fans who paid a minimum of 40 a ticket to watch the Test at Headingley were left without play for the second year in a row. Photograph: Owen ...
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IPL 2013 Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets set final date with Chennai
In a fascinating contest of ebbing fortunes which started more than an hour late due to rain, Mumbai managed, just about, to overcome a stirring challenge from Rahul Dravid's brave Rajasthan Royals, squeaking home by four wickets with one delivery to ...
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Pakistan Cricket Board angry after ICC withdraws Asad Rauf from Champions Trophy
Karachi: PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf on Friday said they have no clue why Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf was under investigation in the IPL spot-fixing scandal and why he has been withdrawn from the Champions Trophy.Rauf is under police scanner for involvement in the spot-fixing although nothing concrete has come out yet."The ICC has told us they were withdrawing Rauf from the Champions Trophy ...
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Cricket No balls bowled
Constant rain has seen the opening day of the second test between New Zealand and England abandoned without a ball bowled. Squally rain fell throughout and the pitch covers remained fastened. A smattering of brave souls armed with coats and umbrellas wandered into the ground, but their efforts were thwarted. Northerly winds added an extra chill ...
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County Championship roundup Durham dominate Middlesex
.The opening batsman was contentiously adjudged leg before wicket to a delivery angling down leg from James Harris immediately after registering a half-century for the fourth consecutive County Championship match, as the hosts swelled their advantage to 152 runs on a day restricted to 18 overs by rain and bad light.And Durham appear amenable to setting up another chase on the final day despite ...
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Gurunath Meiyappan arrested in Mumbai
Gurunath Meiyappan, a top official of the Chennai Super Kings franchise and son-in-law of the BCCI president N Srinivasan, has been formally arrested by Mumbai Police. It is not yet clear on what charges he has been arrested but he ...
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Cricket Rain ruins day one of Leeds test
Constant rain has seen the opening day of the second test between New Zealand and England abandoned without a ball bowled. Squally rain fell throughout and the pitch covers remained fastened. A smattering of brave souls armed with coats and umbrellas wandered into the ground, but their efforts were thwarted. Northerly winds added an extra chill ...
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Cricket Vettori on track to bowing out of test job
Just as cricket fans waited keenly for Daniel Vettori to earn a record 112th cap for New Zealand, his failure to be ready for the Headingley test raises questions whether his days donning white are over. He last played a test in July against the West Indies before Achilles tendon and groin problems ruled him out of contention for subsequent series against India, Sri Lanka, South Africa ...
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Cricket Help of major associations sought to plan tour matches three years ahead
Major associations are being asked for proposals on which international matches they would like to host for the next three summers. The intention is to offer them more certainty on what their requirements will be further out, and give plenty of time to put appropriate financial arrangements in place. The MAs are completing their expressions of interest and the next step of ...
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Balcombe stars for Hampshire
David Balcombe claimed a five-wicket haul as Hampshire reduced Lancashire to 252-9 on the opening day of their LV= County Championship Division Two clash at the Ageas Bowl.The visitors won the toss and elected to bat but were in danger of being skittled for a paltry total when Balcombe helped reduced them to 182-8. But an unbeaten knock of 93 from Andrea Agathangelou dug Lancashire out of ...
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Onions bags five-wicket haul
Graham Onions' second five-wicket haul of the season has put Durham in command of their LV= County Championship Division One match against Middlesex at Chester-le-Street.It could have been much worse for the visitors, who recovered from 35-5 to make 196 before Durham stretched their lead to 100 by reaching 37-0 in their second innings. Middlesex resumed on 11-2 and that became four inside ...
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Stevens frustrates Essex again
Darren Stevens continued to shine in between the rain at Chelmsford as Kent ended a shortened second day on 214-5.Having taken four wickets to help dismiss the hosts for 212 on Wednesday, all-rounder Stevens made a superb 91 not out to help Kent battle back from 43-4 in their first innings. The 37-year-old certainly seems to have a liking for playing at Essex's home - he made 119 not out ...
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Moeen ton powers Worcs
Moeen Ali's first century in the County Championship for nearly two years steered Worcestershire into a strong position in their Division Two clash with local rivals Gloucestershire at New Road.Having bowled out their neighbours for 234, Worcestershire moved into a lead of 68 with Moeen - dropped at mid-off on 99 by Liam Norwell - closing the second day on 122 not out in a total of 302-3. ...
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Defeat leaves Tresco ashamed
Somerset captain Marcus Trescothick admits he was embarrassed by his side's capitulation against Sussex earlier this week.The pre-season Division One title hopefuls slumped to a third defeat in six games but it was the manner of the defeat that hurt the former England opener. They were bowled out before lunch on the first day for 76 and only crept into double figures second time around ...
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First-day washout in England-NZ cricket
Rain meant there was no play on the first day of the second and final cricket Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley on Friday.Heavy overnight and early morning rain meant the square was still fully covered when the captains should have been tossing the coin at 10.30am.And after several showers, the umpires abandoned play for the day shortly before 4pm.England lead the series 1-0 ...
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Unchanged Royals bat in delayed start
After evening showers in Kolkata delayed the start of the virtual semi-final by an hour, Rajasthan Royals decided to bat against Mumbai Indians. Royals didn't make any change to the XI that beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in the eliminator. Mumbai, who would have batted too despite possibility of more rain, were still without Sachin Tendulkar. They did make one change, though. Munaf Patel, who ...
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Mumbai as a city must look to a progressive future
Homosexuality was only decriminalised last year in India, so it is natural that some old ways of thinking will linger, but the recent discrimination against a transgender individual in the city is an ugly reminder of the work yet to be done.
Mumbai is a massive city of over 11 million people, it is the capital of the world’s largest democracy, and is home to a cosmopolitan mix of people from all over the country and the world. Yet some in Mumbai remain, in many ways, social backward in many of their views toward traditional taboo issues such as homosexuality, bisexuality, transgender and cross-dressing. Read more
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