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Short form of cricket spoils youths players
The appeal towards cricket among youths has increased manifold since the inception of IPL and T-20 games. Such is the attraction that the interest among youths to become doctors and engineers has taken second place. However, the fatal part of this attraction is the match fixing and spot fixing incidents, which have recently come into ...
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Hodge thrilled with win after emotional week
"It was a close contest and that is exactly where you need your experience to get a team over the line," Hodge told the IPL site. "This is the most thrilling game I have ever played in the IPL. I have played for Kolkata Knight Riders and Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the past editions. This is the first time with Rajasthan Royals and I am delighted to win the game for the ...
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Is the whole IPL 6 fixed Two more cricket teams on police radar
In a startling revelation, sources in the Delhi Police have told Headlines Today that players of two more franchise are on their radar for IPL spot-fixing.The Delhi Police Special Cell says that they are gathering more credible evidence before they finally lay their hands on these players.The cops are getting crucial leads from the ongoing interrogation of three arrested players and ...
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Cricket Australia Bulls looking into Lynns tweets on Teo case
Brisbane 4000 Queensland batsman Chris Lynn could find himself in hot water after using Twitter to opine about assault allegations levelled against NRL player Ben Te'o.Te'o released a statement on Wednesday saying he had not "acted improperly" after a Brisbane woman said she was left bleeding and abandoned with a fractured eye socket from an alleged assault by the South ...
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One on One Brad Haddin
We caught up for a quick chat with Australian vice captain Brad Haddin to discover how many NRL apps he's downloaded and why he's hell bent on re-claiming that little urn of Ashes in England.AL: The important question first: How do you plan to keep up with the NRL while you're away?BH: (Laughs) That is important! Online. I won't miss my Raiders games while I'm away. ...
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David Warner fined for Twitter comments
Australia batsman David Warner has been hit with the maximum fine available after pleading guilty to breaching the Cricket Australia code of ...
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County Championship round-up Graham Napier hits fifth half-century in nine innings
Graham Napier will always be best known for his extraordinary ability to hit the ball out of the ground - he has twice struck 16 sixes in an innings, in a Championship match as well as his then world record Twenty20 innings against Sussex in 2008 - but those monstrous feats naturally did not happen every week. Nowadays, he is more of a little-and-often contributor for Essex by comparison. ...
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England v New Zealand We will try to win it with words says Neil Wagner
There will be a barrage of invective, insults and possibly innuendo from New Zealand. The way that Neil Wagner, the tourists' left-arm swing bowler, described it, it sounds like huge fun - and if they should manage to get under England's skin before the Ashes then so be it.In a candid assessment of his team's intentions Wagner outlined his approach to each of the opposition ...
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Joe Root remains grounded as dream of Yorkshire Test hits home
Two Yorkshiremen will be making their first Test appearance on their home ground tomorrow. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow are viewed by many as the future of England's batting and this match will be a significant step for ...
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Phil Mustard shows strength to slow early leaders Middlesex
Phil Mustard's half-century held together a Durham innings that had threatened to subside feebly enough to gloss over some shortcomings in Middlesex's catching after the First Division leaders had backed their bowlers to repeat last season's first-day gains on this ...
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Carberry form too hot for Lancashire
Michael Carberry continued his excellent form in the Yorkshire Bank 40 as holders Hampshire extended their lead at the top of Group B with a nine-wicket victory against Lancashire at the Ageas Bowl. Carberry finished on his career-best one-day score of 150 not out as Hampshire chased down a target of 245 with six overs to spare. The opening batsman, who hit 96 against Durham last Sunday, ...
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Durham 259 Middlesex 11-2 | County Championship Division One match report
Durham's Phil Mustard reached his half-century with a disciplined display against Middlesex in the Division One match. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty ...
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Kent make encouraging start
LV County Championship - Division OneCanterbury - Day FourKent 327 (M J Walker 142) & 419-6 dec (R W T Key 182, M J Walker 157) v Lancashire 317 (G Chapple 88, S G Law 66, M J Chilton 53, M J Saggers 5-43) & 208-3 (P J Horton 69, S J Croft 59 no)Kent (10pts) drew with Lancashire (10pts) Lancashire were left frustrated as Kent did enough in their second innings to claim a share of the ...
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Glamorgans Jim Allenby makes hay before Leicestershire collapse
Joshua Cobb top-scored with 29 as Leicestershire were dismissed for 142 by Glamorgan in a County Championship Division Two game. Photograph: Harry Engels/Getty ...
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Afghan cricket captains dad abducted
UNKNOWN gunmen have dragged the father of Afghanistan's cricket captain from his car on the outskirts of Jalalabad city and have taken him hostage, officials ...
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North fires for Glamorgan
Marcus North and Murray Goodwin hit half centuries as Glamorgan enjoyed the better of the first day's play against Leicestershire in their LV= County Championship Division Two game at Grace Road.Put into bat on a damp, cloudy morning, Glamorgan reached 256-5 before bad light brought an early end to the day with 5.2 overs remaining. North scored 68 and Goodwin 57 to turn things round for ...
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Mumbai hopeful of Tendulkar recovery
Sachin Tendulkar's participation in the second qualifier on May 24, despite the batsman suffering a wrist injury for which the normal recovery time is around three ...
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Cricket Injury rules Watling out of second test
New Zealand wicketkeeper B-J Watling was late last night ruled out of the second cricket test against England with his left knee injury. Captain Brendon McCullum will take the gloves for the match, with Martin Guptill coming into the batting line-up. He will bat at 6; McCullum moves to 7. Watling had appeared to be moving freely in training at Headingley earlier but the decision ...
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Cricket A pint a pie and straight to the nets
The chances of a Kiwi randomly turning up to a New Zealand cricket practice this week and being selected to play an international are about as likely as Prince Philip singing lead vocals on Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. However, Chris Pringle could be forgiven for asking himself the song's opening lyric "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?" when he wandered along in jeans and a T-shirt 23 ...
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New Zealand look to prey upon Englands preâ€Ashes tension
There will be a hint of Fawlty Towers in England's approach to the second Test against New Zealand this week, with Andy Flower adopting the role of John Cleese to insist that his players do not mention the Ashes. But Nick Compton and Jonny Bairstow, the two batsmen battling for one place in the series that must not be mentioned - assuming Kevin Pietersen is fit - can expect plenty of ...
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Borren to lead against South Africa
On May 28, Netherlands' YB40 squad will travel to Amsterdam for the Canal Bike Race against the South Africans. They will then practice for two days in Amstelveen before the ODI. Squad: Peter Borren (capt), Wesley Barresi, Tom Cooper, Daan van Bunge, Mudassar Bukhari, Tom de Grooth, Tim Gruijters, James Gruijters, Tom Heggelman, Ahsan Malik, Paul van Meekeren, Stephan Myburgh, Pieter ...
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Mohammad Nabis father kidnapped
It's really very pitiful . I am feeling very sad for Mohammad Nabi .He is a wonderful player and a jolly person .I wonder how could one do this to him .He claims that he has no enmity with anybody and he isn't a millionaire either so that one might abduct his father and ask him for the ransom . Our sorrow and sympathy are with you dear captain ...
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England women signal intent with new director of cricket and head coach
replace the former coach Mark Lane .Lane's departure was confirmed last week after England underperformed in each of their past two major tournaments, losing in the final of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka last September and failing to make the final of the 50-over World Cup this year.The England and Wales Cricket Board has responded by bolstering its coaching set-up along the lines of the ...
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Sunrisers bat Ishant back
Cameron White called correctly in the first knockout match of the IPL season, and like MS Dhoni had a day ago, decided to bat at the Kotla. Rahul Dravid was not sure what to do had he won, but said he would have probably batted as well. He said the season had been full of ups and downs for his side, and the last week, with the spot-fixing controversy, had been a particularly testing ...
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Crickets Samsung Galaxy S4 sells June 7 for $600
LoJack for Samsung Galaxy S4 goes hardcore on thieves The superpremium handset sells for the hefty sum of $599.99, but buyers can also put $55 down and space out monthly payments . Cricket's version of ...
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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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