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Cricket bosss relative faces fixing probe
The son-in-law of the most powerful man in Indian cricket is likely to be questioned by police in Mumbai later on Friday as part of investigations into spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League.Gurunath Meiyappan, whose father-in-law is Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narainswamy Srinivasan, is reported to have been in touch with Bollywood actor Vindoo Randhawa.Randhawa is alleged ...
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Shukla meets law minister over anti-corruption law
Rajiv Shukla, the IPL chairman, and Arun Jaitley, the BCCI vice-president, have met the federal law minister, Kapil Sibal, in Delhi over the planned legislation to deal with corruption in sports. The two are also likely to meet the sports minister, Jitendra ...
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Cricket McCullums keeping duties a one-off
Brendon McCullum's decision to answer the New Zealand team's wicketkeeping SOS is his first test behind the stumps since playing Australia in March 2010. Opposition batsmen (and the television audience) will get used to his catchphrase "C'mon lads'', booming through the Headingley stump microphones as he leads New Zealand in search of their first win at the venue in 30 years. The 1983 ...
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Cricket NSW appoints former Cricket Australia executive
Sydney 2000 Cricket New South Wales has confirmed the appointment of former Cricket Australia head of strategy Andrew Jones as its new chief executive.Jones comes into the position during a tumultuous time for cricket in the state after former chief Brad Gilbert had stood down in January following 11 years in the role.The Blues firstly sacked coach Anthony Stuart last season but that led to ...
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Pakistan Ireland tie in Dublin
Pakistan and Ireland played out a thrilling tie in the first one-day international at the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin on Thursday.A knock of 84 from Asad Shafiq and Mohammed Afeez's 122 not out set the tone for the tourists, as they posted 266 in an innings reduced to 47 overs by rain.The weather interruption left Ireland needing 276 to win by virtue of the Duckworth-Lewis method, ...
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England v New Zealand Battle for Ashes place as Kevin Pietersen hovers in the wings
There will be a sense of relief all round when the first Test series is done. England, 1-0 ahead against New Zealand with one to play after the remarkable win at Lord's, may then be able to concentrate on the rest of the summer and you know ...
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Durhams Graham Onions takes five to cut Middlesex down to size
Nothing sharpens the focus for a cricketer with ambition like an Ashes series and its presence on the horizon has coincided with Graham Onions's return to top form.On a delayed second day punctuated by five stoppages for rain and hail, Onions completed the 18th five-wicket haul of his career to ...
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Dublin draw crushes OBrien
Kevin O'Brien was left distraught after Ireland were denied a famous one-day victory against Pakistan.O'Brien swept the final ball from Saeed Ajmal for four to level the scores and leave the hosts agonisingly short of a first-ever Dublin triumph against a Test-playing nation. "We're not here to tie the game, we're here to win it so that's why it feels a little bit ...
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Potent Graham Onions adds some flavour to Durhams Championship hopes
Of the counties occupying the top four places in the First Division table, Durham's title credentials are seen as the least convincing, yet so long as England do not decide to factor Graham Onions into their Ashes plans, they will remain at least dangerous ...
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County Championship round-up Joy for Sussex at the expense of Somerset
Sussex moved to the top of the Championship - temporarily at least - by piling more misery on Somerset, who have now suffered two crushing defeats in a row. Dismissed for 76 in their first innings, the Cidermen subsided with only marginal improvement second time around, bowled out for 108, with Jos Buttler's 29 their highest score in the match. The game, only in its second day, was over by ...
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Kenyan Cooperation with ICC Questioned
An April 2011 Combination picture shows Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta, who was finance minister, and William Ruto, former Higher Education Minister at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The ...
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Glamorgan suffer day of rain and missed opportunities at Leicester
Glamorgan first team this season after graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in mathematics, has an action that brings the former Durham and England pace man very much to mind. The pace and bounce he obtains are not dissimilar either.That he did not bowl until 5pm was mainly down to the weather - only 41.2 overs were possible, and none at all in the afternoon session - but also ...
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Cricket Vettori ruled out of Leeds test
Daniel Vettori has been ruled out of playing the second cricket test against England at Headingley. Doug Bracewell has been picked in his place, meaning New Zealand will play four pace bowlers in a gamble to level the series. Vettori could not guarantee his fitness over five days of a test if he was required to exert himself under a heavy bowling workload. "We gave it our best shot, he didn't ...
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Cook lays down KP gauntlet
England captain Alastair Cook admits his batsmen have an added incentive to do well in the second Test against New Zealand which starts at Headingley on Friday.Kevin Pietersen is expected to return for the series against Australia later this summer and this will be the last chance the likes of Jonny Bairstow, Nick Compton and Joe Root will get to impress in the five-day format before the Ashes. ...
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Kevin Pietersen progressing well for Ashes return says Alastair Cook
England's Kevin Pietersen is said to be making good progress in his battle to be fit for the start of the Ashes at Trent Bridge on 10 July. Photograph: Back Page ...
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County cricket – as it happened
Richard Rae reports It was probably inevitable that after the debacle that was their first innings, Leicestershire should not lose a wicket in the morning session after following on. Greg Smith and Michael Thornely are the heroes, each on 42, though the fact they're both still there doesn't necessarily mean they've played an awful lot better than they did in the first dig. They ...
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Train players in anti-corruption code suggests franchise
Following the arrest of three players for alleged spot-fixing, an official from a franchise in the IPL has indicated that the BCCI needs to be more stringent about compliance with its anti-corruption measures, and has suggested the introduction of a mandatory certification programme in the anti-corruption code for all participants in the ...
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Cricket Standing the test of time
Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ...
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Cricket Southees blooming adds rosier tinge to England showing
Tim Southee's coming of age as leader of New Zealand's test attack was one of the rosier elements of the first test against England. Set aside the final-day capitulation a moment, and Southee's 10 for 108 off 47.2 overs shone in a highly impressive collective bowling performance. Remember, last year Southee wasn't picked for three successive tests - four out of five - because of his ordinary ...
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Cricket Batsmens latest strategy - footwork and patience
Footwork and patience have been watchwords for New Zealand's batting ahead of the second test at Headingley, starting tonight. Coach Mike Hesson described the team as "stunned" after their collapse for 68 against England at Lord's. The visitors have no doubt suffered a painful introspection. However, it was still a touch disconcerting to see balls disappearing into the stands or wafted into the ...
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Cricket Pakistani umpire cut from Champions Trophy
Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf was withdrawn from next month's Champions Trophy by the ICC on Thursday because Indian police are investigating his performances during the ongoing IPL. "In the wake of reports we feel that is in Asad's best interests, as well as those of the sport and the event itself, that he is withdrawn from participating in the ICC Champions Trophy," the International Cricket ...
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Cricket Standing the test of time
Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ...
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Cricket Standing the test of time
Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ...
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Cricket Standing the test of time
Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ...
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Cricket Standing the test of time
Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ...
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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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