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England will bank on ground advantage to reach Champions Trophy final | Mike Selvey
England's Graeme Swann looks on during nets at The Oval before Wednesday's Champions Trophy semi-final v South Africa. Photograph: Matthew Lewis/Getty ...
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England v South Africa the key clashes
Amla had the Indian sign over the English last year, carrying his eye-catching form from a successful three-Test series (482 runs at an average of 120.50) into the drawn one-day contest that followed (335 at 111.66). There was a career-best 150 rattled up at the Rose Bowl, and an unbeaten 97 accumulated at Trent Bridge, with the opener irresistible and the home side rendered blunt. Anderson, ...
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Cricket Hesson promises new faces
After winning and losing close Champions Trophy matches to Sri Lanka and England respectively and with a washout tracking similarly against Australia, New Zealand's ageing squad faces questions on how they get more sustained success and less of a clinging-to-the-lifeboats mentality from tournament play. It is particularly relevant with national contracts on the agenda over the next ...
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England dogged by reverse-swing issue on eve of South Africa semi-final
South Africa's captain AB de Villiers said on reverse swing: 'It's something the umpires and the ICC will probably look into.' Photograph: Kirsty ...
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Cummins to make comeback
Young Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins is set to make his long-awaited return from injury on Wednesday.However, his return will come in an unfamiliar shirt as he appears for the Northern Ireland Cricket Academy in Belfast. Regarded as one of Australia's brightest young pace prospects, Cummins will play for the hosts after an agreement between Cricket Australia and Cricket Ireland. The ...
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England to wait on Bresnan
England are waiting on the availability of all-rounder Tim Bresnan ahead of Wednesday's ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa.The Yorkshireman, 28, has been on standby for the birth of his first child since the start of the competition and left the team camp on Tuesday to be with his pregnant wife. Early signs suggest Bresnan will not return in time to face the Proteas, and ...
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Cook identifies Amla threat
Alastair Cook has identified Hashim Amla as the main threat to England's chances of reaching the ICC Champions Trophy final.Amla will open South Africa's innings alongside Colin Ingram in the first of the two semi-finals at The Oval on Wednesday. The England skipper is all too aware of the right-hander's abilities, having watched him compile an unbeaten 311 during the ...
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Australia not to be ruled out
Australia's chairman of selectors says the tourists cannot be written off ahead of this summer's Ashes despite a frustrating run-up to the series.Australia, who are currently without captain Michael Clarke after suffering a back injury in his side's 4-0 Test defeat by India, were eliminated from the Champions Trophy on Monday after losing to both the hosts England and Sri Lanka. ...
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The Light Roller There is only one team worthy of the Champions Trophy
With the group stage of the Champions Trophy now at an end it is not precisely clear what we have learned about the top eight teams in the world. The semi-finalists are those many predicted and India look a very strong bet indeed (if that's allowed) to win the thing. But what's mainly apparent is that, India aside, there is a heck of a lot of mediocrity (or would inconsistency ...
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Australia low on confidence ahead of Ashes says George Bailey - video
Australia stand-in captain George Bailey says his team are low on confidence with the Ashes fast approaching, after crashing out of the ICC Champions Trophy to Sri Lanka on Monday. However, Bailey says Test cricket is a 'different mindset' and that the Ashes tend to bring out 'something special in both ...
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Sri Lanka beat Australia to reach Champions Trophy semi-finals - video highlights
Sri Lanka cruise past an Australian side missing captain Michael Clarke on Monday and booked their place in the Champions Trophy semi-finals. Sri Lanka set a first innings total of 254 with Mahela Jayawardene top-scoring on 84 not out. In reply, Australia are bowled out for 233 using just 42 of their ...
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Nadir Shah issues mercy letter to BCB
10-year ban after a BCB investigation found him guilty of corruption after a Indian TV channel's sting operation in 2012. "I have submitted a mercy letter addressing the board president [Nazmul Hassan], and it [has been] received by the [acting] CEO [Nizamuddin Ahmed]," Shah said. "I have asked to lift the ban that the cricket board has issued against me as I have already ...
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Scotland to host Kenya in five-match series
Cricket Scotland has announced that Kenya will tour Scotland for a five-match series between June 30 to July 10. The teams will play two World Cricket League (WCL) Championship matches, two T20 matches and an Intercontinental Cup fixture. All matches will be played at the Mannofield ground in ...
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Steyn a doubt for semi-final
South Africa team manager Dr Mohammed Moosajee has confirmed that Dale Steyn may be forced to miss his side's ICC Champions Trophy semi-final with England on Wednesday at the Oval.The Proteas have reached the semi-final stage after victories over Pakistan and the West Indies despite the absence of key players such as Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis, with fast bowler Morne Morkel also ...
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Cricket At Champions Trophy All Eyes Are on the Skies
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IPL 2013 IPL 2013 Away at home Virat Kohli strikes
Joginder Sharma to Misbah-ul-Haq: Sharma serves a length delivery, which the right-hander attempts to scoop it over the short fine-leg region. He gets bat on ball, but fails to get the connection, and plays it straight down the ...
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Champions Trophy 2013 Out of comfort zone India will have to deal with new ODI rules
Joginder Sharma to Misbah-ul-Haq: Sharma serves a length delivery, which the right-hander attempts to scoop it over the short fine-leg region. He gets bat on ball, but fails to get the connection, and plays it straight down the ...
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Clarke to continue recovery
Michael Clarke will stay in London and continue his recovery from injury ahead of this week's tour match against Gloucestershire.Michael Clarke will stay in London and continue his recovery from injury ahead of this week's tour match against Gloucestershire. Clarke, who suffered a back injury in his side's 4-0 Test series defeat by India, is confident he will be fit in time for ...
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Village cricket team forced out by health and safety fears
Bacton Cricket Club, which has played in the Norfolk village since 1934, was ordered to stop using proper cricket balls on its pitch despite no-one actually being ...
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Dad sues cricket coach over captaincy
Pietermaritzburg - The father of a KwaZulu-Natal high school pupil dropped from his school's cricket team is suing the coach, The Times reported on ...
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Spot-Fixing IPL spot-fixing Sreesanths friend Abhishek Shukla gets bail
Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said there was a possibility of involvement of an IPL team besides Rajasthan Royals in spot fixing but said no "breakthrough" has come in this regard so far."There is a possibility of involvement of another IPL team," Kumar said when asked on the involvement of more IPL teams in the spot-fixing scandal.He said Delhi Police were ...
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Spot-Fixing Arjuna Ranatunga IPL never gave anything to Indian cricket
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Spot-Fixing IPL spot-fixing If bowler was fixed what was batsman doing asks court
Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said there was a possibility of involvement of an IPL team besides Rajasthan Royals in spot fixing but said no "breakthrough" has come in this regard so far."There is a possibility of involvement of another IPL team," Kumar said when asked on the involvement of more IPL teams in the spot-fixing scandal.He said Delhi Police were ...
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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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