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Cricket One-Day Internationals clearly going through mid-life crisis
Cricket News: One-Day Internationals (ODIs) are clearly going through what is commonly termed as 'mid-life crisis.' In what seems like a good parting present, the ICC Champions Trophy in its final edition has thrown up a few surprises in the group stages that ended with the clash between Sri Lanka and Australia on ...
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Players commit to playing in Dhaka League
Bangladesh's professional cricketers have withdrawn their threat to boycott the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League. The decision was taken after assurances from the Bangladesh Cricket Board that the new gradation- and rotation-based system of players' transfers would only be applicable to this ...
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Cricket Australia to overhaul player behaviour code
Australia Cricket Australia (CA) will reform its code of behaviour and integrity processes after a review by former AFL policy-maker Adrian Anderson.Anderson, the ex-AFL football operations manager, was hired by CA to review how the sport dealt with issues such as player discipline and anti-corruption.Several recommendations for reform were broadly outlined by CA chief James Sutherland on ...
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Aussie TV bid to influence cricket team choices rejected
(50 mins ago) Cricket Australia has dismissed suggestions from executives at Channel Nine that the network should have a say in team selection under its lucrative new five-year broadcast deal. Nine managing director Jeff Browne told a business lunch n Wednesday the network needed the best players on the field all the time to maintain ratings, making clear it had concerns over CA's ...
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Australia deny TV influence
Cricket Australia has dismissed suggestions from executives at Channel Nine that the network should have a say in team selection.The Australian has signed a new five-year broadcast deal and managing director Jeff Browne told a business lunch on Wednesday that the network needed the best players on the field all the time to maintain ratings. Browne also made clear that Channel Nine had concerns ...
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Nine distances itself from MDs cricket comments
that it will not be drawn on comments made by its managing director Jeffrey Browne (pictured) suggesting the network will have influence over team selections under its new broadcast deal with Cricket ...
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Harris eyes Ashes call
Experienced paceman Ryan Harris is keen to make an impression during his return to competitive cricket when he lines up for Australia A against Gloucestershire in a tour match starting in Bristol on Friday.Harris hasn't played Test cricket for Australia since April 2012, but will get the chance to stake his claim for the upcoming Ashes series when he lines up for Australia A in the ...
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Sports Briefing | Cricket England Advances to Champions Trophy Final
Host England sauntered into the Champions Trophy final after South Africa was bowled out for 175 in fairly benign conditions. England will play the winner of a semifinal between India and Sri Lanka in ...
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Alastair Cook challenges players to handle pressure of Champions Trophy final and seize the day
Cook's team crushed South Africa in such emphatic fashion that the Proteas' coach, Gary Kirsten, admitted they had lived up to their "chokers" tag.For England, there were only reasons to celebrate: a seven-wicket victory that took them to Sunday's final at Edgbaston and the news that their absent team-mate Tim Bresnan had become a father.Max Geoffrey Bresnan was born at ...
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James Lawton Firmer fist will be required to win Champions Trophy final battle with stouter foe
They had James Anderson at the peak of his powers, a man strong in the knowledge that on a muggy morning at The Oval no one had more reason to believe he could achieve anything he ...
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Champions Trophy Rain or shine its a gloomy forecast for Sri Lanka
India, the World Cup holders, have been the team of the Champions Trophy. Relaxed, assertive, controlled they have won all three matches at a ...
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Champions Trophy Jonathan Trott’s style is made to measure as England get an easy ride
England swept aside South Africa today to reach the final of the Champions Trophy. It was in every sense a formality, almost from first ball to last, a point that arrived with 75 balls ...
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Cook Its our turn for title
Alastair Cook has vowed to lead England to their maiden one-day international title after cruising into the final of the ICC Champions Trophy. The host nation thrashed South Africa by seven wickets in a one-sided semi-final at the Oval in which the Proteas did well to make 175 after slumping to 80-8. Superb spells from James Anderson and James Tredwell bowled England into a dominant position, ...
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England beat South Africa to reach Champions Trophy final – as it happened
England's Jonathan Trott celebrates after he hit the winning boundary in the Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa. Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty ...
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IPL Spot-Fixing IPL spot-fixing Suspects action cost him RR spot
Talking Sport Harsha BhogleI am writing this soon after watching the Rajasthan Royals, rocked by intrigue and glued by commitment, make a heartwarming entry into the final eliminator of what has, from a purely cricketing point of view, been an outstanding IPL. They have added drama, largely unwanted, and as a result have demanded newer skills of its players, the ability to play under the shadow ...
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PCB in turmoil after chairmans suspension
of Zaka Ashraf as chairman is having its deepest impact on the team's tour of the West Indies in the middle of July, starting with the memorandum of understanding between two boards and the selection of the team. It has also led to a delay in the PCB budget this year that, among other things, could affect salaries and player ...
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Kieran Powells fifty guides West Ind...
Opener Kieran Powell followed his hundred with a solid fifty as the West Indies reached 124-1 at tea on the fourth day of the first cricket Test against Bangladesh here today.The 22-year-old right-handed batsman was unbeaten on 56 and with him Darren Bravo was batting on 42 as the visitors now lead by 95 runs with a draw the most likely result on an unhelpful pitch for bowlers at Shere Bangla ...
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No excuses from De Villiers
South Africa captain AB de Villiers' could not hide his frustration as his side went down to a comprehensive seven wicket defeat to England in their Champions Trophy semi-final. The result, which extends their record in tournament semi-finals to just one win in nine, was never seriously in doubt despite a late flurry from the tail-enders. They recovered from 80-8 as David Miller (56no) ...
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MS Dhoni happy with young India side for Champions Trophy semi-final
MS Dhoni has praised the role of the former England coach Duncan Fletcher in the development of a new young India team who are aiming to follow Fletcher's former employers into Sunday's Champions Trophy final.India take on Sri Lanka in the second semi-final in Cardiff on ...
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Mathews Revenge not an issue
Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews insists they will not be seeking revenge when they play India in the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy on Thursday.India claimed a six-wicket victory to win the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai, with MS Dhoni's side winning seven of the last 10 ODIs that have been played since. But Mathews is keen to stress they will be solely focused on the game in ...
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Harris to return from injury
Australian quick bowler Ryan Harris has revealed he will make his comeback from an achilles injury for Australia 'A'. The seamer will take to the field against Gloucestershire for the first time since the injury forced him home early from the IPL. The 33-year-old will be hoping he can show enough in the coming weeks to persuade captain Michael Clarke and the selectors that he is ...
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Teams fret more over rain than familiar opponents
at The Oval , there were plenty of non-Australians cheering them on, just so that the cricket world will be spared yet another India-Sri Lanka ODI. In the last five years, the two sides have met a mind numbing 44 times in ODIs, and will face off again in a tri-series in the Caribbean starting next week. The teams are so familiar with each other and their strategies that MS Dhoni said: "You ...
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Dhoni Past has no bearing
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni does not believe that recent one-day results against Sri Lanka will have any bearing on Thursday's Champions Trophy semi-final between the sides.India enjoy a good recent record against Sri Lanka, having won seven of the 10 ODI's between the two since also beating them in the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai. But Dhoni said: "What has happened ...
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Collier ECB Aussies closer
Chief executive David Collier says the ECB's relationship with Cricket Australia (CA) has improved because of the David Warner affair.Warner punched England batsman Joe Root in a Birmingham bar earlier this month, and CA immediately suspended the Australia star. Warner subsequently apologised in public and in private, but he will not be available for selection until the first Ashes Test at ...
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The Spin | Indias Shikhar Dhawan the most watchable player in Champions Trophy | Rob Bagchi
The only dampener during a breezy swansong for the Champions Trophy has been the rain. Pessimistic forecasts for Thursday's semi-final in Cardiff and Sunday's final at Edgbaston are pregnant with the threat that at best Duckworth-Lewis will have a significant bearing on the tournament's denouement and at worst we may have to resign ourselves to an anti-climactic repeat ...
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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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