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Race on to avoid ignominy of bottom place
Big Picture Despite three years of unremitting mediocrity, the fans of Pune Warriors have faithfully turned up to cheer on their side. It will be a testament to their loyalty if they show up in numbers for Warriors' final game of the season, which pits their team against Delhi Daredevils, another side which has had an utterly forgettable season. The only interest in the game will be to see ...
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Bangalore still in the hunt
Royal Challengers Bangalore kept their IPL playoff hopes alive after beating Chennai Super Kings by 24 runs in an eight-over slog.Needing at least two points from the game to have any chance of securing a top four slot, the hosts' hopes looked set to be wiped out by the weather. However, to the relief of the RCB players and crowd the rain finally abated at the Chinnaswamy Stadium and the ...
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Joe Roots dismissal gives New Zealand space to regain edge on England
Joe Root and Jonathan Trott England seemed to be sitting pretty: 159 for two and the lead 184. But then they contrived to lose four wickets for 12 runs in the closing overs.Game deliciously on.The serenity of the Root/Trott partnership proved to be an illusion. With that 21st century juxtaposition of bright sunshine and the floodlights blazing at full blast through the afternoon batsmen ...
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First hour on Sunday is going to be crucial says Englands Joe Root
Matt Prior suffered the first pair of his Test career as England squandered a hard-earned advantage with a Saturdayyesterday evening slump at Lord's. They had enjoyed comfortably the best of the third day of the first Test, taking the last six New Zealand wickets for 52 - James Anderson claiming the 13th five-wicket haul of his career and Steve Finn ending with four - extending their lead ...
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Spot-Fixing Of Cricket Shocks India
The biggest news in India these days has nothing whatsoever to do with never-ending concerns about confrontation with Pakistan or border disputes with China. The story would seem to be strictly an internal affair -- but with far-reaching implications. As proclaimed in screaming banner headlines across the top of page one of the Times of India, the world's largest-selling English-language ...
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Super Kings bowl in 8-over game
The Bangalore crowd and the Royal Challengers Bangalore unit waited anxiously for more than two and a half hours for the toss, and when it did happen, Chennai Super Kings opted to bowl. Persistent evening rain threatened a total washout, but the rain eventually relented and the outfield had dried up sufficiently for a eight overs-a-side match. Play was set to begin at 11pm, three hours after the ...
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Thrilling Essex win stills talk of crisis
Essex 345 ( Bopara 145, Hogan 6-70) and 275-5 (Westley 88, Mickleburgh 66) beat Glamorgan 231 (Walters 67, Allenby 77, Masters 5-44) and 388 (Wallace 101, Walters 98, Masters 3-116) by 5 ...
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Cricket England v New Zealand Day Three - Evening session report
A flurry of late wickets got New Zealand back in the game after it appeared that some excellent batting from Joe Root and Jonathan Trott had taken the game away from New Zealand in this evening's session on Day Three at ...
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IPL 6 Adam Gilchrist signs off career with Harbhajan Singhs wicket
Kings XI captain and wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist picked up a wicket with his first and last ball in IPL cricket, as Harbhajan Singh was the batsman to be ...
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Cricket NZ fight back leaves test in balance
The cricketing duel between New Zealand and England extended throughout the third day but the 123-run third wicket partnership between Jonathan Trott (56) and Joe Root (71) did its best to break a series deadlock which extends back to Dunedin in March. Apart from three run out scares, one of which saw B-J Watling leave the field with a left knee injury at 104 for two, the pair nullified ...
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BCCI unlikely to impose life ban during meeting
The BCCI working committee, which will meet in Chennai on Sunday, is unlikely to impose a life ban on the four cricketers allegedly involved in spot-fixing. The emergent working committee was called to discuss the implications of the involvement of Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan, Ajit Chandila and Amit Singh in the spot-fixing ...
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Cricket Expat club plays crucial role for all sorts of Kiwis
Fancy a spot of cricket at the Duke of Richmond's estate? How about rolling the arm over at the Honourable Artillery Company barracks? Anyone want to wield the willow in Ibiza? If you're a member of the London New Zealand Cricket Club these venues are all part of this year's annual fixture list. Okay, Ibiza is an exception - it's the first overseas tour by the club for years - but the ...
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Cricket Taylor leads again to set pace for a strong reply
Cricket leadership comes in different ways. Ross Taylor mightn't adjust the field and deliver the team talks for the New Zealand team any more, but he led by example with the bat against England. His 66 from 72 balls - including 50 in 49 balls - set the tone for the New Zealand innings, having come to the wicket in the seventh over with the score seven for two. In his ...
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Cricket Quiet achiever grasps chance
When the subject of New Zealand's recent test cricket improvement is raised, phrases like "quality young pace bowling line-up", "promising top six" and "innovative captaincy" roll near the top of the performance credits. One area of excellence tends to be overlooked: the wicketkeeping and batting of BJ Watling. It's easily done. Watling doesn't publicly trumpet his achievements. Even on ...
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Notts seamers see off Surrey
Nottinghamshire seamers Harry Gurney and Paul Franks picked up three wickets apiece as the home side inflicted defeat on Surrey at Trent Bridge for the first time since 1992.Surrey began the day on 73-3 as they chased a further 186 to secure the win on day four of the Division One clash, but five wickets in the morning session effectively spelt the end of their run chase, as the hosts claimed a ...
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Benkenstein blow for Durham
Durham's one-day captain Dale Benkenstein is set for a spell on the sidelines after injuring his shoulder.The batsman needs on operation after hurting his shoulder whilst fielding during Durham's County Championship Division One victory over Surrey last week. He will have an operation on Wednesday and it is not yet know how long he will be out for though Durham hope he will be back ...
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IPL 2013 First man to take 100 wickets Lasith Malinga pays tribute to Mahela Jayawardene
With a trademark toe-crushing yorker on a batting deck at Dharamsala, the Sri Lankan quickie reached 100 Indian Premier League wickets, confirming his status as one of the greatest T20 bowlers in the ...
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Derbyshire staring at defeat
Derbyshire are staring down a fourth consecutive defeat after they ended the third day of the LV= County Championship Division One match against Sussex at Derby only 11 runs ahead with three second innings wickets standing.Michael Yardy made 153 as Sussex took their first innings total to 401 and a lead of 178 with Derbyshire fast bowler Mark Footitt claiming a career-best 6-120, but their ...
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IPL Cricket Mumbai Indians opt to bowl Kings XI Punjab 1838
Senior Mumbai batsman Sachin Tendulkar is not playing the match as he has not recovered from his hand injury. Kings XI Punjab 183/8 (20.0/20 overs) Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field Innings break Kings XI Punjab RR 9.15 Last 5 ovs 52/6 RR 10.40 Current time: 17:42 local, 12:12 GMT Twenty20 career Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 5 ovs Mat Runs HS ...
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Sreesanths belongings seized - Mumbai Police
Mumbai Police has seized "what appear to be" the belongings of Sreesanth and Jiju Janardhan - both arrested by Delhi police on spot-fixing allegations - from hotel rooms booked in their names at a five-star hotel in Mumbai. The police has received the legal permission to take mirror images of the laptop, and has also asked for CCTV footage from the hotel to further investigate in the ...
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Tendulkar out Kings XI inserted in Gilchrists last
Adam Gilchrist was set to be the opening act of his final IPL match after Mumbai Indians put his side in. Gilchrist didn't have the company of fellow 40-year-plus, Sachin Tendulkar, who was yet to recover from his hand injury, which had kept him out of the last game ...
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Warners Twitter fight Cricket Australia to launch probe
Cricket Australia says it is attempting to contact test opener David Warner over reported comments he made on Twitter in terse and often angry exchanges with two ...
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Sri Lanka wait on Welegedara
Sri Lanka pace bowler Chanaka Welegedara has emerged as a doubt for the ICC Champions Trophy with a foot injury.Welegedara was hurt playing for the Rest of Sri Lanka against Sri Lanka A in Pallekele on Friday, having to leave the field after bowling only 2.4 overs. The 32-year-old has been plagued by injury over the last 12 months, groin and hamstring problems meaning he has only managed to ...
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CA probe Warner tweets
Cricket Australia are investigating a Twitter outburst from opening batsman David Warner.A series of expletive-filled posts attacking two senior Australian cricket journalists - Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn - appeared on Warner's account, @davidwarner31. "Cricket Australia is aware of comments made on David Warner's Twitter account overnight," the governing body ...
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BCCI could press charges against tainted trio - Srinivasan
N Srinivasan , the BCCI president, has said that "no punishment is too little" for the cricketers involved in the spot-fixing scandal. If Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan are proven guilty, the board will press legal charges if allowed, Srinivasan told Indian news channel CNN-IBN. Asked if deterrent steps like sending culprits to jail were necessary, Srinivasan said he had ...
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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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