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Cricket Fortune will favour the brave
To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of apathy towards the New Zealand cricketers are always exaggerated. The test team prepared to face an examination of their batting technique and fortitude overnight, depending on the toss outcome. The loss of six wickets for less than 40 runs three times in the last six tests means the demand for action from former players and readers has been ...
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Cricket Calls for BCCI boss to go after relative arrested
Calls have been made for the removal of "the most powerful man in world cricket" after his son-in-law was arrested for spot-fixing just before his team, the Chennai Super Kings, were to play in the Twenty20 Indian Premier League final. A top official of the Chennai Super Kings, Gurunath Meiyappan, who is the son-in-law of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Narainswamy ...
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The Indian League of Litigation
Behind the billion-dollar deals and million-dollar salaries, the IPL has been the subject of much litigation, apart from frequent investigation by federal authorities in India. Here are some of the most serious documented instances of litigation or investigation involving the BCCI and/or its ...
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Cricket-Roots composed half-century steadies England
video Joe Root's composed half-century steadied England after lunch on day two of the second and final test against New Zealand at Headingley on ...
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England v New Zealand second Test - Latest report from Headingley
Local hero and rising star of English cricket, Joe Root, combined well with Ian Bell after the break to bat England back into the match. The pair put on a partnership of 79 with Root the dominant partner as New Zealand struggled to make further inroads into England's batting. They thought they had Bell LBW, when Tim Southee crashed one into his pads and Marais Erasmus raised his ...
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A final fighting for relevance
Big Picture The IPL final takes place in Kolkata on Sunday, but all the news surrounding the tournament is about events off the field. As Indian cricket and its fans grapple with the dismaying allegations of the past week, the old Apartheid-era slogan - No normal sport in an abnormal society - comes to mind. However, despite the formal charges of corruption against top Super Kings official ...
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Adelaide Ovals Ultimate Membership row over equal access to cricket and footy
ADELAIDE Oval's Ultimate Membership offer, marketed as the state's platinum sport season ticket, is a dead duck. About 6500 applicants for the package will learn on Sunday morning that the vision of a South Australian version of the Melbourne Cricket Club - where members have access to all sport events at one arena - has been taken off the table as cracks begin to show again in the ...
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N Srinivasans rise in the BCCI
2001: N Srinivasan enters cricket administration in his home state of Tamil Nadu, as an ally of former BCCI president, AC Muthiah. 2002: Becomes president of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. 2005: Srinivasan is appointed BCCI treasurer after forming an informal alliance with Indian politician Sharad Pawar, in a bid to cast then board president Jagmohan Dalmiya out from the BCCI's ...
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Ind vs Pak M S Dhonis valiant ton go...
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Mr Cricket is now Mr Family Hussey ca...
Michael Hussey will play his final Test against Sri Lanka next week and retire from international cricket at the end of the Australian summer, the veteran batsman said, citing a desire to spend more time with his family.The rugged 37-year-old, known affectionately ...
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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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Senior Super Kings official arrested
Chennai Super Kings official Gurunath Meiyappan has been arrested on charges of cheating, forgery and fraud.The son-in-law of Board Of Control For Cricket In India president N Srinivasan, Gurunath became the latest person to be implicated in the Indian Premier League's betting scandal on Friday.Gurunath was questioned after actor Vindoo Dara Singh, currently in police custody, said he had ...
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Spotlight shifts to Srinivasan
arrest of Gurunath Meiyappan , the head of the Chennai Super Kings franchise, has turned the spotlight on to his father-in-law N Srinivasan, the BCCI president and managing director of India Cements, the franchise owner. It is not yet clear what Srinivasan's plans are - his immediate response to the news of Gurunath's arrest was to say he would not resign - but there appears to be a ...
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Dravid lauds teams courage
Rahul Dravid lauded his team for their performance in the IPL, saying that the squad had "probably given more than they [had] been asked to". Royals were eliminated ...
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Opening day washed out at Headingley
The first day of the second Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley has been abandoned due to rain.Play had been set to begin at 11am local time but match officials opted to postpone the toss due to the poor conditions on Friday.And, after an early lunch was taken at 12.30pm, play was eventually abandoned at 15:55.England go into the second Test with a 1-0 lead in the two-match ...
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Arthur voices grounds concern
Yorkshire chief executive Mark Arthur has warned the current number of international grounds in England is "unsustainable".The six traditional Test grounds have been joined in recent years by Hampshire's Rose Bowl, Glamorgan's SWALEC Stadium and Durham's Emirates ICG Stadium, while Bristol has one-day international status and Taunton is close to being handed the same. ...
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‘National shame’ threatens IPL as growing spot-fixing furore overshadows final
There was excitement and razzmatazz, big names and cheerleaders. There were also, quite clearly, plenty of ways to make money.Five years on, as the sixth edition of the IPL prepares for its final tomorrow the glamour and buzz of the Twenty20 tournament is still there and the series is worth more than $4bn (2.6bn). Yet increasingly there is a sense of outrage over match-fixing allegations said to ...
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County round-up Centurion Andrea Agathangelou makes his name for Lancashire
The Old Trafford stadium announcer's ability to get his tongue around the name of Andrea Agathangelou is likely to become a more regular challenge after the 23-year-old South African-born all-rounder with Greek Cypriot heritage completed a maiden century for Lancashire in a match for which he was not originally ...
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Headingley counts cost as weather fails the first Test
As play was abandoned at Headingley yesterday, the new chief executive of Yorkshire warned against creating a north-south divide in ...
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Letters Just not cricket
Report , 22 May) and that participation in grassroots cricket has increased over the last eight years. This must be a different game than that which I follow every summer weekend, as an official of ...
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Letters Just not cricket
Report , 22 May) and that participation in grassroots cricket has increased over the last eight years. This must be a different game than that which I follow every summer weekend, as an official of ...
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Yorkshire fear north-south divide after failing to fill England Test
Fans who paid a minimum of 40 a ticket to watch the Test at Headingley were left without play for the second year in a row. Photograph: Owen ...
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IPL 2013 Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets set final date with Chennai
In a fascinating contest of ebbing fortunes which started more than an hour late due to rain, Mumbai managed, just about, to overcome a stirring challenge from Rahul Dravid's brave Rajasthan Royals, squeaking home by four wickets with one delivery to ...
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Pakistan Cricket Board angry after ICC withdraws Asad Rauf from Champions Trophy
Karachi: PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf on Friday said they have no clue why Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf was under investigation in the IPL spot-fixing scandal and why he has been withdrawn from the Champions Trophy.Rauf is under police scanner for involvement in the spot-fixing although nothing concrete has come out yet."The ICC has told us they were withdrawing Rauf from the Champions Trophy ...
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Cricket No balls bowled
Constant rain has seen the opening day of the second test between New Zealand and England abandoned without a ball bowled. Squally rain fell throughout and the pitch covers remained fastened. A smattering of brave souls armed with coats and umbrellas wandered into the ground, but their efforts were thwarted. Northerly winds added an extra chill ...
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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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