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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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Bad luck proved costly for Australia
Australia went down fighting in their campaign ending Champions Trophy loss to Sri Lanka, but ultimately their limp performance against England in the first match is to blame for one of their worst ever results at a world one-day tournament.Set a target of 254 to win after opting to field first, Australia needed to score at a challenging 8.7 runs an over and wrap up the chase in 29.1 overs in ...
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County cricket Adams shown door by Surrey after grim start
Chris Adams was sacked as team director by Surrey yesterday after a dire start to the season. The first-team coach, Ian Salisbury, was also relieved of his duties with immediate ...
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James Tredwell ready to be the understudy for Englands penultimate act
Thus, the likelihood is that Graeme Swann will miss his third match of the tournament when England play their semi-final. In his case, influential though he is, they have become almost sanguine when he is missing from their one-day side. The risk of playing him given the looming assignments is greater than the risk of not playing him. James Tredwell, his limited-overs understudy, has made that ...
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Australia do not have great confidence going into Ashes – George Bailey
George Bailey, Australia's stand-in captain, is run out by a direct throw from Nuwan Kulasekara during Sri Lanka's 20-run victory. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty ...
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Winless Australia exit Champions Trophy
Sri Lanka sealed a semi-final place in the ICC Champions Trophy with a 20-run win over Australia - ending the campaign of the defending champions.Angelo Mathews' side struggled with the bat and were only able to set Australia 254 to win but a strong bowling display ensured their progression from Group A alongside co-hosts England.George Bailey's side needed to achieve that total in ...
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Bailey - Confidence is low
Australia stand-in skipper George Bailey admits confidence within the squad is low following their early elimination from the Champions Trophy.The Australians were knocked out of the ODI competition on Monday evening after a 20-run defeat to Sri Lanka at the Oval. Having already lost to England in their first Group A fixture, Australia then fell victim to the weather in their washed out draw ...
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Australias Michael Clarke on track for first Ashes Test says Bailey
George Bailey, Australia's stand-in captain, is run out by a direct throw from Nuwan Kulasekara during Sri Lanka's 20-run victory. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty ...
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Champion Trophy Sri Lanka into semi-finals after beating Australia
Sri Lanka will play India in the Champion Trophy semifinals after ousting defending champion Australia by 20 runs and overtaking New Zealand in the standings on ...
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Aussie spinner may make Ashes
Australia's chairman of selectors has hinted that Pakistan-born spinner Fawad Ahmed could feature at some stage during this summer's Ashes series.Fawad took refuge in Australia three years ago after he fled his native Pakistan because he claims he was being persecuted by the Taliban. Since then the 31-year-old leg spinner has gone on to forge a successful career in domestic ...
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Cricket Sri Lanka victory ends NZ hopes
In a surreal game-within-a-game scenario, New Zealand have missed a place in the semi-finals at cricket's Champions Trophy. They needed Australia to beat Sri Lanka by a narrow margin in the final round robin match at the Oval in London. Sri Lanka won by 20 runs after being asked to bat and making 253 for eight. Mahela Jayawardene top scored with 84 from 81 balls. Australia ...
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Cricket Anderson shows hes got the goods
England's Tim Bresnan celebrates trapping Ross Taylor lbw during the ICC Champions Trophy match in Cardiff. Photo / APCorey Anderson New Zealand cricket fans finally got their chance to see why there's so much fuss about Corey Anderson yesterday. With New Zealand reeling at 62 for five in the 14th of 24 possible overs chasing 170 against England, the 22-year-old strode to the wicket on ODI debut ...
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Tredwell eyeing Trophy glory
Spinner James Tredwell says England fancy their chances of claiming a first ever 50-over global tournament success in the Champions Trophy.The hosts survived a tense 24-overs-per-side clash with New Zealand on Sunday, winning by 10 runs to secure a place in the semi-finals. And Tredwell, who once again filled in very capably for the injured Graeme Swann during that Cardiff win, says the team ...
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Top cricketers threaten to pull out of Dhaka league
Top cricketers in Bangladesh have threatened to "stay away" from this season's Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League after the BCB proposed a change in the players' transfer system. The Dhaka Premier League is a city-based domestic one-day competition and is the country's most popular ...
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Today at the Champions Trophy Clarke weighs up return for must-win Champions tie
Australia's captain, Michael Clarke, is still unsure whether he will be fit to face Sri Lanka at The Oval this afternoon, but remains confident he will be fit for the Ashes.The batsman has yet to feature in the tournament as he struggles with a lower-back injury, casting doubt on his condition for the first Test against England, which takes place at Trent Bridge on 10 July."I ...
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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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