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Glamorgan take total control
Jim Allenby hit an unbeaten 138 as Glamorgan dominated the second day of their LV= County Championship Division Two clash with Leicestershire at Grace Road.Following the visitors' declaration on 442-9, the Glamorgan attack skittled Leicestershire for just 142, with Michael Hogan and John Glover taking four wickets apiece. That left the home side 300 runs behind and facing the prospect of ...
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Late strikes boost Durham
The new ball proved more of a threat in the evening than the morning at Chester-le-Street as Division One leaders Middlesex replied to Durham's 259 by slipping to 11-2.Corey Collymore had taken two wickets in two deliveries with the second new ball to finish with 4-61 as Durham's last four wickets went down for 29. Then Graham Onions knocked back Sam Robson's off stump with the ...
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Kent make encouraging start
Kent's pace bowlers combined to dismiss Essex for 212 on the opening day of their LV= Country Championship Division Two match at Chelmsford.Darren Stevens returned figures of 4-36 while Mark Davies and Charlie Shreck each claimed three wickets before the visitors finished the day on 20-1 in reply. It could have been worse for Essex if not for a half-century from Graham Napier, who along ...
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BCCIs agent mandate evokes mixed response
Latika Khaneja and Lokesh Sharma, who were two of the most prominent figures in the industry 10 years ago, are not overjoyed by the BCCI's decision. Khaneja, director of Collage Sports Management, recently decided to give up managing cricketers, as she felt it was just another way for the BCCI to control things. "The BCCI feels it should only manipulate players and their ...
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Umpire Rauf stood down by ICC
Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf has been withdrawn from duty at next month's Champions Trophy after reports indicated he was under investigation by police in Mumbai.Dave Richardson, the ICC chief executive, said: "In the wake of reports that the Mumbai Police are conducting an investigation into Asad Rauf's activities, we feel that it is in Asad's best interests as well as those ...
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Magoffin runs through Somerset
Sussex's Steve Magoffin took 8-20, the best bowling performance of his career, as Somerset were routed for just 76 on the opening day of the County Championship game at Horsham.By the close of a first day in which 19 wickets fell, Magoffin was back in the middle and undefeated on 21 as Sussex closed on 298-9, a lead of 222. The 33-year-old Australian took five wickets in 13 balls at one ...
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Father of Afghan cricket captain kidnapped by unknown gunmen
Sydney, May 23 : The father of the captain of the Afghanistan cricket team has been abducted by unknown gunmen from his car from the outskirts of the city of Jalalabad in the eastern province of Nangarhar, according to ...
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England bubbling ahead of second Test after weathering New Zealand storm | Mike Selvey
Neil Wagner and New Zealand had England pinned down for much of the first Test at Lord's, but still ended up losing. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty ...
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Cook targets series whitewash
England captain Alastair Cook says it is "vitally important" his side complete a clean-sweep series win over New Zealand in the second and final Test at Headingley. Cook's side produced a devastating bowling display, led by Stuart Broad's 7-44, last Sunday to wrap-up a 170-run victory at Lord's. The match had been delicately poised a 12.30pm on the fourth day with New ...
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Cricket Australia batsman David Warner apologies for Twitter rant
Australia opening batsman, said on Thursday he regretted not keeping a lid on his outrage but maintained he had to defend himself after his image was used in a report condemning ...
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Mumbai police in Chennai operations
The IPL crisis took a twist today with officials of the Mumbai Police reaching the house of Gurunath Meiyappan, chief executive of the Chennai Super Kings. It was not immediately clear why they were there, and there has been no official statement by either the police or the ...
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Indians protest over cricket corruption scandal
Indian activists of Youth Bhagwan Valmiki Mahasangh Punjab hold photographs of Indian actor Vindu Dara Singh during a demonstration in Amritsar on May 21, 2013. Indian actor Vindu Dara Singh has been arrested by Mumbai police as part of the spot-fixing investigation of the IPL cricket tournament. (AFP/Getty ...
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Rajiv Rajendra novel about a fixed cricket league hits uncomfortably close to home
The reissue of Rajiv Rajendra's slim sports crime thriller arrives complete with a book publicist's eye for an opportunity. Chennai's Springboard imprint, which first published the book last year, has chosen to market Rajendra's fiction just as the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) season rumbles towards its troubled conclusion on May 26. ...
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Cricket and its exquisite sadness
Somewhere within it, cricket has a deep, maybe unending, payload of sadness. It's there in its history, in its psychology and perhaps more than that, it's part of what the game actually is.By sadness, I don't mean melancholy or unhappiness: they are something different. It's not about tragedy, although the game has had its share of those. Rather, it's an emotion that ...
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Father of Afghanistan cricket captain abducted near his home
KABUL - Gunmen kidnapped the father of Afghanistan's national cricket team captain near his home in an eastern city, officials said Thursday. There has been no ransom demand since Mohammad Nabi's 60-year-old father Khobi Khan was abducted from his car in the city of Jalalabad, cricket board president Shazada Masoud said. Police are searching for Khan, but there have been no leads or ...
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Indias sports bill draft to be ready by June 30 says minister
alleged spot-fixing in the IPL, has said the sports bill that is currently being drafted should be ready in full by June 30. Speaking to television channel CNN IBN, Singh said: "I feel it's very important for a very strict law, that processes are implemented not only in cricket but in other sports also. Cricket has just been exposed, but there might be things happening in other sports ...
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IPL Cricket 2013 Rajasthan to meet Mumbai for final against Chennai
Cricket News: IPL Cricket 2013: Rajasthan Royals will meet Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 2 for a place in the final against Chennai Super ...
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20 great Ashes moments No8 Allan Border no more Mr Nice Guy 1989
Allan Border was friendly with England captain David Gower during the losing 1985 tour but the Australian vowed to 'show the bastards' four years later. Photograph: Adrian ...
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Warner apologises after fine
David Warner has apologised for his Twitter outburst against two journalists, a rant that earned him a hefty fine.The Australia batsman had blasted News Limited cricket writers Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn, after he took offence to an article by the former on the nightlife during the rich Indian Premier League tournament, which carried a picture of Warner. The opener, who was fined 5,750 ...
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Short form of cricket spoils youths players
The appeal towards cricket among youths has increased manifold since the inception of IPL and T-20 games. Such is the attraction that the interest among youths to become doctors and engineers has taken second place. However, the fatal part of this attraction is the match fixing and spot fixing incidents, which have recently come into ...
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Hodge thrilled with win after emotional week
"It was a close contest and that is exactly where you need your experience to get a team over the line," Hodge told the IPL site. "This is the most thrilling game I have ever played in the IPL. I have played for Kolkata Knight Riders and Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the past editions. This is the first time with Rajasthan Royals and I am delighted to win the game for the ...
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Is the whole IPL 6 fixed Two more cricket teams on police radar
In a startling revelation, sources in the Delhi Police have told Headlines Today that players of two more franchise are on their radar for IPL spot-fixing.The Delhi Police Special Cell says that they are gathering more credible evidence before they finally lay their hands on these players.The cops are getting crucial leads from the ongoing interrogation of three arrested players and ...
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Cricket Australia Bulls looking into Lynns tweets on Teo case
Brisbane 4000 Queensland batsman Chris Lynn could find himself in hot water after using Twitter to opine about assault allegations levelled against NRL player Ben Te'o.Te'o released a statement on Wednesday saying he had not "acted improperly" after a Brisbane woman said she was left bleeding and abandoned with a fractured eye socket from an alleged assault by the South ...
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One on One Brad Haddin
We caught up for a quick chat with Australian vice captain Brad Haddin to discover how many NRL apps he's downloaded and why he's hell bent on re-claiming that little urn of Ashes in England.AL: The important question first: How do you plan to keep up with the NRL while you're away?BH: (Laughs) That is important! Online. I won't miss my Raiders games while I'm away. ...
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David Warner fined for Twitter comments
Australia batsman David Warner has been hit with the maximum fine available after pleading guilty to breaching the Cricket Australia code of ...
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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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