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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 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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Cricket faces a tough challenge to redeem its former glory
The IPL in the form of cricketainment has become a mix of cricket, Bollywood, business and underworld activities. It seems that the golden era of cricket as a game is over. Unless something is done to bring back the glory of the game, cricket matches will be viewed and watched with distrust and ...
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Indian Premier Lust Billion fans will lose faith in Indian cricket
IPL is a very valuable product and has taken Indian cricket to a very high level. Billions of dollars are being transacted in this event and every cricket lover loves this event. Lots of money is involved in IPL with big corporates investing in it. But the arrest of three Indian cricket players by the police for spot fixing has shocked not only the cricket fans but organizers as well. It has ...
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Anderson takes 300th Test wicket at Lords
Anderson took two early wickets on Friday to temper New Zealand's progress after their pairing of Tim Southee and Neil Wagner reduced the hosts to 232 all out.England had started the day at Lord's on 4-160, with Yorkshire duo Joe Root and Johnny Bairstow at the crease and Root well placed on 25 not out as the hosts looked to recover from a difficult opening day.However, the fortunes of ...
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Luke Fletcher delivers hope for Nottinghamshire against Surrey
There are those who maintain there is something of the former England seamer Angus Fraser about Luke Fletcher. Given Fletcher's less than athletic figure and somewhat ungainly chest-on action, Fraser, now Middlesex director of cricket, may not be entirely impressed by the comparison, but there is no gainsaying the younger man is the sort of bustling county bowler who can be very effective ...
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Windies unveil England dates
England will complete their preparations for next year's World Twenty20 with a three-week tour of the Caribbean.The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has confirmed an itinerary which will see England play three Twenty20s and three 50-over matches in Antigua and Barbados from late February into March. West Indies are the reigning World Twenty20 champions after last year's stunning ...
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Nottinghamshire 274 191 Surrey 207 73-3 match report Fletcher’s lusty blows leave slipshod Surrey in trouble
Surrey bowled out Nottinghamshire for 191 yesterday, which reflected well on the effort put in by their seamers, but they still face a tough final day if they are not to lose at Trent Bridge for the first time since 1992.Stuart Meaker, who has bowled as sharply as anyone in the Championship this season, took four wickets for the second time in the match and he was well backed up by Jade Dernbach ...
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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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