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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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County Round-Up Adil Rashid sets up Yorkshire for stunning victory
Really, it is unequivocal recognition of the quality of his leg-spin that Adil Rashid craves, now that he has patched things up with Yorkshire. So far, though, it is his reputation as a more than capable middle-order batsman that is on the up. After his career-best 180 against Somerset at Headingley last time out, the 25-year-old all-rounder finished unbeaten on 110 to set up Yorkshire for a ...
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James Anderson Plenty to come as King of Swing joins the 300 club
A few minutes after Jimmy Anderson had reached a triple-century of Test wickets, a fellow member of the 300 club was predicting he would take a further 150 for ...
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James Lawton 301 proves to be magic number for James Anderson
Jimmy Anderson brushed against history again when he took his 300th Test wicket but it was the one which followed that was most crucial to England's embattled ...
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Emotional moment as Englands James Anderson reaches 300-wicket landmark
New Zealand at Lord's on Friday. Kiwi opener Peter Fulton was Anderson's 300th wicket - making him only the fourth Englishman to reach the landmark alongside Fred Trueman, Bob Willis and Ian Botham. When Anderson's friend Graeme Swann held on to the catch low at second slip to complete Fulton's dismissal, New Zealand were seven for two on the second day of the first Test. ...
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Copeland continues to make waves
Northamptonshire 355 (Hall 112, Newton 81, Willey 77, Freckingham 6-125) and 94 for 5 lead Leicestershire 234 ( Thakur 64*, Copeland 7-63) by 266 ...
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Cricket Leadership comes in different ways
Ross Taylor mightn't adjust the field and deliver the team talks any more in the New Zealand team, 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, taking them to 153 for four at stumps on the second day of the opening test with a deficit of 79 to clear. Taylor came to the wicket in the seventh ...
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Anderson relieved to reach 300
James Anderson admitted he was relieved to finally reach 300 Test wickets as England fought back in the first Test with New Zealand.Anderson had been expected to reach the milestone on the winter tour of New Zealand, but fell two wickets short. Anderson first dismissed Hamish Rutherford (4), and the magic 300 came up when Peter Fulton nicked him to slip Graeme Swann. He there became the fourth ...
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Royal Challengers in must-win situation
Big Picture Royal Challengers Bangalore would have been glued to their television sets on Friday evening, following the fortunes of Sunrisers Hyderabad. They wouldn't have been feeling too good by the end of it, for Sunrisers' victory has made Royal Challengers' path to the playoffs harder. Royal Challengers are in a must-win situation against Chennai Super Kings at home on ...
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Anderson Relieved to Take 300th Test Wicket
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Seven wickets for Copeland
LV County Championship - Division TwoChelmsford - Day threeEssex 365 (G W Flower 157, J S Foster 96, R E M Williams 5-112, S T Finn 4-61) & 53-0 v Middlesex 171 (B J M Scott 61 no, A P Palladino 4-44) & 246 (E J G Morgan 71)Essex (21pts) beat Middlesex (3pts) by 10 wkts Essex finished their season with an emphatic 10-wicket victory against Middlesex at Chelmsford.The visitors were ...
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Meaker sets up Bridge thriller
Nottinghamshire and Surrey go into what could be a thrilling final day of their Division One clash with all results possible.Set a victory target of 259, Surrey closed the third day on 73-3, though the forecast for Saturday is not promising and a draw remains on the cards. The hosts began the day 24-1 in their second innings, a lead of 91, and nightwatchman Luke Fletcher, enjoyed himself in the ...
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Player education outside franchises ambit - Mathur
Amrit Mathur, Delhi Daredevils' consultant and former India team manager, said that it was impractical for franchises to form a formal body to educate and monitor players in the IPL. In ...
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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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