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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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No excuses from De Villiers
South Africa captain AB de Villiers' could not hide his frustration as his side went down to a comprehensive seven wicket defeat to England in their Champions Trophy semi-final. The result, which extends their record in tournament semi-finals to just one win in nine, was never seriously in doubt despite a late flurry from the tail-enders. They recovered from 80-8 as David Miller (56no) ...
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MS Dhoni happy with young India side for Champions Trophy semi-final
MS Dhoni has praised the role of the former England coach Duncan Fletcher in the development of a new young India team who are aiming to follow Fletcher's former employers into Sunday's Champions Trophy final.India take on Sri Lanka in the second semi-final in Cardiff on ...
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Mathews Revenge not an issue
Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews insists they will not be seeking revenge when they play India in the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy on Thursday.India claimed a six-wicket victory to win the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai, with MS Dhoni's side winning seven of the last 10 ODIs that have been played since. But Mathews is keen to stress they will be solely focused on the game in ...
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Harris to return from injury
Australian quick bowler Ryan Harris has revealed he will make his comeback from an achilles injury for Australia 'A'. The seamer will take to the field against Gloucestershire for the first time since the injury forced him home early from the IPL. The 33-year-old will be hoping he can show enough in the coming weeks to persuade captain Michael Clarke and the selectors that he is ...
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Teams fret more over rain than familiar opponents
at The Oval , there were plenty of non-Australians cheering them on, just so that the cricket world will be spared yet another India-Sri Lanka ODI. In the last five years, the two sides have met a mind numbing 44 times in ODIs, and will face off again in a tri-series in the Caribbean starting next week. The teams are so familiar with each other and their strategies that MS Dhoni said: "You ...
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Dhoni Past has no bearing
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni does not believe that recent one-day results against Sri Lanka will have any bearing on Thursday's Champions Trophy semi-final between the sides.India enjoy a good recent record against Sri Lanka, having won seven of the 10 ODI's between the two since also beating them in the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai. But Dhoni said: "What has happened ...
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Collier ECB Aussies closer
Chief executive David Collier says the ECB's relationship with Cricket Australia (CA) has improved because of the David Warner affair.Warner punched England batsman Joe Root in a Birmingham bar earlier this month, and CA immediately suspended the Australia star. Warner subsequently apologised in public and in private, but he will not be available for selection until the first Ashes Test at ...
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The Spin | Indias Shikhar Dhawan the most watchable player in Champions Trophy | Rob Bagchi
The only dampener during a breezy swansong for the Champions Trophy has been the rain. Pessimistic forecasts for Thursday's semi-final in Cardiff and Sunday's final at Edgbaston are pregnant with the threat that at best Duckworth-Lewis will have a significant bearing on the tournament's denouement and at worst we may have to resign ourselves to an anti-climactic repeat ...
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ACSU report may delay Dhaka league
BCB president Nazmul Hassan has said he is unsure whether Bangladesh's domestic one-day competition, the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, will start on time. He admitted to an underlying anxiety around the possibility of finding more names in the BPL corruption report to be submitted by the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) later this ...
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Our favourite things this week the best sports journalism from around the web
Welcome to the first of our weekly compilation articles, which will pick out our favourite writing, galleries and features from around the web. This page is an opportunity to celebrate the best online journalism from around the globe and we want to hear what you think of our choices.We would love you to contribute to this series by posting your own suggestions below the line. If you're a ...
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Cricket mentor Denis Brien has runs on the board
DENIS Brien mentored cricket great David Hookes and has been a long-standing servant and pioneer of the sport in South Australia. But perhaps the 72-year-old's biggest achievement has been helping to secure a brighter future for an unlikely pair of cricketers. Six years ago, while playing for Uganda in a tournament in Darwin, Jimmy Okello and Patrick Ochan fled the team and headed to SA. A ...
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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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CA rejects 9 cricket selection influence
Cricket Australia has rejected suggestions from the Nine Network that the broadcaster could have input into team selections over the summer.Jeff Browne, managing director of the Nine Network, told a business luncheon in Sydney on Wednesday the network had to have the best players playing all the time in order to attract television ratings.CA consistently rotated its players last summer to keep ...
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Cricket Australia denies Nine Network will have say on selection
The Nine Network managing director claims the broadcaster will have influence over Michael Clarke's Australia. Photograph: Matthew Lewis/Getty ...
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Ashes 2013 Odds lengthen on Australia calling up spinner Fawad Ahmed
Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed has been named in Australia's A squad to tour Africa during the Ashes. Photograph: Mal Fairclough/AFP/Getty ...
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Pakistan cricket board ordered to name new chief
Zaka Ashraf speaks at a press conference in Dubai last year. A Pakistani court Wednesday ordered the government to appoint an interim head of the cricket board, after the current chairman was suspended over a legal challenge to his ...
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Wimbledon draw Andy Murray could face Rafael Nadal Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic on way to Wimbledon title
Andy Murray was confirmed as the second seed for the Wimbledon men's singles today and French Open champion Rafael Nadal is a potential quarter-final ...
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Cricket dad wants R2m from coach
Durban - A Pietermaritzburg father has served a letter of demand on his son’s school cricket coach for R2.1 million, claiming that the boy suffered damage to his dignity and reputation after being axed from the captaincy of the first team at the start of the school ...
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Ahmed added to Australia A
Pakistan-born spinner Fawad Ahmed has been named in the Australia A squad for their forthcoming tour of Africa.The 31-year-old was added to the 15-man squad on Wednesday for the July and August tour, despite also being in contention for the Ashes series against ...
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Well help pick cricket team - Nine
Channel Nine Entertainment CEO David Gyngell (left) and Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland at the recent announcement of the new cricket TV deal in Melbourne. Picture: Mark ...
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Former Vidarbha captain coach Vijay Telang dies
Vijay Telang has died aged 61. Telang, who played first-class cricket between 1970-86, scored 2724 runs in 50 games and also took seven ...
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Indian father sues sons cricket coach for racial discrimination
Durban: A South African lawyer has sued his son's school cricket coach for 2.1 million rand (about 1.23 lakh rupees), alleging that his son was not allowed to become the captain of any age group sides till he was playing in under-15 category because of his Indian origin.Pranesh Indrajith served legal papers on Dave Karlsen, the coach of the first X1 team at St Charles College, an elite ...
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Fawad Ahmed picked for Australia A cricket tour of Africa
Australia 's Ashes squad, has been named in the party for next month's A tour of Africa. The 31 year old claimed refuge in Australia three years ago after he fled his native Pakistan claiming he was being persecuted by the Taliban and has since gone on to forge a successful career in domestic cricket. A recent amendment to the Citizenship Act meant that Fawad would be allowed to ...
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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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