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Kohli stars in Challengers win
A Virat Kohli half-century fired Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 24-run win over the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL on Saturday.Victory in the match - which was affected by heavy rain, with both sides reduced to eight overs - means RCB's play-off hopes are still alive, with the franchise sitting fourth in the table.They will watch Sunday's match between the fifth-placed Sunrisers ...
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Surrey must learn to be consistent says Chris Adams
Chris Adams, the Surrey team director, acknowledged that it was time his side moved on from "fleeting moments of ability" and performed over four days if a season of high expectations in the Championship is not to fizzle ...
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Round-up Alan Richardson rolls back years as Kent create horrid history
Yet he remains capable of exploiting an early-season pitch to deadly effect, as Kent found to their cost as they were skittled for 63 - their lowest total in 31 years - on the way to a two-day, 10-wicket defeat at Canterbury. In the 158th first-class match of a career that began in 1995, Richardson grabbed 7 for 22, his best figures since he took 8 for 46 for one of his three previous counties, ...
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On The Front Foot Will Andrew Strauss spill the beans on Kevin Pietersen in his new autobiography
Andrew Strauss, England's admirable former captain, is well on the way with his autobiography. It is to be published in late summer and it is certain that the first place to which most readers will turn is the index, to check under the letter P for Pietersen, ...
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The Calvin Report Nick Compton left facing the cruellest of cuts
History casts an intimidating shadow at Lord's, even on the greyest day. It invites evaluation, demands respect and recognition. As Nick Compton trudged disconsolately back to the venerable Victorian pavilion, the mind's eye envisaged a friendly ghost, striding alongside him. Denis, his grandfather, scored a typically carefree 69 on his last international appearance at cricket's ...
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James Anderson calls early tune against New Zealand on day when swing was king
Cricketers will do just about anything - within the laws, naturally - if they believe it will cause those five-and-a-half ounces of red leather to deviate while moving through the air. Even a Nasa scientist, Rabindra Mehta, has devoted more than 25 years of study to the subject.The debate will continue, but we can all agree that there are few more enjoyable sights in cricket than watching an ...
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Woman political leader killed in Pakistan
Imran Khan 's Movement for Justice in Pakistan was gunned down Saturday outside her Karachi home, police said. Investigators said the killing of Zahra Shahid Hussain, carried out by two men on motorbikes, was a robbery gone wrong, The (London) Guardian reported. But Khan, the cricket star turned politician, suggested the United National Movement or MQM party, which dominates politics in ...
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The Bouncer Englands run machine Joe Root charms the Lords crowd
charmed Lord's with 71, the Test's top score so far, and the statistics were flowing. He has 757 runs in six first-class innings this season at 126.17. As he reached his 50 he passed 3,000 career runs. And when he bats with Trott their combined surnames use only three letters of the alphabet. What's not to ...
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Member of Pakistani cricket stars party killed
Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. Shahid was the vice president of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in ...
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Playoff spot within sight of Sunrisers
Big Picture At the start of the IPL season, few would have tipped Sunrisers Hyderabad to be one of the four teams that qualify for the playoffs. Now, however, their prospects in their first season have boiled down to one simple task in the very last league game, against Kolkata Knight Riders: a win. Royal Challengers Bangalore, who beat Chennai Super Kings on Saturday, have drawn level with ...
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Race on to avoid ignominy of bottom place
Big Picture Despite three years of unremitting mediocrity, the fans of Pune Warriors have faithfully turned up to cheer on their side. It will be a testament to their loyalty if they show up in numbers for Warriors' final game of the season, which pits their team against Delhi Daredevils, another side which has had an utterly forgettable season. The only interest in the game will be to see ...
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Bangalore still in the hunt
Royal Challengers Bangalore kept their IPL playoff hopes alive after beating Chennai Super Kings by 24 runs in an eight-over slog.Needing at least two points from the game to have any chance of securing a top four slot, the hosts' hopes looked set to be wiped out by the weather. However, to the relief of the RCB players and crowd the rain finally abated at the Chinnaswamy Stadium and the ...
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Joe Roots dismissal gives New Zealand space to regain edge on England
Joe Root and Jonathan Trott England seemed to be sitting pretty: 159 for two and the lead 184. But then they contrived to lose four wickets for 12 runs in the closing overs.Game deliciously on.The serenity of the Root/Trott partnership proved to be an illusion. With that 21st century juxtaposition of bright sunshine and the floodlights blazing at full blast through the afternoon batsmen ...
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First hour on Sunday is going to be crucial says Englands Joe Root
Matt Prior suffered the first pair of his Test career as England squandered a hard-earned advantage with a Saturdayyesterday evening slump at Lord's. They had enjoyed comfortably the best of the third day of the first Test, taking the last six New Zealand wickets for 52 - James Anderson claiming the 13th five-wicket haul of his career and Steve Finn ending with four - extending their lead ...
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Spot-Fixing Of Cricket Shocks India
The biggest news in India these days has nothing whatsoever to do with never-ending concerns about confrontation with Pakistan or border disputes with China. The story would seem to be strictly an internal affair -- but with far-reaching implications. As proclaimed in screaming banner headlines across the top of page one of the Times of India, the world's largest-selling English-language ...
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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 Taylor leads again to set pace for a strong reply
Cricket leadership comes in different ways. Ross Taylor mightn't adjust the field and deliver the team talks for the New Zealand team any more, 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, having come to the wicket in the seventh over with the score seven for two. In his ...
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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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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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