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Potent Graham Onions adds some flavour to Durhams Championship hopes
Of the counties occupying the top four places in the First Division table, Durham's title credentials are seen as the least convincing, yet so long as England do not decide to factor Graham Onions into their Ashes plans, they will remain at least dangerous ...
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County Championship round-up Joy for Sussex at the expense of Somerset
Sussex moved to the top of the Championship - temporarily at least - by piling more misery on Somerset, who have now suffered two crushing defeats in a row. Dismissed for 76 in their first innings, the Cidermen subsided with only marginal improvement second time around, bowled out for 108, with Jos Buttler's 29 their highest score in the match. The game, only in its second day, was over by ...
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Kenyan Cooperation with ICC Questioned
An April 2011 Combination picture shows Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta, who was finance minister, and William Ruto, former Higher Education Minister at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The ...
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Glamorgan suffer day of rain and missed opportunities at Leicester
Glamorgan first team this season after graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in mathematics, has an action that brings the former Durham and England pace man very much to mind. The pace and bounce he obtains are not dissimilar either.That he did not bowl until 5pm was mainly down to the weather - only 41.2 overs were possible, and none at all in the afternoon session - but also ...
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Cricket Vettori ruled out of Leeds test
Daniel Vettori has been ruled out of playing the second cricket test against England at Headingley. Doug Bracewell has been picked in his place, meaning New Zealand will play four pace bowlers in a gamble to level the series. Vettori could not guarantee his fitness over five days of a test if he was required to exert himself under a heavy bowling workload. "We gave it our best shot, he didn't ...
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Cook lays down KP gauntlet
England captain Alastair Cook admits his batsmen have an added incentive to do well in the second Test against New Zealand which starts at Headingley on Friday.Kevin Pietersen is expected to return for the series against Australia later this summer and this will be the last chance the likes of Jonny Bairstow, Nick Compton and Joe Root will get to impress in the five-day format before the Ashes. ...
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Kevin Pietersen progressing well for Ashes return says Alastair Cook
England's Kevin Pietersen is said to be making good progress in his battle to be fit for the start of the Ashes at Trent Bridge on 10 July. Photograph: Back Page ...
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County cricket – as it happened
Richard Rae reports It was probably inevitable that after the debacle that was their first innings, Leicestershire should not lose a wicket in the morning session after following on. Greg Smith and Michael Thornely are the heroes, each on 42, though the fact they're both still there doesn't necessarily mean they've played an awful lot better than they did in the first dig. They ...
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Train players in anti-corruption code suggests franchise
Following the arrest of three players for alleged spot-fixing, an official from a franchise in the IPL has indicated that the BCCI needs to be more stringent about compliance with its anti-corruption measures, and has suggested the introduction of a mandatory certification programme in the anti-corruption code for all participants in the ...
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Asad Rauf withdrawn from ICC Champions Trophy amid IPL corruption scandal
The Indian Premier League's corruption scandal claimed another victim when the umpire Asad Rauf was withdrawn from the Champions Trophy. Rauf, a Pakistani who has been on the ICC's panel for seven years, was reported in India on Wednesday to be part of Mumbai police's investigation into alleged spot fixing in the ...
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Cricket Standing the test of time
Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ...
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Cricket Southees blooming adds rosier tinge to England showing
Tim Southee's coming of age as leader of New Zealand's test attack was one of the rosier elements of the first test against England. Set aside the final-day capitulation a moment, and Southee's 10 for 108 off 47.2 overs shone in a highly impressive collective bowling performance. Remember, last year Southee wasn't picked for three successive tests - four out of five - because of his ordinary ...
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Cricket Batsmens latest strategy - footwork and patience
Footwork and patience have been watchwords for New Zealand's batting ahead of the second test at Headingley, starting tonight. Coach Mike Hesson described the team as "stunned" after their collapse for 68 against England at Lord's. The visitors have no doubt suffered a painful introspection. However, it was still a touch disconcerting to see balls disappearing into the stands or wafted into the ...
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Cricket Pakistani umpire cut from Champions Trophy
Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf was withdrawn from next month's Champions Trophy by the ICC on Thursday because Indian police are investigating his performances during the ongoing IPL. "In the wake of reports we feel that is in Asad's best interests, as well as those of the sport and the event itself, that he is withdrawn from participating in the ICC Champions Trophy," the International Cricket ...
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Cricket Standing the test of time
Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ...
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Cricket Standing the test of time
Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ...
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Cricket Standing the test of time
Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ...
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Cricket Standing the test of time
Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ...
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Cricket Wagners war of words for English batsmen
Neil Wagner's candid responses have been refreshing since he graduated to cricket's international ranks in July 2012. His conscience seems to refuse to evade questions. Ahead of the Headingley test, Wagner admitted to being the team's sledging spearhead, saying some of his teammates are probably looking at him sometimes thinking: "shut up". "I like to seize any opportunity to ...
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Cricket Standing the test of time
Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ...
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Australias Ryan Harris looks forward to competitive Ashes – video
Australia's injury-plagued paceman Ryan Harris says he is ready for the Ashes. The 33-year-old pace bowler commands a bowling average of 23.63 despite missing nearly as many Test matches as he has played. Harris fractured his ankle in the fourth Test of the last Ashes series and, he admits, there have been moments in the long months of recuperation since that he thought it might be his only ...
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Troubled Rajasthan aim to continue fairytale
Big picture If Rajasthan Royals are able to produce two more good games, it will be a fairytale for them, according to their captain Rahul Dravid. In many ways, irrespective of what happens next, it is already a fairytale, one that has played out alongside a ...
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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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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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