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Warner may face strict CA action for Twitter outburst
Australian Test batsmen David Warner is likely to be charged with detrimental public comment for his Twitter outburst under Cricket Australia's (CA) code of conduct, delivering a setback to his leadership aspirations. Condemning Warner, CA's high-performance chief Pat Howard had confirmed that Warner will be disciplined after using the social networking site to launch a savage attack on cricket ...
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Top Pakistani Politician Gunned Down in Karachi
A top Pakistani politician has been shot and killed in Karachi. Police say Zahra Shahid Hussain was shot twice in the head Saturday during an attempted street robbery outside her home. She died on the way to the hospital. A spokesman for Hussain's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, calls her killing an act of terrorism. Hussain was a senior vice president of PTI, which ...
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Cricket Australia investigating Warners twitter rant
Cricket Australia (CA) is investigating a Twitter rant by cricketer David Warner, who launched a scathing attack on reputed Australian cricket writers Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn. "CA is aware of comments made on David Warner's twitter account overnight. CA is attempting to contact Warner and will continue to investigate the matter. CA will make further comment once it has conducted a ...
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Spot-fixing row N.Srinivasan calls the spot-fixers as dirty cricketers
President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) N.Srinivasan on Saturday termed the tainted Rajasthan Royals cricketers as "dirty cricketers" who have let the Indian Premier League (IPL) down and should be put behind bars. "If permitted, we will file a criminal case against them, IPL has not let down people, its the dirty cricketers who have let down people. We feel bad that such a ...
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Proteas icon Ntini not planning to retire despite cut from first class Warriors
Former South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini has said that he has no plans to retire at the moment, despite being notably omitted from the contracted squad of the first class side Chevrolet Warriors for the 2013/14 season. Ntini, who spent 18 years playing for Border and the Warriors, was not offered a contract for the new season along with fellow senior players Arno Jacobs, Justin Kreusch ...
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Ajmal backs lethal teammates Irfan Junaid Khan to bamboozle opposition after Akrams coaching
Pakistani spin star Saeed Ajmal praised fellow pace bowlers Mohammad Irfan and Junaid Khan, saying that the bowlers will be more destructive than before during the ICC Champions Trophy after pace legend Wasim Akram's coaching. Stating that Irfan and Khan will be Pakistan's strike bowlers in the Champions Trophy, Ajmal said that Akram had worked closely with the duo during the recent training ...
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Pak team management players calling for retirement of nothing left to offer Afridi
The Pakistan team management and some players of the national team have said that former captain Shahid Afridi should retire from international cricket as he is 'finished' and has 'nothing left to offer anymore'. Afridi was handed an Rs. 360,000 monthly contract by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) despite being overlooked for the ICC Champions Trophy that takes place in England and Wales next ...
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BCCI Working Committee to decide on quantum of punishment for IPL spot fixersRajeev Shukla
Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council Chairman Rajeev Shukla on Saturday said that the Working Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) would meet in Chennai on Sunday to decide on the quantum of punishment to be given to the three cricketers accused of spot fixing in the sixth edition of the event. Interacting with media here, Shukla said: "The BCCI Working ...
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Botham confident about Anderson surpassing him as Englands leading Test wicket-taker
English legend Sir Ian Botham has said that he is confident that James Anderson will surpass him as England's leading Test wicket-taker after the fast bowler took three more Test wickets against New Zealand to reach 301, 82 short of Botham's England record. Welcoming the Lancashire player to the exclusive 300 club, Botham said that he had told Anderson that his next target should be 384, then ...
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CA to improve pay conditions for Oz women cricketers to boost professionalism
Australian women cricketers are set to take a major leap towards professionalism after Cricket Australia's (CA) expected announcement of a major improvement in pay and conditions for female players next week when it unveils the women's Ashes squad. The success of the national team the Southern Stars and the sacrifices women make to play domestic and international cricket, will also be ...
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Cricket Can NZ make history with the bat
The big imprints look like something Neil Armstrong might've left on the moon but if the New Zealand batsmen can negotiate the Lord's pitch footmarks it'll be one giant leap for the Mike Hesson/Brendon McCullum regime. A second New Zealand victory at the Marylebone Cricket Club in 16 attempts (the other came in 1999) remains a moon landing-type longshot. England have a lead of 205 runs and there ...
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IPL Game-changing cops of Delhi Police who busted cricket scandals
Betting is illegal in India, but Indians are compulsive gamblers, willing to wager thousands of crores on anything from the outcome of cricket ...
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Anderson tears through New Zealand
James Anderson completed a five-wicket haul as England dominated the morning of day three of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's.Resuming on 4-154, the visitors added just 53 runs to their overnight total as they were bowled out for 207.The breakthrough came almost immediately for the hosts, as in just the second bowl of the day Brendon McCullum edged a Stuart Broad delivery to ...
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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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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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