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 Monday 28 February 2011 In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Davies revealed his anguish at telling his team-mates before the tour to Australia. Andy Flower, the team director, and captain Andrew Strauss contacted the players on his behalf and their reaction was overwhelmingly supportive. Bell said in Bangalore today: “We knew before the [...]

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17:11 GMT, Sunday, 27 February 2011 England tied an extraordinary World Cup game against India in Bangalore thanks to Andrew Strauss’ brilliant 158. The co-hosts set an intimidating 339-run victory target after a superb 120 from Sachin Tendulkar. Strauss and Ian Bell (69) put England in command with a 170-run third-wicket stand before Zaheer Khan [...]

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Wed, 29 Dec 07:46:30 2010 The contest between the two top teams in the world is heating up, and some of it is boiling over, with Paul Harris alleging that “it must have been something personal [said by Sreesanth] for Graeme Smith to react the way he did”. The incident Harris talked about was when [...]

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November 23, 2010 12:00AM JUST when you thought Australia’s preparations for the opening Ashes Test couldn’t get any worse … the first mystery ball of the summer almost knocked Ricky Ponting’s head off. Australia’s Test skipper narrowly avoided being struck by friendly fire in a dramatic scare while he was facing Australia’s sophisticated new Pro-Batter [...]

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Saturday, 7 August 2010  An unbeaten 103 run knock by VVS Laxman guided India to a series levelling victory as they won the third and the final Test against Sri Lanka by 5 wickets here at P Sara Oval on Saturday. from:  http://www.onenewspage.com/news/Sports/20100807/13825199/VVS-Laxman-16th-Test-century-guides-India.htm ————————————————————————————— India Won By 5 Wickets’ After slipping in the start of [...]

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Tue Jul 6, 2010 8:08pm IST Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan, cricket’s leading international wicket taker, will retire from tests after this month’s first test against India, his manager said on Tuesday.”Murali took a decision to retire from test cricket during the West Indies series in November but with an unscheduled Indian series coming up he [...]

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  Monday, 5 July 2010 20:28 UK Umar Akmal’s stunning 64 from just 31 balls set up a 23-run win for Pakistan over Australia in the first of two Twenty20 internationals at Edgbaston. Roared on by a partisan crowd blowing vuvuzelas, Pakistan posted a decent 167-8 thanks to Akmal’s three sixes and seven boundaries batting [...]

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Jul 1, 2010, 09.03am IST Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday took over the reins of the International Cricket Council (ICC), becoming the second Indian after Jagmohan Dalmiya to head the world cricket body. The ICC president designate, who is former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief, formally took charge at [...]

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Saturday, June 26, 2010 18:53 IST New South Wales left-hander Usman Khawaja’s father has said that the 23-year-old’s calm and composed nature would help him succeed at the international stage. Usman has been named in the Australian Test team to face Pakistan in two Tests in England, making him the first Muslim player to represent [...]

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Thursday, 24 June 2010 06:45 UK India’s cricket star Sachin Tendulkar has been given the honorary rank of a senior officer by the Indian Air Force. Tendulkar was conferred with the rank of group captain in recognition of his “glorious achievements as a cricketer and sports icon”. The 37-year-old cricketer holds the world record for [...]

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  Jun 16, 2010 at 14:18 A magic spell by part-time off-spinner Virender Sehwag helped India bundle out Bangladesh for a meagre 167 in the Asia Cup cricket tournament at the Rangiri Dambulla International stadium here on Wednesday. Opting to bat, Bangladesh got off to a brisk start with Tamim Iqbal (22) and Imrul Kayes [...]

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Wednesday 16th June 2010 Gambhir guides India to easy win A composed 82 by Gautam Gambhir and an unbeaten 38 from skipper MS Dhoni ensured a comprehensive six-wicket victory for India against Bangladesh in Dambulla. Click here for SCORECARD India got off to a compact start in pursuit of a paltry Bangladesh target but lost [...]

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Wednesday June 16, 2010 India maybe different now as their star players have returned which includes their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni plus add to that line-up openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. Indias battling line up includes India’s bSehwag, Gambhir, Dhoni, Raina, Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Saurabh Tiwary and all rounder Ravindra Jadeja. India vs Bangladesh [...]

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