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| Rahul Dravid admits asking Yuvraj singh to bowl last over
Indian captain Rahul Dravid, whose on-field decisions have quite often
defied logic, has admitted that asking Yuvraj Singh to bowl the last over
in the sixth cricket one-dayer against England was a "bad" move.
Dravid's inexplicable ploy to ask Yuvraj to bowl the last over very near....
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| Rahul Dravid and Paul Collingwood hail Robin Uthappa the batman
Robin Uthappa may not be a permanent fixture in Team India's batting order but
thanks to his match-winning knock in the sixth ODI yesterday, he at least has
won a couple of admirers in rival captains Rahul Dravid and Paul Collingwood.
Uthappa played a blinder under pressure, walking in when....
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| Jhulan Goswami lone Indian in contention for international cricket Oscar
The hype around them notwithstanding, none of the 'Men in Blue' could make it
to the shortlist for ICC annual awards, which has the lone Indian representation
in Jhulan Goswami, nominated for the 'Women's Cricketer of the Year' category.
The long list for the ICC awards included Zaheer Khan ....
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| Cricket control board appeals against stay on Jagmohan Dalmiya
The Calcutta High Court today admitted an appeal by the Board of Control for Cricket
in India against a stay by a single bench of the court on former BCCI President
Jagmohan Dalmiya's expulsion from the board.
A division bench comprising Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Justice S P Mitra is likely
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| ESPN STAR sports acquires live cricket broadcast rights from Australia
ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has bagged the exclusive rights to broadcast Cricket Australia's
(CA) domestic and home international matches across various platforms covering
the entire Asian region in the next four years.
Close on the heels of its recent renewal of partnership with the England
an....
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| ODI Series level Dravid now hopes to win it at Lord cricket ground
With two belligerent sides locked in a 3-3 stalemate, Saturday's series decider
at Lord's promises to be a cracker and Team India captain Rahul Dravid
oozed confidence that his side would end up on the right side of a humdinger.
India showed tremendous resilience in the series against Englan....
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| Kapil Dev tells fashion designers to work for Indian Cricket League
Legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev was today spotted at the tenth edition
of the Wills India Fashion Week as it kicked off at a brand new venue of
Pragati Maidan.
The former Indian captain was invited by Anjana Bhargav, one of the 40
designers showcasing their spring summer collection during t....
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| Virender Sehwag to lead Delhi in 2007 2008 domestic season
Virender Sehwag has been named the captain and Gautam Gambhir the vice-captain
of the Delhi cricket team for the 2007-8 domestic season.
Sehwag and Gambhir were among the 51 probables named by the Delhi and District
Cricket Association (DDCA) selection committee which met here today, the DDC....
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| PCB says Australia A tour on despite blasts in Rawalpindi
The Australia A cricket team would continue with their tour as per the
schedule despite the twin blast that rocked the city of Rawalpindi today, Board
officials said.
Shafqat Naghmi, chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board, said
the Australians had not expressed any concerns and were ....
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| cricket control board is looking for good new coach
Once bitten ever shy seems to be the policy of the Cricket Board vis-a-vis its
selection of the national coach in the aftermath of the disastrous Graham Ford
episode a few months ago.
"We have been receiving applications from candidates and the deadline is
September 15 after which the....
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| Injury hit England squad inducts all rounder Luke Wright as replacement
With the trio of Ravi Bopara, Andrew Flintoff and Chris Tremlett
nursing some sort of injury or the other, England has pencilled in Sussex all-rounder
Luke Wright as cover for the remaining two ODIs against India.
"The Sussex all-rounder, who was recently named in England's squad for th....
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| Irphan Pathan Emphasis on improving batting will not affect his bowling
Pacer Irfan Pathan today said his emphasis on improving batting would not
adversely affect his bowling.
"I consider batting as my plus point and shall continue to strive to become
a good all-rounder," he said on the sidelines of a function here.
Pathan also refuted a suggestion tha....
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| Indian batting guns boom in fifth cricket one dayer at Headingley
A strong batting performance led by Sachin Tendulkar's blazing half-century helped
India post a commanding 324 for 6 against England in the fifth cricket
one-dayer here today.
Tendulkar hit a 59-ball 71 and shared a 116-run opening stand
with Sourav Ganguly (59) while Yuvraj Singh struck ....
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| Sachin Tendulkar says Shane Warne is as good a bowler as he faced
Sachin Tendulkar, rated as the greatest batsman by legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne
in his list of top 50 cricketers, has duly returned the compliment by
describing the Australian as "as good a bowler as I faced".
While Warne's rankings were being debated for the lowly rating
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| Sharad Pawar says BCCI to reveal Twenty20 plans in 10 15 days
Turning the heat on the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), BCCI President
Sharad Pawar said the Board would announce its own Twenty20 plans in the
next 10-15 days.
Pawar, who watched India beat England in the fifth one dayer here
at Headingley yesterday, derided ICL, calling it a "pur....
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