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| Team India drop charges against Australian Spinner Brad Hogg
The Indian cricket team has dropped the charges of misconduct
and foul language against Brad Hogg barely a week after the most infamous
test in recent years between India and Australia. Anil Kumble reportedly
held a long meeting with Australian skipper Ricky Pointing and he later
rem....
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| Shaun Pollock Retires from International Cricket
Ex-South African cricket skipper Shaun Pollock bids adieu to international cricket
at the end of the current West Indies tour of South Africa in what would be big
loss for the cricketing fraternity. The South African all rounder has played a
vital part in the re-organization of post-Apartheid ....
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| In India vs ACT XI match Virender Sehwag scores 113 of 78 balls
Virender Sehwag was the star show for an Indian batting lineup
that flayed the ACT XI attack to all parts of the ground in their recently
concluded 3 day match up against the ACT XI line up. The flamboyant dasher from
Najafgarh made his intentions clear from the very first over itself an....
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| India vs Australia 2nd test Aftermath resulting in Harbhajan Singh being Banned for 3 matches
The potential bomb that was ticking all the time the time when
India travelled down under after a ferociously competitive series in India has
finally burst taking the cricketing world by storm and in all probability ending
Harbhajan's chances of further participation in the series. After....
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| Stuart Clark says his team had done enough homework on how to decimate the Indian batting line up
Australian quick Stuart Clark said his team had done adequate homework
on how to decimate the Indian batting line-up and the result was there before
all to see.
"Most of the guys have those PSPs, the portable Play-stations, but I take
my laptop with me everywhere we go.
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| Assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will not affect Pakistan tour says Cricket Australia
The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will
not affect Australia's upcoming tour of the country, Cricket Australia
today said.
CA spokesman Peter Young said there was no imminent danger to the tour
and a final decision will be taken later, near the scheduled beg....
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| Indian star middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh faces a disciplinary hearing
India's star middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh faces a disciplinary hearing
with Match Referee Mike Proctor for showing dissent after his dismissal
in the Boxing Day Test against Australia.
Umpire Billy Bowden ruled Yuvraj caught behind off Stuart Clark
yesterday, a decision that fai....
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| Anil Kumble has extremely outstanding intuition says Steve Waugh
Hailing Anil Kumble as a bowler with "outstanding intuition,"
former Australian captain Steve Waugh said one should never underestimate
the veteran leg-spinner.
Impressed with Kumble's performance on the opening day of the first cricket
Test here, Waugh said Kumble was a cl....
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| Munaf patel annoys cricket board with his low performance
The Indian team management may be keen to have Munaf Patel in the squad,
but the BCCI is not too happy with the paceman's attitude and appears to
have second thoughts about sending him to Australia.
The BCCI, it is learnt, has taken strong exception to Munaf's decision to skip
the Ra....
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| Wicket will become even poor for batting says Matthew Hayden
The Indians may have done exceptionally well to reduce Australia to 337
for nine in the opening cricket Test but Matthew Hayden reckons the visitors
will also find the going tough on a pitch that will "definitely get difficult
to bat on over the next few days".
Hayden stood o....
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| Kolkatans distributed sweets to celebrate Sourav Ganguly 100th Test match for India
Christmas festivities stretched into the Boxing Day as Kolkatans
distributed sweets to celebrate local hero Sourav Ganguly's 100th Test appearance
for India.
The denizens woke up early to witness the historic moment of Ganguly's career
at Melbourne Cricket Ground where India play....
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| Seniors must not get personal says vice captain Adam Gilchrist
In a veiled swipe at Shane Warne and Ian Chappell for their outburst
against the Australian team, vice-captain Adam Gilchrist today said retired
stars should stop "getting personal" and "making negative"
comments.
"I must say there's been a lot said today in the pa....
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| My daughter would have done better than John Buchanan Ian Chappell
Launching a lampoon at John Buchanan, former captain Ian Chappell
has said that his daughter would not have done a bad job as coach of the Australian
team.
Defending spin great Shane Warne, who has been criticised for his panning
of Buchanan, Chappell said the former coach's contribution i....
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| Aggression and self belief key to success against Australia says VVS Laxman
VVS Laxman has been Australia's bugbear for quite a while and
the classical middle order batsman prescribes self-belief with relentless aggression
as the formula to succeed against the world champions.
With a firmness in his voice, Laxman said India
would not allow any let-up in steam....
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| Brett Lee wants to take control of Indian master Sachin Tendulkar during ind vs aus series
Australia's pace spearhead Brett Lee is keen to cross sword with Indian
master Sachin Tendulkar in a bid to prove to the "world's greatest"
that he is a vastly improved bowler now.
"I am actually looking forward to bowling against Sachin Tendulkar. It's
going to be his....
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