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| Graeme Smith unhappy with conditions at Chennai
South African captain Graeme Smith and Zimbabwean skipper Elton Chigumbura have slammed the Chennai wicket and called it unfit for ODI cricket. The two teams were involved in a practice match at the Chepauk in Chennai and found it to be under-prepared for this format of the game.
According to Smit....
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| Hosts and West Indies win on opening World Cup warm up days
The first day of the World Cup warm-up games saw Sri Lanka, West Indies
and Bangladesh cruise to easy wins in their respective games. Sri Lanka crushed
Netherlands in a game at SSC in Colombo, West Indies ran home in a reasonably
tough game against Kenya while Bangladesh pounded the Canada sid....
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| Hussey and Hauritz ruled out of World Cup squad
Australia will go into the 2011 edition of the World Cup without the presence of Michael Hussey and Nathan Hauritz, both of whom were dropped from the side because of their injury issues. Both suffered from injuries during the recently finished ODI series against England and have not yet recovered s....
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| Ganguly surprised at his exclusion from IPL
Sourav Ganguly has refused to be associated with the Kolkata Knight Riders as the mentor of the side and said that he will no longer be a part of the Ranji trophy unless he was selected for the IPL.Sourav Ganguly had earlier not been picked by any of the IPL sides during the auction and later three ....
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| ICC chief Lorgat says five year ban not lenient
Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt have said that the punishment meted out to them for the spot-fixing controversy was far too stringent. The two cricketers were banned from playing cricket for five years each apart from the five years that Mohammad Asif was handed over as well. While Amir was not given ....
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| Australian coach hopes for 15 fit players for World Cup
The Australian side will look to overcome their injury issues before the starof the World Cup but the coach Tim Nielsen has said that he hoped that
the selectors did not risk getting in players who were not fully fit for the World
Cup.
The Australian injury roster grew during their recently co....
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| Ganguly does not get IPL call while Pandey given four match ban
The Indian Premier league Governing Council has said that Sourav Ganguly will not be a part of the Indian Premier League. The announcement was made after the governing council debated hard about the inclusion of the former Kolkata Knight Riders captain but it was found that there were many teams who....
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| Tainted Pakistani players to learn about their future on Friday and Saturday
The three Pakistani cricketers involved in the ICC investigations for the alleged
issue of spot-fixing, Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif,
will understand on Friday whether the British police holds them guilty for their
involvement in the same. On Saturday, the ICC will also announc....
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| Eden Gardens may not host any of the remaining games
Eden Gardens could further run into trouble with the hosting of the remaining
three games of the World Cup. according to reports it has been said that
the stadium officials have told the ICC that they will not be able to cover the
roofs for most part of the stadium and that will mean that they....
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| Kamran Akmal and Misbah ul Haq picked for New Zealand ODIs
Kamran
Akmal has been selected in the ODI squad for the away series against New Zealand.
The series would be Pakistan's last outing before the World Cup which starts
in February. It is believed that more or less the same squad will be picked
for the World Cup. Pakistan Cricket Board ....
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| IPL Governing Council meeting to take place on January 5
The governing body of Indian Premier League (IPL) will meet on Wednesday,
January 5 in order to converse on the IPL player auctions which will be held on
January 8 and 9 in Bangalore.
An official in BCCI confirmed that IPL Governing Council will meet on January
5 at Bandra Kurla Complex wh....
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| The Half Century of Centuries from Tendulkar
It's a landmark that has not been achieved by anyone is cricketing history and
it is only fitting that it has been accomplished by one of the greatest batsman
of all time Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.
It came in a country where Sachin's average is lowest and it came at a time
when India were de....
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| Merv Hughes astonished by Beer inclusion
The selection of Michael Beer for the third Ashes Test match has even surprised a man who was a national selector two months ago. Beer, a left arm orthodox, is chosen for the Perth Test, although it is possible that selectors play all pace attack consisting of four men. Beer's insertion has been met....
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| Dhoni signs with McDowell for 26 crore deal
Indian skipper MS Dhoni has signed a contract of promoting McDowells soda
for Rs. 26 crore (around $ 5.7 million).
The duration of the deal is three years. McDowell's is owned by UB Group which
owns Kingfisher airlines also. Vijay Mallya, the president of UB Group
was thrilled by the deal ....
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| Four more Pakistan players involved in match fixing video
A leading Pakistani news channel have disclosed a new footage of player's agent Mazhar Majeed, who was accused of indulging Pakistan players in spot fixing
in England. In the video footage Majeed reveals that four other players worked
with him.
The video footage attained by Geo TV is believed t....
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