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| Ireland announce depleted ODI cricket squad due to injuries
With their star players missing due to injury, Ireland have announced a
severely depleted 13-member squad for their one-dayers against India and South
Africa beginning on June 23.
In the bowling department, Andre Botha, Dave Langford-Smith and most disappointingly
of all, Boyd Rankin have ....
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| Lisa Keightley appointed as coach for Australia women cricket team
Former opener Lisa Keightley today replaced Mark Sorell as the first woman
coach of the Australian eves' equad.
Cricket Australia said in a statement that Sorell had taken over as the head coach
of the South Australia men's team.
Lisa has been the coach of the New South Wales Wolf Blass Brea....
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| Cricketer Yuvraj singh needs fixed batting number to be consistent
Yuvraj Singh today brushed aside talks about his disappointment at losing Team
India vice-captaincy, saying he was proud to represent the country merely
as a player.
"My job is to go out and play. If certain responsibility is given to me it's
an opportunity and an honour, but at this st....
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| Ricky Ponting distances himself from FICA threat
Australian Ricky Ponting today sought to distance himself from a reported
international cricketers association's (FICA) threat to boycot the next year's
Champions Trophy if the ICC did not change its way of governing the game.
FICA had reportedly said that it was not happy with the manner in....
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| Australian Cricket Board to quiz cricket players on recreational drugs
Cricket Australia will quiz Ricky Ponting and his men on whether
they use recreational drugs as part of its plans to draw up a tougher drug policy.
According to 'The Age', Swimming Australia is about to introduce out-of-competition
testing for recreational drugs and cricket and rugby boards ....
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| Ricky Ponting advices to Follow Australian example while managing transition
Ricky Ponting today said the Indian cricket selectors can take a leaf out of their
Australian counterparts' book while managing the transition of players in the
team.
"I think the Australian selectors handled it very well. Whenever there was
a group of players of the same age on the ve....
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| Chris Gayle in charge of West indies ODI squad for England cricket series
Allrounder Chris Gayle will take over the captaincy from Daren Ganga
in the 14-man West Indies cricket squad for limited-overs matches against
England.
Gayle, the powerful left-handed opener and right-arm offspinner, received the
leadership yesterday when Ganga was not included in the squa....
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| Venkatesh prasad will be handy in guiding rookies in England said Javagal Srinath
Former India pacer Javagal Srinath has sought to debunk the theory
that the team would struggle with an inexperienced bowling attack on the upcoming
tour of England.
India's 16-member squad for the three-Test series in England in July features
rookies Ishant Sharma, Ranadeb Bose and the re....
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| Live Cricket Broadcaster Nimbus set in talks for cricket distribution deal
Sports broadcaster Nimbus is understood to be in advanced talks with Sony Entertainment
Television for distributing cricket matches to be played in India after Star India
pulled out from an earlier deal.
Industry sources said talks between Nimbus and SET for a four-year deal were likely
to....
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| Review of Bob Woolmer investigation ordered jamican government
Two days after the police closed the three-month investigation into Bob Woolmer's
death, the Jamaican government has announced appointment of a committee to "review"
the high-profile probe.
National Security Minister Peter Phillips has appointed former president
of the Court of Ap....
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| Ricky Ponting told Indians cricketers have to learn to cope with pressure
Australian captain Ricky Ponting today diagnosed the ailments of Indian
cricket as "mental pressure" and advised the team to learn to cope with
it.
"India is playing under a lot of mental pressure. They must learn how to
cope with it," Ponting said.
Ponting, who led Au....
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| Cricket Camp in full swing after six players arrive on day two
The cricket camp for the Ireland-bound Indian one-day squad began in full swing
on the second day here today following the arrival of six players who could not
reach yesterday because of flight delays.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly and wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni,
Yuvraj Sing....
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| An Australian can be a good cricket coach for India said Ricky Ponting
Australian captain Ricky Ponting today said he saw no reason why an Australian
coach could not do a good job in India when quite a few of them were doing
well with teams around the world.
"I think Tom Moody has done some terrific job in Sri Lanka
leading them to the World Cup final an....
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| Brian Lara might return to international cricket
Within two months of his hastily announced retirement, legendary West Indies
batsman Brian Lara has realised he did not want to lose touch with the
game and is contemplating returning to the international cricket as a player.
Lara, who surprised everyone by calling it quits in the wake of hi....
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| Ere Seshaiah defends his findings that Bob Woolmer was murdered
Indian born pathologist Dr Ere Seshaiah, whose autopsy report guided the Jamaican
police to look at the murder angle after the mysterious death of Bob Woolmer,
stuck to his finding that the Pakistan cricket coach was murdered.
A day after the Jamaican police concluded that Woolmer's death wa....
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