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| Taufel Australian `Official of the Year`
Cricket umpire Simon Taufel has been named `Official of the Year` at the Australian
Sports Awards presentation here.
Taufel won the award from other stand out officials Mark
Shield (soccer) and Scot Butler (basketball) at a ceremony last night.
The 36-year-old said the recognition of umpi....
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| Sobers confident Australia will recover form
West Indies great Garfield Sobers said on Wednesday he was confident Australia
would bounce back from their recent string of losses and make a strong title defence
at next month’s World Cup in the Caribbean.
The world champions were whitewashed 3-0 in the one-day series
against hosts....
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| Vaas believes Sri Lanka can recapture World Cup
Veteran pace bowler Chaminda Vaas believes Sri Lanka have a great
chance of repeating their 1996 World Cup triumph at the 2007 tournament
in the Caribbean over the next two months.
"The current side is in the same mould as the outfit that
won under Arjuna Ranatunga and we are peaking....
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| India`s famed quartet eye last shot at Cup glory
A quartet of India`s golden generation of cricketers will aim for glory in West
Indies in what is expected to be their last World Cup.
The game`s ultimate prize is still missing from the trophy
cabinets of stalwarts Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav
Ganguly and Anil Kumble.
Leg-....
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| Now, Greg Chappell is among 30 probables
Australia may have slipped from the top of ODI team rankings, but that
has not stopped them from picking their best ever one day team.
On the occasion of 20th anniversary of its maiden World Cup
triumph, Cricket Australia announced an `initial 30-member squad`, which
features Indian coa....
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| CA slams Gilly for ‘disrespectful’ remarks
Defending the staging of Chappell Hadlee trophy series, Cricket Australia
has lambasted Adam Gilchrist for suggesting that the tournament was a waste
of time and harmful to Australia`s World Cup preparations.
CA Chief James Sutherland said CA was committed to the series which started
in 2....
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| Team to sport new clothing after WC: BCCI
The new light blue coloured one day clothing for the Indian team
unveiled with much fanfare at a five star hotel here with seven World Cup
team members sporting it can not be worn by the cricketers during the mega event,
the Cricket Board said today.
"At the World Cup the players would....
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| Pressure makes you do well: Murli
Muttiah Muralitharan believes that Sri Lanka may go into the coming World
Cup in the Caribbean as strong contenders but the 1996 victorious team from
the island nation was a better side than the current one.
"Some experts are tipping us to surprise a few at the
World Cup and maybe ev....
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| Delhi HC asks Govt to take decision on racist ad
The Delhi High Court asked the centre to take "just and proper" decision
on broadcaster neo sports' alleged racist advertisement that depicted India as
an "inhospitable host" during the India-West Indies and India Sri
Lanka cricket series.
The direction came from a bench....
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| Dhoni moves up in ICC rankings
India wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni has moved up to second position
overtaking Australian captain Ricky Ponting in the latest ICC Player Rakings
for ODI batsmen.
The 25-year-old, who had briefly reigned the rankings charts
last year, has just completed a successful four-match....
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| Australia demoralised by New Zealand whitewash
New Zealand completed a 3-0 whitewash of their one-day series with Australia
after a thrilling one-wicket win in Hamilton on Tuesday.
Australia had looked in command after posting a massive 346
for five, but the Kiwis stunned the world champions with the second-highest
run-chase in one-....
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| England cricket captain promises to beat hamstring injury
England captain Michael Vaughan has vowed a "little hamstring injury"
won't stop him leading the side when the World Cup gets underway in the
Caribbean next month.
The 32-year-old Yorkshire batsman has spent much of the past
year sidelined from international action with a longs....
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| I will be match-fit before WC: Pathan
Beleaguered cricketer Irfan Pathan stoutly defended himself against criticism, saying
he remained positive about a successful performance in the world cup despite
question marks over his form and fitness.
"I have been answering these queries about the loss of
in-swing and drop in pa....
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| I will be fine for World Cup: Hayden
Australian batsman Matthew Hayden said he was optimistic that his broken toe would
not keep him out of Australia's World Cup campaign.
"The early prognosis is we've been crunched by New
Zealand, it hasn't been a particularly good tour. But the early prognosis
from me is I'm in goo....
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| Blame it on bowlers, says Hussey
England captain Michael Vaughan has vowed a "little hamstring injury"
won't stop him leading the side when the World Cup gets underway in the
Caribbean next month.
The 32-year-old Yorkshire batsman has spent much of the past
year sidelined from international action with a longs....
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