Ashes
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Ashes: Australia crush England in 2nd test to level series
Cricket | Jul 19, 2015, 10:23 PM ISTLondon: Australia dealt England a humiliating Ashes defeat at Lord's on Sunday, winning by 405 runs to level the five-match series and deliver a wounding defeat from which England may struggle to recover.The match ended
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England out for 312, Australia bat again at Lord's test
Cricket | Jul 18, 2015, 11:40 PM ISTLondon: Australia bowled England out for 312 in the second Ashes test on Saturday, declining to enforce the follow-on and batting again despite a first innings lead of 254.England resumed Saturday at 85-4 and could
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Australia hit 566-8, then rip through England batting at Lord's test
Cricket | Jul 17, 2015, 11:37 PM ISTLondon: Australia posted an impressive first innings total of 566-8 declared in the second Ashes test at Lord's on Friday and then ripped through the top order, reducing England to 30-4 at one stage.Alastair Cook
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Aus vs Eng: Australia roar back into Ashes contention at Lord's test
Cricket | Jul 16, 2015, 11:44 PM ISTLondon: Australia roared back into Ashes contention with a powerful batting performance on the first day of the second test on Thursday.Opener Chris Rogers and Steve Smith scored fluent centuries as Australia closed on 337-1.It's
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Ashes: England lead cut to 166 on day 2 but Aussies 5 down
Cricket | Jul 09, 2015, 11:33 PM ISTCardiff, Wales: England started and finished day two of the Ashes series opener admirably on Thursday, with Australia still trying to find an edge at sun-bathed Sophia Gardens.In the morning, the last three England wickets
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Joe Root ton lifts England to 343-7 on 1st day of 1st Ashes test
Cricket | Jul 08, 2015, 11:54 PM ISTCardiff, Wales (AP): Joe Root shouldered the immense expectations on him as England's most reliable batsman by scoring a century that took the momentum from Australia on the first day of the first Ashes
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Plenty at stake for Ashes captains
Cricket | Jul 06, 2015, 11:13 AM ISTLondon : Rival skippers Alastair Cook and Michael Clarke both have particular reasons for wanting to win the upcoming Ashes series that begins with the first cricket Test in Cardiff starting on Wednesday.For England skipper
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England can win Ashes, says captain Alastair Cook
Cricket | Jun 03, 2015, 02:41 PM ISTLeeds: England captain Alastair Cook said he has seen enough potential in his team to believe they can regain the Ashes against Australia this summer.Cook's side were beaten by 199 runs by New Zealand here
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Alastair Cook key to England's Ashes success: Warne
Cricket | Apr 09, 2015, 04:40 PM ISTMelbourne: Australian spin legend Shane Warne believes England's Ashes hopes rest on their captain Alastair Cook who is back in the side after being dropped for the World Cup.Cook, who was relieved of his One-Day
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Pakistan-born Fawad Ahmed named in Australian test squad
Cricket | Mar 31, 2015, 07:43 AM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Pakistan-born refugee Fawad Ahmed was named to Australia's test squad Tuesday for tours of the West Indies and England later this year after an impressive domestic first-class season.Legspinner Ahmed, 33, who took 48
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Harris withdrawn from Sheffield Shield for Ashes focus
Cricket | Feb 02, 2015, 11:34 AM ISTMelbourne: Ryan Harris will sit out the remainder of the Sheffield Shield season to allow the fast bowling spearhead to be at his peak for this winter's Ashes series as Australia seeks to win an
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ECB should clarify decision to sack Pietersen: Flintoff
Cricket | Dec 19, 2014, 08:38 PM ISTLondon: Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff Friday urged the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to satisfactorily explain the reasons for sacking former captain and star batsman Kevin Pietersen."What Kevin's done can't be as bad
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Brad Haddin drops hints on retirement post-2015 Ashes
Cricket | Nov 24, 2014, 12:37 PM ISTMelbourne: Australia's first-choice wicketkeeper Brad Haddin is contemplating retirement after next year's Ashes in England with an aim to successfully defend the urn."I've enjoyed being part of the Australian group. We've got a big schedule
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Khushwant Singh's desire to be buried in Pakistan comes true
India | Apr 23, 2014, 03:47 PM ISTLahore: A fistful of ashes of legendary Indian journalist and author Khushwant Singh have been brought to his birthplace in Pakistan's Punjab province to fulfil his desire to be "reunited with his roots"."The son returned
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After Ashes, Aussies bullish in South Africa
Cricket | Feb 10, 2014, 10:18 PM ISTJohannesburg: Michael Clarke hadn't even arrived in South Africa before his first dig: Ready to depart from Sydney airport, the Australia captain said he was unaware top-ranked South Africa had beaten No. 2 India to
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Pietersen was whistling when England was being humiliated in Ashes
Cricket | Feb 07, 2014, 06:45 PM ISTLondon: If reports are to be believed, as soon as Kevin Pietersen was away from the public eye in the Sydney pavilion he whistled happily all the way into the England dressing room and continued
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Australia has No. 1 bowling attack: Clarke
Cricket | Jan 31, 2014, 10:38 PM ISTPotchefstroom, South Africa: Michael Clarke got right down to it on Friday, challenging South Africa's top-ranked fast bowlers by rating his own Ashes-dominating Australia attack as the best in the world.In his first public comments
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Our future with England team is uncertain: Anderson
Cricket | Jan 22, 2014, 07:35 AM ISTLondon: After 0-5 wash out at the hands of rampaging Australia, many English players are finding themselves standing at the exit door and England fast bowler James Anderson has admitted that none of them knows
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England-Australia 2nd ODI: Eoin Morgan's ton powers England to 300-8
Cricket | Jan 17, 2014, 01:26 PM ISTBrisbane, Australia: Eoin Morgan smashed a dashing century to lead England to a competitive 300-8 in the second one-dayer against Australia on Friday. Morgan hit four fours and six sixes in his knock of 106
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Shane Watson to miss Sydney, Perth ODIs against England
Cricket | Jan 16, 2014, 01:56 PM ISTMelbourne: Shane Watson will miss the third and fourth Carlton Mid ODI Series matches in Sydney and Perth against England and re-join the squad for the final ODI in Adelaide, the National Selection Panel announced