Batsman
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Jesse Ryder ruled out of NZ's West Indies tour
Cricket | Apr 25, 2012, 05:05 PM ISTWellington, Apr 25: New Zealand cricket says troubled batsman Jesse Ryder will not be selected for its tour to the West Indies in June despite his form in the Indian Premier League.The 28-year-old Ryder has
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Uncapped batsman Fudadin added to Windies squad
Cricket | Apr 20, 2012, 07:22 PM ISTPort-Of-Spain, Apr 20: Guyana left-hander Assad Fudadin was added to the West Indies squad for the first time for the third test against Australia in Dominica next week.Fudadin replaced legspinner Devendra Bishoo on Thursday as
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No Time To Have A Girlfriend, Says Virat Kohli
Cricket | Apr 07, 2012, 05:32 PM ISTMumbai, Apr 7: Team India batsman Virat Kohli says, he just doesn't have the time to have a girlfriend.In an interview to Delhi Times, Kohli was asked why he didn't have a girlfriend. This was
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Pietersen Given Official Warning For Switch Hit
Cricket | Apr 05, 2012, 05:12 PM ISTColombo, April 5: England's batsman Kevin Pietersen was given an official warning for trying to play the switch hit before Tillakaratne Dilshan was in his delivery stride on the third afternoon at the P Sara
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Tendulkar Will Be Playing IPL 5
Cricket | Mar 28, 2012, 01:31 PM ISTMumbai, Mar 28: Sachin Tendulkar will be available to play the entire duration of the upcoming Indian Premier League after returning from London where he has gone for a medical consultation for a toe injury,
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Rohit Promises Not To Repeat Last Match Mistake
Cricket | Dec 01, 2011, 05:00 PM ISTVisakhapatnam, Dec 1: Comebackman Rohit Sharma, who was the architect of India's nail-biting one-wicket win in the first ODI in Cuttack, today said leaving the task unfinished for the tailenders was a mistake he would
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Samaraweera Back For Sri Lanka For Proteas Tour
Cricket | Nov 29, 2011, 10:10 PM ISTColombo, Nov 29: Veteran Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera was recalled on Tuesday into an expanded test squad to tour South Africa after having initially been ignored for a second straight series.Sri Lanka Cricket said
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Mendis Back For Sri Lanka Tour To South Africa
Cricket | Nov 22, 2011, 09:06 PM ISTColombo, Sri Lanka, Nov 22: Spinner Ajantha Mendis was recalled and veteran batsman Thilan Samaraweera ignored for a second straight series by Sri Lanka in a 16-member squad for a three-test series against South Africa
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Yuvraj Dropped For 3rd Test As Rohit Makes Comeback
Cricket | Nov 17, 2011, 09:05 PM ISTKolkata, Nov 17: Middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh was today dropped with Rohit Sharma replacing him in India's squad for the third and final cricket Test against West Indies beginning in Mumbai from November 22.Sharma was
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Dravid The Most Difficult Batsman To Bowl To : Edwards
Cricket | Nov 12, 2011, 07:20 PM ISTKolkata, Nov 12: West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards on Saturday said veteran Indian batsman Rahul Dravid is the most difficult batsman to bowl to in international cricket."Dravid is probably the most difficult batsman (to
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Akmal Brothers, Wahab Riaz Named In Fixing Trial
Cricket | Oct 07, 2011, 04:12 PM ISTLondon, Oct 7: Three more Pakistani cricketers were implicated in the spot-fixing scandal at the Southwark Crown Court on Thursday. This was during the ongoing trial of former captain Salman Butt and pacers Mohammad Aamer
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Gambhir In Doping Tangle
Cricket | May 27, 2011, 02:58 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 27 : Team India batsman Gautam Gambhir could become embroiled in a doping trouble as he had used corticosteroid injections for his recurring shoulder injury without procuring an exemption certificate which is
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Dejected Warne Says His Batsmen Made A Horror Start
Cricket | Apr 22, 2011, 10:55 AM ISTMohali, Apr 22 : Handed another crushing defeat, a downcast Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne rued the "horror start" by his team''s batsmen while chasing a mammoth 196 against Kings XI Punjab in their Indian
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Fletcher, Fleming In Race For Team India Coach
Cricket | Apr 21, 2011, 11:29 AM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 21: Former England coach Duncan Fletcher and former New Zealand coach Stephen Fleming have emerged as the frontunners in the race for the post of Team India coach, reports Times of India.
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97 In WC Final Most Important Knock Of My Career: Gambhir
Cricket | Apr 04, 2011, 10:44 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 4: Top Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir on Monday described his knock of 97 in the World Cup final against Sri Lanka as the most important innings of his career though it was
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Hussey Wanted To Prove He Was Fit For World Cup: Report
Cricket | Feb 21, 2011, 07:09 PM ISTMelbourne, Feb 21: Australian batsman Michael Hussey was so upset by the selectors' decision to drop him from World Cup squad that he wanted to prove his fitness by playing in a Sheffield Shield fixture
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Sri Lankan Batsman, Manager Leave Hotel
Cricket | Feb 17, 2011, 07:10 PM ISTColombo, Feb 17: Sri Lankan batsman Chamara Silva and team manager Anura Tennakoon left the team's World Cup hotel and headed home on Thursday due to deaths in their respective families.Silva's elder sister Nelum Anusha
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Pietersen Sulking Over Ban On WAGs During Ashes
Cricket | Nov 01, 2010, 04:37 PM ISTLondon: The ban on England players' wives and girlfriends until six weeks into the Ashes has not gone down too well with mercurial batsman Kevin Pietersen, who is said to be sulking at the prospect
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ICC Rankings Not True Reflection Of Form: Hussey
Cricket | Oct 19, 2010, 04:17 PM ISTAustralian batsman Mike Hussey has rejected the ICC's Test rankings, which place his team at fifth, saying that the Aussies are "definitely better than that and the system is not a true reflection of their
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Pak, Eng Players Hurl Pads, Grab Each Other's Throat
Cricket | Sep 22, 2010, 12:13 PM ISTLondon: An ugly altercation between Pakistani fast bowler Wahab Riaz and England batsman Jonathan Trott threatened to spoil cricketing ties between the two countries, reports the Mumbai newspaper DNA. The report says, the two players