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Home Series Against India Will Be A Keen Contest: Ponting
Cricket | Aug 06, 2011, 06:16 PM ISTMelbourne, Aug 6: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting feels that the year-end home series against India will not only be a keen contest but would also be a lot different as compared to when the
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Muralitharan Aspired To Grab 1,000 Wickets
Cricket | Aug 06, 2011, 06:12 PM ISTLondon, Aug 6: A fleeting ambition of taking a phenomenal 1,000 Test wickets led Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan to think about postponing his retirement last year but injury concerns in an ageing body
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Sachin, Dravid Inspirations For Every Cricketer: Ponting
Cricket | Aug 06, 2011, 06:02 PM ISTColombo, Aug 6: Australian batsman Ricky Ponting believes that claims of batsmen fading in their mid-to-late 30s are overrated, and said that 38-year-old Indian batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid are inspirations for every cricketer.
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Child-Like Enthusiasm Secret Of Sachin's Longevity: Dravid
Cricket | Aug 05, 2011, 05:01 PM ISTLondon, Aug 5: A child-like enthusiasm for the game is the reason why Sachin Tendulkar has completed over two decades in international cricket despite the pounding that his body has taken, feels his long-time teammate
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Clean Sweep Against India Is Possible: Swann
Cricket | Aug 05, 2011, 04:55 PM ISTLondon, Aug 5: England spinner Graeme Swann feels a 4-0 whitewash is possible in the Test series against World No.1 India. "I'd like to think that it's possible to win 4-0. A lot of things
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Indian Players Are Suffering From 'Mental Fatigue': Upton
Cricket | Aug 05, 2011, 04:47 PM ISTNorthampton, Aug 5: If a team indulges in playing relentlessly, the players start suffering from 'mental fatigue' and that's exactly what has happened with the Indian players, feels former mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton. Upton said
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T20s Perfect Way For Aussies To Get Going In Lanka: Lee
Cricket | Aug 05, 2011, 04:37 PM ISTKandy, Aug 5: Veteran quick Brett Lee believes Australia's decision to start its tour of Sri Lanka with two Twenty20 matches is the perfect way to get the series under way. Lee feels the pair
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India's No.1 Test Ranking Is On Line: Lorgat
Cricket | Aug 04, 2011, 09:17 PM ISTHarare, Aug 4: The ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat feels that India's No.1 ranking in Test cricket is certainly on line after back-to-back defeats against England at the Lord's and Trent Bridge but the quality
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India Played Like Bangladesh, Says Boycott
Cricket | Aug 02, 2011, 09:04 PM ISTNottingham, Aug 2: Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott says India played like Bangladesh in parts of the second Test at Trent Bridge and has predicted another England victory in the next match at Edgbaston beginning
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Best England Side I Have Seen, Says Nasser Hussain
Cricket | Aug 02, 2011, 08:54 PM ISTNottingham, Aug 2: Former England cricket captain Nasser Hussain feels the Andrew Strauss-led side is the best he has ever seen. Hussain praised the England team after its emphatic 319-run victory over India Monday in
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Sachin's Intervention Led To Bell's Reinstatement
Cricket | Aug 02, 2011, 05:45 PM ISTLondon, Aug 2: Mahendra Singh Dhoni is getting the applause but it was actually Sachin Tendulkar's intervention that led to Ian Bell's reinstatement after his bizarre run-out in the just-concluded India-England second Test, a media
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Sachin And Dravid Rise In ICC Test Rankings
Cricket | Aug 02, 2011, 05:38 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 2: England's continuing dominance on world number one India in the ongoing Test series is beginning to reflect in the ICC rankings as well with several of their players rising to career-best
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Harbhajan, Fletcher Face Wrath After Trent Bridge Defeat
Cricket | Aug 02, 2011, 05:33 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 2: India's morale-sapping second test humiliation against England has triggered a desperate wave of soul-searching back home with some former players questioning spinner Harbhajan Singh's place in the side and the appointment
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Afridi Pleads With Zardari To End The 'Joke' On Pak Cricket
Cricket | Aug 02, 2011, 05:28 PM ISTKarachi, Aug 2: Former captain Shahid Afridi could find himself involved in another dispute with the Pakistan Cricket Board after stating that President Asif Zardari should step in to prevent the game from becoming a
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Sehwag To Join Team India, Gambhir Declared Fit
Cricket | Aug 02, 2011, 04:17 PM ISTLondon, Aug 2: Virender Sehwag, who missed the first two Tests because of a shoulder injury, is set to join the beleaguered Indian team tomorrow even as the team management declared that opener Gautam Gambhir
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Dhoni Made Right Decision But Bell Was In The Wrong: Vaughan
Cricket | Aug 01, 2011, 07:28 PM ISTLondon, Aug 1: Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes that Ian Bell knew he had "messed up" during his controversial run-out in the second Test against India but gave the impression of not really knowing
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Dravid Hits 34th Ton, Equals Gavaskar's Record
Cricket | Jul 31, 2011, 10:39 AM ISTNottingham, Jul 30: Senior batsman Rahul Dravid today struck his 34th Test century to draw level with Sunil Gavaskar and become the joint second highest century maker from India on the second day of the
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Praveen Fined For Arguing With On-Field Umpire
Cricket | Jul 30, 2011, 08:39 PM ISTNottingham, Jul 30: Indian pacer Praveen Kumar has has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee for arguing with the umpire after his LBW appeal against England batsman Kevin Pietersen was turned down
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Trent Bridge Crowd Motivated Me: Sreesanth
Cricket | Jul 30, 2011, 08:35 PM ISTNottingham, Jul 30: Indian paceman S Sreesanth has the English crowd to thank for his sparkling performance in the first England innings with the temperamental bowler saying that the boos he got from the spectators
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Durrani Backs Harbhajan To Do Well Against England
Cricket | Jul 30, 2011, 08:29 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 30: Former India all-rounder Salim Durrani has come in support of under fire Harbhajan Singh, expressing confidence that the off-spinner would come good in the ongoing Test series against England. “He has