April 1st, 2016 | by
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Lendl Simmons, playing his first match of the tournament, plundered a 51-ball 82 to help West Indies beat India by seven wickets to reach the final of the World Twenty20 on Thursday. Simmons replaced an injured Andre Fletcher,...
March 31st, 2016 | by
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R Ashwin is widely considered the leader of India’s bowling attack, particularly in home conditions. He has ended the World T20 – a tournament held in India, on pitches that have by and large helped the spinners...
March 31st, 2016 | by
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The last time Manish Pandey donned the India blue, he scored an ODI century – a ton that oozed confidence, maturity and a sense of positivity. Two months later, he is back in the mix, back with the ones he had rubbed...
March 31st, 2016 | by
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Big picture Chris Gayle. Virat Kohli. Dwayne Bravo. MS Dhoni. The Wankhede stadium will be screening an ensemble-driven action movie as much it hosts a cricket match on Thursday night. Those individuals and their styles of play...
Winning will help Afghanistan progression – Inzamam
March 27th, 2016 | by
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Having threatened to pull off a win over a big team in their first three matches of the Super 10 stage, Afghanistan finally went ahead and did it against the group-topping West Indies in Nagpur. Inzamam-ul-Haq,...
We lost the game, they didn’t win it – Sammy
March 27th, 2016 | by
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It was Afghanistan’s first win in the Super 10s, it was their first win in any format against a Full Member side other than Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, and they had done rather well to beat West Indies, but the West Indies...
March 21st, 2016 | by
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Samuel Badree sticks out in this West Indies team. He has a neat little side parting. He does not have rippling muscles. He celebrates a wicket almost out of courtesy. And all of his wickets tonight in Bangalore came as a result...
Shami clears first hurdle on comeback trail
March 10th, 2016 | by
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The setting wasn’t as low-key as Mohammed Shami might have probably imagined. This was a warm-up game and yet there were at least 25,000 people at the Eden Gardens. There were several thousand more claps, whistles and...
Smith forecasts bowling changes for SCG
December 29th, 2015 | by
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A sore Peter Siddle, a tiring Josh Hazlewood, an emergent Mitchell Marsh, a dominant Nathan Lyon and a tour of Sri Lanka next year. All signs point towards Australia calling upon twin spin in the third and final Test against West...
December 28th, 2015 | by
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Slowly but surely, Australia worked their way through the West Indies for a victory that kept the Frank Worrell Trophy in their possession for 20 unbroken years, stretching back to the triumph of Mark Taylor’s team in the...
IPL player auction – New faces and where they cou... February 17th, 2017
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