South Africa
January 19th, 2018 | by
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South Africa coach Ottis Gibson was asked in the lead-up to the series if the Indian pace attack had enough in it to make them reconsider the usual policy of batting first in Cape Town. This was, after all, not the usual Cape Town pitch; it...
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India
January 19th, 2018 | by
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By now we should have trained ourselves to taking Virat Kohli‘s press conferences with generous dollops of salt. His charges against Steven Smith of systemic manipulation of DRS presently lie in some ICC dustbin. His denials of a breakdown in relationship with Anil Kumble...
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New Zealand
January 17th, 2018 | by
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New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult has been rested from the final ODI against Pakistan on Friday as well as the first T20I that follows next week. To ensure the team has left-arm cover, the selectors have brought in Ben Wheeler, who last played international cricket in...
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#CWC2019
January 17th, 2018 | by
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Did India lose the plot in the middle session?
January 17th, 2018 | by
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In Test cricket, as in life, there comes situations that define you as a team and as a person. How you react to them tells the world what you’re made of. Usually there is no set right or wrong way to go about it, and...
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West Indies spark spirit-of-cricket debate with controversial dismissal
January 17th, 2018 | by
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West Indies have once again ignited the spirit-of-cricket debate at the Under-19 World Cup, when they appealed against South Africa opener Jiveshan Pillay for obstructing the field in their Group A fixture in Mount...
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Cricket Worldwide
Kohli, Dhoni meet CoA about player contracts
November 30th, 2017 | by
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India captain Virat Kohli, senior player MS Dhoni and coach Ravi Shastri met the committee of administrators (CoA) and other BCCI officials in Delhi to work out their schedules and compensation packages in the coming years. The players’ contracts have been up for renewal...
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Why Nathan Lyon is special
November 30th, 2017 | by
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In his post-match review of the Brisbane Test, Graeme Swann was somewhat dismissive of Nathan Lyon’s efforts in the match. “Lyon’s got a lot of plaudits for how well he bowled in this game, but England actually didn’t capitulate to Lyon. He got 5 for...
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BCCI fined INR 52.24 crore for ‘anti-competitive conduct’
November 30th, 2017 | by
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The BCCI has been slapped with a fine of INR 52.24 crore by the Competition Commission of India (CCI), the country’s fair trade regulator, for “anticompetitive conduct”. The fine is specifically linked to the board’s broadcast deal for the Indian Premier...
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Root on Smith laughter: ‘If that’s not motivation, I don’t know what is’
November 30th, 2017 | by
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The memory of Steven Smith laughing in the Brisbane post-game press conference is all the motivation England need in Adelaide according to captain Joe Root. The England camp were underwhelmed by the image of the Australia captain in near hysterics as Cameron Bancroft revealed...
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