Kolkata, July 31 (IANS) Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly Friday made his debut in cricket administration - questioning several decisions of the Jagmohan Dalmiya regime during a nearly hour-long address at the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Annual General Meeting (AGM) here.
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Kolkata, July 31 (IANS) Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly Friday approached the Kolkata police chief and also sought legal opinion about a purported sting operation by a private Bengali television channel that claims to have shot visuals of scantily-dressed women dancers at his bar and restaurant here.

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Bangladesh beat West Indies by three wickets in the third and final one-day international at Warner Park on Friday.

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England paceman James Anderson gave himself a belated birthday present by taking his Test-best figures against Australia here at Edgbaston on Friday.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting overtook Allan Border as his country's leading run-scorer in Test cricket on the second day of the third Ashes Test against England here on Friday.

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England swing duo James Anderson and Graham Onions took nine wickets between them Friday as Australia were bowled out for 263 on the second day of the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston.

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Graham Onions took two wickets with the first two balls of Friday's play and then removed Ricky Ponting to spark a spectacular Australia collapse here in the third Ashes Test.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting overtook Allan Border as his country's leading run-scorer in Test cricket on the second day of the third Ashes Test against England here on Friday.

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Pakistan moved closer to solving its World Cup 2011 dispute and a court Friday extended a stay order on relocating the event's headquarters out of the country, an official said.

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India's cricket chiefs will meet in an emergency session on Sunday after leading players refused to sign an anti-doping code, saying it infringed their privacy.

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Abandoned opening batsman Phillip Hughes has paid the price for paceman Mitchell Johnson's form slump in the Ashes series against England, Australian ex-Test players and media said on Friday.

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Australia's Graham Manou achieved a career ambition by making his Test debut despite only being included after the toss in the team to play England at Edgbaston here on Thursday.

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Australia coach Tim Nielsen hailed England's sportsmanship in allowing them to bring in reserve wicket-keeper Graham Manou for his Test debut here at Edgbaston on Thursday.

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has said that the matters of World Cup 2011 hosting would be settled next month.

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Shane Watson marked his maiden Test as an opener by batting through to the rain-affected close of the first day of the third match of the Ashes series here at Edgbaston on Thursday.

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Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly's induction into cricket administration will be the lone point of interest in an otherwise routine annual general elections of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Friday with veteran Jagmohan Dalmiya set

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Sri Lanka's world bowling record holder Muttiah Muralitharan said Thursday he will quit Test cricket next year, but continue to play limited-overs cricket.

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Pakistan have given up the demand of hosting its quota of 2011 World Cup games at a neutral venue, the country's cricket chief Ijaz Butt said Thursday.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sent reminders to its centrally-contracted players to refrain from giving media interviews without prior permission.

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Pakistan top order batsman Yasir Hameed is eagerly waiting to participate in the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) next season.

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Rain meant there was no play before lunch on the first day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia at Edgbaston here on Thursday.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat against England in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston here on Thursday.

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Former Australian opener Mathew Hayden has defended England batsman Kevin Pietersen for playing in the Indian Premier League during an Ashes year despite his subsequent injury problems.

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Newly appointed captain of the Pakistan Twenty20 squad, Shahid Afridi has said that he will lead the side his own style.

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Pakistan chief selector Iqbal Qasim has asked Shoaib Akhtar to prove his match fitness to regain his place in the national squad.

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Seamers Thilan Thushara and Nuwan Kulasekera ripped through Pakistan's top order as Sri Lanka won the first one-day international by 36 runs here on Thursday.

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Next season's English county cricket programme will feature just one Twenty20 competition after officials confirmed Thursday that plans for a second Twenty20 event had been scrapped.Instead the season will feature the four-day County Championship tournament, the P20 event and a revamped Sunday League one-day competition.

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Sri Lanka recovered from a top-order failure to post a competitive 232-9 in the first one-day international against Pakistan here on Thursday.The hosts had slipped to 131-6 by the 34th over after Pakistan captain Younus Khan won the toss and elected to field in overcast conditions at the Rangiri International Stadium.

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Sri Lanka recovered from a top-order failure to post a competitive 232-9 in the first one-day international against Pakistan here on Thursday.The hosts had slipped to 131-6 by the 34th over after Pakistan captain Younus Khan won the toss and elected to field in overcast conditions at the Rangiri International Stadium.

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Fresh rain here Thursday seemed set to further delay the start of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia at Edgaston.Heavy rain on Wednesday had left the outfield unfit for play in the opinion of umpires Rudi Koertzen and Aleem Dar.

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Royal Challengers from India will meet South Africa's Cape Cobras in the first match of the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League, organisers said on Thursday.

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Australia batsman Phillip Hughes announced Thursday he'd been dropped from the side to play England in the third Ashes Test on his own Twitter page.Hughes was dropped after a run of low scores and struggles against short-pitched fast bowling during the first two Tests of the series.

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Durham's Riverside ground will host its first Ashes Test in 2013, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Thursday.But the board have yet to confirm that north London venue Lord's, the self-styled 'home of cricket' will stage a Test against Australia in four years' time.

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Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has said there was no question of dropping left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson from the team for the third Test against England, and added he and the selectors had never discuss

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Pakistan's cricketers have been banned from giving media interviews without official permission, an official said Thursday following controversial remarks by paceman Shoaib Akhtar.

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Pakistan captain Younus Khan won the toss and sent Sri Lanka in to bat in the first one-day international of the five-match series here on Thursday:

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Opening batsman Phil Hughes has been dropped from the Australian side and replaced by Shane Watson for the third Ashes Test against England, a report said on Thursday.

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Australian captain Ricky Ponting is in a dilemma on whether to play spinner Nathan Hauritz on the soggy Edgbaston pitch for the third Test beginning Thursday.

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The menace of match-fixing reared its ugly head again Wednesday with a media report claiming that Pakistani cricketers were approached by bookmakers in Colombo during the recently-concluded Test series against Sri Lanka.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting insisted returning to Edgbaston, where the third Ashes Test starts on Thursday, held no bad memories for him after England's dramatic win here in 2005.

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England captain Andrew Strauss insisted the present Australia side lacked the aura of the one that thrashed his country 5-0 in the 2006/07 Ashes.

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England captain Andrew Strauss believes Ian Bell can do what he did by returning to Test cricket a better player after being dropped from the side.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting may be on the verge of overtaking Allan Border as his country's leading Test run-scorer but the Tasmanian is adamant he has "bigger fish to fry".

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Australia are likely to keep faith with struggling fast bowler Mitchell Johnson for the third Ashes Test against England, starting here at Edgbaston on Thursday.

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England head into the third Ashes Test here at Edgbaston confident of all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's participation but without Kevin Pietersen against an Australia side looking to level the series at 1-1.

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Half-centuries from Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Ashraful trumped a maiden One-day International hundred from Travis Dowlin, and inspired Bangladesh to a series-clinching three-wicket victory over West Indies here on Tuesday.

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Ian Bell has promised to do things his way after being given the tricky task of replacing England star batsman Kevin Pietersen for the third Ashes Test against Australia.

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Bangladesh lost control in the closing overs, and Travis Dowlin hit a maiden ODI century to lift West Indies to a respectable 274 for six from their 50 overs in the second One-Day International on Tuesday.

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London, July 28 (IANS) England captain Andrew Strauss has said that his match-winning bowler Andrew Flintoff will be used sparingly in the remainder of the Ashes series.

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Dubai, July 28 (IANS) International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan Tuesday met Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt to resolve the dispute between the two sides over the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

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Melbourne, July 28 (IANS) Former Australian captain Allan Border feels struggling seamer Mitchell Johnson needs to step away from Test cricket for at least a week to rebuild his game.

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Karachi, July 28 (IANS) Pakistan's star all-rounder Shahid Afridi says he is proud that the shirt he wore in the World Twenty20 final against Sri Lanka last month will be preserved in the world-famed cricket museum at Lord's.

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West Indies won the toss and decided to bat in the second of three One-day Internationals against Bangladesh on Tuesday at Windsor Park.

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England batsman Ian Bell dismissed the latest verbal attack from Australia great Shane Warne - the man who branded him 'the Shermanator'.

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Brett Lee was ruled out Tuesday of playing in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston by Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke.

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Andrew Flintoff has revealed the intensive fitness regime that he hopes will allow him to lead England to Ashes victory over Australia.

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Pakistan are banking on a fresh set of players to deliver as they seek to avenge Sri Lanka's Test victory in a one-day series starting here on Thursday.Pakistan were beaten in a Test series for the first time on Sri Lankan soil when Younus Khan's men lost the first two matches before drawing the final game in Colombo last week.

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On the sandy wastes of the troubled Middle East, in gangland Los Angeles or in the sun-kissed Caribbean, cricket is breaking down barriers and also creating controversial alliances.

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Sydney, July 27 (IANS) Fast bowler Stuart Clark insists he can intimidate England just the way Andrew Flintoff has Australia.

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New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Struggling Australian spearhead Mitchell Johnson has been backed by team coach Tim Nielsen despite another terrible game in a three-day match against Northampton

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Sydney, July 27 (IANS) Australian skipper Ricky Ponting feels England's star batsman Kevin Pietersen's absence will add more pressure on the Lord's Test hero Andrew Flintoff.

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New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Former fast bowler Wasim Akram, who made appealing a fine art during his playing days to win marginal decisions, now wants to teach how to appeal convincingly to young Indian fast bowlers

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Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) The winners of its Corporate Trophy will bag Rs.10 million in prize money while the runners-up will get Rs.5 million, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced here Monday.Twelve teams will be divided in four groups of three each and the league matches will be played in Mohali, Visakhapatnam, Dharamsala and Bangalore Sep 1-3. Mohali will host the first semi-final Sep 5 while Bangalore will host the second semi-final (Sep 6) and the final (Sep 8).

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New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Pakistan's legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram is wondering why the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is not utilising his services to groom young bowlers.Akram, who has helped Indian fast bowler Irfan Pathan and also struggling Australian bowler Mitchell Johnson, feels that he got only limited opportunities to work with Pakistani bowlers.

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Karachi, July 27 (IANS) Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan has vehemently denied rumours of divisions in his team, saying he would step down if such a problem existed.

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New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram feels it is for the International Cricket Council (ICC) to preserve the sanctity of Test format.Akram said the ICC should go ahead with day-night Tests and must ensure that matches are played on sporting tracks to counter the popularity of Twenty20.

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England cricket team selector Geoff Miller has said that all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is bullish about his chances of turning out for the team at Edgbaston and is looking forward to “sorting out” the Australians.Flintoff is in the squad for the Edgbaston clash, which starts on Thursday, despite a chronic knee problem casting serious doubt on his ability to finish the series.

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Oz cricketer Mitchell Johnson has called for a truce with his mother, Vikki Harber, after she made scathing comments about his fiancee, Jessica Bratich.

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Australian fast bowler Stuart Clark believes that he can intimidate England and is confident about a Test recall after being his side’s best bowler during the second day of a three-day tour match against Northamptonshire yesterday.

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Ian Bell warned Monday that he is ready to disprove his doubters when he makes his first appearance in the current Ashes series on his home Edgbaston ground this week.

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Thiruvananthapuram, July 27 (IANS) Fast bowler S. Sreesanth, who has signed up for English county team Warwickshire to play in the ongoing season, hopes that he can make a comeback into the Indian cricket team through his stint in England.

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Australia’s leading spin-bowling legends and coaches have elected to banish the doosra, making it difficult for their own spinners who are working hard to come at par with their sub-continental counterparts.

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Former captain Ramiz Raja has said that Pakistan team’s lack of Test match exposure, faulty technique of the batsmen led to their drubbing in Sri Lanka.With nearly all the visiting teams shunning Pakistan on security grounds, the team hardly played Test matches over the last couple of years, he said.

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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Shaharyar Khan has supported Shoaib Akhtar’s omission from the 30-member ICC Champions Trophy squad, saying that the mercurial pacer is not fit to even make it to a list of 50.

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt will meet ICC president David Morgan on Tuesday to discuss the possible solutions to a scenario in which the Pakistan cricket team is not allowed to play its 2011 World Cup home matches in India or if the Pakistan Government does not allow its team to play in India.

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Former England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham has branded as "stupid and arrogant" a call by Griff Rhys Jones, the television presenter, for canoeists to "disturb as many fishermen as possible". The Telegraph quoted Botham, a keen angler, as saying that Rhys Jones knew little about the countryside and the benefits of fishing for Britain''s rivers.

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Controversial Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar ran into trouble Monday again as cricket authorities accused him of violating his contract by criticising team management during a television interview.

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Australia's leading spin bowlers say they are firmly against coaching the controversial 'doosra', with one Test great saying it is an illegal delivery.The 'doosra', an Urdu term for a ball that turns away from a right-hander, as opposed to a conventional off-spinner which turns towards him, has engendered debate over its legitimacy in world cricket.

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Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak made a triumphant return to the Bangladesh side when he helped the Tigers win the opening one-day international against West Indies by 52 runs on Sunday.

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Australian media and cricket fans Monday called for Mitchell Johnson to be left out of Thursday's third Ashes Test against England amid mounting concerns over his lack of bowling form.

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London, July 26 (IANS) Andrew Flintoff has been retained while Ian Bell replaces Kevin Pietersen in the England squad for the third Ashes Test against Australia starting Thursday at Edgbaston.Flintoff, who will retire after the series, is battling a knee injury while Pietersen has been ruled out of the series after he underwent a surgery on his Achilles tendon. Bell's inclusion in the eleven is likely to be the only change in the team that is 1-0 up in the series.

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Wellington, July 26 (IANS) Captain Daniel Vettori has said that New Zealand cricketers may not choose country over cash in the future if they are forced to chose between national team and the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL).

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Johannesburg, July 26 (IANS) There are trends developing in world cricket that are of concern to the future of the game, including in India, Indian coach Gary Kirsten said here, saying Team India has to decide its priorities in terms of test cricket and other forms of the game, like T20.

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Johannesburg, Jul 26 (IANS) There is no onus on the Indian Premier League (IPL) to take responsibility for the possible decline in more traditional forms of the game in the wake of the Twenty20 success, according to Sunder Raman, chief executive officer of the IPL.

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Johannesburg, July 26 (IANS) The row between Cricket South Africa (CSA) and its provincial affiliate Gauteng Cricket Board (GCB) over the national body's contract with the Indian Premier League (IPL) has taken a new turn with local Indian, black and coloured clubs reportedly threatening to form a breakaway body.

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Discarded by the England set up more than two years ago, Irish-born Ed Joyce, who now plays for Sussex, is one of a select group of England batsmen to have scored a century against the Australians.And now, he is keen to resurrect his international career by taking another crack at the Kangaroos.

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With just four days to go for the third Test at Edgbaston, Australia’s cricket selectors have been placed in a quandry over what to do with their struggling left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson.On Saturday, Northamptonshire batters carted Johnson for 42 runs in seven overs. To add insult to injury, Stuart Clark and Peter Siddle out bowled Johnson.

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Mohammad Ashraful top-scored with 57 and Shakib Al Hasan stroked 54 as Bangladesh made 246 for nine from their 50 overs in the first one-day international against West Indies on Sunday.

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Australia wrapped-up a morale-boosting 135-run win over Northamptonshire on Sunday, but their worries over the form of Ashes spearhead Mitchell Johnson increased.

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England batsman Kevin Pietersen described Sunday his mental torture at missing the final three Ashes Tests.

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Stuart Clark insisted his extra bounce could help Australia in their quest to draw level in the Ashes series during next week's third Test against England at Edgbaston.

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Australia quick Mitchell Johnson's bid to gain some form ahead of the third Ashes Test suffered a setback against Northamptonshire on Sunday.

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Pakistan on Saturday said reports that it was withdrawing a legal notice against cricket's governing body over the relocation of its share of World Cup matches were premature.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting admitted Saturday that he had been surprised by the aggressive nature of the crowd at Lord's during the second Ashes Test against England.

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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Saturday dismissed claims that Kevin Pietersen aggravated his Achilles injury by going against medical advice while playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) last April.

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Bangladesh hope to christen international cricket's newest venue with victories in the first three one-dayers against West Indies on Sunday at Windsor Park here.

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Ian Bell is set to return to England's Test team next week at his Edgbaston home ground after star batsman Kevin Pietersen was ruled out of the remainder of the Ashes series with an Achilles problem.

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Sri Lanka's veteran seamer Chaminda Vaas insists his international career is not over despite retiring from Test cricket and finding himself dumped from the limited-overs game.

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Retired Indian cricket captain Soruav Ganguly Friday took pot shots at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), saying its rules were not the same for all cricketers.

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Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly Friday ruled out any political affiliation, but said he had respect for West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.

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Amidst speculation that he is gearing up to take on incumbent Jagmohan Dalmiya in the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) presidential elections next year, former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly Friday described the former cricket board chief as a 'legend' in the game's administration.

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Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly is all set for another inning - this time on the small screen - as he gets set to anchor a quiz-cum-reality show in Bengali.

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A confident Bangladesh side can reduce the gap between it and the West Indies by 12 ratings points in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship if it manages to win the upcoming ODI series in the Caribbean 3-0.

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Amid growing anger among fans, Cricket South Africa (CSA) has asked the Minister of Sport and Recreation to appoint a mediator to resolve its dispute with the provincial Gauteng Cricket Board (GCB) which may see no international games at the Wanderers stadium here.

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India defeated New Zealand by seven wickets in a 50-over cricket match in the Emerging Players tournament in Brisbane, Friday.

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Shane Watson did his best to give Australia something to think about ahead of next week's third Test against England by scoring 84 against Northamptonshire here on Friday.

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Injured Kevin Pietersen has been named Friday in England's 30-man preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy to be held in South Africa in September.

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The first of the seven One-day international cricket series between India and Australia will be a day-night affair at Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium Oct 25.

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Michael Hussey, who is struggling to find form in the Ashes series, says he is working to rectify a minor technical flaw in his batting that was pointed by skipper Ricky Ponting and feels it could turn around his bad patch.

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Kevin Pietersen is all set for a rift with England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) bosses, who want to restrict his participation in the Twenty20 format.

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Former Australian speedster Jeff Thomson has blasted the team's Ashes bowling as "rubbish" and claimed it was a major blunder to leave Stuart Clark on the sidelines for the Lord's Test.

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Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has ruled out his comeback in the third Ashes Test against England next week, reducing the pressure on Mitchell Johnson to retain his place.

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Australia’s former Test skipper Kim Hughes and former leg spinner Shane Warne have said that main attack bowler Mitchell Johnson’s confidence has hit ‘rock-bottom’ since the row with his mother became public.

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New Zealand Cricket (NZC) Friday confirmed that all 20 players, including the six contracted with the Indian Premier League (IPL), have signed its international playing agreements.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has awarded a ‘C’ category central contract to all-rounder Rana Naved-ul-Hasan.

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Karachi, July 24 (IANS) Pakistan's discarded all-rounder Sohail Tanvir will take the field for Surrey this season after signing a contract with the leading English county recently.

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Sri Lanka won the Test series against Pakistan 2-0 after the third and final match ended in a draw at the Sinhalese sports club here on Friday.

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England’s best batsman Kevin Pietersen, who has just undergone Achilles heel surgery earlier this week, is reportedly on a collision course with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) over his Twenty-Twenty commitments.

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Former Australian opener Mathew Hayden has lauded former mate and opening partner Justin Langer for overtaking the legendary Sir Donald Bradman as his country’s most prolific scorer in first class cricket.

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Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara hit an unbeaten century to dim Pakistan's hopes of securing a face-saving win in the third and final cricket Test here on Friday.

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Kumar Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera defied Pakistan's bowlers to keep Sri Lanka in the hunt for a history-defying victory in the third and final Test here on Friday.

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Justin Langer was Friday lauded by his peers after claiming the legendary Donald Bradman's long-standing record as Australia?s greatest run-scorer in first-class cricket.

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Mike Hussey has warned Australia not to get carried away by Kevin Pietersen's withdrawal from England's Ashes campaign.

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England wicketkeeper Matt Prior hopes the feelgood factor from his Ashes triumph over Australia will help Sussex in Saturday's Friends Provident Trophy final against Hampshire.

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Australia's Ashes stars suffered a swine flu scare after one of the journalists covering Ricky Ponting's squad was diagnosed with symptoms similiar to the illness currently sweeping across England.

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Australia's hopes of drawing level in the Ashes by winning next week's third Test against England could be dented by the poor state of the pitch at Edgbaston.

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Somerset's Justin Langer became the highest-scoring Australian batsman in first-class cricket when he overhauled Sir Donald Bradman's career total of 28,067 runs on Thursday.

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Pakistan remained on course to win the third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka after denting the home team's chase of a world record target on Thursday.

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Sri Lanka began their chase of a world record target of 492 in fluent style, reaching 77-0 by tea on the fourth day of the third and final cricket Test against Pakistan on Thursday.

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England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has reiterated his intention to play through the pain barrier as he seeks to get fit enough to face Australia in next week's third Ashes Test at Edgbaston.

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Disgraced Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif lauded his rebirth Thursday, determined to put his derailed career back on track after learning his lesson from brushes with drugs.

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Sri Lanka faced a record chase of 492 runs after Pakistan declared their second innings at 425-9 soon after lunch on the fourth day of the third and final cricket Test here on Thursday.

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Sri Lanka will need to set a world record to sweep the Test series against Pakistan 3-0 after the tourists piled up the runs in the final Test here on Thursday.

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The preliminary 30-man Australian squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa from September 22 to October 5 announced on Thursday:

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Shane Watson admits Australia may have to get nasty in the Ashes because their competitive edge has been blunted since they were told to stop sledging.

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Test greats Kim Hughes and Shane Warne believe Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson's Ashes tour in England is being torn apart by a public split with his mother, reports said on Thursday.

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Andrew Flintoff fears Kevin Pietersen's absence for the remaining three Tests against Australia could wreck England's chances of regaining the Ashes.

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Ian Bell suffered an Ashes setback Wednesday when he slumped to his second-lowest score of the season, just hours after Kevin Pietersen was ruled out of the remaining three Tests against Australia.

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England have been fined for a slow over-rate during their 115-run win over Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord's, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Wednesday.

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Former Australian cricket captain Allan Border has defended Ricky Ponting’s captaincy in the face of criticism following Australia’s dismal performances in both the Test matches of the Ashes series.

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Australian airliner Qantas has launched a cheap air fare promotion, which pokes fun at the Australian captain Ricky Ponting and his underperforming cricket team.

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Flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has come out in support of captain Younus Khan and has attributed the World Twenty20 Championship win to his leadership qualities.

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Australian pace spearhead Brett Lee''s Ashes tour is balanced on a knife edge as Australia''s team management does not want to risk playing the injured paceman in a tour match.

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The world’s fastest man has become an Andrew Flintoff fan after his five-wicket Lord''s haul. Triple Olympic medallist Usain Bolt, the reigning 100 metres world record-holder, reckons fearless Freddie has inspired him after ripping through the Aussies despite having a chronic knee problem.

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The stand-off between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the players' association, over pending contracts, is all set to end after both the parties agreed to immediate mediation and with the revolting players making themselves available fo

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has accepted Aamir Sohail’s resignation and appointed former Test cricketer Haroon Rashid as the new Director for Game Development.

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England''s adrenalin-fuelled walking wounded have now discovered they have what it takes to recapture The Ashes.

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Former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie believes it is quite hard to reverse a crisis of form mid-series but has come out in support of Mitchell Johnson by saying: "I''d play him and I''d give him support."

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Pakistan leg spinner Danish Kaneria has been found guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct following a hearing in Colombo yesterday.

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England batsman Kevin Pietersen will miss the remaining three Ashes Tests against Australia after undergoing surgery on his Achilles tendon, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Wednesday.

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Pakistan Wednesday recalled dashing opener Imran Nazir and all-rounder Rana Naved-ul-Hasan for the 16-man squad that will face Sri Lanka in the the five-match one-day series starting next week.

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England pace bowler James Anderson is confident Andrew Flintoff will be fit to face Australia in next week's third Ashes Test at Edgbaston.

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Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck does not believe the present Australian bowling attack can win a Test match in England.

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Pakistan on Wednesday left out Shoaib Akhtar from the 30-man preliminary squad for this year's Champions Trophy after the controversial paceman failed to prove his fitness last week.

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Misbah-ul Haq and Shoaib Malik put on an unbroken 101-run partnership as Pakistan built a lead of 234 runs over Sri Lanka in the third cricket Test on Wednesday.

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Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has been reprimanded for abusing Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews during the ongoing third and final Test, the International Cricket Council said on Wednesday.

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Pakistan lost three quick wickets to fritter away the advantage on the third morning of the third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka here on Wednesday.

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Andrew Flintoff insists only a very, very serious injury would stop him firing England's bid to regain the Ashes from Australia.

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West Indies cricket players returned to work on Tuesday under an agreement that saw former Commonwealth Secretary General Sir Shridath Ramphal appointed mediator in their bitter pay dispute.

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Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly will make his debut in cricket administration by attending the July 31 annual general meeting of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB).

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Brett Lee's injury continues to frustrate the Australians ahead of the third Ashes Test with the team management slated to take the decisions over the bowler in a couple of days.

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Andrew Flintoff's inspiring performance, leading England to their first Ashes win at Lord's after 75 years, was soaked in praise by the Australian media.

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England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has broken back into top 20 batsman while Flintoff has also moved up the bowling rankings. Australia''s Michael Clarke has also been rewarded.

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English cricket chiefs asked Tuesday for clarification about their tour matches in Johannesburg which are threatened by a row between Wanderers-based Gauteng and Cricket South Africa.

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Following the historic Ashes test match victory at Lord’s, the English media praised England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff.

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Lords&rsquo; officials are facing the wrath of angry cricket supporters after their shark mascot was banned from the home of cricket.<

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Australia fast bowler Brett Lee faces a race against time to be fit for next week's third Ashes Test against England.

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England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is determined to lift the Ashes urn no matter what is the state of his troublesome left knee.

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West Indies have added a couple of new faces and recalled a few others in a 14-member squad for the first two One-day Internationals against Bangladesh this coming Sunday and next Tuesday in Dominica.

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England coach Andy Flower has insisted his side can win the Ashes even if star men Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen are ruled out of the remainder of the series through injury.

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Wily leg-spinner Danish Kaneria grabbed 5-62 as Pakistan inched ahead of Sri Lanka on the second day of the third and final cricket Test here on Tuesday.

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Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson is expected to be handed one last chance to keep his Test spot by impressing in Australia''s practice match at Northampton starting Friday.

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England star all rounder Kevin Pietersen was targeted in an alleged 80 million pounds fraud by a British "Bernie Madoff-style" gang.<

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Former Pakistan Test cricketer Aamir Sohail resigned from the National Cricket Academy (NCA) director&rsquo;s post, as he was not satisfied with his job.

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Former England captain Michael Atherton has praised Andrew Flintoff for his superb bowling spell of five for 92 on the fifth and final day of the Lord&rsquo;s Test, but warned that England still have a long way to go in the Ashes series.

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For three and a half days, the Australians were outgunned by England in the Lord&rsquo;s Test, and, at no stage did they look like the best side in the world.

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A South African cricket row has spread to the international arena with Johannesburg shunned for most of the top ICC Champions Trophy fixtures this September and October.

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Former captain Mahela Jayawardene shored up Sri Lanka's first innings with an unbeaten 72 after Pakistan hit back in the third and final cricket Test here on Tuesday.

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Sri Lanka lost three quick wickets after they dismissed Pakistan for 299 on the second morning of the third and final cricket Test here on Tuesday.

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Guyana President Bharat Jagdeo will hold separate meetings on Tuesday in his nation's capital with officials from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) in an attempt to settle their bitter dispute.

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Tuesday admitted to a sinking feeling after watching Australia's Ashes Test defeat by England and urged the country to get behind the team.

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Australia's bookmakers showed no room for patriotism Tuesday, installing England as favourites for the Ashes following the home side's historic win over Ricky Ponting's men at Lord's.

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Pakistan were all out for 299 in their first innings 17 minutes into the second day of the third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka here on Tuesday.

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Australian media agonised Tuesday over their team's Ashes Test defeat to England and grumbled about controversial umpiring decisions after going 1-0 down in the series.

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Bangladeshi stand-in captain Shakib Al Hasan led from the front with 96 not out as his side beat the West Indies in the second and final test here on Monday and he declared the 2-0 series win was the biggest thing for the cricket side in nine years.

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Andrew Flintoff insisted he would get through the rest of the Ashes series after bowling England to their first Test win over Australia at Lord's in 75 years.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting said his side had to address fundamental skill errors after presiding over his country's first Test defeat at Lord's in 75 years.

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British newspapers hailed England's victorious cricket team Tuesday, saying their performance throughout the second Test against Australia bordered on brilliance.

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Bangladesh recorded only their second ever test series win and their first away from home here on Monday when they beat hosts West Indies by four wickets in the second and final Test to seal it 2-0.

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Bangladeshi stand-in captain Shakib Al Hasan led from the front with 96 not out as his side beat the West Indies in the second and final test here on Monday and he declared the 2-0 series win was the biggest thing for the cricket side in nine years.

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Australia will look to boost the flagging confidence of Mitchell Johnson after the fast bowler's loss of form during the team's 115-run second Test loss here at Lord's.

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Khurram Manzoor and Mohammad Yousuf narrowly missed scoring centuries as they led Pakistan's recovery on the opening day of the final cricket Test against Sri Lanka here on Monday.

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England fast bowler Andrew Flintoff said there was no way captain Andrew Strauss was going to get the ball off him after he led England to a 115-run second Test victory over Australia here at Lord's.

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'Verity's Match' will always retain a special place in cricket history. But England's 115-run win over Australia here on Monday means they won't now have to go back 75 years to recall an Ashes Test victory at Lord's.

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England captain Andrew Strauss insisted he caught Phillip Hughes cleanly during the second Ashes Test here at Lord's as the International Cricket Council (ICC) defended the umpires' use of replays.

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Andrew Flintoff took five wickets as England finally ended their 75-year wait for an Ashes victory at Lord's with a 115-run win over Australia on the final day of the second Test here on Monday.

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Australian cricket team coach Tim Nielsen has said that he would have liked the catch that England captain Andrew Strauss took of opener Phillip Hughes referred to the third umpire."I would have liked to have seen it gone to the third umpire from a consistency point of view. When we have the availability of the technology and it is being used already in the game it would be good to follow it up. We have all seen the replays. People will make their decisions. At the moment the scorebook says that Phillip Hughes is sitting up with me,” the Daily Telegraph quoted Nielsen, as saying.

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England won an Ashes Test at Lord's for the first time in 75 years as they beat Australia by 115 runs in the second Test here on Monday to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

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Mohammad Yousuf and Khurram Manzoor put on 150 for the third wicket to lift the gloom over Pakistan on the opening day of the third and final Test against Sri Lanka here on Monday.

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Bangladeshi cricket players received a stern telling off from the South Asian nation's lawmakers for lacking discipline and failing to dine together while on tour abroad.

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Khurram Manzoor and Mohammad Yousuf lifted Pakistan with an unbeaten 67-run stand after Sri Lanka's Thilan Thushara struck quick blows at the start of the third Test here on Monday.

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Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and sent Pakistan in to bat in the third and final Test at the Sinhalese sports club here on Monday.

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Rain took a sizeable chunk out of the day, but Bangladesh still held all the aces with West Indies wobbly on 192 for eight in their second innings in the second and final Test on Sunday.

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Australia coach Tim Nielsen insisted his side were not thinking about 'saving the game' after Michael Clarke's unbeaten century had given them hope of achieving a record run chase here at Lord's.

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Umpiring controversies were a burning issue in the Australian media Monday as the Aussies kept alive their faint hopes of victory in the second Ashes Test against England at Lord's.

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Bangladesh's spinners continued to torment the West Indies' batsman in an afternoon session truncated by the weather and left the home team scrambling on 192 for eight at tea in the second and final Test on Sunday.

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Michael Clarke survived some fiery new-ball bowling to keep England at bay with an unbeaten century that gave Australia hope when all seemed lost in the second Ashes Test at Lord's here on Sunday.

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England saw the back of Australia captain Ricky Ponting as they moved closer to winning their first Ashes Test at Lord's in 75 years here on Sunday.

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Australia were set a world record 522 to win the second Ashes Test here at Lord's on Sunday after England declared their second innings on 311 for six shortly before play began on the fourth day.

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Former Australian prime minister John Howard insisted Sunday that the national cricket side had not lost their competitive edge and would never roll over.

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Kumar Sangakkara hopes to complete a 3-0 sweep against Pakistan in his first Test series as Sri Lanka captain despite admitting his team had played "patchy" cricket so far.

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Sri Lanka's veteran seamer Chaminda Vaas said on Sunday he will retire from Test cricket after the ongoing Pakistan series, but will still play limited-overs internationals.

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Ricky Ponting's captaincy again came under scrutiny by the Australian media on Sunday as his team faced almost certain defeat in the second Ashes Test against England at Lord's.

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Newspapers here on Sunday excitedly talked up the prospect of England's first Test win over Australia at Lord's in 75 years after a dominant performance by the home side in the second Ashes test.

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An unbroken eighth-wicket stand of 60 between Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah put Bangladesh within sight of a first innings lead at tea on 217 for seven in the second and final Test against West Indies on Saturday.

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A day that promised much for Bangladesh ended with West Indies 56 for one in their second innings and leading by 61, after impressive bowling from Kemar Roach kept the hosts in the second and final Test on Saturday.

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Bangladesh came under pressure, as West Indies fought back to restrict the visitors to 134 for five at lunch in the second and final Test here on Saturday.

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You talk about putting a foot on someone's throat and that's what we did, said England wicket-keeper Matt Prior after Australia were left facing a world record chase to win the second Ashes Test.

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Australia were left needing to set a new world record if they were to win the second Test against England here at Lord's.

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England's bid for a first Test win over Australia at Lord's in 75 years stalled after lunch here on the third day. England, having decided against enforcing the follow-on, were 130 for two at tea on Saturday - a lead of 340 runs.

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England captain Andrew Strauss continued to enjoy himself against Australia's attack after deciding against enforcing the follow-on here at Lord's on the third day of the second Ashes Test.

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Having lost eight wickets for a paltry score of 156 on the second day of the second Ashes Tests being played at Lords here, Australia has conceded that they have been outfoxed by England''s short-pitched bowling plan.

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Rampant Sri Lanka go into the final Test against Pakistan here from Monday aiming for a 3-0 sweep despite the uncertain future of veteran seamer Chaminda Vaas.

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Australia have only themselves to blame after going from flat track bullies to hapless hookers in less than a week during their Ashes battle with England, Australian media said on Saturday.

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Bangladesh's spinners gave them control of the second and final Test against West Indies on Friday, despite a resilient 95 from Travis Dowlin before the home team were dismissed for 237 in their first innings.

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A near hour-long stoppage for rain failed to prevent Bangladesh from taking control as West Indies slumped to 178 for seven in their first innings at tea in the second and final Test here on Friday.

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Discarded England fast bowler Stephen Harmison gave the selectors another indication of his Ashes credentials as he bowled county champions Durham to the brink of victory over Nottinghamshire.

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James Anderson starred with both bat and ball as England's quest for a first Test win over Australia at Lord's in 75 years gathered pace here on Friday.

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England quick James Anderson got a royal endorsement of his efforts as he played a key role in making Australia struggle during the first Ashes Test here at Lord's on Friday.

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The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has come down hard on rebel players by suspending their retainership contracts and asked them to reply within ten days why they breached the board's code of conduct by boycotting the first Test against Bangladesh.

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James Anderson starred with both bat and ball as England bounced back on the second morning of the second Ashes Test against Australia at Lord's here on Friday.

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Mahmudullah grabbed two wickets for Bangladesh in his very first over to change things dramatically and leave West Indies wobbling on 107 for three in their first innings at lunch in the second and final Test on Friday.

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Former Pakistan opener Aamer Sohail, a director in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), is planning to quit over differences with chairman Ijaz Butt on the implementation of his project to develop the game.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set for further turmoil, as sources claim that Aamir Sohail has decided to resign from his post following altercations with the board chairman Ijaz Butt.

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Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar has been given another chance to prove his fitness ahead of the team selection for the one-day series against Sri Lanka, scheduled to begin July 30.

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England pace bowler Simon Jones is to be released by county side Worcestershire at the end of the season, the club said Friday, after being told he won't play again this year.

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James Anderson starred with both bat and ball as England bounced back on the second morning of the second Ashes Test against Australia at Lord's here on Friday.

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Sri Lanka on Friday recalled seasoned left-arm seamer Chaminda Vaas for the final cricket Test against Pakistan, but star spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was again left out.

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Beleaguered Pakistan are gearing for one final fling at restoring their honour after being outclassed by rampant Sri Lanka in the first two Tests of the ongoing series.

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Shakib Al Hasan will lead Bangladesh in the second and final Test against the West Indies after captain Mashrafe Mortaza was ruled out with a knee injury, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said here on Friday.

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The next Davis Cup tie between India and Australia will be a home fixture for India, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) ruled Thursday.

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Protesting West Indies players have turned to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Governments for help in their current impasse with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

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The crisis is West Indies cricket is getting deeper every day with the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) demanding an apology from the country's board.

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England captain Andrew Strauss insisted he had unfinished business with Australia despite scoring 161 not out on the first day of the second Ashes Test here at Lord's on Thursday.

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Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the University of Lancashire.

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England captain Andrew Strauss made a superb unbeaten century but a top-order collapse saw the hosts squander their advantage against Australia on the first day of the second Ashes Test.

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Being an umpire when Australia leg-spin great Shane Warne was at your end was something special said Rudi Koertzen as he became only the second official to stand in 100 Tests.

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Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan is aghast with the way several former cricketers have criticized him after losing two consecutive Test matches against Sri Lanka, and blamed poor team spirit for humiliating defeats.

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India fast bowler Sreesanth is finalising a deal with Warwickshire to play in the forthcoming county season in England.

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt has said he will continue to fight for Pakistan&rsquo;s right to host the 2011 World Cup.

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England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff&rsquo;s decision to quit international Test cricket after the ongoing Ashes series has shocked quite a few Australian cricketers, including Nathan Hauritz and Marcus North.

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Australian spin great Shane Warne backed Andrew Flintoff's decision to retire from Test cricket and said the all-rounder will be a big crowd-puller in the Indian Premier League next year.

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After skipping the logo unveiling ceremony of the 2011 World Cup held in Mumbai recently, speculations are rife that Pakistan could boycott the mega event also.

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Shoaib Akhtar has failed to appear for a fitness test which would have helped him reserve his place in the national team for the limited over series in Sri Lanka.

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Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has told his team not to lose focus in the wake of Andrew Flintoff''s retirement announcement.

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Former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh has declared that opener Phillip Hughes is twice as tough as he was at the same age.

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England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord's here on Thursday.

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The chances of controversial paceman Shoaib Akhtar staging a comeback in Pakistan's one-day series against Sri Lanka plummeted after an official said Thursday he failed to show for a fitness test.

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Bangladesh will carry bitter-sweet feelings into the second and final Test against the West Indies starting on Friday at the Queen's Park Stadium Complex.

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England head into the second match of the Ashes series here at Lord's knowing it is 75 years since they last won a Test against their oldest rivals at the 'home of cricket'.

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West Indies cricket, which has been torn apart by a bitter strike staged by its first-choice Test team, sunk to a new, tawdry low on Wednesday.

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England insisted Kevin Pietersen was fit to play in the second Ashes Test at Lord's following reports the South Africa-born batsman might be ruled out.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff announcing his Test exit during the Ashes could create an unwanted 'circus' for the home side in the rest of the series.

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Andrew Flintoff said the strain of constantly coming back from injury had led to his decision Wednesday to announce his retirement from Test cricket in order to preserve his sanity.

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England coach Andy Flower is optimistic that his key all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will be ready in time for the second Ashes Test starting Thursday at Lord's.

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London, July 15 (IANS) Australian cricketers haven't received the guidelines set by Cricket Australia (CA) to uphold the spirit of the game during the Ashes.

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Reacting for the first time after a spellbinding climax in the Cardiff Test, coach Andy Flower has said that Australian skipper Ricky Ponting by accusing the England team of delaying tactics, is trying to deflect attention from Australia’s failure to take the wicket they needed to go ahead in the Ashes series 

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Former England coach Duncan Fletcher has claimed that Australian captain Ricky Ponting knows nothing about the spirit of cricket.Fletcher, who was abused by Ponting during the 2005 Ashes over the use of substitute fieldsman Gary Pratt, said England would have been delighted to get under Ponting''s skin in the Cardiff Test.

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England’s batting legend Geoffrey Boycott has warned that the lack of spectator interest is killing Test cricket, which requires radical changes to save it.The former opening batsman said crowds at Ashes matches masked the dwindling attendances for Tests elsewhere in the world, with even the recent series between South Africa and Australia, failing to sell out.

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Kumar Sangakkara on Wednesday celebrated victory over Pakistan in his first series as Sri Lanka's captain with a warning to team-mates to guard against future setbacks.

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England all rounder Andrew Flintoff is ready to quit Test cricket at the end of this Ashes series.Flintoff, who has been afflicted with constant injuries, wants to quit five-day matches to prolong his career for England as an ODI and Twenty20 player.

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Captain Younus Khan has blamed Pakistan's Test series defeat against Sri Lanka on inexperience, saying his team just does not play enough matches.

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Before this Ashes series it was reported Australia players, almost as famous for their verbal taunts as their on-field brillance, had received letters banning them from 'sledging'.

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England great Geoffrey Boycott has warned Test cricket was "dying" around the world because of a lack of spectator interest and said radical action was needed to revitalise the five-day game.

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England head into the second Test against Australia as yet uncertain over whether all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will feature in their bid for a first Ashes win here at Lord's in 75 years.

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World Cup 2011 organisers on Tuesday handed out Pakistan's share of the tournament schedule with the 14 matches originally set for the troubled nation split between India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.The saga over Pakistan's status as co-host of the 2011 event has seen threats of legal action and even moves to have games played in the UAE and was prompted by the deteriorating security situation in the Asian nation.

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Melbourne, July 14 (IANS) Australian captain Ricky Ponting insists pace bowler Peter Siddle will be even more threatening at Lord's in the second cricket Test against England starting Thursday.

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Bangladesh spinner Shakib Al Hasan, fast bowler Shahadat Hossain and opening batsman Imrul Kayes were all found guilty on Tuesday of excessive appealing during the first Test win over the West Indies.

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Australia fast bowler Peter Siddle said it was a dream come true to be at Lord's and that he could not wait to play his first Test at the 'home of cricket'.Siddle is widely expected to keep his place in the Australia side that drew the Ashes series opener in Cardiff last weekend after some fiery spells on a placid pitch when the ground stages the second of the five-match series starting here on Thursday.

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Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck feels that Australia played exceptionally well in Cardiff and were denied victory only by “a soporific surface and resistance from sturdy opponents with a short backlift and a stubborn streak.”

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Pakistani all rounder Shahid Afridi, who is on a new high after helping his team win the Twenty20 World Cup, has said that he wants to be remembered as the country’s craziest cricketer.In an interview with DawnNews, Afridi said: “I would like them to remember me as the craziest cricketer that ever played for Pakistan,” Afridi said.

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Former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie has said that Ricky Ponting’s captaincy isn’t “crap”, and told critics to lay off.Responding to comments made by former fast bowler Jeff Thomson, Gillespie told Sun Sport: "I find the questioning of his captaincy baffling - this guy will go down as one of the best Australian captains. I seen all these ex-players come out and say he''s c**p, but they''ve given no evidence.”

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International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Jeff Crowe said last night that England and captain Andrew Strauss were not reported by umpires Aleem Dar or Billy Doctrove for alleged time wasting tactics, and therefore, no action would be taken in the matter.

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Off-spinner Graham Swann has said that England saved the first Ashes Test fair and square, and the Australians can talk all they like about delaying tactics.In an article for The Sun, Swann said: “ We will go to Lord''s on Thursday with the series locked at 0-0 because of a brilliant rearguard and an amazing partnership between Jimmy Anderson and Monty Panesar.”

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Sri Lanka engineered a spectacular Pakistan batting collapse on the third day to wrest control of the second Test at the P. Sara Oval here on Tuesday.Pakistan, sitting pretty at 285-1 just before lunch, crashed to 320 all out after the break to leave Sri Lanka a victory target of 171 for a decisive 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

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Former England opener Geoff Boycott has blasted Kevin Pietersen for behaving like a 'spoilt child' by getting himself out with an ill-judged sweep shot in the drawn opening Ashes Test.

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Bangladeshi cricket fans braved monsoon rains to stage an early hours celebration, after the national side beat the West Indies to notch up only their second Test win and the first on foreign soil.

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Former England captain Nasser Hussain on Tuesday attacked the team's time wasting tactics during the first Ashes Test against Australia as "amateur and embarrassing to watch".

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Debutant Fawad Alam and skipper Younus Khan put on a record stand of 200 as Pakistan consolidated their position in the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka here on Tuesday.

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London, July 13 (IANS) The English media lavished praise on the team's tailenders for showing resilience in snatching a draw in the first Test against Australia, and aimed their brickbats at star batsman Kevin Pietersen.The last pair of James Anderson and Monty Panesar were praised for their gritty 40-minute stay at Sophia Gardens during a 69-ball stand that took England to safety Sunday.

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Mahmudullah completed a memorable debut Test, when he cruelly exposed West Indies' frailty to spin, and bowled Bangladesh to a historic 95-run victory in the opening Test here on Monday.

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Bangladesh set West Indies 277 to win, and pressed their claims for a rare Test victory, when they restricted the hosts to 66 for two in their second innings at lunch in their opening Test on Monday.

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Qasim, 55, will take over from another former Test cricketer Wasim Bari, who served as an interim chief selector following the resignation of Abdul Qadir as the chairman of the national selection committee last month because of differences with the Pakistan team management and senior board officials.

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt&nbsp; will not attend the World Cup 2011 logo unveiling ceremony to be held in&nbsp; Mumbai on July 14.

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Cricket star Kevin Pietersen’s wife Jessica Taylor is looking forward to spending the summer with her husband, after having spent 11 weeks apart.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to appoint former Test cricketer Iqbal Qasim as the chairman of the national cricket team&rsquo;s selection committee.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to seek legal advice on the recent statement of controversial fast bowler Shoiab Akhtar, in which he had blamed the board for maligning his image.

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London, July 13 (IANS) Former Australian spin wizard Shane Warne feels that charismatic England batsman Kevin Pietersen should learn to put the team first, not himself.

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London, July 13 (IANS) Former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie has joined the chorus to bring back Steve Harmison in the England side for the second Ashes Test at Lord's starting Thursday.

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England’s Ashes team has escaped a sex ban – as long as they stay off the booze. The Daily Express quoted a team source as saying: “We’ve got no reason to believe sex affects performance, unlike a few too many beers. But if they do decide to have a few drinks, we may have to review the rules.”

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Batting hero Jimmy Anderson on Sunday claimed that Australian captain Ricky Ponting took his fingers off England''s throat by bowling part-time spinner Marcus North in the dramatic final overs at Cardiff.

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London, July 13 (IANS) Ricky Ponting accused England of lack of cricketing spirit with their cynical time-wasting tactics to cling on for a first-Test draw in the Ashes.

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Australia's Nathan Hauritz said he would have done all he could to count down the clock if he'd been in England's position after a row over time-wasting soured the climax to the drawn first Test.

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Former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh believes that incumbent skipper Ricky Ponting has taken time to mature into the role and could be the best yet.

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London, July 13 (IANS) England's batting hero Jimmy Anderson said Australian captain Ricky Ponting got it wrong by bowling part-time spinner Marcus North in the dramatic final overs of the drawn Cardiff Test, but the Australian captain defended his decision saying he used the off-spinner to squeeze in as many overs as possible.

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A panel of Australian cricketing experts, including Nick McArdle, Damien Fleming and Mark Waugh, have concluded that Australian captain Ricky Ponting’s tactics on the final day of the first Ashes Test at Cardiff, Wales, came up short, and this enabled England to salvage a draw.

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London, July 13 (IANS) Ricky Ponting was quick to indulge in mind games ahead of Thursday's second cricket Test at Lord's, saying England faced more "soul searching" than his own team, despite Australia's failure to win the first match of the Ashes series at Cardiff Sunday.

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Bangladesh on Monday named medium-pacer Nazmul Hossain as a cover for injured captain Mashrafe Mortaza for the remaining two-Test series against the West Indies.

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Pakistan bowlers made amends for the team's batting failure by grabbing five Sri Lankan wickets on the second morning of the second cricket Test here on Monday.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting slammed England for a lack of sportsmanship after a controversial conclusion to a dramatic drawn first Test here at Sophia Gardens.

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England captain Andrew Strauss told his batsmen to raise their game after his side just did enough to hang on for a draw in the first Test against Australia here at Sophia Gardens.

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England have an opportunity to regroup for the rest of the Ashes series after they courageously held off Australia's bowlers for a tense draw in the first Test, Australia's media said Monday.

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Britain's media Monday hailed most of England's cricket team as conquering heroes after they salvaged a draw against Australia in the first Ashes Test in Cardiff.

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West Indies players who boycotted the current first Test against Bangladesh have until Wednesday to apologise to the West Indies Cricket Board or face dire consequences.

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Tamim Iqbal made an undefeated 104 while Junaid Siddique hit an unbeaten 51 as Bangladesh reached 200 for one in their second innings at tea in the opening Test against West Indies Sunday.

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England's last wicket-pair of James Anderson and Monty Panesar batted together for 40 minutes to salvage a dramatic draw in the first Ashes Test against Australia here on Sunday.

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Australia were just three wickets away from winning the first Ashes Test against England heading into the last session of the fifth and final day at Sophia Gardens here on Sunday.

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An unbeaten 66 from Tamim Iqbal has allowed Bangladesh to make steady progress and reach 109 for one in their second innings at lunch in the opening Test against West Indies on Sunday.

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Australia saw the back of England dangerman Kevin Pietersen and captain Andrew Strauss as they closed in on victory in the first Ashes Test here at Sophia Gardens on Sunday.

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Seamer Nuwan Kulasekera took a career-best 4-21 as Pakistan crashed to their lowest total against Sri Lanka of 90 on the opening day of the second cricket Test on Sunday.

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Sri Lanka's pace duo of Nuwan Kulasekera and Thilan Thushara ripped through Pakistan's top order in the opening session of the second Test here on Sunday.

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West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Julian Hunte has vowed to put an end to the tribal warfare that has constantly engulfed negotiations between his organisation and the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA).

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Pakistan captain Younus Khan won the toss and elected to bat in the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka at the P. Sara Oval here on Sunday.

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Kevin Pietersen said it was time for the England cricket team to launch a spirited fightback to avoid being crushed by Australia.

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Australia's media are relishing the prospect of Ricky Ponting's team ramming home a psychological Ashes blow on ragged England on the final day of the first Cardiff Test Sunday.

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Bangladesh hit back in the opening Test on Saturday, when they claimed four wickets before tea to leave West Indies on 228 for six in their first innings.The breakthrough featured two wickets off successive balls for Test newcomer Mahmudullah.

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Discarded England pace bowler Steve Harmison pushed his case for an Ashes call-up when he took five wickets for Durham against Yorkshire in the county championship on Saturday.Harmison, who claimed 5-60, was left out of England's first Test squad despite twice dismissing Australia opener Phil Hughes in last week's Lions match at Worcester.