after his second consecutive halfcentury helped india clinch their maiden bilateral odi series win in sri lanka suresh raina credited his success in the indian premier league as crucial to his second coming at this level. i played well and i learned a lot which helped me he said. the hesitation i had about playing big shots has completely gone . my mind is working well and im in a good groove. ...
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mushtaq ahmed the former pakistan legspinner has announced his retirement from county cricket due to persistent knee trouble. for the last six years mushtaq has been an integral member of the english county side sussex during which they won three county championship titles. it was a difficult decision mushtaq admitted as he thanked his teammates and staff at sussex. i would firstly like to t...
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most sixes in an innings httpcontentwww.cricinfo.comscot...ch349901.html most sixes in an innings list httpstats.cricinfo.comcicontent...ds283127.html......
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the fate of the champions trophy hangs on sundays telephone hookup after it emerged that india and pakistan have hardened their position on the tournament going ahead as scheduled from september 12 onwards in karachi and lahore leaving the icc with the possibility of a cancellation otherwise. an option is to relocate the tournament to sri lanka the official alternate venue a solution that espn...
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steve harmison has come out of odi retirement and has been added to englands squad to face south africa after ryan sidebottom was ruled out of the opening match at headingley due to a groin injury. httpcontentwww.cricinfo.comengv...ry365812.html......
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brett lee will miss the oneday series against bangladesh for family reasons and has been replaced in the squad by the uncapped fast bowler brett geeves. on tuesday lee launched a new range of underwear in sydney but he will not be part of the teams preseason camp in queensland from friday or the three oneday internationals in darwin which start on august 30. michael brown cricket australias actin...
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frank worrell was a pretty special character. i knew he was an inspirational leader and focused on the team as a whole. e.g. from cricinfo before that wonderful tour of australia in 19601 barbadians would tend to stick together and so would the trinidadians jamaicans and guyanans. worrell cut across all that. soon there were no groups just one team. he told his batsmen to walk if they were giv...
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chris gayle has confirmed that he handed in his resignation as captain last week but says he is currently in discussions with the west indies cricket board wicb. we are currently in discussions with a view at arriving at a mutually beneficial agreement gayle told the jamaica gleaner at a sponsors event. until then i cannot say much. in fact whether or not i am captain my focus now is on the upc...
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iframe open in new window similarities a lankan opener made a ton. mahela made a ton. samaraweeramaking his debut made a ton. bhajji looked toothless. zak went for plenty.......
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ajantha mendis won sri lanka the asia cup today. india were chasing a reasonable score of 273 posted primarily by jayasuriya but no one seemed to think india would have any trouble topping it. sehwag looked like he was going to win india the cup all by himself when they started batting. all looked lost till mendis came out to bowl. holy shit. 6 wickets in his first outing in front of india. ...
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australia 1474 in 33 overs httpcontentwww.cricinfo.comwiva...ch319146.html......
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i love cricket. as if you havent noticed. been a fervent follower of the game for over 40 years been privileged to watch may great cricketers during that time. the years havent been short of controversy. the first i can remember was the doliviera incident in 1968 when the south african tour was cancelled after basil was included in the touring squad. then there was the world series cricket breakaw...
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quote west indies v australia 3rd test barbados match facts thursday june 12 to monday june 16 2008 start time 10.00 local 14.00 gmt west indies aim to level series brydon coverdale june 11 2008 the big picture the frank worrell trophy remains in australian hands but the series result is still uncertain. west indies enter the third test hoping to...
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httpcontentwww.cricinfo.comcoun...ch319875.html he had 160 after 47 overs so he added 41 runs in the last 3 overs dont know how many balls he faced......
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sohail khan has replaced him is that salman khans brother d......
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this is such a great surprise. one of my alltime heroes jonty rhodes is coming to israel in july to play some cricket as part of israels 60th celebration and he will be on a special invitation xi team. now if the israel cricket association were really smart they would create some buzz before rhodes even gets here and try get him on the local tv sports shows when he arrives. hes a huge name in worl...
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well i too loaded with work to write a decent blog entry on my gods birthday. sachin ramesh tendulkar the greatest batsman i will ever see turns 35 today. hes dedicated more than half his life to cricket. thank you sachin for giving us countless hour of entertainment and making our country proud. swap p.s. please dont retire soon......
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while checking the latest scores i happened across this article from a 1944 edition of the cricketer magazine. keeping a stiff upper lip in trying circumstances. quote the cricketer 1944 at a pow camp the hon terrance prittie submitted the following article to the cricketer in january 1944 while still a prisonerofwar. it explains the playing of cricket in camp ...
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there is no doubt that sri lankas recent oneday form is a source of concern. we have grown accustomed during the past decade to being a competitive international team but since the world cup last year the winning habit has proved frustratingly elusive with 12 defeats in 20 results.however any concern must be tinged with a clear understanding that we are a team in transition writes kumar sang...
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when the beijing games are played out folks from trinidad and tobago will be taking great pride in three individuals who literally have no chance at winning medals. shane de silva cindy mohammed and linda bramble will get the chance to represent their nation in highprofile fashion at the games however as fifa announced last friday that the three will serve as a refereeing team for the womens soc...
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team watch siddhartha vaidyanathan march 17 2008 the highprofile ipl finally kicks off after much fan fare and heaps of expectation. six weeks 59 matches and plenty of glam await as indian domestic cricket steps into the hitherto unknown. cricinfo runs the rule over the eight franchises doing battle for the lucrative tournament title. bangalore its not the best of signs when a ca...
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cricinfo shivnarine chanderpaul came to west indies rescue for the second time in three days cracking an unbeaten 52 to guide his side to a sevenwicket win in trindad and in doing so they take the series.it may not have matched thursday for drama but west indies can be proud of dominating sri lanka for most of the day. their bowlers led by the increasingly mature jerome taylor tied sri lanka in kn...
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cricket fans in india may not yet be over their gloom from this mornings disastrous performance by the home team. but nonresident cricket fans in the usa especially in new york are in for a surprize this week. yesterday new york citys department of education inagurated cricket as a league sport. crickets first high school season in new york starts with 600 participants from 14 schools and will las...
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