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Indexed February 10, 2010
The second annual Champions League T20 competition will be held from 10-26 September this year, as announced by Lalit Modi via a status update on Twitter today.The only international players with a scheduling conflict are England and Pakist...(
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Indexed February 10, 2010
I read a very interesting piece on Cricinfo today about how the curator of Eden Gardens in Kolkata - the venue for the second Test bewteen India and South Africa - claims he was asked by an anonymous BCCI official to prepare a "turning trac...(
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Indexed February 10, 2010
Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla have made a big impression on the latest ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen released today.Kallis, who scored his 34th Test century during the match, has returned to the top five by gaining four places to si...(
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Tony Greig has reignited the ball-tampering debate by claiming that ball-tampering "is one of cricket’s most open secrets and it has been for at least 50 years."He told Cricinfo’s Time Out show that the cricket administrators ar...(
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It was the best of times, it was the best of times, to misquote my old mate Dickens. An innings victory against India on the subcontinent is about as special as it gets for a South African team.In thrashing India inside four days in the fir...(
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A crushing innings defeat over India in the first Test in Nagpur has placed South Africa on the brink of reclaiming the No. 1 Test ranking. Should they achieve it few could argue they deserve it, based on that performance.It was one of the ...(
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The first Test between India and South Africa in Nagpur was a horribly one-sided affair as India capitulated to an innings and six runs defeat inside four days.When you have centurions in both innings you don’t normally get beaten tha...(
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Before the first Test between India and South Africa in Nagpur began you’d have been forgiven for feeling queasy about Paul Harris’ prospects in the match, considering his recent form.He was so ineffective against England he was...(
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I’m like a kid in a candy store with Cricinfo’s new Hawk-Eye feature, which now comes standard with every live scorecard. Maybe I should get out more, but as a dude who writes about cricket this is as good as it gets.To get the ...(
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Shane Warne and the Rajasthan Royals unveiled a plan today to form a global T20 cricket club under the "Royals" brand involving Rajasthan, Hampshire, Trinidad & Tobago and the Cape Cobras, with Victoria’s Bush Rangers reportedly c...(
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Indian opener Virender Sehwag faced a bunch of short-pitched bowling from South Africa’s pacemen on Day 3 of the first Test between India and South Africa in Nagpur, but hardly touched any of it.When questioned by the Times of India a...(
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Dale Steyn took his best ever bowling figures to rout India in Nagpur and if ever there was any doubt as to who the world’s premier fast bowler is, look no further.Sorry, Ricky - as fine as your guys are, I’ll take Steyn any day...(
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A few years ago, when I was writing my old sports column The 12th Man, we were sitting around bitching about Jacques Kallis one day when an Aussie came on and asked why we were always giving Jakes such a hard time.His argument was that Kall...(
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I make no secret of nor apologies for my obsession with the speed gun in cricket. I’ve always loved genuine quick bowling and it’s the only method I have of judging who is fast.It should come as no surprise, therefore, that one ...(
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Hashim Amla’s awesome 253* against India in the first Test in Nagpur broke all sorts of batting records for both him and South African cricket, as the Proteas compiled 558/6 declared in their first innings.A number of factors were sta...(
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South Africa took control of the first Test against India in Nagpur on Saturday with stunning centuries from Jacques Kallis (159* off 290 balls) and Hashim Amla (115* off 225), ending the day on an imposing 291/2.It was a topsy-turvy old da...(
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Aussie quick Shaun Tait bowled the fastest ball ever recorded in Australia in the T20 International against Pakistan in Melbourne today: a blistering 160.7km/h.Only two bowlers have recorded quicker speeds than that: Shoaib Akhtar hit 161.3...(
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I was never much of a cricketer at school, largely because I never had anyone to guide me.Coaches were always Geography teachers who would far rather be at home banging Biology teachers than being forced to coach a bunch of talentless, spot...(
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The battle for the world’s number one ranking is on when India host South Africa in the first Test in Nagpur starting on Saturday.The odds are stacked heavily in India’s favour as all they need is a drawn series to win the $175,...(
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Eighteen months after the death of his wife Jane from breast cancer, Glenn McGrath appears ready to move on with his life - he was recently spotted at a Sydney restaurant with his new girlfriend, Sarah Leonardi.He’s reportedly been da...(
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