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Sri Lanka Gets Former Coach Tom Moody To Revive Cricket
Sri Lanka’s cricket board on Sunday announced it had appointed former coach Tom Moody as a consultant tasked with reviving the game and rebuilding the lowly-ranked national team. The 55-year-old ...
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Sri Lanka's Cricket Board Gets Tom Moody To Revive Game
Sri Lanka's cricket board on Sunday announced it had appointed former coach Tom Moody as a consultant tasked with reviving the game and rebuilding the lowly-ranked national team. The 55-year-old ...
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Selector George Bailey Insists Aaron Finch Will Be Australia T20 World Cup Captain
Selector George Bailey Sunday insisted under-fire Aaron Finch would be Australia's skipper at this year's Twenty20 World Cup, calling mounting criticism of his leadership and form "white noise ...
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IND vs ENG: Jonathan Trott Urges England To Avoid 'Desperate' Approach Against India Spinners
Jonathan Trott has warned England's batsmen to maintain their patience and not become "too desperate" when facing in-form India spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel. The pair have been key ...
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New Zealand's Covid-19 Lockdown Hits Cricket, Venue For 4th Australia T20I Shifted
A community coronavirus outbreak in Auckland has forced New Zealand cricket bosses to hastily reschedule two Twenty20 matches against Australia. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has ordered Auckland, N ...
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'Fans Robbed': India's Two-Day Win Is Bad For Test Cricket, Pundits Say
Victorious India and dejected England players took a rest Friday on what should have been the third day of a key five-day clash, with warnings that the speed of the ...
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Umar Akmal's 18-Month Ban Reduced To One Year
Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal's 18-month ban over corruption charges was reduced to a year, the Court of Arbitration for Sports said Friday. The verdict from the Lausanne-based body will likely ...
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Charlotte Edwards Becomes First Female President Of England's Cricketers Union
England great Charlotte Edwards has become the first female president of the Professional Cricketers' Association. An outstanding top-order batsman, Edwards scored over 10,000 runs in more than 30 ...
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Aaron Finch's Captaincy Under Scrutiny After T20 Series Loss Against New Zealand
Critics led by former great Mark Waugh have questioned Aaron Finch's ability to captain Australia at the Twenty20 World Cup after another failure during their New Zealand tour. World number ...
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It Is Impossible To Defend Him All Day - Virat Kohli Hails Axar Patel
India unveiled the latest spin hero from its production line when Axar Patel claimed 11 wickets in the lightning fast two-day Test win over England. The 27-year-old started off his ...
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We Will Come Back Stronger - Joe Root
England will come back stronger after their crushing Test defeat to India inside two days, captain Joe Root said Thursday while admitting that the visitors' team selection was wrong on ...
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Excited Indian Fans Stream Into World's Biggest Cricket Stadium
Excited fans in Indian face paints streamed into the brand new world's biggest cricket stadium on Wednesday for what promises to be one of the biggest sporting spectacles since the ...
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IND vs ENG, 3rd Test: Root, Kohli Fear Pink Ball Twilight Collapse
England captain Joe Root and India skipper Virat Kohli have both warned of the challenges of playing during the twilight zone in day-night Tests -- when batting collapses can happen ...
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Devon Conway Stars As New Zealand Beat Australia By 53 Runs In First T20
Devon Conway inspired New Zealand to a 53-run win over Australia in the opening Twenty20 international in Christchurch on Monday. Conway smashed an unbeaten 99 off 59 balls as the Black ...
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Sri Lanka Names 20-Member Squad For West Indies Tour
Sri Lanka Monday named a 20-member squad for six limited over matches against the West Indies delayed by Covid-19 infections. The cricket board said fast bowler Lahiru Kumara, 24, who ...
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Sri Lanka's New Bowling Coach Chaminda Vaas Quits Ahead Of Tour
Sri Lanka's new fast bowling coach quit Monday within days of his appointment and compounding problems for the national team on the eve of their virus-hit tour of the West ...
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World Cup Options On Show In New Zealand-Australia T20 Series
New Zealand and Australia go into a five-match Twenty20 series in Christchurch on Monday with one eye on winning the series and one on the World Cup in India later ...
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South Africa Complains To ICC Over Cancelled Australian Cricket Tour
Cricket South Africa has lodged an official dispute with the International Cricket Council over Australia’s decision to withdraw from a scheduled tour of South Africa. CSA interim board chairman Sta ...
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Sri Lanka Names Chaminda Vaas As Bowling Coach For West Indies Tour
Sri Lanka's cricket board Friday appointed former Test player Chaminda Vaas as national fast bowling coach, replacing Australian David Sekar who resigned just before the West Indies tour. Vaas, 47 ...
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'Universe Boss' Gayle Returns To Pakistan Super League
Self-proclaimed "universe boss" Chris Gayle will help ring in the sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League in Karachi on Saturday, with spectators returning to stadiums for the first time ...
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Shakib Al Hasan Set To Miss Sri Lanka Series To Play In IPL 2021
Bangladesh have allowed all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan to skip a Test and one-day international series against Sri Lanka to play in the big-bucks Indian Premier League, their cricket board said ...
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Geoffrey Boycott Urges England Batsmen To Follow Kohli's Spin Class
Geoffrey Boycott has told England to learn from the example of India captain Virat Kohli when it comes to batting on spin-friendly pitches. England were twice dismissed cheaply on a ...
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England's Rotation Plan Under Fire As Moeen Leaves India Tour
England's controversial rotation policy is in the spotlight again after it was announced Moeen Ali would leave the tour of India following Tuesday's crushing 317-run loss in the second Test ...
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England 'Outplayed' By India But Still Have Hope: Root
England were "outplayed" by India in the second Test but can still win the crucial series, captain Joe Root said Tuesday. England's run of six straight wins in foreign Tests ...
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