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| • Murali, Kumble plan spin-bowling academy |
| Anil Kumble and Muttiah Muralitharan could be soon working together in training young spinners |
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| • Bangalore keen to retain foreign players |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore have expressed their desire to retain the services of Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor and Cameron White for the Champions League T20 in South Africa in September |
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| • Sri Lanka take lead after India's 707 |
| The second Test laboured towards its predictable end but not without India scoring some brownie points |
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| • League stage ends with third washout in four games |
| Torrential rains around noon ensured the third abandonment in four games played over two days in Trinidad, keeping Windwards and CCC indoors for the final league game of the Caribbean T20 |
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| • Morgan proves the man for all formats |
| Eoin Morgan's impact on the first day at Trent Bridge was so emphatic, at times you wondered what all the pre-match fuss had been about |
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| • Pakistan hopeful batsmen can undo fielding errors |
| After the high of Headingley, Pakistan's new-found confidence took something of a battering on the first day at Trent Bridge, as a combination of missed chances, squandered reviews and a double-hundred partnership between Eoin Morgan and Paul Collingwood |
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| • Teams share points after another washout |
| Trinidad has turned out to be a nightmare for the organisers with yet another match - the second - to be abandoned without a ball being bowled |
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| • Uncertain Kaneria fails to make his mark |
| Under bright skies in Nottingham and on a dry, low pitch, today was not a day for the fast bowlers to run rampant. Instead with plenty of turn on offer it was a day begging for the spinners to take control |
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| • Ball and Best edge England ahead |
| After two tense days England edged ahead on the third day of their hard fought tussle against Sri Lanka after three wickets apiece to Jacob Ball and Paul Best restricted Sri Lanka to 171 for 7 at Scarborough |
| |
| • Gloucestershire end Yorkshire's unbeaten run |
| Gloucestershire Gladiators inflicted a first Clydesdale Bank 40 defeat of the
season on Yorkshire Carnegie with a 65-run victory in the opening game of the
Cheltenham Festival |
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| • A nerveless six and nervy behind the sticks |
| Cricinfo presents the plays of the day from the first day of the first Test between England and Pakistan at Trent Bridge |
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| • Tendulkar braves demanding conditions and delivers |
| After leading India to safety with his fifth double-century, Sachin Tendulkar spoke about how demanding it was to bat for so long after fielding for two days |
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| • Bayliss praises bowlers' effort on dead pitch |
| Trevor Bayliss has praised his bowlers for their consistency and discipline on a flat SSC pitch after they captured five wickets to reduce India to 669 for 9 |
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| • Player-turned-journalist Eric Hill dies aged 87 |
| Eric Hill, the former Somerset batsman who became a well-known journalist, has died aged 87 |
| |
| • Mason and Cox revive Worcestershire |
| Worcestershire exploited Northamptonshire's recent uncertainty by recovering to
post 287 on the opening day of their County Championship Division Two clash
at New Road |
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| • Sussex in control after Hatchett job |
| Lewis Hatchett boosted his hopes of landing a professional contract at Sussex
with the first five-wicket haul of his career on the opening day of the
County Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Road |
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| • Murtagh and Collins flatten Surrey |
| Surrey were left to regret batting first in conditions where the ball moved
alarmingly through the air as Tim Murtagh bagged a five-wicket haul in this
County Championship Division Two clash at Lord's |
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| • Hildreth hundred punishes Nottinghamshire |
| James Hildreth hit a season's best 142 - his fourth County Championship
century of the season - to put Somerset in a strong position on the opening day
against Nottinghamshire at Taunton |
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| • Jones and van Jaarsveld make Essex pay |
| Injuries to Ravi Bopara and Maurice Chambers gave Kent a slightly unfair advantage on the opening day in Canterbury where the hosts closed on 360 for 6 |
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| • Gritty Chanderpaul keeps Lancashire fighting |
| West Indian batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul saved Lancashire from embarrassment
with an innings of 118 at the Rose Bowl, the 54th first-class century of a
distinguished career |
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| Updated: 13 minutes ago |
