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| • Raina and Morgan: In company by coincidence |
| Rediff.com takes a look at other instances where two players, their teams not facing each other, have scored their maiden Test hundreds on the same day. |
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| • Live updates: Sri Lanka fumble after good start |
| Live updates from the fifth and final day's play of the second Test between India and Sri Lanka at the SSC Ground in Colombo on Friday. |
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| • Australia, NZ nominate Isaac for ICC vice-presidency |
| New Zealand Cricket has proposed its chairman, eminent businessman and corporate governance practitioner, Alan Isaac, for the role and Cricket Australia will support that nomination. |
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| • Former players call for keeper Akmal's ouster |
| Former Pakistan players demanded ouster of wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal after his poor performance behind the wickets during the ongoing first Test against England in Nottingham. |
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| • 'Ministry yet to receive attack report from PCB' |
| The Pakistan Sports Ministry on Friday said it has not received any report from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on the terrorist attack on Sri Lankan team in Lahore last year. |
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| • Stats: A day of many records in Colombo |
| The fourth day of second Test between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo on Thursday saw a plethora of records being established. |
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| • Raina accomplishes a rare feat |
| Suresh Raina has accomplished a rare first -- he is the first Indian player to post 100-plus in each format -- Tests, ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals. |
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| • Modi seeks attendance sheet of disciplinary comittee meetings |
| Suspended Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi on Thursday asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to provide him attendance sheet of the recent disciplinary committee meetings held in Mumbai and Delhi to ascertain whether the presence of BCCI secretary N Srinivasan had been recorded in it. |
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| • Morgan's maiden Test ton puts England in charge |
| England's Eoin Morgan plundered 125 not out for his maiden Test century to help dig his team out of trouble and steer them to 331 for four at stumps on day one of the first Test with Pakistan on Thursday. |
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| • Tendulkar helped in overcoming nervousness: Raina |
| After notching up a century on his Test debut, Suresh Raina on Thursday admitted he was nervous when he took guard but Sachin Tendukar's pep talk helped him overcome the initial jitters. |
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| • 5 years later, life comes full circle for Suresh Raina |
| Having made a forgettable ODI debut against Sri Lanka in July 2005, Raina makes history on his Test debut against the same opponents five years on. |
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| • Kapil Dev bowls to British PM Cameron |
| British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday showed his dexterity with the cricket bat as he played out a few deliveries bowled to him by the legendary Kapil Dev. Kapil, India's only World Cup-wining captain, sent down a few balls to the British premier when he visited the National stadium on his tour of the Commonwealth Games venues. |
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| • New proposal to revolutionise Test world championship |
| new proposal under consideration is all set to revolutionise Test cricket, with the two best nations to play a grand final possibly over six days or, even until there is a result. |
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| • Tendulkar double, Raina debut ton as India rule |
| Sachin Tendulkar scored 203 and Suresh Raina got a ton on debut as India ended Day 4 in the second Test against Sri Lanka on 669 for 9, 27 runs ahead. |
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| • Images: Sachin double as India amass the runs |
| Images from the fourth day's play in the second Test between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, on Thursday. |
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| • Tendulkar, the artist, deserves Bharat Ratna: Asha Bhonsle |
| When Sachin Tendulkar bats, it's like an artist playing a 'raga' and the true legend of the game deserves the Bharat Ratna, legendary singer Asha Bhonsle said on Thursday. |
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| • Raina ninth Indian to score century in debut innings |
| Suresh Raina became the ninth Indian batsman to score a hundred in the first innings of his debut Test. He joins 11 others who scored centuries on their Test debut. |
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| • Stats: Another double for the maestro |
| Check out India's double centurions in Test cricket. |
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| • Warne steps in as Liz Hurley's 'date' at horse race event |
| Liz Hurley and Shane Warne were an unusual sight together, when seen at the Glorious Goodwood race meet. |
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| • DRS should be used in each Test: Koertzen |
| Retired South African umpire Rudi Koertzen feels the controversial decision review system should be made compulsory in Tests as otherwise it puts undue pressure on the man in white coats. |
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| • Decision to retire was not an emotional one: Afridi |
| Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi has rubbished rumors that his decision to quit the Test captaincy and retire from the longer version of the game was due to problems with his team-mates. |
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| • Stats: Tendulkar continues golden run in 2010 |
| In just six Tests this year, Sachin Tendulkar has aggregated 677 runs at an average of 96.71. |
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| • I'm disappointed I had to retire this way: Kulkarni |
| Mumbai spinner Nilesh Kulkarni, who claimed a wicket with the first ball he bowled in Test cricket, gave up all forms of cricket on Wednesday. |
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| • Bedi hits back: Murali is indeed a chucker! |
| At the receiving end of a scathing attack from Muttiah Muralitharan, his long-time detractor Bishen Singh Bedi on Wednesday hit back at the Sri Lankan spin great by maintaining that he is indeed a "chucker". |
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| • Colombo Test: Tendulkar, Raina lead India's fightback |
| Sachin Tendulkar posted his 48th Test hundred and Suresh Raina was unbeaten on 66, as India ended Day 3 on 382 for four, in the second Test against Sri Lanka. |
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