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Hoggard recalled to England squad
Matthew Hoggard returns to the England squad for the first two Tests against New Zealand. |
Swann & Rashid keep NZ at bay
A half century from Graeme Swann and three wickets for Adil Rashid sees the England Lions draw against New Zealand. |
Jones stars as Worcs thrash Hants
Worcestershire paceman Simon Jones takes 5-32 before Vikram Solanki puts Hampshire to the sword at New Road. |
Essex record-breakers stun Surrey
Essex pile up their record limited- overs score as they beat Surrey by 156 runs in the Friends Provident Trophy. |
Scots collapse hands Durham win
Scotland's Friends Provident Trophy knock-out stage hopes end as they tumble to defeat against Durham. |
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Shane Watson smashed 74 in 40 balls to help Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Daredevils by 3 wickets during their Indian Premier League match in Jaipur. |
Sourav Ganguly led from the front to see Kolkata Knight Riders home by 23 runs against struggling Deccan Chargers during their Indian Premier League match in Hyderabad. |
Struggling Bangalore Royal Challengers face a must-win situation when they take on Kings XI Punjab in Mohali on Monday. |
Who are the cricketers who have had the biggest impact on the fortunes of their teams? We figure out the men who have emerged as the league's premier players. |
Ponting asks fans to switch to Windies Test series
With a battle for TV ratings expected between IPL and the Test series, Ricky Ponting has urged the fans to watch their current cricket stars. |
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Younger is better
The T20 is often described as a young man's game; if you cross 30 you are supposed to be too old Is this hypothesis true? Is younger indeed better? |
Watson helps Rajasthan beat Delhi
Shane Watson scored a blistering 74 to ensure Rajasthan Royals a three-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday. |
Sachin likely to play against Chennai
Sachin Tendulkar, who is yet to play his first ball in the Indian Premier League, could feature in the crucial next tie against Chennai, Mumbai Indians coach Lalchand Rajput said on Sunday. |
Kolkata beat Hyderabad again
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Deccan Chargers Hyderabad by 23 runs in an Indian Premier League match at Hyderabad on Sunday. |
Indian eves clinch fourth successive Asia Cup
India clinched their fourth successive women's cricket Asia Cup title by thrashing Sri Lanka by a massive 117 runs in the final at the Welagedara Stadium in Kurunegala on Sunday. |
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Jonathan Trott thwarted again
Northamptonshire (236-5) bt Warwickshire (232-8) by 5 wktsThis time Jonathan Trott did everything he could to drag his colleagues up to a competitive level, though Warwickshire still finished as comfortable losers at Edgbaston, with their chance of qualifying for the Friends Provident Trophy knockout stage now almost zero. |
County Championship: Winners and losers
Paul Bolton assesses the latest round of matches in the first and second divisions. |
Martin Van Jaarsveld in cruise control for Kent
Kent (219-1) bt Sussex (218-9) by 9 wktsThird straight win for Kent in the Friends Provident Trophy was made possible by a disciplined performance in the field and rubber-stamped by an unbroken second-wicket stand of 174. |
Lancashire pip Yorkshire in Roses tussle
Lancashire (216-7) beat Yorkshire (204-7) by 3wkts (D/L)Francois du Plessis' brilliant unbeaten 77 engineered an unlikely win for Lancashire in a compelling Roses tussle. |
New Zealand draw as Adil Rashid impresses
England Lions (280 & 360-8) drew with New Zealanders (273 & 201-4)Yorkshire have protected Adil Rashid from the hype by insisting he is a batsman who bowls a bit, though that might be about to change following three well-worked wickets against New Zealand. Derek Pringle reports from the Rose Bowl. |
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Slap for Sree, boost for ratings - Malaysia Star
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IPL’s magic sways cricket world - Daily Times
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Hadlee slams New Zealand Cricket - Sify
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Clarke in doubt for first Test - The Age
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Cricket: McCullum pans England A's tactics - New Zealand Herald
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Tension in the Bangalore camp
Here's the latest news from the IPL. |
How and Redmond seal draw
Aaron Redmond completed an impressive build-up to the first Test against England with 64 to go alongside his first-innings 146 as the New Zealanders secured a draw against England Lions at The Rose Bowl. |
Nerveless Arafat hands Kent first win
A round-up from the last day in the latest County Championship matches. |
Carberry limps off after century
The day before England name their squad for the first Test against New Zealand the batsmen with the most realistic prospects of a call-up in the near future failed to make the most of their second innings for the Lions at The Rose Bowl. On a sleep Saturday, Robert Key and Owais Shah fell when well set while Ravi Bopara failed for the second time in the match. |
Both players keen to move on - BCCI commissioner
The BCCI-appointed commissioner has said that both Sreesanth and Harbhajan indicated separately that they would want to move on from the incident. |
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Opening blues persist for Kolkata
What was expected to be the Kolkata's strength has turned out to be an area of concern with few of its openers bowing out to injuries and others leaving for national duties. Atreyo Mukhopadhyay reports. |
I have buried the incident: Sreesanth
Sreesanth has in fact been bowling much better after the slapping incident during the Mumbai match on April 25. Subhash Rajta tells more. |
‘Break blessing in disguise’
Karnataka’s assembly polls forced a postponement in Mumbai’s IPL away match against Bangalore from May 10 to May 28, reports Amol Karhadkar. |
'Twenty20 has been the perfect stage to make a comeback'
I have always been clear that I do not want to overwork myself, says Zaheer Khan. |
Left absolutism: IPL has been painted in ‘leftist’ colours
Left seems to be right in the IPL, what with left-handers topping almost everything that is statistically measurable, reports Subhash Rajta. |
