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    "excerpt": "Oct.5 (CRICKETNMORE) - West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard has been named as captain of the Bloem City Blazers for the inaugural T20 Global League starting in South Africa in November. The 30-year-old has played 56 T20 Internationals and 387 domestic T20 matches in a decade-long",
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    "editor1": "<p>Oct.5 (CRICKETNMORE) -&nbsp;West Indies all-rounder&nbsp;Kieron Pollard&nbsp;has been named as captain of the&nbsp;Bloem City Blazers&nbsp;for the inaugural T20 Global League starting in South Africa in November.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 30-year-old has played 56 T20 Internationals and 387 domestic T20 matches in a decade-long career of T20 cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Head coach, Phil Simmons, says Pollard brings a number of valuable qualities to the role, along with supreme international and domestic T20 experience.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Check Video:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our skipper for the season is, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KieronPollard55?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KieronPollard55<\/a>! Good Luck to you and the team! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCBlazers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BCBlazers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeAPart?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BeAPart<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandApart?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandApart<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wkwUJAczV4\">pic.twitter.com\/wkwUJAczV4<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; Bloem City Blazers (@CityBloem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityBloem\/status\/915955194461958144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-photo-news\/kieron-pollard-to-lead-bloem-city-blazers-in-t20-gl-122\">Latest Cricket News in a Click<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>Sahir<\/p>\r\n",
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