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Aussie Women Cricketers Finally Get A Statue

Sports-mad Australia has 73 statues and sculptures of cricketers dotted around the country, and they all depict men.But that will change with Cricket Australia Monday commissioning the first of a ...

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Shastri Praises The 'Fearlessness' Of New India In Test Cricket

India's new Test cricket heroes have pandemic-induced squad regulations to thank for getting their shot in the Australia and England series, coach Ravi Shastri said Sunday. Given the added risk ...

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Lonely Joe, Rampant Rishabh: Five Talking Points From India vs England Test Series

India crushed England inside three days of the fourth Test to clinch the series 3-1 and book their meeting with New Zealand in the World Test Championship final. Let's Take ...

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Kohli Sets Sights On 'One Big Game' To Win World Test Championship

India crushed Joe Root's side inside three days in the fourth Test in Ahmedabad on Saturday to clinch the series 3-1 and finish top of the Test Championship table ahead ...

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Martin Guptill Leads New Zealand To T20 Series Win Against Australia

A century opening stand by Martin Guptill and Devon Conway saw New Zealand clinch their Twenty20 series against Australia in Wellington on Sunday after the tourists faltered in the face ...

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Spinners Lead Sri Lanka To Series-Levelling Win Over West Indies

Sri Lanka's spinners bamboozled world champions West Indies to claim a 43-run win in the second Twenty20 International at Coolidge Cricket Ground on Friday. Having lost by four wickets in ...

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Australia Beat New Zealand By 50 Runs, Series Goes Into Decider In 5th T20I

Australia crushed New Zealand by 50 runs in a low-scoring fourth Twenty20 international in Wellington Friday to level the series at 2-2. The result sets up a winner-takes-all blockbuster in ...

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Pakistan Super League Suspended Indefinitely Over Coronavirus Cases

The Pakistan Super League was suspended on Thursday after seven players tested positive for the coronavirus, the country's cricket board said. The Twenty20 competition, which started on February 2 ...

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Root Wants England To Be 'Brave' Against Indian Spinners

Joe Root has urged his England team to be "braver" and to free themselves from fear in the fourth and final Test against India starting on Thursday. The tourists have ...

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AFG vs ZIM: Muzarabani, Williams Shine As Zimbabwe Lead Afghanistan

Paceman Blessing Muzarabani took four wickets while skipper Sean Williams hit an unbeaten half-century to help Zimbabwe take lead on the opening day of the first Test against Afghanistan in ...

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Lord's Final On Line As India, England Return To Motera Stadium

India and England return to the scene of last week's hotly debated two-day Test on Thursday with the hosts looking to secure a place in the World Test Championship final. ...

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Gayle Targeting Third World T20 Title Ahead Of Windies Return

Chris Gayle said on Monday he is focused on the "bigger picture" of winning a third T20 world title with the West Indies later this year, ahead of the veteran ...

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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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