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Saturday, August 29, 2009, 10:33 pm
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Every now and then a great product appears out of the blue and takes us all by surprise and one such product is without doubt the great bottle coolers from the Stay Chilled company. If you’ve every lived in Australia or just visited you will be aware of the popularity of the stubby holders. All [...]

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Friday, August 28, 2009, 12:25 pm
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So, after a fantastically fought test series, England have regained the Ashes by defeating Australia at The Oval. England were in fantastic form during the deciding test and ran out comfortable winners inside four days.
It was a superb day for English cricket and a distinctly average one for Australian [...]
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Friday, August 21, 2009, 12:01 pm
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It is hard to judge which way a test match is going to go on the basis of the first day. With the exception of the fourth Ashes test at Headingley (when it was painfully obvious that England were going to lose from Lunch on Day One), it is normal for just one of the [...]

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 5:04 pm
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Momentum is a huge thing in cricket. In fact, it can often be the difference between winning and losing a test match. The current Ashes series has been no exception England used the momentum gained in Cardiff to aid their big victory at Lords, while Australia used their fight back at Edgbaston to help them secure a massive win [...]

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 7:36 am
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The Ball of the Century, also referred to as the Gatting Ball or simply The Magic Ball, is the nickname given to a delivery bowled by Australia’s Shane Warne to England’s Mike Gatting. The incident occurred on day two of the first Test of the 1993 Ashes series, which took place at Old [...]

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Monday, August 17, 2009, 3:07 pm
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ECB Media Release
England today announced 15-man squads for the forthcoming NatWest Series of One Day Internationals and International Twenty20 matches against Australia, The ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa and a 14-man squad for next week’s One-Day International against Ireland in Belfast
Andrew Strauss will captain the side in the seven-match NatWest Series against Australia and [...]

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 1:41 pm
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Indian premier is returning to India and also identified four new venues. They are Nagpur, Dharamsala, Ahmedabad and Visakhapatnam.
Defending champions Deccan Chargers and Knight Riders are playing in the opening match in Hyderabad. Bangalore is hosting both the semi-finals. The IPL starts next year from March 12 to April 25. Sixty games would be played [...]

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Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 12:14 pm
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Former Australian international cricketer Matthew Hayden is to join the board of Cricket Australia (CA) to replace former captain Allan Border AO, who is standing down after seven years.
In welcoming Hayden to the Board, CA Chairman Jack Clarke praised Allan Border for volunteering his time to serve Australian cricket at a national level for an [...]

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Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 10:56 am
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After the hammering at Headingley, England needed some good news on the injury front. Therefore, they will be extremely grateful for the fact that Andrew Flintoff has been passed fit for the deciding test of the series at The Oval.
England’s talisman missed the defeat in Leeds because of his knee injury, but the swelling around [...]

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Monday, August 10, 2009, 12:02 pm
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Kings XI Punjab cricket Luke Pomersbach belongs to Western Australia has been charged for driving in inebriated condition and dashing a car from back side. He also charged for assaulting a police office while enquiring.
Pomersbach, plays for Western Warriors and he has been suspended for preseason training following the incident. Left hander also represented Australia [...]

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Sunday, August 9, 2009, 3:48 pm
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New appointed Pakistan’s chief selector Iqbal Qasim have told the career of fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is not over and still has the future with the national team. But he told that he has to prove his fitness to the selectors by playing in the domestic cricket. In domestic cricket he should not only take [...]

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Friday, August 7, 2009, 12:50 pm
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Former Indian medium pacer Javagal Srinath and Leg spinner Anil Kumble has alarmed KSCA that launch of KPL (Karnataka Premier League) Twenty20 would kill young talent. Javagal Srinath claimed that too much T20 games would destroy Test cricket. He has warned KSCA not to make young cricket T20 professionals and money at that stage will [...]

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Thursday, August 6, 2009, 1:52 pm
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I’ve been fortunate enough to have read and reviewed two previous books by Christopher Hilton (Cricket’s 300 Men and The Birth of the Ashes) and one thing Hilton could not be accused of is lack of research and depth in his books. His latest offering, “Bradman and the summer that changed cricket” pushes the boundaries [...]

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Thursday, August 6, 2009, 10:54 am
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Richard Pybus is outlined notably to become a successor of John Buchanan to coach Kolkata Knight Riders. Pybus name is figured along with John Wright and Dav Whatmore’s is pushed out since he is been contracted with the BCCI as director National Cricket Academy (NCA).
Pybus earlier coached Pakistan twice between 1999 and 2003. He also [...]

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Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 9:09 am
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Cricketer’s IPL fever is always in an increasing trend. Here is one example of that. South African’s dashing opener Herschelle Gibbs decided to play for his IPL team Deccan Chargers in Champions League T20 series in which his home team Cape Cobras also participating.
Donne Commins, agent of Gibbs has confirmed that Gibbs would only be [...]

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Monday, August 3, 2009, 4:11 pm
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West Indies wins T20 international against Bangladesh in Saint Kitts by five wickets. Bangladesh 12 for 3 wickets at once in a stage then they managed to set a target of 119 for West Indies. West Indies reached the target of 119 with three overs to spare. Mohammad Ashraful out without scoring. Captain Shakib Al [...]

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Monday, August 3, 2009, 4:11 pm
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West Indies wins T20 international against Bangladesh in Saint Kitts by five wickets. Bangladesh 12 for 3 wickets at once in a stage then they managed to set a target of 119 for West Indies. West Indies reached the target of 119 with three overs to spare. Mohammad Ashraful out without scoring. Captain Shakib Al [...]

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Monday, August 3, 2009, 11:26 am
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England are just a few hours away from taking a 2-0 lead in this summer’s Ashes series after another assured performance first with the bat and then with the ball placing Australia in a precarious position on the final day. Scorecard Day 4
With the third day lost to rain and a wet outfield, bookies had [...]