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Friday, February 26, 2010, 5:32 pm
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Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar believes his record breaking one day international innings of 200 not out can be surpassed. The Little Master became the first player to score a double century in an ODI match against South Africa on Wednesday.
Speaking about whether such an innings can be repeated, Tendulkar said “no record is unbreakable”, despite [...]

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 2:20 pm
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Australian fast bowler Brett Lee may never play international cricket again after his latest injury setback. The 33-year-old had elbow surgery in December and has since been ruled out for the entire Australian summer.
Despite admitting he could have bowled his last ball for his country, Lee is remaining upbeat. According to the player, if his [...]

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 2:20 pm
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Australian fast bowler Brett Lee may never play international cricket again after his latest injury setback. The 33-year-old had elbow surgery in December and has since been ruled out for the entire Australian summer.
Despite admitting he could have bowled his last ball for his country, Lee is remaining upbeat. According to the player, if his [...]

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 2:20 pm
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Australian fast bowler Brett Lee may never play international cricket again after his latest injury setback. The 33-year-old had elbow surgery in December and has since been ruled out for the entire Australian summer.
Despite admitting he could have bowled his last ball for his country, Lee is remaining upbeat. According to the player, if his [...]

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 2:20 pm
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Australian fast bowler Brett Lee may never play international cricket again after his latest injury setback. The 33-year-old had elbow surgery in December and has since been ruled out for the entire Australian summer.
Despite admitting he could have bowled his last ball for his country, Lee is remaining upbeat. According to the player, if his [...]

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 11:49 am
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England coach Andy Flower believes that having Alistair Cook as captain for the upcoming Bangladesh tour will test the entire England squad.
The Essex opener takes over from Andrew Strauss in the role for three one-day internationals and two Test matches over the next couple of months, in order to allow Strauss to take a break [...]

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Thursday, January 21, 2010, 1:15 am
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I doubt many of us armchair cricket fans expected to hear the news today that Youtube that will host live Indian Premier League cricket matches in the UK.
This is the first live major sporting deal to be broadcast by the Google owned operator; the IPL will be broadcast online in all countries except the United [...]

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 7:39 pm
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Bill McLaren, the voice of rugby to millions, has died at the grand old age of 86, he died at 10:30 this morning in Hawick. He was appointed OBE, CBE and MBE for services to rugby however an online campaign calling for McLaren to be knighted failed last year.
I grew up watching rugby and listening [...]

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 9:51 am
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Brisbane cricket fans to be served a free breakfast by their favourite Commonwealth Bank Series cricketers.
You’ve got to hand it to Cricket Australia, planning ahead for when the current crop of players retire – gives them a little experience in the restaurant buisness!
Get down to Queen Street Mall this Thursday (January 21) to be [...]
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 2:25 am
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Interesting to see that South Africa have included 25 year old Lonwabo Tsotsobe in their one day international and Test squads bound for India in early February.
The paceman has played a handful of limited over matches, taking six wickets in his fledgling career. His inclusion has surely sealed the fate of veteran Makhaya Ntini. With [...]

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 12:52 am
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South Africa captain Graeme Smith and team-mate Morne Morkel have achieved career-best rankings in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings after producing match-winning performances in the fourth and last Test against England which ended in Johannesburg on Sunday.
Smith, who scored 105 in South Africa’s innings-and-74-run, victory which helped the Proteas to draw the four-Test series, [...]

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Sunday, January 17, 2010, 3:38 pm
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So there we go; England humiliated in Johannesburg, comprehensively beaten by a tighter unit hell bent on finishing the job they failed to do in the third Test in Capetown.
Strauss’ decision to bat on day one was a bold one, a decision which not only backfired but opened up the England top order to [...]
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Sunday, January 17, 2010, 12:13 pm
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South Africa has slipped further behind in its quest to regain the number-one spot in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship table and can only now go top if Bangladesh beats number-one ranked India in the two-Test series which started in Chittagong on Sunday.
Number-two ranked South Africa had entered the series against fifth-placed England on [...]

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Saturday, January 16, 2010, 4:01 pm
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Technology issues during Johannesburg Test will be fully investigated
As expected, the ECB have complained to the ICC regarding Harper’s failure to turn up the volume while adjudicating as third umpire in the Johannesburg Test. Nothing will be done now, lessons learned and we will all move on. I really don’t see the need to issue [...]

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Saturday, January 16, 2010, 1:01 pm
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Mahanama clarifies TV umpire’s decision in Johannesburg Test
As was reported widely in all the broadsheets and major sport websites yesterday England were to lodge a formal complaint over Daryl Harper. In response to this, ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama has sought to clarify the TV umpire’s decision against South Africa opener Graeme Smith [...]
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Thursday, January 14, 2010, 12:32 pm
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A decision over whether England’s home Ashes series will be broadcast on free-to-air TV is set to be made this spring. Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw is the man that will make the decision, something he must do before  June 3rd.
It is an argument that has been brought up on a number of occasions, especially with [...]

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 1:46 pm
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England’s new No.3 batsman Jonathan Trott has responded to calls from Graeme Smith to speed up his preparation at the crease. The South Africa captain called Trott’s style ‘frustrating’ as his bowlers kept having to stop in their run up.
The England batsman helped his team draw the Test match with a stubborn 69 from 212 [...]

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Monday, December 14, 2009, 3:26 pm
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More than anything else, warm up games on tours provide players with a chance to get themselves into form. This might be some form to keep their place in the side, or form to remind the selectors of their potential.
Well, ahead of the test series between England and South Africa – which gets under way [...]

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Monday, December 14, 2009, 3:26 pm
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England have now beaten South Africa in their last six completed One Day International meetings. This is quite a statistic considering each team’s differing reputation in this form of the game, I’m sure you will agree.
The latest victory for England was largely down to one man – Paul Collingwood. The all-rounder put in a superb [...]

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Thursday, November 12, 2009, 1:27 pm
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Kevin Pietersen is going on tour to South Africa as an England player again. This, in itself, is significant. He got so much abuse last time he was out there that the return visit was bound to be eagerly anticipated.
Throw in the fact that Pietersen is returning to the side after a significant injury lay [...]