Cricket: The openers we&#39;re heartily sick of seeing
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Justin Langer&#39;s most treasured piece of memorabilia is a photograph of the Hobart scoreboard on one cloudy afternoon in 2001. The archetypal Aussie scrapper, Langer is particularly
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This England innings had three stages. The first, where a confident Vikram Solanki and Marcus Trescothick flattened the Indian pace attack, who in turn, didn&#39;t help their own cause with some wayward bowling.
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scoring runs. Their top order was meek in the opening encounter at Bangalore and another lacklustre performance here will see the series slip from their reach.
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THE Australian team has arrived in the lush southern city of Bangalore for tomorrow&#39;s first Test to be greeted by a pitch that is as cracked and dry as a Coober Pedy waterhole in a drought.
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West Indies won the toss and unsurprisingly asked South Africa to bat first in today&#39;s ICC Champions Trophy Pool B decider at The Oval.
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On the eve of a major Test series, with the eyes of the cricketing world focused on it, one would have liked to write about the subtle intricacies of a five-day game that enthrall a sports fan.
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The International Cricket Council's assertion that greats such as Sir Richard Hadlee, Dennis Lillee and Imran Khan threw the ball is &quot;grossly insulting and degrading to the history of cricket&quot;, former New Zealand wicketkeeper Ian Smith charged.
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It is far too late and far too obvious to point out that the England cricket teamâs tour to Zimbabwe in November comes with a distinct sense of dÃ©jÃ  vu.
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KANPUR: A masterstroke. Thatâs what everybody would term the South African think-tankâs decision to open the innings with a makeshift opener.
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Match referee Chris Broad revealed that he has told South Africa and Pakistan to keep a lid on their tempers in the ongoing one-day international series.
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Sport: Cricket: Needing just one wicket for victory, bad light forced a draw in the first Test.
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When you hear cricketers and former cricketers repeat, ad nauseum, that cricket is a funny game, and that anything can happen in a one-day international, you wonder if they&#39;re watching the same game.
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England lose both openers early in the opening one-dayer against Pakistan in Cardiff.
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With just two warm-up games prior to the Tests, Michael Vaughan and his men have had little time for relaxation. But for the supporters out here the opening games at Randjesfontein and Potchefstroom
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THE opening Test of the Wallabies&#39; tour of Europe has been sabotaged by the refusal of English clubs to release players to Scotland&#39;s cause in Edinburgh on November 6. Scotland coach Matt Williams is irate
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Under Michael Vaughan England have been unable to win batting first, or even set decent totals in one-day cricket. On a glorious day at the Oval yesterday, both demons were exorcised
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If the pitch in Nagpur came as a surprise, the one here in Mumbai has proved totally predictable. In fact, it looks like such a typically Indian surface it won&#39;t surprise anyone if the ball turns square from the first ball.