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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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