Michael Vaughan made the expected announcement. Yet nothing could prepare England cricket or the rest of the cricket world for the loss of a wonderful captain, cricketer and human being, who will now have to play off the field.
At the.
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Australian Captain, Ricky Ponting, is not looking at John Buchanan's role in the same humourous role as Shane Warne.
Clearly unsettled about Buchanan's unspecified role with England cricket, Ponting told a local newspaper, "I just hope I...
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Andrew Flintoff is in the news for both, good and bad reasons.
Andrew Flintoff is reported to have recovered well from the knee surgery he had to undergo midway through the IPL. It has meant that not only had he to skip the IPL after...
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John Gloster, the former Indian cricket team physio, draws another angle to the Indian cricketers' performances and also, encourages them to skip tournaments such as the IPL if bigger national commitments are at stake.
Gloster, an...
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Following India's defeat to the West Indies rather embarrassingly at Sabina Park, Jamaica in the second ODI, former Pakistan fast bowler and now commentator, Wasim Akram, has slammed Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja.
Wasim Akram feels that...
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If the head honchos of the ICC are to be believed, Test cricket will not be played in the format that cricket aficionados have become accustomed to. It has to be the increasing pressure of the entertainment format, the Twenty20, that is.
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The long awaited announcement finally happened. Irfan Pathan is all set to marry his girlfriend of six years.
Irfan Pathan will wed Shivangi Dev, whom he has been seeing since the 2003-’04 bilateral series in Australia. Even...
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While Australia cricketers such as Ricky Ponting knew well why Michael Vaughan was not picked for the Ashes, the latter's absence does create a hole in terms of experience and tactical acumen as former England coach, Duncan Fletcher, believes.
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The Indians can no longer hide. Their weaknesses have been exposed. Or so claims, Man of the match in the second ODI Ravi Rampaul.
Rampaul has not played for the West Indies in sometime. Yet on Sunday at Sabina Park,...
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It has happened before and it will not be astonishing if it happens again. The only thing perhaps is – what took the BCCI so long?
Krishnamachari Srikkanth happens to be the chairman of selectors. He also happens to be the...
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