Feb
11

'Rohit and I should have scored' - Nayar

Abhishek Nayar rued his and Rohit Sharma's failure with the bat in the first innings while looking back at Mumbai conceding a lead that ultimately sealed the title for Rest of India. Mumbai, who haven't won the Irani Cup since 1997-98, were bowled out for 409 while chasing Rest of India's 526 despite an unbeaten century from Sachin Tendulkar; Nayar was caught at slip for 1, and Rohit was dismissed...
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Praveen suspended from Vijay Hazare Trophy

Praveen Kumar, the India seamer, has been suspended for the one-day zonal league, the preliminary stage of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The decision comes days after he was fined 100% of his match fees for a serious breach of the players' code of conduct during a Corporate Trophy match last week. "Praveen Kumar has been issued a show cause notice by the Board," BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale said in a...
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Mountaineers cruise to title win

Mountaineers 103 for 3 (Pettini 40) beat Mashonaland Eagles 106 (Mufudza 4-14, Mushangwe 2-20) by seven wickets (D/L method)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Mountaineers cruised to a seven-wicket win against the Mashonaland Eagles in the final of the Domestic T20 Competition at the Harare Sports Club. After dismantling Eagles' batting order and dismissing them for 106, Mountaineers chased the revised...
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Impressive Irfan makes case for Test debut

Pakistanis 127 for 4 (Misbah 44*, Bothma 2-19) trail Emerging Cape Cobras 156 (Kleinveldt 36, Irfan 4-20) by 29 runsScorecard Pakistan's seven-foot-plus seamer Mohammad Irfan made a strong case for a Test debut in a two-day match against the Emerging Cape Cobras, taking four wickets. The ten-day break between the first and second Test gave the touring team time to fit in another practice match...
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Feb
10

Shakib stars as Dhaka return to top

Dhaka Gladiators 115 for 2 (Shakib 54, Dilshan 49*) beat Barisal Burners 114 for 9 (Mahmood 30, Liddle 2-16) by eight wicketsScorecard Dhaka Gladiators returned on top of the points table after posting their seventh win in the competition. They crushed Barisal Burners by eight wickets and with 44 balls to spare as the Burners' hopes of a final four finish took a beating. Shakib Al Hasan's half-century...
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Davies opens up about depression

Steven Davies, the Surrey wicketkeeper, has spoken openly for the first time about suffering from depression after a difficult 2012 season in which he experienced the loss of his friend and team-mate Tom Maynard, coupled with a dip in form that cost him his place in the England set-up and also saw him dropped by Surrey. Davies was left out of Surrey's crucial fixture against Nottinghamshire in September,...
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Strong Lahore Shalimar blow away Ravi

Lahore Shalimar 322 (U Akmal 77, Butt 70, K Akmal 53, Rasool 4-117) and 87 (Imam 52*) beat Lahore Ravi 153 (Riaz 9-59) and 255 (Shehzad 66, Abid 63) by ten wicketsScorecard A 12-wicket match haul from left-arm fast bowler Wahab Riaz, including a hat-trick, and a strong batting performance led Lahore Shalimar to a ten-wicket victory over Lahore Ravi in the first round of the Super Eights in the...
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Cape Cobras clinch title in style

Cape Cobras 416 for 6 dec (Van Zyl 148, Levi 121, Ontong 109) and 4 for 0 beat Knights 191 (Rossouw 59, Hendricks 4-50) and 227 (Du Preez 44, Louw 5-70) by ten wicketsScorecard Having already clinched the Sunfoil Series midway through the game, the Cape Cobras rounded off their season in style with a ten-wicket victory over Knights inside three days in Bloemfontein. The Knights were bundled out...
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Feb
09

Ferling overcomes her nerves

A gangling, giggling fast bowler, all of 17, finds out she's playing an important World Cup match against the old rivals after the woman she idolizes is ruled out unfit. "Instant nerves" result, but in a low-scoring game, she pounds in, a bow holding her flying long hair together, and strikes with her first delivery. She strikes again in the first over of a comeback spell, removing the game's top-scorer....
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McCullum has no issues with Taylor

Ross Taylor, who took temporary leave of absence from New Zealand cricket after losing the Test captaincy, is in the right frame of mind to return in style against England, according to the man who got his job. Brendon McCullum took over the New Zealand side that lost two Tests heavily in Taylor's absence in South Africa, but which went on to pull off a surprise win in the subsequent ODI series....
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