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• World Twenty20: West Indies thrash Pakistan by 84 runs to reach semi-final

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  West Indies 166; Pakistan 82 ( WI win by 84 runs)
  Sri Lanka await in Thursday's semi for Darren Sammy's teamThe World Twenty20 holders West Indies sailed into the semi-finals after Dwayne Bravo's power-hitting and Samuel Badree's lethal spin bowling fashioned a comprehensive 84-run victory over Pakistan.Darren Sammy's men overcome a wobbly start to post a strong 166 for six before returning to bowl out Pakistan for 82 runs in 17.5 overs and set up a semi-final with Sri Lanka on Thursday. Indi
  
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• World Twenty20: South Africa fined for slow over rate against New Zealand

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  • Captain Faf du Plessis loses 40% of fee and team-mates 20%
  • ICC ruled side were two overs short of their targetSouth Africa have been fined for a slow over rate in their narrow win over New Zealand on Monday.Having won the World Twenty20 Group One match by two runs, thanks to a stunning display of death bowling by Dale Steyn, South Africa were judged to have fallen behind the required rate by two overs.
  
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• World Twenty20: New Zealand ready to take on Sri Lanka, says Kane Williamson video

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson says his team is looking to knock favourites Sri Lanka out of the World Twenty20. Williamson admits New Zealand's opponents have been playing good cricket in the competition, but says his side are confident they have the talent to win on Monday. The batsman also says his team is benefitting from the performances of Brendan McCullum
  
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• World Twenty20: Ashley Giles says sorry for England's defeat by Netherlands video

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  England coach Ashley Giles apologises for his team's World Twenty20 defeat by the Netherlands on Monday. He says England were complacent and gave an embarrassing performance. Giles says he understands the anger of fans who travelled to Bangladesh for the match. The Netherlands won by 45 runs to finish 133-5 to England's 88
  
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• Worcestershire emerge from the floods needing more rain for the new season

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  New Road ground was nine feet under water in February
  David Leatherdale ready for opening home match against KentIt must be a contender for the most unlikely quote of this or any other spring. "I did say on Midlands Today the other night that we could do with a bit of rain," says David Leatherdale, the Yorkshireman who played for and is now chief executive of Worcestershire and has spent a fair chunk of this winter, not for the first time, staring out from his office at a spectacula
  
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• Women's World Twenty20: England crush Bangladesh to secure second win

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  England 137-5; Bangladesh 57-8 (England win by 79 runs)
  Charlotte Edwards passes 2,000 runs in T20 internationalsEngland crushed Bangladesh to claim a second consecutive win in the women's World Twenty20 on an eventful day for the captain, Charlotte Edwards, in which she passed 2,000 runs in T20 international cricket. But Edwards was also forced from the field for treatment after dropping the first of two chances.Edwards held a faltering England innings together after winning the toss and cho
  
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• Women's World Twenty20: England back on track with defeat of India

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  India 95-9; England 98-5 (England win by 5 wkts)
  Anya Shrubsole and Jenny Gunn tie up IndiaCharlotte Edwards praised Anya Shrubsole for leading a "great comeback" as England put their women's World Twenty20 bid back on track with a comfortable five-wicket victory over India at Sylhet.Shrubsole, a Somerset seamer who has established herself as the leader of the attack at the age of 22 in the absence of Katherine Brunt, claimed the remarkable figures of 4-1-6-3 as India were restricte
  
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• West Indies on rivalry with Pakistan ahead of World Twenty20 match video

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  West Indies captain Darren Sammy says there is no feud, only friendly competition, with Pakistan ahead of their Twenty20 match. The two teams, who have four points each, will battle on Tuesday for a semi-final spot in the competition. Sammy says his team respects their opposition and will keep a close eye on Pakistan's fast-bowlers
  
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• West Indies beat Bangladesh to kickstart World Twenty20 defence

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  • West Indies 171-7; Bangladesh 98 all out
  • Dwayne Smith scores 72 in 73-run victory over hostsWest Indies kickstarted their World Twenty20 defence with a routine 73-run win over Bangladesh in Dhaka. West Indies lost their Group Two opener to India on Sunday but were far too slick for the tournament hosts and collected their first win to keep their semi-final hopes alive.West Indies posted 171 for seven on the back of the opener Dwayne Smith's 72, while an unusually subdued Chris Gayle co
  
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• West Indies beat Bangladesh to kick-start World Twenty20 defence

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  • West Indies 171-7; Bangladesh 98 all out
  • Dwayne Smith scores 72 in victory over hostsWest Indies kickstarted their World Twenty20 defence with a routine 73-run win over Bangladesh in Dhaka. West Indies lost their Group Two opener to India on Sunday but were far too slick for the tournament hosts and collected their first win to keep their semi-final hopes alive.West Indies posted 171 for seven on the back of the opener Dwayne Smith's 72, while an unusually subdued Chris Gayle cobbled t
  
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• Wayne Parnell called to Mumbai from World T20 over 'drug-related charges'

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  South Africa all-rounder has 'nothing to hide'
  Misses Netherlands game but due back for England tieSouth Africa have confirmed that their all-rounder Wayne Parnell has been called away from the World Twenty20 to appear in court in Mumbai in relation to "drug-related charges" dating back to his appearance in the 2012 Indian Premier League.Parnell was one of the players charged after police raided a party in Mumbai in May 2012, when he was playing for the Pune Warriors, although he in
  
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• Wayne Parnell called away from World T20 over 'drug-related charges'

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  South Africa all-rounder has 'nothing to hide'
  Misses Netherlands game but due back for England tieSouth Africa have confirmed that their all-rounder Wayne Parnell has been called away from the World Twenty20 to appear in court in Mumbai in relation to "drug-related charges" dating back to his appearance in the 2012 Indian Premier League.Parnell was one of the players charged after police raided a party in Mumbai in May 2012, when he was playing for the Pune Warriors, although he cl
  
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• Warwickshire's Jonathan Trott fails on return to crease after Ashes exit

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Batsman scores four in 19 balls against Gloucestershire
  Matt Prior hits 43 for Sussex against Oxford UniversityJonathan Trott had to come to terms with a failure on his return to competitive cricket four months after his abrupt departure from England's Ashes tour, falling in single figures to a left-arm seamer, albeit one bearing little resemblance to his winter nemesis, Mitchell Johnson.Trott, sporting a severe No1 haircut, spent most of the first day of Warwickshire's pre-season fixture aga
  
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• Traditional cricket struggles as space and cost constraints hit urban clubs

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Social sides in the cities, with the help of the ECB, battle to maintain the art of the longer format in the gameAway from the village greens and sports clubs, it may be that the hustle and bustle of city life leaves little room for cricket in its traditional form. The idea of playing 40 overs a side or perhaps a "time game", which can often be drawn if the side batting second is not bowled out, still survives but is struggling to hold its own against competing interests. So does it ha
  
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• The Joy of Six: World Twenty20

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  From Yuvraj Singh's humiliation of Stuart Broad to a Dutch rebellion, great moments from the tournamentAlso referred to as the "T20 World Cup" or bloody hell has that already come around again, didnt we have one of them a few months ago?, the ICC World Twenty20 has managed to pack a considerable punch since its 2007 debut in South Africa. Lacking in history when compared to its 50-over cousin, the World Twenty20 has often soared heights not always associated with the shortest format. I
  
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• The Joy of Six: courageous Test innings

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  From Michael Clarke's fractured shoulder to the sound of leather on Brian Close, half-a-dozen of cricket's bravest knocks
  It’s safe to say that there are many subgenres of batting bravery. There’s the injured batsman who carries on; the one who’s carted off in pieces and returns with a dead-eyed stare; the one who rises above his limitations and takes the game by the throat; the one who risks everything for a win; the tailender who cops a beating to see his team home or lifts a team-mate t
  
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• The enduring charm of Netherlands cricket

  01-01-1970 01:00
  It's 50 years since cricket's mainland European outpost first beat a Test side they're still a wonderful oddity after all these years
  
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• The 20 photographs of the week

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  The best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
  
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• Supreme Court of India orders BCCI cricket chief to stand down

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  • BCCI president Narayanaswami Srinivasan under pressure
  • Srinivasan's son-in-law linked to IPL match-fixing investigationThe Supreme Court of India has told Narayanaswami Srinivasan, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, to step down or be forced to leave to ensure a fair investigation into charges of match-fixing in the Indian Premier League.Srinivasan's son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, was indicted last month on charges of betting and passing on information to ille
  
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• Steyn and Tahir rescue South Africa as Netherlands lose their nerve

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  South Africa 145-9; Netherlands 139
  South Africa win by six runsCricket can be a source of myriad disappointments and Peter Borren, the Dutch captain, currently knows that better than most. After Monday's game against Sri Lanka he felt the pain of humiliation. He was embarrassed. His side were representing not only his country but the band of Associates with their lofty ambitions and the Dutch performance had let them all down.After the South Africa game there was disappointment almost as pai
  
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• Steve Waugh has sympathy for Trott but little for Pietersen

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  • Former Australia captain suffered from self-doubt
  • Sacked England player 'wasn't really buying into the team'Steve Waugh said he sympathises with Jonathan Trott's decision to leave England's Ashes tour and felt the need to the same on many occasions during his own career.Trott withdrew after twice falling cheaply to paceman Mitchell Johnson in the series-opening Test in Brisbane. The England and Wales Cricket Board blamed a stress-related illness, however, Trott has since downplayed th
  
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• Sri Lanka v Netherlands: World Twenty20 – as it happened

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  The Netherlands were all out for 39, the lowest score in international Twenty20 cricket, as Sri Lanka cruised to nine-wicket win inside five overs 3.24pm GMT Well, that was filthy. Utterly chastening for the Dutch, while the Sri Lankan batting was hardly a masterclass. Still, their bowling was fine and, any time you win by nine wickets in five overs, you're entitled to call it a job well done. Perhaps the most damage done here today is to the reputation of association cricket. This was a farce,
  
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• Sri Lanka bowl New Zealand out for 60 to surge into semi-finals

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Rangana Herath took 5 for 3 in 3.3 overs of left-arm spin
  Sri Lanka 119; New Zealand 60 (Sri Lanka win by 59 runs)Spinner Rangana Herath produced the bowling performance of the tournament as Sri Lanka reached the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 by bowling out New Zealand for just 60.Herath, making his first appearance of the competition in place of Ajantha Mendis, produced a superb spell claiming five for three in 3.3 overs of imperious left-arm spin.
  
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• Sport picture of the day: the MCC v Durham … in Abu Dhabi

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  The traditional opening of the county cricket season, the Champion County match, takes place under the lights in the unlikely setting of Abu Dhabi. Seemingly the opposite of the Field of Dreams 'build it and they shall come' cliché, the crowds have stayed away. Still, at least the cricketers get to play in the warm
  
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• Sport picture of the day: Bravo Bravo

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  The use of a shallow depth of field allows you to concentrate on the diving Dwayne Bravo as he takes a wonderful catch during West Indies 6 wicket victory over Australia in the Twenty20 World Cup
  
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• South Africa's Faf Du Plessis to miss England World T20 game after ban

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Sri Lanka's Dinesh Chandimal also punished for over-rates
  Two captains suspended for second offences in 12 monthsSouth Africa's captain, Faf Du Plessis, and his Sri Lanka counterpart Dinesh Chandimal have been suspended for one game at the World Twenty20 after committing their second over-rate offences in 12 months.Both teams were one over short of their target in Thursday's matches against Netherlands and England respectively, the International Cricket Council said in a statement on Friday.
  
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• Somerset's Nick Compton determined to regain England Test place

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Compton disappointed not be flown in for Ashes series
  Somerset opener keen to give selectors tough timeNick Compton has opened up on his disappointment at being cast aside by England for the back-to-back Ashes series and restated his determination to regain a Test place under new management this year.The 30-year-old Somerset opener tells the latest edition of All Out Cricket magazine of his goal "to try and give the selectors a really tough time in not selecting me", revealing that
  
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• Sheffield Shield final shows bright prospects for Australia

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  New South Wales came out on top but the season finale demonstrated that Australia have strength in depth at state level
  Just because the Sheffield Shield final ended in a damp draw doesn't mean there's nothing we can take from it.
  
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• Roger Greenslade obituary

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  My partner, Roger Greenslade, who has died from lung cancer aged 55, was a painter, musician and sports coach an unusual combination, but he was passionate about all three. He was performing in the indie/electro pop band Raus when I met him, playing the guitar and piano, and performing lead vocals. Later on, having realised he was not going to be the next David Bowie, he became a full-time sports coach, but he was still performing with the band last year.Roger was born in Bradford, West Yorkshi
  
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• Pakistan rout Bangladesh in World Twenty20

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Pakistan 190-5 beat Bangladesh 140-7 by 50 runs
  Bangladesh and Australia eliminated from World T20Ahmed Shehzad became the first Pakistan batsman to hit a Twenty20 international century as the 2009 champions thrashed Bangladesh by 50 runs in this Group Two match to keep alive their semi-final hopes in the World Twenty20.The right-handed Shehzad remained unbeaten after a sparkling 111 from 62 balls inspired Pakistan to a commanding 190 for five before they returned to restrict Bangladesh to 14
  
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• Pakistan confident ahead of World T20 match against Bangladesh- video

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Pakistan's bowler Saeed Ajmal says his team is looking forward to play against hosts Bangladesh on Sunday after an extended break. Pakistan had had a roller-coaster performance in the T20 so far. The team lost against arch-rivals India in the opening round but won against Australia by 16 runs. Ajmal says the team's batting, which has plagued them in the campaign, has finally come together
  
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• New South Wales claim Sheffield Shield over Western Australia

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Blues and WA agree early finishNSW held 464-run lead on final day
  New South Wales have won the 2013-14 Sheffield Shield title after reaching an agreement with Western Australia to end the final day four hours early.NSW, who only needed a draw to claim the Shield for the first time since 2008, made it to what proved to be an unbeatable 464-run lead after lunch on Tuesday at 4-197 in their second innings. Both teams sought permission from Cricket Australia to end the match early and the request w
  
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• Netherlands achieve record low score in World Twenty20 loss to Sri Lanka

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  • Netherlands 39 all out; Sri Lanka 40-1
  • Netherlands' dismissed in just 10.3 oversNetherlands were dismissed for just 39, the lowest total in international Twenty20 history, as Sri Lanka ran riot in Chittagong.Having qualified for the Super 10 stage of the World T20 with a record-breaking run chase against Ireland, Netherlands etched their names in the annals of history for the wrong reasons as they were dismissed in just 10.3 overs for 17 fewer than the previous low watermark set by Ken
  
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• Middlesex's Australia-born Sam Robson aims for England Test break

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Batsman believes his County Championship record for Middlesex proves commitment to England's causeAs the youngest Australian to score a first-class hundred at Lord's, Sam Robson already holds one illustrious-sounding batting record. Or does he? In the summer of 2009 Robson's 110 against Essex in his debut season for Middlesex looked very much like a triumph of application for a 20-year-old Sydney boy who idolised Shane Warne and Michael Slater, went to school with Philip Hughes and two years ear
  
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• Michael Carberry slams treatment by Ashley Giles and the England selectors

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Ashes opener feels he still has plenty to offer
  Kev was very helpful to me, Carberry adds
  Read Donald McRae's exclusive interview with CarberryMichael Carberry has criticised the managerial qualities of Ashley Giles and expressed his shock at the permanent exclusion of Kevin Pietersen from the England team.In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, the opening batsman on the recent Ashes tour revealed his anger and disappointment at the way he and other England cricketers have been treat
  
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• Michael Carberry: 'I need straight answers cliches do not interest me'

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Hampshire's Ashes opener was second only to Kevin Pietersen on tour but he now fears that his England days are over
  Carberry slams treatment by Giles and the England selectorsMichael Carberry smiles wryly as he explains how he shocked himself while turning towards an uncertain future. As a 33-year-old, and still new, Test cricketer preparing for yet another season in a sport which can make even the best players feel lonely and vulnerable, Carberry is trying to secure a future career path by
  
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• Marcus North announces retirement from first-class cricket

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Led WA to Sheffield Shield final in last season
  Says time it right to step down from cricket
  Western Australia opener Marcus North has announced his retirement from first-class cricket despite enjoying one of his finest ever seasons.
  North's career was at the crossroads last season when he was dropped to grade ranks due to poor form but the left-hander bounced back to his best this season, scoring 886 runs at an average of 63.28 to lead the Warriors to their first Shield final in 15 years. No
  
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• Lancashire admit Peter Moores may leave to be England team director

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Mike Watkinson says departures are 'way of the world'
  Dougie Brown: Giles not to blame for World T20 debacleLancashire have acknowledged the possibility of losing their coach, Peter Moores, two weeks into the season if he is preferred to Ashley Giles as the England successor to Andy Flower.But Dougie Brown, who succeeded Giles as the director of cricket at Warwickshire when Giles took over as England's one-day coach in the autumn of 2012, believes it would be desperately unfair if his former
  
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• Kevin Pietersen set to star in Caribbean Twenty20 after entering draft

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Involvement in Caribbean T20 will limit Surrey involvement
  Pietersen: 'I knew it was something I wanted to take part in'Kevin Pietersen has added a third string to his increasingly lucrative bow following England's decision to end his international career, having confirmed that he will enter next Thursday's draft for the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 competition.Pietersen has already signed a million-dollar deal to captain the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League through April an
  
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• Kevin Pietersen relishes chance to pass on his experience to future prospects

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Axed England batsman back after three-month break
  Surrey coach 'gets me and understands my game'
  Kevin Pietersen says he is relishing the chance to pass on his experience to future internationals as he comes to terms with the end of his own England career.England's all-time record runscorer has been preparing in the Oval nets, fine-tuning his own game after a near three-month break since the Sydney Test.
  
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• 'Kevin Pietersen did nothing wrong but be honest,' says Chris Tremlett

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Surrey paceman still has England ambitions despite being baffled by the sacking of his county team-mate by the ECBThere are no doubt those within the England cricket hierarchy who hope memories of the winter's traumatic events in Australia will have mellowed with the changing of the seasons. If so they are likely to be disappointed for now. The start of the county season next month seems certain to renew the feeling of wounds still unscabbed, not least the sense of something still rather unexpla
  
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• Jonathan Trott frustrated further as Matt Prior and Michael Carberry fail

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  England trio suffer setbacks in County Championship buildup
  Steven Finn takes three quick wickets for MiddlesexJonathan Trott suffered further frustration in his quest to rebuild his confidence, Matt Prior was bowled for a duck and Michael Carberry failed twice in a day as England's Ashes flops continued their preparations for the start of the County Championship season.Trott was denied a second chance on the second and last day of Warwickshire's friendly against Gloucestershire at Edgbaston,
  
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• Jamie Harrison's five wickets keep Durham in touch with MCC

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  • Durham 248 & 39-1, MCC 282
  • Left-arm seamer claims five ,wickets, Scott Borthwick threeScott Borthwick claimed the prized scalp of Virender Sehwag in Abu Dhabi but could not match the figures returned by Monty Panesar the previous day in the battle of two potential successors to Graeme Swann.Panesar had taken five for 63 for MCC in the traditional season-opener, the Champion County match, as Durham were all out for 248. Borthwick, the leg-spinner who was handed a shock Test debut wh
  
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• Jade Dernbach and England: a case for the defence?

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Alec Stewart on Surrey and England's controversial limited-overs specialist: 'People don't look at the bigger picture'
  
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• IPL ban threat lifted from Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Superme Court withdraws threat to suspend IPL franchises
  Sunil Gavaskar appointed interim president of BCCIIndia's Supreme Court has stepped back from the brink in withdrawing its threat to suspend two Indian Premier League franchises, the Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.Instead the Court has appointed Sunil Gavaskar, the former Test opener who has been closely associated with the IPL since its inception as a commentator, to take charge of the forthcoming season as "interim work
  
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• India maintain 100% run at World Twenty20 by thrashing poor Australia

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  India 159-7 beat Australia 86 all out by 73 runs
  India through to semi-finals, Australia eliminatedIndia maintained their perfect record at the World Twenty20 with a thumping 73-run win over Australia in Dhaka.Australia found out they were eliminated from the tournament just before the match, when Pakistan beat Bangladesh as expected, but a terrible batting performance prevented them from gaining any consolation.
  
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• India cruise into World Twenty20 semi-finals with win over Bangladesh

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Bangladesh 138-7; India 141-2 (India win by eight wickets)
  Virat Kohli shines as India make it three wins in a rowIndia became the first team to qualify for the World Twenty20 semi-finals after half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma secured a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over hosts Bangladesh on Friday.Leg-spinner Amit Mishra was again among the wickets as India restricted the hosts to a below-par 138 for seven and chased down target with nine balls to spare to secure their th
  
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• India and West Indies favourites as semi-finals spin into Dhaka

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  Spin bowlers hold the key on dry, slow pitches, but Sri Lanka and South Africa will be no pushovers in World Twenty20And so, in this most unpredictable of tournaments, everyone descends upon Dhaka. There have been many unforeseen outcomes lightning, light failures and the Netherlands shocking both their neighbours (Ireland and England) and scaring the South Africans. Yet apart from the early departure of favourites Australia, the predictable sides are still here.These are the ones with clever,
  
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• How I fell in love with cricket statistics

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  The immutable nature of numbers can prove attractive to some young cricket fans. In 1981, Gary Naylor was one of those fansHere, in 1981, is John Gordon Sinclair being me, in 1981:Numbers are so reassuringly certain to a particular kind of teenage boy. Unlike one's body, unlike one's hormones and definitely, definitely, unlike girls, they're the same from one day to the next, wherever you are and there's always another one if you think it's time for a change. It's when numbers had to be turned i
  
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• Hashim Amla dismissed with bizarre catch - video

  01-01-1970 01:00
  
  South Africa's Hashim Amla was dismissed in bizarre circumstances at the Twenty20 World Cup. Amla smashed a delivery down the ground and as his team-mate JP Duminy took evasive action the ball struck his bat. The ball then flew into the air, and was caught by New Zealand bowler Corey Anderson
  
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