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Ashes: Another Poor Outing For England As Australia Reach 61/1 After Top Bowling Effort

England crashed to 185 all out on day one of the third Test on Sunday, leaving their Ashes dreams on the brink of ruin in the face of a relentless Australian attack. After heavy defeats ...

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Ashes: Joe Root Confident Of 'Banging Out A Hundred' In Australian Conditions

Joe Root has backed himself to "bang out a hundred" as England face a must-win Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and says he expects a response from his team after successive Ashes defeats. The England ...

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England Look To Keep Ashes Hopes Alive As MCG Gears Up For Boxing Day Test

England head into the Boxing Day Test against Australia on Sunday knowing they must fix the mistakes that have blighted their tour or lose the Ashes series. After a nine-wicket thumping in Brisbane an ...

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4 years ago
Ireland Beat USA By 9 Runs To Level T20I Series 1-1

The United States were unable to repeat their Twenty20 heroics on Thursday night as Ireland fought back courageously in Florida to draw their series 1-1. Monank Patel's men created history by beat ...

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Pakistan's Abid Ali On Road To Recovery After Cardiac Scare

Pakistan’s Test opener Abid Ali has undergone angioplasty, who was admitted to the hospital after complaining of chest pain during the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match. Cardiologists found out through seve ...

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Eoin Morgan To Captain England T20I For West Indies Tour

Eoin Morgan will captain England's five-match T20 tour to the West Indies next month under stand-in coach Paul Collingwood. With the Ashes Test series in Australia set to end just four days before ...

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England Are Hurting After Performances In Last Two Tests: Dawid Malan

England are "hurting" but determined to rise to the challenge and claw their way back into the Ashes series against Australia, batsman Dawid Malan said on Thursday. After slumping by nine wickets in B ...

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USA Creates History As They Defeat Ireland By 26 Runs In 1st T20I

The United States scored a famous and deserved T20 cricket triumph over Ireland on Wednesday to get the most important series in their history off to the best possible start. A brilliant 65 from Gajan ...

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Scott Boland Added To Australia's Ashes Squad

Cricket Australia on Tuesday called up fast bowler Scott Boland to the squad to face England in the potentially Ashes-clinching Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. The Victorian quick had already been train ...

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South Africa-India Matches To Go On Without 'In-House' Spectators

SA v IND: No tickets will be sold to the general public for the forthcoming Test and one-day international series between South Africa and India because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Cricket So ...

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Former South Africa Captain Graeme Smith Rejects Charges Of Racism

Graeme Smith, South Africa’s director of cricket and former Test captain, has hit back through his lawyer at accusations of racial prejudice contained in a report by an ombudsman. David Becker, fo ...

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'We Don't Think We're Beaten'; Stokes Reassures English Fans Of Comeback

Ben Stokes told England fans that “we don’t think we are beaten” and said he feels ready for a big score with the bat, after another tough day at the Ashes on Friday. The visitors ...

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Pat Cummins Leaves For Sydney To Finish Covid Isolation At Home

Pat Cummins received some welcome news Friday when he was allowed to leave Covid isolation in Adelaide ...

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Babar Azam & Mohammad Rizwan Lead Pakistan To Clean Sweep Against West Indies In T20Is

Pakistan pulled off their highest Twenty20 international run-chase in a seven-wicket win over the West Indies on Thursday to complete a 3-0 series sweep in Karachi. Mohammad Rizwan smacked 87 off 45 b ...

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De Villiers, Boucher, Smith Accused Of Showing Racial Prejudice: SJN Report

Graeme Smith, Mark Boucher, and AB de Villiers were all found to have engaged in racially prejudiced conduct ...

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James Anderson Included As England Announce 12-Member Squad For 2nd Ashes Test

Bowling great Jimmy Anderson said Wednesday he wants to play all four remaining Ashes Tests after being included in England's 12-man squad for the second Test against Australia this week. Test cri ...

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Under Pressure England Face Unbeaten Pink Ball Australia In 2nd Ashes Test

Australia vs England 2nd Ashes Pink Ball Test Preview ...

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Joe Root Backs Leach, Burns To Bounce Back Ahead Of 2nd Ashes Test

England captain Joe Root on Tuesday backed Jack Leach and Rory Burns to bounce back ...

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Pakistan Gears Up & Covid Strikes West Indies As They Prepare For The T20Is

High-flying Pakistan start as favourites against a Covid-hit West Indies team in the first of three Twenty20 internationals in Karachi on Monday. Already missing a number of top players including skip ...

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Need To Fix Our Fielding & Batting, Says Joe Root After 9 Wicket Loss In The First Ashes…

England captain Joe Root said on Saturday his team must fix their fielding and batting to get back into the Ashes series, while defending the decision to leave Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad out of ...

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Ashes 2021 1st Test: Key Takeaways From Australia vs England Test At The Gabba

Australia overwhelmed England by nine wickets to win the first Ashes Test at Brisbane on Saturday. Let's have a look at what we learned from the opening match in a five-test clash: TACTICAL BLUNDE ...

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ASHES: Dominant Australia Crush Frail England To Win First Test

A ruthless Australia crushed England by nine wickets to win the first Ashes Test in style just after lunch on day four at the Gabba on Saturday. Needing just 20 runs after bowling England out ...

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ASHES: 'Thought My Test Career Was Over': Dawid Malan After A Gritty Knock Against Australia

England number three Dawid Malan admitted on Friday that he thought his Test career was over before his recall to the team earlier this year. The 34-year-old South African-born Malan was speaking afte ...

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'Pinching Myself In Disbelief' Says Travis Head After Smacking A Century And Putting Australia Ahead In 1st Ashes…

Travis Head blasted the third-fastest century in Ashes history to crush England hopes on the second day of the opening Test at the Gabba on Thursday. At the close of play a dominant Australia were ...

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