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ENG v IND, 1st Test: Rain Ensures No Play On Final Day As Match Ends In A Draw

Rain ensured the first Test between England and India at Trent Bridge ended in a draw after no play was possible on Sunday's last day. The match was intriguingly poised with India 52-1 in their ...

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Rain Delays Last Day Of Intriguing England-India 1st Test

ENG v IND: Rain delayed the scheduled 11:00 am local time (3:30 PM IST) start of the last day's play in the first Test between England and India at Trent Bridge on Sunday. The match ...

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'Not Spectacular': Dan Christian Unhappy With Dhaka T20 Pitch

BAN v AUS: Dan Christian said the Dhaka wicket being used for the ongoing Twenty20 series against Bangladesh is "not spectacular". In another low-scoring game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, A ...

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ENG v IND: Ton-Up Root Urges England To Embrace 'Fun' India Challenge

ENG v IND: England captain Joe Root encouraged his team to put their worries to one side after his impressive hundred at Trent Bridge on Saturday kept them in the first Test against India. Root ...

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BAN vs AUS: Swepson, Christian Help Australia To Consolation T20 Win Over Bangladesh

Dan Christian smashed 39 and spinner Mitchell Swepson returned figures of 3-12 as Australia edged out Bangladesh by three wickets for a consolation Twenty20 victory on Saturday. Chasing 105 for victor ...

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Five-Wicket Star Robinson Feared For England Future After Twitter Row

Ollie Robinson may have taken five wickets against India in the first Test at Trent Bridge on Friday but afterwards he said the Twitter row that overshadowed his England debut left him fearing for his ...

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Nathan Ellis Cherishes 'Surreal' Hat-Trick On T20I Debut

Australian fast bowler Nathan Ellis said he would forever cherish becoming the first cricketer to take a Twenty20 international hat-trick on debut, despite the visitors crashing to a 3-0 defeat in the ...

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'We Weren't A Team': Race Discrimination Claims In South African Cricket Hearings

Allegations of racial discrimination in South African cricket have been made during a month of hearings, with one star claiming he was blasted as a "quota player" and that representing the national te ...

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Mustafizur A 'Difficult Customer' For Australia, Says Ashton Agar

BAN v AUS: Bangladesh pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman has confounded Australia, all-rounder Ashton Agar said Thursday, as the visitors were left reeling from defeats in the first two matches of their Tw ...

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'Alien' Bangladesh Conditions Will Help Aussie Youngsters, Says Henriques

BAN v AUS: Exposure to difficult, "alien" conditions in Bangladesh could be a blessing in disguise for Australia in future, batsman Moises Henriques said after a second successive T20 defeat against t ...

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BAN vs AUS: Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan Star As Bangladesh Stun Australia Again To Lead T20 Series 2-0

Afif Hossain and Nurul Hasan steered Bangladesh to a 2-0 lead over Australia in the Twenty20 series with an emphatic five-wicket win on Wednesday. Chasing 122 for victory, Bangladesh depended on an un ...

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Wade Demands Bravery After Australia's First T20 Loss To Bangladesh

BAN v AUS: Captain Matthew Wade has said Australia needs to be brave as they look to bounce back after their first-ever Twenty20 defeat to Bangladesh. Spinner Nasum Ahmed was the star for the hosts ...

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Rain Hands Pakistan T20 Series Win Over West Indies

WI v PAK: Pakistan maintained their series winning streak over the West Indies as rain had the final say yet again with the scheduled final encounter of the four-match T20 International series abandon ...

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ENG vs IND: England's James Anderson 'Excited' To Go Up Against Virat Kohli Again

England great James Anderson said Tuesday he was "excited" by the prospect of facing India captain Virat Kohli again as two of the world's best cricketers prepare for yet another head-to-head clas ...

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BAN vs AUS: Nasum Ahmed Stars As Bangladesh Claim First T20 Win Over Australia

Spinner Nasum Ahmed claimed four wickets as Bangladesh defended 131 to beat Australia for the first time in Twenty20 internationals on Tuesday in Dhaka.. Nasum, a left-arm spinner, returned career-bes ...

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England's Limited-Overs Tour Of Bangladesh Postponed Until 2023

England's cricket tour of Bangladesh for September-October has been postponed until 2023, the two countries said Tuesday as both struggled with the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. The nations& ...

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'I Just Want My Friend To Be Ok': Root Backs Stokes After England Exit

England captain Joe Root has told Ben Stokes to take as long as he needs away from cricket after the all-rounder opted to prioritise his mental health. Stokes on Friday said he was taking "an ...

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Preview: Top Orders To Be Tested As England Face India Without Stokes

ENG v IND, 1st Test Preview: Batsmen on both sides are set to face a stiff examination when an England team without Ben Stokes face India in the first Test in Nottingham starting on Wednesday. ...

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'Inexperienced' Australia Face Bangladesh T20 Challenge

BAN v AUS: A young Australian squad faces a tough challenge maintaining an unbeaten Twenty20 record against Bangladesh in a five-match series in Dhaka starting Tuesday. This is the first bilateral ser ...

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Mathew Wade To Captain Australia For The Bangladesh T20Is

Australia on Monday named wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade captain for the five-match Twenty20 series against Bangladesh in the absence of the injured Aaron Finch. Finch aggravated a knee injury in t ...

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England Against India Test Series Talking Points, Kohli Factor To Stokes Absence

England face India in the first of a five-Test series at Trent Bridge starting on Wednesday, with Joe Root's men looking to avenge their 3-1 reverse in the sub-continent earlier this year. Below ...

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Kumar Sangakkara Sympathises With Ben Stokes Over Mental Health Break

Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara said players could "only deal with so much" after it was announced England all-rounder Ben Stokes was taking an indefinite break from all forms of cricket to "prioriti ...

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England Star Ben Stokes Taking Indefinite Break Over 'Mental Well-Being'

England's Ben Stokes is to take an indefinite break from all forms of cricket to "prioritise his mental well-being", the England and Wales Cricket Board announced Friday, with the all-rounder the ...

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Sri Lanka Bans Three Stars For One Year Over Covid Breach

Sri Lanka Friday slapped a one-year international ban on three top cricketers for breaching Covid-19 regulations while on tour in England. The lengthy bans and $50,000 fines were ordered after vice-ca ...

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