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India Dismiss 'B-Team' Claims On Sri Lanka Tour

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'Mismanagement, Corruption, Indiscipline': Sri Lanka Cricketers Under Fire

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Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal Doubtful For Zimbabwe Test

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South Africa Take T20 Series As Kieron Pollard Blasts West Indies' 'Insanity'

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India Sending 'B Team' Is A Humiliation For Sri Lanka, Says Arjuna Ranatunga

Sri Lanka's World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga on Friday slammed the island's sports leaders for agreeing to a tour by a "second-level" India side. Ranatunga, 57, said the tour undermi ...

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Sam Curran, Morgan Seal Series After Win Against Sri Lanka In 2nd ODI

Sam Curran took five wickets before England captain Eoin Morgan and Joe Root both hit unbeaten fifties as the 50-over world champions cruised to a series-clinching win over Sri Lanka in the second one ...

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England's Joe Root Still Has Twenty20 World Cup Vision

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Sri Lanka's 'Terrible Trio' Dropped From Upcoming Series Against India

Three Sri Lankan cricket players ordered to leave the tour of England on disciplinary grounds will be dropped from a home series against India in July, officials said Wednesday. Dubbed the "terrible t ...

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Shamsi Inspires South Africa To One-Run Win Over West Indies In 3rd T20I

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Sri Lanka Recalls Three Players Over Covid Bubble Breach

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Sri Lanka Cricket Starts Inquiry After Players Breach Bio-Bubble

Sri Lanka's cricket board on Monday initiated disciplinary action against three players, including vice-captain Kusal Mendis, after videos emerged appearing to show them breaching their bio-secure ...

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South Africa Beat West Indies By 16 Runs In 2nd T20I, Level Series 1-1

South Africa's spinners starred as they rebounded from a hammering in the first encounter of the five-match T20 International series to defeat the West Indies by 16 runs in the second fixture at t ...

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Eoin Morgan Tips Tymal Mills To Challenge For England T20 World Cup Place

England captain Eoin Morgan believes the "outstanding" Tymal Mills can force his way into the squad for October's Twenty20 World Cup where there are only currently "half a dozen guys nailed down" ...

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Pakistan Coach Misbah-Ul-Haq Grateful For England Lockdown Experience

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Sri Lanka Fans Unfollow Cricketers After Drubbing Against England In T20 Series

Disgruntled Sri Lanka cricket fans launched a campaign to shun their team on social media after they slumped to a dismal Twenty20 series drubbing in England. England recorded a thumping 89-run win at ...

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Malan And Willey Star As England Sweep Sri Lanka In T20 Series

Dawid Malan's dynamic 76 from 48 balls helped England to an 89-run win at Southampton on Saturday as they claimed a 3-0 clean sweep of Sri Lanka in a Twenty20 series. Malan had managed just ...

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Evin Lewis Blasts West Indies To Eight-Wicket Win Over South Africa

Evin Lewis led a rampaging assault by the West Indies as they made a mockery of a potentially tricky target of 161 in an eight-wicket victory with five overs to spare in the opening fixture ...

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England's Jos Buttler Ruled Out Of Sri Lanka Series

Jos Buttler has been ruled out of the rest of England's white-ball matches against Sri Lanka after picking up an injury in the opening Twenty20 match in Cardiff. The wicketkeeper-batsman, who scor ...

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Twenty20 Vision For Australia's Aaron Finch After Eye Surgery

Australian white-ball captain Aaron Finch underwent eye surgery to correct blurry vision, he revealed Friday, with the full extent of his recovery only known when he pads up in the West Indies next mo ...

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