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•	MacGill battles Australia back after Baugh's blitz
	Trelawny (Jamaica): Stuart MacGill gave evidence that he could pose a serious challenge to West Indies, when he helped Australia to take control of their three-day tour match against Jamaica. MacGill was the most successful Australia bowler with four wickets for 79 runs from 21 overs, but ...

•	Jaipur start as firm favourites against Bangalore
	Jaipur: Shane Warne-led Rajasthan Royals, who sit pretty at the top, start as favourites against the lowly Bangalore Royal Challengers in their second round IPL match to be played here on Saturday.

•	Cook, Strauss build on Sidebottom's good work
	More images London: Ryan Sidebottom turned in a miserly spell of four wickets for five runs in 10.1 overs Friday as New Zealand were bowled out for 277 on the second day of the first Test here at Lord's. Openers Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook then built ...

•	Mumbai Indians whip Kolkata Knight Riders
	Mumbai: Mumbai Indians handed Kolkata Knight Riders a morale-crushing eight-wkt defeat in their IPL tie at the Wankhede Stadium here on Friday.

•	Tendulkar chooses to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders
	Mumbai: Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and chose to bowl in their IPL encounter against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium here on Friday.

•	Sidebottom strikes; New Zealand 260/8 at lunch
	London: Ryan Sidebottom took his first wickets of the series as England reduced New Zealand to 260 for eight at lunch on the second day of the first Test at Lord's here Friday. Left-arm quick Sidebottom, who'd struggled to find his line on Thursday, turned in a ...

•	Sehwag got stoned on home turf
	Delhi: Virender Sehwag could barely show his happiness even after his side broke its four-match losing streak and the reason was that the Delhi Daredevils' captain could not believe that he was stoned at his home ground Firoz Shah Kotla Stadium.

•	Praveen Kumar involved in drunken brawl: Report
	New Delhi: Praveen Kumar, an upcoming all-rounder, has been accused of assaulting a doctor of a local medical college in Meerut on Thursday night, according to reports by a private news channel.

•	McCullum revives Kiwis after early hiccups
	More images London: Brendon McCullum led a New Zealand fight back against England with a run-a-ball 97 to help his side to 208 for six when bad light ended the first day's play of the first Test at Lord's here on Thursday. McCullum, who had seen New ...

•	Wily Mishra staves off Hyderabad charge
	Delhi: Amit Mishra bagged five-wicket haul including the hat-trick in the final over of the game to help Daredevils snatch 12-run win against a fighting Hyderabad Deccan Chargers in their IPL tie at the Kotla Stadium on Thursday.

•	Twenty20 no threat to Test cricket: Azharuddin
	Mumbai: Former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin has dismissed suggestions Twenty20 may become a potential threat to Test cricket.

•	Panesar was born to bowl, believes Vettori
	London: New Zealand captain and left arm spinner Daniel Vettori has hailed England left arm spinner Monty Panesar, describing him as a born bowler, and predicted that he will snare at least 300 Test wickets, if not more.

•	Akram to share trade's tricks with young Pakistanis
	Lahore: Pakistan's former captain and fast bowling great Wasim Akram will train young pace bowlers.

•	Exhausted Aussie umpire Taufel mulls retirement
	Sydney: Australian umpire Simon Taufel plans to quit due to the exhaustion owing to the constant travel which his job entails.

•	Hyderabad elects to bowl against Delhi
	Delhi: Hyderabad Deccan Chargers' skipper Adam Gilchrist won the toss and elected to bowl in their second leg IPL tie against Delhi Daredevils at the Firoz Shah Kotla Stadium here on Thursday.

•	Chargers skipper Gilly still optimistic of reaching semis'
	Hyderabad: Ahead of a crucial tie against the Delhi Daredevils here today, an overtly confident Deccan Chargers' skipper Adam Gilchrist said his team has still a chance of making it to the semifinals of the IPL.

•	Knight Riders dragged to court over copyright violation
	Kolkata: A lawsuit challenging Kolkata Knight Riders, owned by Shah Rukh Khan, alleged copyright violation for playing popular hindi songs during IPL match at Eden Gardens, was filed before Calcutta High Court today.

•	IPL commissioner rubbishes Warne exit reports
	New Delhi: Amidst security concerns after the serial bomb blasts in Jaipur, the IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has dismissed the reports that Rajasthan Royals' skipper Shane Warne along with his other teammates Shane Watson and Graeme Smith have decided to fly back home.

•	England elect to bowl in first Test against NZ at Lord's
	London: England skipper Michael Vaughan won the toss and elected to bowl in the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's on Thursday.

•	Rain delays start of first England-New Zealand Test
	London: Rain delayed the scheduled 11:00am local time (1000GMT) start of the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's here Thursday. England had, on Wednesday, taken the unusual step of naming their side a day before the game and chose to stick with the same ...

•	Hurricane Jayasuriya sweeps past Chennai
	Mumbai: Hurricane Jayasuriya (48-ball 114*) swept Wankhede Stadium here tonight as Mumbai Indians trounced clueless Chennai Super Kings by nine-wickets in their lopsided IPL game.

•	Laxman bats for under-fire Dravid
	Hyderabad: Backing under-fire Banglore Royal Challengers skipper Rahul Dravid, Deccan Chargers captain V V S Laxman today said his India team-mate is a very tough character and he will bounce back.

•	Matches in Jaipur to be played as scheduled: Modi
	Mumbai: The DLF Indian Premier League Commissioner and Chairman Lalit Modi today made it clear that Saturday's match between Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore Royal Challengers will not be shifted from Jaipur in the wake of Tuesday's blasts in the Rajasthan capital.

•	BCCI warns Sreesanth to mend his ways
	Mumbai: Controversial Kings XI Punjab seamer S Sreesanth was sent a letter by the BCCI today, wherein he was instructed to mend his ways on the field.

•	Buchanan shows how to handle Akhtar: Akram
	Lahore: As the Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar rattled Delhi Dardevil's top order, former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram today said Kolkata Knight Riders coach John Buchanan had shown that the pacer needed to be ''handled more firmly and professionally''.

•	Sachin opts to bowl against Chennai Super Kings
	Mumbai: Mumbai Indians' skipper Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and elected to field in their IPL encounter against Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium here on Wednesday.

•	Hoggard ignored for first Kiwi Test
	London: England have named an unchanged side for the first Test against New Zealand starting at Lord's here Thursday. That meant pace bowler Matthew Hoggard, dropped after England lost the first Test in New Zealand in March, had failed to regain his place in the team despite ...

•	ICC confirms two-year ban on Samuels
	Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed the decision of the Windies Board's Disciplinary Committee to ban Marlon Samuels for two years from all forms of the cricket.

•	BCCI bans Harbhajan for five ODIs
	Bangalore: The Disciplinary Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) today acting on the report submitted by Justice Nanavati over the slap-gate incident slapped a five-ODI ban on Harbhajan Singh.

•	Pakistan to host India early next year
	Islamabad: Pakistan will host India for three Tests and five one-day internationals early next year, the fifth series between the regional rivals since bilateral ties were restored in 2004.

•	Fit Flintoff would have been in England squad
	London: England coach Peter Moores has confirmed that a fit Andrew Flintoff would have been included in the squad for the first Test against New Zealand, even though the all-rounder has not played a Test match for over a year.

•	Viru-led Daredevils tame Super Kings
	Chennai: Skipper Sehwag hammered 41-ball 71 while Gambhir struck 50 as Delhi Daredevils eased past Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets in their IPL tie here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.

•	Akhtar-inspired Knight Riders scare away Daredevils
	Kolkata: Shoaib Akhtar's high voltage initial burst of 2.3-0-7-4 helped Kolkata Knight Riders defend the measly 133 runs in their IPL encounter against Delhi Daredevils at the Eden Gardens here on Tuesday.

•	New Zealand seek answer to opening question
	London: New Zealand head into their Test series with England hoping they have at last found an effective opening partnership.

•	Ganguly chooses to bat against Daredevils
	Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Sourav Ganguly won the toss and chose to bat first in their first IPL encounter against Delhi Daredevils at the Eden Gardens here on Tuesday.

•	Sidebottom named England's Player of the Year
	London: After a memorable 12-month period and being named one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year, pace bowler Ryan Sidebottom added another feather on his cap as he was named England's Player of the Year.

•	Collingwood suffers career-threatening injury
	London: England all-rounder Paul Collingwood's Test future is under threat from a shoulder injury. According to The Sun, the One-day skipper is likely to undergo surgery and an absence of three to six months, and he fears he could never regain his England place. Collingwood, 32 later this month, said: "Surgery ...

•	Knight Riders and Daredevils ooze confidence
	Kolkata: Rival coaches exuded confidence over their wards as Kolkata Knight Riders take on struggling Delhi Daredevils in their first encounter in the IPL at Eden Gardens on Tuesday.

•	Knight Riders give fringe players marching orders
	Kolkata: The team management of the Kolkata Knight Riders team today "politely" asked five of its players, who are yet to feature in the side's 14-member squad in any match, to leave the team hotel, in a move to cut costs.

•	Warne keen to help Harbhajan
	Bangalore: The bad boy of Australian cricket Shane Warne offered to help his Indian counterpart Harbhajan Singh in any way he could and said Harbhajan did a big thing by admitting his mistake.

•	Samuels faces 2-year ban for match-rigging
	Port-of-Spain: West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has been found guilty of violating ICC regualtions after a Windies board probe into the allegations of links with an Indian origin bookmaker, the WICB said in a statement issued on Tuesday.

•	Asia Cup: Mithali, Jhulan pass milestones
	New Delhi: As Mithali Raj led India to its fourth successive Asia Cup title, she also achieved a personal milestone and became the first Indian woman player to score 3000 runs in one-day internationals.

•	England's Hoggard targets 250 Test wickets
	London: Matthew Hoggard has set his sights on reaching 250 Test wickets after the England bowler was named in the squad for Thursday's first Test against New Zealand.

•	IPL to provide financial security to players: Oram
	New Delhi: Brushing aside claims that the IPL would curtail international careers, New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram said the BCCI backed league would provide financial security to players and added that Twenty20 tournament will go a long way from here on.

•	IPL announces 'Purple Cap' for bowlers
	Mohali: The Indian Premier League today announced the inauguration of the ''Purple Cap'', which will be awarded to the bowler with the most cumulative wickets to his name on each day of the season, and will be worn by that bowler in the field.

•	Nanavati to submit report on Tuesday
	Ahmedabad: BCCI-appointed Commissioner Sudhir Nanavati, who finished his investigations in the slapping row involving S Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh, on Saturday said he would submit his report on Tuesday instead of Monday.

•	Nanavati submits slap-gate row report to BCCI
	New Delhi: After watching the footage of Harbhajan-Sreesanth row, and listing to both the players' stand, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)-appointed commissioner Sudhir Nanavati submitted his report to the BCCI today.

•	Mohali Kings XI rub salt into Royal Challengers' wounds
	Mohali: Bruised and battered with six defeats of the last eight games, Royal Challengers' misery in the IPL was compounded when the Dravid-led Bangalore outfit suffered a humiliating 9-wkt loss to the Mohali Kings XI at the PCA Stadium here on Monday.

•	Bangalore Royal Challengers opt to bat in must-win tie
	Mohali: Bangalore Royal Challengers' skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat in their must-win tie against buoyant Mohali Kings XI at the PCA Stadium here on Monday.

•	IPL final shifted to D Y Patil Stadium
	Mumbai: The final of the maiden Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament on June 1 will now be held at the D Y Patil Stadium at Nerul in Navi Mumbai instead of the Wankhede Stadium in South Mumbai, Board of Control for Cricket in India sources said here.

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