CARDIFF: An ‘all-you-can-eat-for-five-pounds’ pub in the Cardiff City Centre is bustling with people counting lose change to grab a hot meal and watching – perhaps for the umpteenth time – Mark Taylor score his historic unbeaten 334 against Pakistan at Peshawar in 1998. The footage is repeated often in these parts.

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CARDIFF: The Sri Lankan team that played and won the last league match in Group ‘A’ against Australia had four international captains, eight batsmen, seven bowlers and three wicket-keepers in the eleven.

From a tactical point of view, that’s quite an Irish broth. While it does give any captain the advantage of numerous [...]

NEW DELHI: The impasse regarding who will be India’s representative at the Annual Conference of the ICC took a new turn as senior vice-president Arun Jaitley’s name cropped up as a likely choice for the high-profile meeting in London on June 25.

“Mr Jaitley is in London right now. There is a possibility [...]

LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook feels that South African team’s habit of choking in major ICC competitions will have no relevance when the two teams square up for their Champions Trophy semifinal at the Oval on Wednesday.

“It’s another day tomorrow, it’s another game, and what’s gone on in the past [...]

LONDON: South Africa skipper AB de Villiers on Tuesday expressed concerns over allegations of ball-tampering against the English side and seemed a bit amazed at the host bowlers’ ability to reverse swing the ball “a bit quicker than the rest of the teams” in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy.

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LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook feels that South African team’s habit of choking in major ICC competitions will have no relevance when the two teams square up for their Champions Trophy semifinal at the Oval on Wednesday.

“It’s another day tomorrow, it’s another game, and what’s gone on in the past [...]

LONDON: South Africa skipper AB de Villiers on Tuesday expressed concerns over allegations of ball-tampering against the English side and seemed a bit amazed at the host bowlers’ ability to reverse swing the ball “a bit quicker than the rest of the teams” in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy.

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VIJAYAWADA: Former India batsman VVS Laxman on Tuesday stressed on the need for good coaches to train budding cricketers at academies.

“The students who enrol in the cricket academies should also pursue their ambition with dedication and commitment,” Laxman told reporters after inaugurating Andhra Cricket Association’s Central Zone Academy at Mangalagiri [...]

LONDON: The five-wicket defeat to India in a warm-up match ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy will have no significance when Sri Lanka square off against the same opponents in the semifinals, said Mahela Jayawardene.

Jayawardene, who reached 11,000 ODI runs yesterday, said the defeat against India in a warm-up [...]

CARDIFF: Blame it on the IPL. In recent years, that has been the approach across cricket-playing nations whenever there is something wrong with the game.

Players get injured frequently because the Indian league is the culprit. If cricketers opt for club over country, it’s because the league has spoilt their thinking.

Potentially [...]