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From the daily archives: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
KOLKATA: Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha who claimed four wickets on Wednesday thanked skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for showing confidence in throwing the new ball to him during West Indies’ first innings.
In reply to India’s huge 631 for seven declared, West Indies were bundled [...]
MELBOURNE: Just days after Peter Roebuck committed suicide at a Cape Town hotel, a South African man claimed that the celebrated cricket writer “made a sort of advance” on him and also assaulted him while imparting coaching.
31-year-old Henk Lindeque narrated an occasion where he felt [...]
JOHANNESBURG: South African captain Graeme Smith said on Wednesday he was disappointed that the International Cricket Council had decided not to introduce a World Test Championship before 2017.
“It’s a bit disappointing,” said Smith. “I personally felt it wasn’t the right decision for cricket.”
ICC chief [...]
NEW DELHI: Following on, West Indies ended the third day at 195/3 – still trailing by 283 runs – as the visitors tried to avoid an innings defeat against India in the second Test at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday.
Scorecard | Match in Pics [...]
LONDON: Former ICC Anti-Corruption Unit chief Paul Condon has made a sensational claim that every international team was involved in match-fixing at some stage in the 1990s.
Condon, who was founding head of the ICC’s ACSU, said match fixing was not just restricted to Indian sub-continent.
“In [...]
NEW DELHI: Ishant Sharma trapped Kirk Edwards (60) leg before to end the batsman’s fine innings for West Indies against India on the third day of the second Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Edwards [...]
NEW DELHI: Kirk Edwards hit his second half-century as the West Indies batsmen showed some application in the second innings on the third day of the second Test against India at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday.
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NEW DELHI: Ishant Sharma struck in the first over after tea when he had Adrian Barath caught by VVS Laxman at first slip on the third day of the second Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday.
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NEW DELHI: Following-on, Adrian Barath (62*) and Kirk Edwards (43*) took the West Indies to 116/1 in their second innings at tea on the third day of the second Test against India at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Scorecard | Match in Pics [...]
NEW DELHI: Adrian Barath hit his third half-century and alongwith Kirk Edwards steadied the West Indies second innings on the third day of the second Test against India at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Barath reached [...]
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