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From the daily archives: Saturday, November 19, 2011
MUMBAI: India’s middle-order batsmen Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina on Saturday won the Ceat International Youngster of the Year and T20 Player of the Year awards respectively.
Left-handed opener Gautam Gambhir walked away with the Match-Winning Innings of the Year honour for his superb 97 in [...]
JOHANNESBURG: Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers shared an unbeaten century partnership as South Africa regained the initiative on the third day of the second and final Test against Australia at the Wanderers Stadium on Saturday.
South Africa were 229 for three when bad [...]
JOHANNESBURG: Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers shared an unbeaten century partnership as South Africa recovered after a poor start to their second innings on the third day of the second and final Test against Australia at the Wanderers Stadium on Saturday.
South Africa [...]
NEW DELHI: Terming Vinod Kambli’s allegations that India’s 1996 World Cup semifinal against Sri Lanka may have been fixed as “irresponsible”, ICC president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said he would rather believe in what players like Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly have to say on [...]
JOHANNESBURG: Fast bowler Pat Cummins struck twice as South Africa lost three wickets before lunch on the third day of the second and final Test against Australia at the Wanderers Stadium on Saturday.
South Africa were 94 for three at the interval, an overall lead of [...]
NEW DELHI: Sports minister Ajay Maken might have called for a probe into the match-fixing claims made by Vinod Kambli but a defiant BCCI on Saturday said it would not give any importance to the former cricketer’s allegations.
Kambli has created quite a flutter [...]
NEW DELHI: Sports minister Ajay Maken wants the match-fixing claims made by former cricketer Vinod Kambli investigated by the BCCI and says his ministry might step in if the cricket board doesn’t order a probe.
Kambli has created quite a flutter by claiming that [...]
MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar will be showered with 100 gold coins by the Mumbai Cricket Association if he completes his much-awaited 100th international century during the third and final Test match between India and West Indies commencing November 22 at the Wankhede stadium.
“MCA President Vilasrao Deshmukh [...]
MUMBAI: The stage was set for Rohit Sharma to make his Test debut against South Africa in 2010. But a freak injury on the morning of the match robbed the talented Mumbai middle-order batsman that opportunity.
Now, with a string of good scores in the national championships for cricket, Sharma [...]
DUBAI: Pakistani bowlers held their nerves to stop a threatening Sri Lankan team to win the third one-day international by 21 runs on Friday to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
Umar Gul (3-48) bowled well in the final overs to make sure good work [...]
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