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From the daily archives: Monday, June 11, 2012
BIRMINGHAM: West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman Denesh Ramdin has been slapped with a fine by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for his controversial jibe at Vivian Richards while celebrating his century on Sunday’s penultimate day of the final Test against England.
Ramdin, who finished on an unbeaten 107, brandished a piece of paper [...]
NEW DELHI: An ICC anti-corruption investigator questioned Bollywood starlet Nupur Mehta in connection with the match and spot-fixing allegations made by a British newspaper a few months ago.
Mehta, whose name first surfaced when London’s ‘Sunday Times’ carried out a sting operation on a Delhi bookie in [...]
BIRMINGHAM: Rain had the final say as the third and final Test between England and the West Indies ended in a draw at Edgbaston on Monday.
In a match where three days out of a possible five were washed out, it was no surprise neither side had got [...]
BIRMINGHAM: Rain delayed the scheduled 11am local time (1000GMT) start in the final day’s play in the third Test between England and the West Indies at Edgbaston on Monday.
England were 221 for five in reply to West Indies’ first innings 426, a deficit of 205 runs and needing a further 56 to [...]
BIRMINGHAM: Tino Best said he hoped his record-breaking 95 for the West Indies against England on the fourth day of the third Test marked his “rebirth” as an international cricketer.
Best’s stunning innings at Edgbaston on Sunday was the highest score ever by a Test match No. 11 batsman, exceeding [...]
BIRMINGHAM: Kevin Pietersen still hopes he can play in the Twenty20 World Cup for England despite retiring from all one-day internationals last week, he said on Sunday.
Pietersen reaffirmed that he did not wish to retire from Twenty20 internationals, but that he had “no regrets” about his decision, because [...]
BIRMINGHAM: Tino Best’s astounding 95, the highest ever score by a Test No 11, rocked England at Edgbaston here on Sunday.
England, at stumps on the fourth day of the third Test, were 221 for five — a deficit of 205 runs and still needing a further 56 to avoid [...]
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