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Pietersen arrived in Australia yesterday
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has joined up with the rest of his team-mates in the Australian city of Perth after being granted compassionate leave by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
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“It is a great moment in the history of Afghanistan”
Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) chief executive Noor Mohammad Murad has announced that the national team are hungry for tougher opposition after beating Kenya 2-0 to qualify for the 2015 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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“Kolkata and Mumbai are the strong contenders”
Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajiv Shukla has revealed that the “BCCI [Board of Control for Cricket in India] has not yet decided which city will host Sachin Tendulkar’s 200th Test”.
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Pakistan’s four-year drought could end if Sri Lanka tour the warn-torn nation
Sri Lanka’s President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has announced that the national team are willing to tour Pakistan, four years after they were ambushed by militants in the Pakistani city of Lahore, which resulted in the deaths of eight locals and six players getting injured.
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Eden Gardens is highly likely to be the venue for Tendulkar’s 200th Test
Top sources within the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have announced that legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar will not play his 200th Test match in his hometown of Mumbai, but instead in the city of Kolkata.
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Gayle may have started a new fashion trend of batting with sunglasses
West Indies flamboyant opener Chris Gayle is renowned for arguably being the best Twenty20 entertainer on the planet, but the big-hitting Jamaican recently admitted that he feels “sad when people just forget all that I’ve achieved” in Test cricket.
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New Zealand and the West Indies will play an ODI in Nelson on January 4
The New Zealand city of Nelson will host its first ever men’s ODI when the West Indies tour the country in December to January for three Tests, five ODIs and two Twenty20 Internationals.
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“His reading of the game and his calmness in tough situations reminds me of Dhoni”
Legendary West Indies opening batsman and Barbados Tridents head coach Desmond Haynes has announced that all-rounder Kieron Pollard, who is the captain of the Barbados franchise, reminds him “a lot of Dhoni”.
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The CLT20 governing council are considering moving the matches to alternative venues
The Indian city of Hyderabad is in danger of losing the privilege of hosting the six qualifying and six main matches of the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) in September due to protests erupting over the state of Andhra Pradesh being split into two, with the new area being named Telangana.
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Melbourne last hosted a World Cup final in 1992
The International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced that Melbourne will host the 2015 World Cup final 23 years after former Pakistan captain Imran Khan led his country to World Cup glory by beating England in the final in 1992.
