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The festival is likely to feature a whole range of South African sport stars
Cricket South Africa have revealed that they are planning to host a festival of cricket to replace the New Year’s Test at Newlands in Cape Town in January 2014.
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“In fact the rest of my body feels worse than the leg which has had so much TLC over the last few days”
England vice-captain and wicketkeeper Matt Prior is likely to play in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane after coming through unscathed in his second intense workout in two days.
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“We’re very lucky to have Mitch in our team”
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has announced that he believes the reason the baggy greens are currently holding on to a 2-1 lead in the ongoing seven-match ODI series against India is due to the fact that left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson “provides a big X-factor for us”.
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“We have to bowl them out first”
Despite New Zealand holding on to a 137-run lead at the end of the third day of second Test in Mirpur, Bangladesh off-spinner Nasir Hossain believes that his team “have to keep them within a 160-run lead” and follow that up with a score of “300 or 350” in order to have any chance of winning the Test match.
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India last toured New Zealand in February to April 2009
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have announced that the national team’s tour of New Zealand will now begin in mid-January, two to three weeks earlier than their initial plan of holding the series in early February.
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Sharma and Raina ensured India reached their target with little trouble
With India holding on to an unassailable 3-0 lead heading into the fourth ODI, Zimbabwe were desperate to beat their subcontinent opponents at least once, but thanks to a fine all-round bowling performance and some spectacular batting by Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina, the Zimbabweans’ wait will have to continue.
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Sri Lanka recorded a 4-1 series win over South Africa behind Dilshan’s 99
Sri Lanka ended their five-match ODI series against South Africa in the most dominant fashion possible, registering a 128-run win over the Proteas thanks to a firework show from Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanne and Kumar Sangakkara.
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Gooch believes it is important for all batsmen to have a balance of defensive and attacking strokes in their arsenal
England batting coach Graham Gooch has announced that Twenty20 cricket is the culprit behind the fact that there are a dwindling number of Test specialists who actually have the patience to build an innings instead of the “15-20 minutes” it takes most players nowadays.
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Johnston was renowned for his ‘chicken dance’ celebration
Irish eyes will not be smiling and the luck of the Irish will plummet significantly after veteran all-rounder Trent Johnston announced that he will retire from international cricket at the end of the year.
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Ponting represented the Hobart Hurricanes during the BBL
Network Ten have announced that former Australia captain Ricky Ponting will be joining the commentary team for this year’s edition of the Big Bash League (BBL).
