Clarke in a race against time to be fit for UAE tour

"we will be monitoring his progress over the next week before deciding when he can return to training and playing"

“We will be monitoring his progress over the next week before deciding when he can return to training and playing”

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Australia captain Michael Clarke is currently in a race against time to be fit for the national team’s upcoming tour of the United Arab Emirates, where they will face Pakistan next month.

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England vs India 4th ODI: Rahane and Dhawan crush England to give India unassailable lead

Rahane celebrates after bringing up his maiden ODI century

Rahane celebrates after bringing up his maiden ODI century

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India opener Ajinkya Rahane scored his maiden ODI century and his partner, Shikhar Dhawan, smashed an unbeaten 97 to lead the national team to a convincing nine-wicket win over England in the fourth ODI in Birmingham.

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England vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Day 3: Sri Lanka continue to claw away behind Sangakkara’s landmark century

Sangakkara gets a big hug from his childhood friend after scoring his first century at Lord's

Sangakkara gets a big hug from his childhood friend after scoring his first century at Lord’s

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Kumar Sangakkara scored his maiden century at Lord’s as Sri Lanka continued to claw away at England’s massive first innings total of 575 on the third day of the first Test.

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Flintoff’s comeback is a ‘massive mistake’, says Sir Ian Botham

"Fred had no choice but to quit cricket because of a chronic knee injury that had made walking difficult let alone bowling at 90 miles an hour"

“Fred had no choice but to quit cricket because of a chronic knee injury that had made walking difficult let alone bowling at 90 miles an hour”

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Legendary England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham has announced that Andrew Flintoff’s decision to come out of retirement and represent Lancashire in the ongoing Natwest T20 Blast is a “massive mistake”.

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World Twenty20 7th Match Group B qualifying round: Zimbabwe prevail in last-ball thriller

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Sibanda instantly became a hero when he hammered the last ball for six

Zimbabwe kept their hopes of making it to the group stages of the World Twenty20 alive thanks to Vusi Sibanda’s last-ball six, which helped the African nation defeat the Netherlands by five wickets in Sylhet.

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