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Temporary structures will be put in place for the fifth Ashes Test
The Sports Ground Trust have revealed that ongoing renovations at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) will not be completed by the start of the fifth and final Ashes Test in January.
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“Difficult situations bring out the best in him”
Australia national selector John Inverarity has announced that stand-in ODI captain George Bailey is highly likely to be included in the Ashes squad after his spectacular performances with the bat in the national team’s ongoing limited overs tour of India.
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“The 3-4 years I opened for my country I played with a lot of pride because I was able to give my team a lot of opportunities to win matches”
Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan, who recently announced his retirement from Test cricket, has revealed that he “benefited” from becoming an opening batsman.
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Watling and Boult put New Zeland in a dominant position heading into day three
Following Kane Williamson’s century on day one, New Zealand retained control over Bangladesh in Chittagong on the second day as well thanks to a brilliant knock of 103 by wicketkeeper BJ Watling.
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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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Agard was pronounced dead on arrival to the hospital
A St Lucia Zouks cricket fan died during the franchise’s match against the Antigua Hawksbills after he was electrocuted in the stands.
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Dharmasena’s decision against Khawaja is definitely the worse one of the Ashes
England coach Andy Flower has openly admitted that the Decision Review System (DRS) “hasn’t worked well at all” throughout the entire Ashes series, but, at the same time, he added that all the technology being used is still an asset to the game.
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Ahmed’s chances of representing Australia have drastically increased
Pakistani-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed’s “long journey” to becoming an Australian citizen has finally come to an end after the former federal immigration minister Brendan O’Connor informed him of the good news.
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Gambhir believes the IPL’s image should not be tainted by the actions of a few individuals
The recent match-fixing scandal has dented the integrity and everything else the Indian Premier League (IPL) stands for, but India opening batsman Gautam Gambhir believes there is still hope for the tournament and that people are being too quick to judge the competition based on the actions of a handful of corrupt individuals.
Shahzad’s story shows that the road to becoming an international cricketer is not always an easy one
From an early age, Afghanistan-born Mohammad Shahzad knew nothing of life beyond the refugee camp his family and he had fled to in Peshawar after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979.
