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Windies Postpone Three-Test Tour of England Due to Covid-19

The three-Test series between West Indies and England, slated to be held in June, has been postponed due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.




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ECB Receive Offers From NZC, CA to Host England Domestic Games

With England suspending all forms of professional cricket till July 1 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the board has received offers from their Australian and New Zealand counterparts, helping them host their domestic games -- county as well as List A.




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Too Early to Talk About Playing Five Tests in Australia: BCCI Official

The outbreak of the coronavirus has seen the Australian government seal the international boundaries till September 30. But Cricket Australia is not only keen to conduct the T20 World Cup in October, but also have India travel Down Under for the bilateral series at the end of the year.




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Jofra Archer Reveals He's Lost his World Cup Medal

England fast bowler Jofra Archer said Saturday he'd "gone mad" looking for his World Cup winner's medal after losing the prized piece of silverware while moving house.




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West Indies 'Flexible' Over England Tour as ECB Weigh Overseas Offers

The fixtures were all due to take place in June but Friday saw the England and Wales Cricket Board extend the delay to the start of its season until July 1.




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Was Clueless on Test Debut, Thought Had Played my Last Game: Sachin Tendulkar

When he walked out for the last time 24 years later, Tendulkar would do so as a batting great with a record 200 Test appearances to his name.




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Legalising Ball Tampering: Saliva is Must and Vaseline is no Replacement, Feel Nehra, Harbhajan

Nehra then gave the example of Englishman Lever who created a furore during his team's 1976 tour of India by applying vaseline during a Test match.




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Cricket Can Wait, Start Schools and Colleges First: Kapil Dev on India-Pakistan Match

The world has come to a standstill with no immediate signs of resumption of sport of any kind. But sport can wait, feels the 61-year-old former India captain.




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Cricket Goes Live in Vanuatu in South Pacific After Cyclone and Coronavirus Lockdown

The rain meant a scheduled morning women's semifinal wasn't played due to wet grounds.




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To Raise Funds, England's James Anderson Auctions Shirt, Bat and Wicket

The pandemic, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has so far claimed close to two lakh lives and infected more than 28 lakh people across the world.




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Cheteshwar Pujara is Just Ultra Concentration All Day, Every Day: Pat Cummins

Hazlewood even said that he might consider Mankading Pujara the next time the two sides face each other in a Test series.




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Coffee Proved Too Costly for Me, I Drink Green Tea: Hardik Pandya

India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has joked that a cup of coffee proved too costly for him and he now drinks green tea instead in an Instagram live chat with wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik. Pandya was referring to the controversy he landed in due to his comments on the television show Koffee With Karan in early 2019.




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Yuvraj Singh Recalls When He Almost Finished Stuart Broad's Career

He revealed Broad senior asked him for a signed jersey for 'almost' finishing his son's career.




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Virat Kohli Common in David Warner & Kane Williamson's List of Top Batsmen

In an Instagram live session, Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner asked teammate Kane Williamson who he thinks is the best batsman in the world at the moment and while Williamson said it was difficult to name one, he picked India skipper Virat Kohli and South Africa great AB de Villiers.




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MS Dhoni's Humility and Sense of Gratitude Sets Him Apart from Others: Mohit Sharma

Sharma was out of action for about 10 months due to a back injury, which troubled him for two years.




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Ashwin Remains India's Best Spinner, Can't Keep Him Out of Shorter Formats: Saqlain

Akhtar's proposal of an India-Pakistan series to raises funds for the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in both countries had attracted criticism from big names like Kapil Dev. India did not need the money, Kapil had said.




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Have Learnt a Lot from Kohli's Preparation, Work Ethic: Vihari

India skipper Virat Kohli's preparation ahead of a game and work ethic are the two takeaways for Test batsman Hanuma Vihari, he said on Sunday.




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That I Broke Into Indian Team Through IPL is a Myth: Jasprit Bumrah

Bumrah, without taking names, also revealed the inspiration behind his action.




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Youngsters Today Try to be What They are Not on Social Media: Yuvraj

He was a fearless batsman during his time. Now after calling time on his illustrious career, Yuvraj Singh has remained the same, calling a spade a spade.




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Ashwin Remembers IPL 2010's Harsh Reality Check, Says It Was Like a 'Hard Slap'

Ashwin recalled the 2010 IPL when he was dropped from the CSK squad after two bad games, which was like a "hard slap", more so because he felt that coach Stephen Fleming "didn't talk to him" and he was not backed enough.




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Australia Players Won't be Greedy if Asked to take Pay Cut: Tim Paine

Cricket Australia might lose a staggering AUD 300 million dollars if the Indian team fails to turn up for the bilateral series due to the global health crisis.




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Salim Malik Ready to Work with ICC, PCB for their Clean Chit

Though Malik had his life ban lifted in 2008 by a lower district and sessions court, the PCB has not allowed him back into its fold.




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Stuck in Sri Lanka Due to Coronavirus, Pakistani First-class Cricketers Waiting to Fly Home

Azhar Attari, a prominent first-class player, confirmed on phone that they were still in Colombo waiting to fly home.




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BCCI Has No Back-up Plans for 2020-21 Domestic Season Yet: Saba Karim

The IPL has been postponed indefinitely and there is a possibility that it might be held in September when the domestic season is also underway. So far, no other cricketing activity has happened in India at the time of IPL.




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Replacing MS Dhoni is Immense & Involves People Accepting It's Another Person: KL Rahul

Rahul kept the wickets in the limited overs series against Australia in January this year and also during the team's tour to New Zealand.




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Pakistan's Umar Akmal Banned for Three Years After Failing to Report Spot-fixing Approaches

Umar, who turns 30 next month, pleaded guilty to not reporting the fixing offers which led to his provisional suspension on February 20 this year.




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Ian Smith Honoured with Bert Sutcliffe Medal by NZC

Former New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman and commentator Ian Smith has been presented with the Bert Sutcliffe medal by New Zealand Cricket for "outstanding services to cricket".




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Ashwin, Maharaj & Pooran Mutually Cancel Yorkshire Contracts

The Yorkshire County Cricket Club in a statement on their official website said on Monday that the contracts of R. Ashwin, Keshav Maharaj and Nicholas Pooran have been cancelled by mutual consent.




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Feels Good to Represent India as 'Keeper With Nine Fingers: Parthiv

Experienced India wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel has revealed he played with nine fingers all throughout his career as he lost his little finger as a six-year old child.




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Not Just IPL, Coronavirus has Adverse Implications on Grassroots and Informal Sectors of Cricket too

The impact of COVID-19 on the cricket ecosystem - structured and unstructured - at the grassroots has slipped under the radar




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So, Umar Akmal Officially Makes it to the List of Idiots: Ramiz Raja

Former Pakistan cricketer Ramiz Raja has welcomed PCBs decision to ban Umar Akmal on corruption charges, saying the batsman has officially made it to the "list of idiots" and that people like him should be put in jail.




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Chris Lynn Says T20 World Cup a "Logistical Nightmare" Amid Pandemic

Players are expected to be hit with pay cuts when CA releases their annual list of national contracts this week, having already postponed them by a month.




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Saeed Ajmal 'Even Today' Thinks Sachin Tendulkar Got Lucky in 2011 World Cup Semi-final

Ajmal said Gould was upset after his decision was overturned by the third umpire.




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Ramiz Raja Wants Jail-time to Combat Match-fixing, Compares Menace to Coronavirus

In reply, Raja said all stakeholders of the game must come together to eradicate match-fixing.




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Umar Akmal Will Definitely Challenge 'Harsh' Three-year Ban, Says Brother Kamran

Akmal was referring to Mohammad Irfan and Mohammad Nawaz who were banned for short periods after not reporting approaches made to them.




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Women's IPL Imperative for Growth of Cricket: SRH Fielding Coach

In normal circumstances, Biju George would currently be helping Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) superstars get sharper in the field in order to win their second Indian Premier League title but due to coronavirus pandemic, he has been confined to the four walls of his home with the cash-rich league being postponed indefinitely.




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Mike Hesson Returns to New Zealand After Being Stranded in India Due to Coronavirus

He also thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the New Zealand Embassy in India, New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.




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Misconception that Dhoni's India Comeback was Dependent on IPL: Aakash Chopra

Chopra feels that if Dhoni wants to play for the Indian team again and if the team management also wants the same, it will happen.




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Chris Gayle Calls Former Teammate Ramnaresh Sarwan 'Worse Than Coronavirus'

The opener claimed that Sarwan wanted to take control of the franchise and that is why he engineered Gayle's ouster from the team.




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Have Spoken to Prithvi Shaw About Life On and Off the Pitch: Sachin Tendulkar

But Shaw, of late, has been very vocal about the guidance he got from the senior Mumbaikar.




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Sachin Tendulkar Toyed With Shane Warne, Was Like Playing Cat & Mouse: Brett Lee

Tendulkar and Warne had an epic duel whenever they faced each other on the field.




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Former Karnataka Coach Arunkumar Appointed USA Head Coach

J Arunkumar was on Tuesday announced as the new head coach of the USA men's cricket team. Arunkumar played 109 first-class matches for Karnataka and scored 7208 runs and is also one of the most successful coaches in Karnataka's history.




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Buttler One of the Most Versatile, Best ODI Players at Present: Stokes

Star England all-rounder Ben Stokes on Tuesday heaped praise on teammate Jos Buttler, saying the destructive wicket-keeper batsman is one of the most versatile white-ball players in the world at the moment.




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Have Been Sledged for Looking Like Ellen DeGeneres, Reveals Joe Root

England Test captain Joe Root has revealed that he has faced a variety of sledges in his cricketing career, including comparison with American comedian and chat show host Ellen DeGeneres for his looks.




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Imran Nazir More Talented Than Sehwag But Didn't Have Brain Like Him: Akhtar

Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has claimed that Imran Nazir was a more talented batsman in comparison to Virender Sehwag but he didn't have the brain which the explosive Indian opener had.




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David Warner Casts Fresh Doubts over Australia's UK Tour in July

Australia are scheduled to take on Scotland in a T20 on 29 June before playing three T20s and three ODIs against world champions England from 3 July.




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Cricket South Africa Want AB de Villiers to Captain National Side Once Again

De Villiers, an explosive batsman, announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket in May 2018 but of late there have been talks of an imminent return in the national team.




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VVS Laxman Recalls Incident When Sachin Tendulkar Locked Himself in Physio's Room

Laxman recollected the memories of the famous 1998 Test match between India and Australia played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.




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BCCI Yet to Take Call on Contract Extension of Ombudsman DK Jain

Justice Jain was appointed as Ombudsman cum Ethics Officer in February, 2019 and now it is up to the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah to offer him an extension.




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No Indian Cricketer in Dale Steyn's Best XI, School Bowling Partner Included

Australia's Lee, former South African spinner Paul Harris and Proteas fast bowling great Allan Donald made up the bowling department.