| Jane McGrath preferred death to mastectomy |
| Melbourne, July 4 (ANI): Aussie cricketer Glenn McGrath's wife Jane was so distraught at the prospect of losing her left breast after being diagnosed with cancer in 1997, that she initially preferred death to mastectomy, according to the sportsman's new biography.'Glenn McGrath: Line an |
2008-07-04
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| Oz ex-deputy coach sues CA for hurting his shoulders throwing balls at nets! |
| Sydney, July 3 (ANI): Former Australian team's assistant coach Jamie Siddons has sued Cricket Australia (CA) for compensation as, he alleged, he hurt his shoulder while throwing cricket balls for hours together during net practice on the 2005 Ashes tour of England.Siddons, Sheffield Shi |
2008-07-03
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| "Experienced Whatmore would have been a better Pak coach than Lawson" |
| I don't consider myself to be either lucky or unlucky on not being the Pakistan coach but I am happy to be over here working for the Indian Cricket Board," Whatmore, who is now the Director of the BCCI-run National Cricket Academy (NCA), said. According to the paper, a decision regardin |
2008-07-02
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| Poor show by Pak bowlers may help banned Shoaib make a come back |
| Karachi, July 2 (ANI): Pakistan's continued bad bowling performances in recent times, latest being in the Asia Cup, could pave the way for an early return to international cricket of the controversial paceman Shoaib Akhtar, said an article in The News.Currently Shoaib is facing an 18-mo |
2008-07-02
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| Sir Viv equates Brett Lee with yesteryear Windies icons |
| Melbpurne, July 2 (ANI): West Indian batting legend Vivian Richards feels Australian bowler Brett Lee is the most fiery pacer cricket has seen after the intimidating Caribbean quartet of Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner, Michael Holding and Curtly Ambrose.Richards, along with his predecess |
2008-07-02
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| Michael Vaughan likens his teammates to Thunderbirds puppets! |
| London, July 2 (ANI): English cricketer Michael Vaughan might want to stay away from Kevin Pietersen for the next few days, especially after likening him to aristocratic female Thunderbirds puppet Lady Penelope.The Test cricket captain, who earned the nickname Virgil in the early part o |
2008-07-02
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| Unscheduled meet between Mukherjee-Pawar at Dubai Airport |
| rjee is on a three-day visit to Cairo. He made a brief stop-over at Dubai on his way to Egypt.Pawar is in Dubai to attend the International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in Dubai. (ANI) |
2008-07-01
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| PCB may withdraw Majid's candidature for ICC post following diatribe against Board |
| (ANI): The PCB is not likely to support the candidature of the country's former Test opener Majid Khan for the post of Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee, after he last week publicly criticized the Board's policies, particularly regarding its financial affairs.PCB chairman Nasim Ash |
2008-07-01
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| CA suggests four-year cycle formula to save Test cricket |
| Melbourne, July 1 (ANI): A proposal has been presented to the International Cricket Council to radically overhaul world cricket's ad hoc and often irrelevant programming, with possible finals every four years between the best Test, one-day and Twenty20 nations.Cricket Australia chief ex |
2008-07-01
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| Anil Kumble confident of winning Sri Lanka test-series |
| ommencing from July 23 here today.India's test team players, who are not part of the Asia cup, attended a weeklong fitness camp at National Cricket Academy under the leadership of skipper Kumble in Bangalore, ahead of the 45-day long tour to the island nation.Kumble while addressing a n |
2008-06-30
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