Sangakkara

A ton for Sangakkara but Durham still seeking that elusive first win

 May 14, 2014   John Welsh

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Durham and Yorkshire finished first and second in the 2013 English County Cricket championship but in the early stages of the current season, the two teams have encountered contrasting fortunes. Yorkshire have assumed the leadership of the table after five matches whereas Durham are languishing in eighth position and without a win in four attempts. […]

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RR

Rollicking KKR Suffers Sudden Paralysis Against RR As CSK Dominate Daredevils at Delhi

 May 6, 2014   R K Gupta

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Gautam Gambhir won the toss and took to the field, presumably to go after the target with due planning. RR’s final score of 171 did not bother Gambhir as he mounted a big century opening stand with the in-form Robin Uthappa. RR did not appear to have much chance, when KKR needed just 50 runs […]

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Mumbai Indians

Batting Woes Continue For Mumbai Indians Even As IPL’s UAE Leg Comes To An End

 May 2, 2014   R K Gupta

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Kings Eleven Punjab and Mumbai Indians are at the two ends of a spectrum in this IPL. 20 matches were played on the round-robin basis between 10 participants in different venues of UAE until yesterday. While KXIP won all their five games, MI lost all five. Every other team recorded some wins and some losses. […]

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Mumbai Indians

Sunrisers Beat DD in a Tight Finish but Mumbai Indians Disappoint Yet Again

 April 26, 2014   R K Gupta

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In Friday’s two IPL matches, played at the Dubai International Cricket stadium, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s true batting strength came to the fore. They lost just one wicket but each of the three batsmen played his part in amassing a match-winning total of 184/1 at the end of 20 overs. The victory target of 185 was stiff […]

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Jadeja

Jadeja’s All-Round Performance Helps CSK Defend a Low Score Against Royals

 April 24, 2014   R K Gupta

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The FM Gold Channel of All India Radio features a daily evening program called Sports-Scan at 8.30 PM Indian Standard Time. The narrators usually invite known experts, who specialize in various sports. These specialists air their views on past, present and future sporting events. On Wednesday the CSK were already batting, when the program began. […]

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Maxwell

Oh Boy!! KXIP’s Maxwell Fired on Al l Cylinders Yet Again to Sink Sun-risers Hyderabad

 April 23, 2014   R K Gupta

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In Tuesday night’s match played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Shikhar Dhawan won the toss for Sunrisers Hyderabad and asked Kings XI Punjab to bat first. The decision was presumably aimed at precluding the KXIP batsmen to mount their now famous herculean chases. But little did poor Dhawan know that the Big Max was ready for […]

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Rajasthan Royals

Kings XI Chase 200+ In Great Style But Rajasthan Royals Scrape Though Narrowly

 April 19, 2014   R K Gupta

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Chennai Super Kings is a feared T20 team any day and MS Dhoni is full of guile as a captain. Dhoni has been observed in recent past to send the opposition in after winning the toss. On April 18’s first match Abu Dhabi, he chose to bat first against Kings XI Punjab. The reason was […]

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Yuvraj

Yuvraj Survives His First Test As Royal Challengers Beat Dare Daredevils

 April 18, 2014   R K Gupta

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For critics keeping tabs at the RCB’s match with DD on Thursday night, the focus was set on two Indians. Yuvraj Singh has been more in news for his 140 million rupee price tag than his true playing abilities and likewise, Dinesh Karthik, whom DD bought for 125 million rupees had to pass the acid […]

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Jacques Kallis

IPL Begins in UAE With Jacques Kallis Led Victory For Kolkata Knight Riders

 April 17, 2014   R K Gupta

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The inaugural match of the seventh edition of the IPL was won on Wednesday by the 2012 champions; Kolkata Knight Riders, who scored an emphatic 41 run victory over the 2013 champions, Mumbai Indians. Like a typically uncertain IPL game, the KKR victory could not have been predicted early in their innings, when Lasith Malinga, […]

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County Championship

International commitments could weaken Durham in 2014 County Championship

 April 16, 2014   John Welsh

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The resumption of the County Cricket season in England was greeted with centuries by both Alastair Cook and Ian Bell in the opening matches of the 16 match championship series, but for 2013 Division One title winners Durham, failure to end the last wicket partnership of Northants resulted in their four day fixture finishing in […]

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