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Pak cricketer Shoaib Malik plays in local tournament, BCCI unaware
NDTV
PTI New Delhi: The Pakistan cricketers haven't been allowed to play in the
cash-rich Indian Premier League for the last four years (barring Azhar
Mahmood who is a British passport holder) but former Pakistan captain
Shoaib Malik's participation in a ...
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Meadow, cows, cricket for Olympic opening ceremony
Fox News
London's Olympic Stadium will be transformed into a British meadow complete
with fields, cows, ducks, a horse-drawn plough and a game of village
cricket for the opening ceremony of this year's summer Games. Film maker
Danny Boyle, artistic director of ...
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Flower concern over Pietersen role
ESPNcricinfo.com
Andy Flower, England's director of cricket, has voiced concern that Kevin
Pietersen will become detached from the rest of the England squad and will
come to regret his decision to retire from limited-overs international
cricket.
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We tried to talk Pietersen out of one-day retirement, says Andy Flower
The Guardian
Kevin Pietersen may be only too happy to sit out the glut of one-day
cricket that England are facing this summer but the team director, Andy
Flower, believes he could still come to regret the decision in future
years. Pietersen is expected to be in ...
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Kevin Pietersen: Not playing ODI cricket any more
Sportinglife.com
Kevin Pietersen may live to regret his decision to forsake one-day
international cricket, and the chance to help win England's first World
Cup. Andy Flower expressed that concern - doubtless a point he made too on
the several occasions he tried to ...
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Prepaid iPhone Shootout: Cricket vs. Virgin
New York Times (blog)
By ROY FURCHGOTT Just a week after writing about the prepaid no-contract
iPhone deal from mobile provider Cricket, Virgin Mobile announced it would
also offer the iPhone 4 and 4S on a prepaid no-contract deal. Is it a
better deal than Cricket's?
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England's Andy Flower tried three times to talk Kevin Pietersen out of
calling ...
Telegraph.co.uk
"He told me he didn't want to play 50-over cricket any more and we
discussed it fully. I tried on a number of occasions to dissuade him for
what I believe was his own good. "I just think that after he's retired
completely from the game and he looks ...
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Flower rues Pietersen one-day decision
The Press Association
Kevin Pietersen's absence from one-day international cricket is a sad state
of affairs for England coach Andy Flower. Before Pietersen announced his
decision to retire from 50-over cricket - and therefore Twenty20
internationals too, under the terms of ...
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Katich retires from Australian cricket
Sydney Morning Herald
AAP Former Test opening batsman Simon Katich has announced his retirement
from first-class cricket in Australia. Katich was axed from the Australian
team after the 2010-2011 Ashes series defeat in Australia and was stripped
of the NSW captaincy last ...
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Simon Katich draws curtain on Australian first-class cricket
The Australian
SIMON Katich has retired from first-class cricket in Australia. The former
Test opener who was controversially dumped last year, despite averaging 50
in a losing team, made the decision to stand down while playing county
cricket in England.
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"Not cricket!" – genteel game targets urban youth - Stabroek News ...
By Stabroek editor
LONDON, (Reuters) - Former England cricket captain Ian Botham wants to
encourage children from tough urban areas to play the game by promoting a
condensed form.
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Three groups for Ranji Trophy, five-day knockouts - ESPN Cricinfo
The Ranji Trophy will now have the 27 teams divided into three groups, and
the knockout matches will be five-day contests - Cricket news from from
cricket in India.
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