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Sri Lankan Cricket Captain Mathews Resigns After Zimbabwe Defeat

Sri Lankan cricket captain Angelo Mathews has stepped down amid intense criticism over his side's series defeat to...

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‘Champion of Champions’ Shastri New India Coach

India's new coach Ravi Shastri is expected to look for a good working relationship with captain Virat Kohli after a...

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Shastri Named India Coach, Zaheer Bowling Consultant

Former captain Ravi Shastri was on Tuesday named the new head coach of India for a two-year period, ending weeks of...

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Sri Lanka Take Flak After ‘disgraceful’ Cricket Defeat

Sri Lanka's cricketers faced a barrage of criticism Tuesday a day after their series loss to bottom-ranked Zimbabwe in...

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Rohit Returns For India Tests Against Sri Lanka

Batsman Rohit Sharma has returned to India's Test squad for the three-match series in Sri Lanka that starts this month,...

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South Africa’s Morkel Sparks England Collapse In First Test

Morne Morkel led South Africa's fightback with the ball as England collapsed on the fourth morning of the first Test at...

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Australia Cricket Captain Smith Says No Backing Down On Pay

Australian captain Steve Smith said Sunday players would not back down in their bitter pay dispute with Cricket...

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South Africa’s Rabada ‘heartbroken’ Over Test Ban

Kagiso Rabada is "heartbroken" at being banned from next week's second Test against England at Trent Bridge, according...

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Pakistan’s Yasir To Face Afghanistan Cricket Team At Lord’s

Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah will complete an impressive international line-up when MCC face Afghanistan in the new...

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England See Off Dangerman de Kock In First Test

Quinton de Kock made a superb counter-attacking fifty only to fall shortly before lunch on Saturday's third day at...

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England’s Broad Frustrates South Africa After Root Test Epic

South Africa finally saw the back of England captain Joe Root before Stuart Broad's first Test fifty in four years...

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India To Play Tests, ODIs and T20s On Sri Lanka Tour

Sri Lanka and India will play three Tests, five one-day internationals and one T20 in their first series involving all...

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England Bat Against South Africa In First Test

England's new captain, Joe Root, won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in the first Test at Lord's on...

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Australia A Players Call Off S.Africa Cricket Tour

The Australian Cricketers' Association said Thursday that players would boycott this month's Australia A tour to South...

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S. Africa Stand-In Captain Elgar Eager To Get His Own Back On Broad

South Africa stand-in captain Dean Elgar is confident there will be no "scarring" on show when his side face England...

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Root ‘excited’ To Lead England At Last Against S. Africa

Joe Root says he feels excited by the prospect of finally leading England in a Test on the eve of the South Africa...

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Spinner Dawson In England Test Team To Face S. Africa

Joe Root, the new England captain, has confirmed that spinner Liam Dawson will play in the first Test against South...

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Pakistan’s Ramiz Raja Wants Test ‘window’

Former Pakistan batsman Ramiz Raja has urged the International Cricket Council to set aside a two-month window solely...

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Philander Says South Africa Won’t ‘get In A Faf’ Over Absentees

Vernon Philander believes South Africa have the resources to cope without two senior batsmen when the first Test...