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Shakib to be first Bangladeshi to play county cricket

Published: November 20, 2009

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Young Bangladesh all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan will be the first ever Bangladeshi cricketer to play county cricket after he was signed by Worcestershire as one of their overseas players for next year.


Jayawardene and Samaraweera shine on Vettori’s day

Published: August 27, 2009

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Half centuries by Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera put Sri Lanka in a strong position on a day when New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori became just the eighth player in history to achieve the double of 3000 test runs and 300 test wickets.


I don’t think I ever achieved greatness: Flintoff

Published: August 25, 2009

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Andrew Flintoff may have had some of the biggest rivalries on field with the best of players but at the end of the day he just wants to be remembered as a good bloke first and foremost and then a cricketer.


Gavaskar still scared of ‘Bouncer and Beamer’: Shastri

Published: July 24, 2009

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Little master Sunil Gavaskar may have made the fiery West Indian fast bowlers like Joel Garner, Michael Holding and Malcolm Marshall look ordinary when he was at the crease, but his friend and former teammate Ravi Shastri says that Gavaskar is still scared of ‘Bouncer and Beamer’.


Flintoff’s effort was almost superhuman: Ian Botham

Published: July 21, 2009

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England’s cricketing greats have hailed the nations historic test win over Australia at Lords saying that the hosts were simply brilliant throughout the match.