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As the world wonders
about Lara’s constant downfall, one thing which could be the reason is
an 18-year-old English model. The West Indies star has been allowed to
bring her with him to Australia. more
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Something unusual happened during Manoj
Prabhakar's interrogation by the CBI in the match-fixing scandal. Both the
CBI and Prabhakar had something to hide. Their cameras. more
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Australian firebrand
Brett Lee has every chance of smashing the world fast bowling record in
the second Test against the West Indies this weekend, speed legend Dennis
Lillee predicted. more
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Karachi police have
arrested two first-class cricketers for allegedly stealing travellers’
cheques worth $7 lakh from a local American Express branch, officials said
today. more
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The Central Bureau of Investigation on
Friday denied charges levelled by former India skipper Mohammad
Azaharuddin that he had not told the investigating agency anything or
admitted to match-fixing. more
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Pakistan have recalled
Waqar Younis and dropped Mushtaq Ahmed for the 2nd Test against England in
Faisalabad on Wednesday. more
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Former
Pakistan captain Salim Malik has been granted an interim stay against a
life ban for match-fixing by a Pakistani court. more
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The West Indies, sifting through the rubble
of their grotesque innings defeat to Australia here on Saturday, are
looking at summoning a motivation expert to cure their ills. more
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The Indian cricket Board has served a notice
on the five players named in the CBI report on betting and match-fixing to
appear before its Disciplinary Committee in Calcutta on November 28. more
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Australia won a world record equaling 11th
straight Test match when they crushed West Indies by an innings and 126
runs with just two and half days of the game gone. more
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Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin,
who federal investigators said confessed to match fixing, on Thursday
denied the charge and claimed he was innocent. more
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The movements of the
members of the Indian team were closely watched by a CBI spy during the
first Test against Zimbabwe that ended here today. more
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The Delhi Police officials disagree with
Ministry of Law and Justice's view on CBI's match-fixing report that no
case of cheating could be made out against Indian players. more
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Rahul Dravid pulverised Zimbabwe's bowling
for the second time in the match as India chalked up a seven-wicket
victory in the first Test in Delhi on Wednesday. more
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Australian Cricket Board chief executive
Malcolm Speed has defended the board's handling of Mark Waugh, after he
was named in an Indian match fixing report. more
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Any attempt to punish Mark Waugh for alleged
corruption could become a legal minefield, the Australian Cricketers'
Association warned Wednesday. more
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Dominic Cork has set his
sights on making his England comeback in Sri Lanka in the new year, having
been forced out of the current tour to Pakistan with a troublesome back
injury. more
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South
Africa has to work hard for their five wicket victory win over New Zealand
in the three Tests series. Chasing 100 runs to win on the last day of the
test match, South Africa lost five wickets. more
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A Pakistani court on Tuesday summoned seven
top players including former captain Wasim Akram to answer a petition
seeking their suspension on match-fixing charges. more
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The International Cricket Council have
warned they could hit India with financial sanctions for snubbing a tour
of Pakistan. more
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Mohammed Azharuddin's statement to the
cricket board was the subject of considerable speculation on Friday, with
authoritative sources saying that he had confirmed certain parts of the
CBI report on match-fixing. more
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An influential Australian newspaper, The
broadsheet called Saturday for Mark Waugh and Brian Lara to stand down
from the five-Test series between Australia and the West Indies for the
good of the game. more
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The Indian government has
blocked the national cricket team's proposed tour to Pakistan, a Sports
Ministry official has revealed. more
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The ECB Chief MacLaurin said on Friday that
he was convinced that Alec Stewart was "absolutely clear" of any
involvement in the match-fixing scandal, and that it would end the matter
there. more
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will demand
a $15 million compensation from the ICC for the cancellation of this
winter's series against India. more
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Claims that cricketers should be paid more
to reduce the temptation of taking payments from bookmakers have been
rejected by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). more
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On the Fourth day of the
Indo-Pak Test at the Ferozshah Kotla ground last year, Indian skipper
Azharuddin received a message from a groundsman: "Ask Kumble to
bowl from the Pavilion end." more
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Indian stars Nayan Mongia and Ajay Jadeja
gave statements on Sunday to an official investigating Indian cricketers
named in a federal police match-fixing report. more
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Pakistan cricket coach Javed Miandad on
Sunday said England might pose a tough fight against Pakistan in the
forthcoming Test series and the contest will not be one-sided. more
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Former Indian captain
Mohammad Azharuddin was absent for a second day from the inquiry into
match fixing allegations brought against five Indian cricketers. more
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Don Topley who is at the centre of
England’s match-fixing scandal, is sticking rigorously to his charge
that a county match between Lancashire and Essex had been fixed by mutual
convenience in 1994. more
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England have defended their decision to
endorse betting on cricket despite recent revelations linking bookmakers
and corruption in the sport. more
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Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan has
called on the cricket boards to restore the game's image saying that the
recent match-fixing scandal have tarnished the sport and Imran fears there
could be more to come. more
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The Board of Control for
Cricket in India is likely to get the go ahead from the government to send
a team to Pakistan next month. more
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Sri Lankan Cricket officials today omitted
Aravinda de Silva named as taking match fixing bribes by India's CBI from
the forthcoming South African tour side. more
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Pakistan resigned themselves on Friday to
being without fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for the forthcoming Test series
against England after being informed he would not regain full fitness for
at least another month. more
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New Zealand Cricket said it had appointed a
three-man team to look into allegations that former captain Martin Crowe
took money from an Indian bookmaker. more
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Teams of investigators from the ICC
Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) have returned to the UK following visits to
India and South Africa over the past week. more
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The ICC investigators have spoken with
former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje, who has been banned
for life, about ways of dealing with match fixing and corruption in the
game. more
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Umpire Sajjad Azghar
turned down a catch behind off batsman Akhtar Sarfraz, who was on 46, and
the decision clearly upset bowler Andy Caddick. more
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South African Jonty
Rhodes has announced his retirement from Test cricket, while fellow
international Daryll Cullinan has quit the one-day game. more
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The bookmaker at the centre of the Hansie
Cronje scandal has said that there is nothing wrong with international
players providing pitch and team reports to bookies. more
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Pakistan leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has
received an offer from English County Leicestershire to play for them next
summer. more
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The West Indies will concede 30 runs to
Australia in each of their five cricket Tests this summer because of
biased umpiring, according to a new book. more
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Record-breaking West Indies batsman Brian
Lara spoke here Wednesday of his determination to focus on his cricket
during the side's Australian tour. more
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BCCI secretary Jaywant
Lele announced at a press conference that the selectors have retained
Ganguly as the skipper of the Indian team till the end of the Zimbabwe
series. more
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Ram Adhar Choudhary, accused in the CBI
Report of accepting Rs. 50,000 from Ajay Sharma to doctor the pitch for
the Test match against Australia in 1996, claims that the CBI coerced him
into giving the statement. more
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The Board of Cricket
Control of Sri Lanka, (BCCSL) Monday appointed a one man commission of
inquiry to probe the allegations of match fixing against two of its
Cricketers. more
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Alec Stewart has revealed that the
investigation which England’s management launched into allegations of
match-fixing against the former skipper was a very superficial one. more
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Pakistan coach Javed Miandad has said he was
shocked to learn about the extent to which the menace of match-fixing had
spread in cricket. more
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Former Pakistani skipper
Asif Iqbal who, has been accused of match-fixing or betting has vehemently
denied his involvement even as he admitted that he knew Mumbai-based
bookie Anil Steel he had close links. more
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Azhar's
allegations are completely absurd and false, says Mongia. Mongia
said on Sunday that he was not even a member of the Indian team during the
two matches for which he has been named. more
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Just in case you thought the cricket
controversy is over now that five former and current players have been
punished, wait. The income tax department is waiting in the wings with a
report of its own. more
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Ajay Jadeja denied being ever involved in
match-fixing during his career as stated in the Central Bureau of
Investigation Report on match-fixing at a press conference more
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David
Graveney has backed Alec Stewart to emerge with his reputation intact
after the ICC have completed their inquiry into the allegations made
against him. more
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Former South African
wicket-keeper David Richardson today revealed that it was an Indian player
who made bribery offers to team-mate Pat Symcox on the 1996 tour of India.
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Stewart's denial that he
has ever received money for information has been emphatic. But even if the
allegations of Gupta were true, it would not have represented the end of
the world for Stewart. more
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West Indies batsman Brian Lara has refuted
charges by an Indian bookmaker who has claimed he had paid him to
"under perform" during two one-day matches in India in 1994. more
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Allegations that two matches between Essex
and Lancashire nine years ago were fixed are being investigated, the
England Cricket Board said on Sunday. more
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