Sri Lanka announce 16-man squad for BD tri-nation series
COLOMBO, Jan 9 (AFP): Sri Lanka announced on Tuesday Angelo Mathews would return as skipper for limited-overs cricket ahead of the 2019 World Cup, just six months after the allrounder stepped down from the post.The move comes as a surprise after Mathews, 30, quit last July as captain in all...
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Zinedine Zidane French coach of the year
PARIS, Jan 9 (AFP): Real Madrid may have ended the year badly, but Zinedine Zidane has been named French coach of 2017 for leading the club to a Liga and Champions League double."I want to show that I can also be a good coach in tough circumstances," Zidane said in...
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Zimbabwe due tomorrow to play tri-nation ODI series
A 15-man Zimbabwean Cricket team will arrive in the city on Thursday night to play the tri-nation ODI series also involving Sri Lanka and hosts Bangladesh beginning on January 15 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur in city, reports UNB.An Emirates Airlines flight carrying the Zimbabwe team will...
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BCB announces ticket prices for tri-nation series, Tests, T20s
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced ticket prices for the upcoming Rocket Tri-Nation ODI Series, and Bangladesh-Sri Lanka Test and T20I Series.BCB also declared that the tickets of the tri-nation series and the Sri Lanka series will be available on shohoz.com, an online marketplace, reports UNB.Apart from online sale from January...
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Ponting to assist Lehmann during T20 tri-series
SYDNEY, Jan 9 (AFP): Ricky Ponting will be an assistant coach during Australia's Twenty20 international series against England and New Zealand next month, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday.The former Australia captain will work under head coach Darren Lehmann, while Troy Cooley and Matthew Mott will help out during the series.
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BCCI suspends Yusuf Pathan for doping violation
NEW DELHI, Jan 9 (AFP): India suspended on Tuesday former international all-rounder Yusuf Pathan for five months for taking a banned stimulant.The ban on the 35-year-old who last represented India in 2012 was backdated so that it ends on January 14.The Board of Control for Cricket in India said the...
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South Africa beat India by 72 runs in first Test
CAPE TOWN, Jan 9 (AFP): South Africa's fast bowlers, led by Vernon Philander, blasted through India's batting as the host nation gained a 72-run win on the fourth day of the first Test at Newlands on Monday.Set 208 to win the first of three matches between the world's two leading...
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New Zealand's eight-wkt victory over Pakistan in rain-shortened ODI
NELSON, New Zealand, Jan 9 (AFP): Martin Guptill belted New Zealand to an eight-wicket win over Pakistan in a rain-shortened second one-day international in Nelson on Tuesday.Guptill blasted 55 off 31 balls after the rain break to be unbeaten on 86 as New Zealand reached their revised target of 151...
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