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Starc confident to be fit for opening Proteas Test
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct.20 (ANI): Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc is confident that he will be fully fit for the opening Test against South Africa in early November, after declaring himself available for selection following a gruesome deep leg wound.
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Guardiola denies trying to sign Messi, Neymar
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct.19 (ANI): Ending months of speculations, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has insisted that he never tried to sign Barcelona star strikers Lionel Messi and Neymar in the close season.
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Du Plessis not expecting De Villiers to play Adelaide Test
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct. 19 (ANI): Faf du Plessis, who is leading South Africa for the three-Test series against Australia, does not expect AB de Villiers to be fit in time for the day-night Test in Adelaide starting from November 24.
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Peter Siddle takes dig at De Villiers' sledging comments
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Oct.19 (ANI): Australian paceman Peter Siddle has fired barbs at South Africa after captain AB de Villiers described the 2014 Michael Clarke's team as the most `abusive` he had ever faced.
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"I've got a lot of football left," insists Rooney
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct. 19 (ANI): Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney, who is under criticism over his recent form, has insisted he has still got a "lot of football left" amid speculations that his days as a regular starting player for the club could be coming to a clo
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Ponting would have been dropped had he not retired in 2012, says Clarke
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Oct. 18 (ANI): Former Australian skipper Michael Clarke has revealed that the team management was about to drop Ricky Ponting in 2012 had he not retired in Perth against South Africa.
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Rilee Rossouw unlikely to make Test debut at WACA
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct. 18 (ANI): It seems that Rilee Rossouw, who was named Man of the Series in the recent 5-0 ODI whitewash over Australia, will have to wait a little longer to make his Test debut.
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Misbah reserves special praise for Bravo post first Test victory
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct. 18 (ANI): Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq has heaped special praise for West Indies star all-rounder Darren Bravo, who scored a brilliant hundred to frustrate the opposition during the first Test of the three-match series at the Dubai International Stadium in
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Clarke picks Muralitharan as 12th man in his best Test side
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Oct.18 (ANI): Legendary spinner Shane Warne and South Africa's Dale Steyn have been named alongside one another by former Australian skipper Michael Clarke in his best ever Test side.
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De Villiers accuses Aussies of worst sledging during 2014 Test series
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Oct.17 (ANI): South Africa skipper AB de Villiers has claimed that the sledging done by Australian cricketers in their last three-match Test series in 2014 was the worst he has witnessed in his entire career.
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`Injury-plagued` Serena withdraws from WTA Finals
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct.17 (ANI): World number two Serena Williams has pulled out of the elite WTA Finals in Singapore after failing to fully recover from the shoulder troubles that hindered her in 2016.
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'Hamstrung' Shaun Marsh in doubt for first Proteas Test
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia] Oct. 16 (ANI): In what could be a major setback to Australia, opening batsman Shaun Marsh is in doubt for the Perth Test against South Africa after suffering from a hamstring injury during a domestic one-day cup match this weekend.
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