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Sachin Tendulkar, and sledging! Yes, it happened and roughed up Steve Waugh

Sachin Tendulkar has been sledged a number of times during his legendary career whenever he frustrated bowlers around the world by piling on the runs, but it's rare to see the soft-spoken batting legend getting under the skin of the opposition with his words.

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Border Gavaskar Trophy: When Sourav Ganguly's Brisbane heroics set the tone for an enlivening series

NEW DELHI: Even before the Indian cricket team embarked on their 2003-04 tour to Australia, the mind games had begun and most of the banter, as usual, came from the Aussies.

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'Be funky': Why MS Dhoni kept giving the same advice to Ravichandran Ashwin for 15 years

NEW DELHI: Veteran Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin recently opened up about the invaluable advice he has been receiving from former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for over 15 years, emphasizing that Dhoni’s core guidance has always been to remain innovative and 'funky'.

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BCCI's prize money for ICC titles: How much MS Dhoni's teams received in comparison to Rs 125 crore for Rohit Sharma's team

NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket team triumphed in the T20 World Cup 2024, securing a victory against South Africa in the final, which ended an 11-year wait for an ICC title since the 2013 Champions Trophy.

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England’s T20 World Cup predicament goes far beyond their own failings

Australia meet Scotland in St Lucia on Saturday with the potential for a 1999 World Cup-style controversy in the air

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Watch: Pat Cummins plays cricket with school kids in Hyderabad

NEW DELHI: Australian cricketers have always been popular in India. Steve Waugh and David Warner have called India their more than once and with many Aussie cricketers playing in the IPL, the country is indeed no less than a second home for them.

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Head-to-head stats highlight why Test cricket is greatest sporting format

Every match comprises hundreds of contests between batter and bowler. If statistics are your thing, it’s mesmerising

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Shamar Joseph may be ‘saviour in purest form of cricket’, says Steve Waugh

Young sensation Shamar Joseph bowls West Indies to first Test win in Australia in 27 years, hailed as a 'saviour in the purest form of the game' by Steve Waugh.

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Shamar Joseph may be 'saviour in purest form of cricket', says Steve Waugh

NEW DELHI: Shamar Joseph, who bowled the West Indies to their first Test victory in Australia in 27 years, received high acclaim from the legendary Steve Waugh, who described him as a'saviour in the purest sense of the game'.

The Times of India

'World Test Championship has made it worse for Test cricket'

NEW DELHI: Former England Test batter Mark Butcher has expressed his criticism of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) World Test Championship (WTC), stating that the tournament has done more harm than good to the longest format of the game.

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'Obviously they don't care': Steve Waugh expresses concerns over Test cricket's future

NEW DELHI: Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has voiced concerns over the future of Test cricket, expressing dismay at Cricket South Africa's (CSA) decision to send a shadow side to New Zealand for a Test tour while their top players participate in a domestic T20 tournament.

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Steve Waugh slams South Africa for naming depleted squad, ICC for not caring about Test cricket

Former Australia skipper Steve Waugh has slammed the International Cricket Council and top cricket boards, including the BCCI, for not caring about Test cricket after South Africa named a depleted red-ball squad for the tour of New Zealand, prioritising its T20 league over the longest format.

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Australia vs Pakistan, 2nd Test: Watch - David Warner, dropped on 2, becomes Australia's second best

David Warner was given an early life by Pakistan after the visitors chose to bowl first in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday, which allowed the veteran opener to go past Steve Waugh's record to become Australia's second best run-scorer in men's cricket.

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Interview | Virat is the best batter in the world and Rohit is great for the game, says Dr. Ali Bacher

Dr. Ali Bacher, 81, is a cricketer, administrator, and passionate advocate for South African cricket. He follows the tough domestic games and will be watching the India-South Africa series with great enthusiasm. He believes India has the best chance of winning the Test series due to their strong bowling attack.…

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Australia's victory in Ahmedabad caps the best World Cup win, says Michael Vaughan

NEW DELHI: Michael Vaughan, former England captain, hailed Australia's World Cup victory as the finest in the tournament's history. Australia, staging an impressive comeback from a challenging start to their campaign, defeated a formidable India in front of an enthusiastic crowd of over one lakh.

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ODI World Cup: Epic India-Australia contests

A look at a few memorable India-Australia contests in the 50-over World Cup:

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Pat Cummins' Captaincy shines in World Cup, victory could secure legacy

NEW DELHI: In a stunning display of leadership and skill, Pat Cummins, Australia's One Day International (ODI) captain, has emerged as a key figure in his team's journey through the World Cup, leaving critics in awe of his performances both as a captain and a player.

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South Africa seek redemption and World Cup semifinal victory to overcome 'chokers' tag

NEW DELHI: As South Africa prepare to face Australia in the World Cup semi-final on Thursday, the Proteas have a chance to shed the long-standing 'chokers' tag that has haunted them in past tournaments, with Australia playing a prominent role in creating this narrative.

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Scars from South Africa’s ultimate self-sabotage still bring pain and fear

The most frightening ghosts of the Proteas’ World Cup past – Australia and semi-finals – await in Kolkata with 1999 weighing heavily

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Glenn Maxwell effort at par with Kapil Dev's 175: Srikkanth

CHENNAI: Glenn Maxwell was still picking himself up, trudging back to the pavilion after his physics-defying heroics at Wankhede on Tuesday when social media started going abuzz. "Is this the greatest World Cup knock ever played?"

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Mathews joins long list of bizarre cricket dismissals

Angelo Mathews' timed out for Sri Lanka at the World Cup puts him alongside Steve Waugh, Len Hutton and Ben Stokes on the list of cricket's unusual dismissals.

The Guardian - UK

England are finding out the hard way that they may have passed their peak

The nucleus of an incredibly successful team are all of a similar age and the years appear to have caught up with them at this World Cup

The Times of India

Common threads in New Zealand, South Africa World Cup journey: Heartbreaks and drama

PUNE: South Africa and New Zealand have a short but exciting rivalry in ODI World Cup history. And both have not won the trophy despite playing in numerous knockout games.

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England on brink of World Cup exit after heavy loss to Sri Lanka – as it happened

Over-by-over report: England lost for the fourth time in five matches as Sri Lanka strolled to an eight-wicket win

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Left arm spinners, Steve Waugh and India’s near misses twice in a row

1987: India hosts 1st World Cup outside England; Maninder Singh's last-man dismissal signals 1-run loss to Australia; Dean Jones' 6/4 controversy; India-Pakistan 3rd-place match dropped; Bob Simpson's "lose patience, lose battle" mantra; India's 1-run loss to Australia in Brisbane.

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