India cruises to victory in third Test against England
Headingley, August 26:
England
captain Nasser Hussain's 12th Test hundred could not prevent his
side going down to defeat by an innings and 46 runs against India
on the final day of the third Test here at Headingley on Monday.
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Kumble a great bowler:
Ganguly
Leeds, August 26:
Indian
skipper Sourav Ganguly on Monday attributed the historic victory
to a combined effort from the team while rival England skipper
Nasser Hussain conceded his team was outplayed. "It was a very
good team effort," an exultant Ganguly said after the win.
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Victorious
India just perfect: Hussain
Leeds, August 26:
England
skipper Nasser Hussain said India came close to perfection in
trouncing England to win the third test at Headingley on Monday.
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India
look to disrupt England's winning pattern
London, August 20:
The third
Test at Headingley this week will give India the chance to start
living up to their top-of-the-bill reputations.
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Ganguly to
look for other bowling options
Nottingham, August 13:
Indian captain
Sourav Ganguly stood by his bowlers but said he would look for
other options as well after his side had batted valiantly to draw
the second Test against England at Trent Bridge.
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Young Patel
steals the show among giants
Nottingham, August 13:
The big three of
Indian batting Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly
all performed brilliantly to enable India to hold England to an
honourable draw in the second Test here yesterday. Between them they
made 306 runs.
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Opening
in one-dayers has made me better: Sehwag
Nottingham, August 09:
After
scoring a sparkling century in the second cricket Test against
England here on Thursday, Virender Sehwag said his success as an
opener in Test cricket was due to the fact that he had been
opening the innings in one-day internationals.
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Kumble to undergo
test for calf injury
Trent Bridge, August
06:
Leg-spinner Anil Kumble will undergo a test on his injured calf
on Wednesday to ascertain if he would be fit to play in the
second Test against England starting here Thursday.
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Harbhajan
front-runner for spinner's slot
Trent Bridge, August
05: Going
into the second Test against England starting on Thursday, the
Indians are once again confronted with the difficult choice of
picking one among their two spinners and this time, it seems,
Harbhajan Singh enjoys a slight edge over Anil Kumble.
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England picks Key and Harmison for the second Test
London, August 04:
Opener
Robert Key will make his Test debut against India at Trent
Bridge next week after he was named Sunday in a 13-man squad for
the second cricket Test.
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Tudor confident of
proving fitness
London, August 01:
Fast bowler
Alex Tudor is optimistic that he will be able to prove his
fitness to the England selectors ahead of next week's second
Test against India.
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Are seamers rattling
Tendulkar now?
London, July 31:
After Ashley Giles'
much-criticised negative line, it is the intimidatory tactics of
England fast bowlers against Sachin Tendulkar in the
just-concluded first Test that has set the tongues wagging among
the purists of the game.
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Century
marks the start of better phase: Agarkar
London, July 30:
Ajit Agarkar is hoping
his brilliant century in India's second innings of the first Test
against England yesterday is the beginning of a new and better phase
in his cricketing career.
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India lose first
test against England
London, July 29:
India lost the
first test against England by 170 runs, as expected, but not
before Ajit Agarkar emerged as a batsman who can score more than
a duck - he made a century instead.
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We missed Harbhajan: Ganguly
London, July 30:
Skipper Sourav
Ganguly confessed that he probably should have gone into the
Lord's Test with two spinners.
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Wright still hopeful for a
draw
London, July 28:
Despite
India being placed in a seemingly hopeless position in the first
cricket Test against England, coach John Wright today expressed
confidence that his team would at least be able to salvage a draw.
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India strike
early, but Hussain hits back
London, July 25:
England captain
Nasser HussaThe Indians were faced with a predicament in the
morning — the composition of the team. Nothing new. After intense
debate it was decided to go into the Test with three seamers and
two spinners, with Anil Kumble being preferred to Harbhajan Singh.
India struck gold in the opening overs of the match with Zaheer
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Gough denies rift with
England
London, July 25:
England fast bowler
Darren Gough insisted Thursday he had not had a row with the team
management over the treatment of his knee injury.
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Ganguly
calls for greater mental strength
