Category: cricket

JOHANNESBURG (AP) Australia cricket captain Steve Smith confirmed Wednesday he had been banned from playing for his country for 12 months for his role in a ball tampering plot in the test series in South Africa.

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Young cricketers across Australia have been swept up in the discontent as politicians, commentators and players demand strong action in the wake of a cheating scandal that has rocked the foundations of a national institution – the country’s cricket team.

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Steve Waugh helped formulate a ”Spirit of Australian Cricket” pledge during his tenure as captain of the national team, which was one of the most successful in test history.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) A Zimbabwean official has been banned for 20 years by the International Cricket Council after being found guilty of match-fixing charges.

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ISLAMABAD (AP) The international backlash following Australia captain Steve Smith’s confession to cheating during the third test against South Africa last weekend defies the fact that ball-tampering is about as old as the game of cricket itself.

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Matt Renshaw hit the winning runs to help Queensland state clinch the domestic cricket title before heading for South Africa to reinforce an Australia squad mired in a cheating scandal ahead of the fourth test later this week in Johannesburg.

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LONDON (AP) Just like their counterparts in baseball, cricket players are capable of devising devious ways of getting some extra movement on a thrown ball.

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) Australian cricket’s investigation into the cheating plot that plunged its team into a reputational crisis has begun after two senior officials arrived in South Africa to start work on Monday.

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The cheating confession that scandalized a nation has triggered an investigation destined to go way deeper than merely scratching the surface of the culture within Australia’s cricket team.

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) New Zealand beat England by an innings and 49 runs Monday in the first cricket test.

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) Legspinner Todd Astle claimed his second test wicket and his first in six years to push New Zealand closer to victory over England on Monday on the final day of the first cricket test.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) Mohammad Nabi smashed three straight sixes to give Afghanistan a seven-wicket victory over West Indies on Sunday in the final of the cricket World Cup qualification tournament with almost 10 overs to spare.

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KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) Thousands of spectators endured long queues and navigated stringent security checkpoints hours ahead of a high profile cricket match on Sunday in Pakistan’s biggest city, the first time in nine years that it has hosted a game of such stature.

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) Australia captain Steve Smith was banned for one match by the International Cricket Council on Sunday for his role in a ball-tampering plot in the ongoing third test in South Africa but Cameron Bancroft, the player who did the tampering, avoided a suspension.

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) South Africa took its lead in the third test to nearly 400 runs over an Australia team burdened by a ball tampering scandal that appeared to have completely deflated the tourists.

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) Disgraced Australia cricket captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner stepped down from their roles on Sunday for the remainder of the third test against South Africa following the team’s confession to ball tampering.

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) Henry Nicholls posted his second test century as New Zealand built a first innings lead of 289 by tea Sunday on the fourth day of the first cricket test against England.

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Cricket Australia has refused to take any immediate action against captain Steve Smith over the ball-tampering scandal, saying it will send an investigative team to South Africa to look into all aspects before deciding what action to take.

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Australians awoke on Sunday to news the national cricket team deliberately cheated, and former captain Michael Clarke hoped he was just dreaming.

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KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) Pakistan’s biggest city will stage a high-profile cricket match for the first time in nine years on Sunday. The Pakistan Super League final will be held amid heavy security at a newly renovated National Stadium in Karachi.

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) South Africa wrapped up Australia’s first innings for 255 and increased its lead to 121 by lunch on Day 3 of the third cricket test at Newlands on Saturday.

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KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) Pakistan’s biggest city will witness a high-profile cricket match for the first time in nine years on Sunday when the Pakistan Super League final is staged amid heavy security at a newly renovated National Stadium in Karachi.

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LONDON (AP) Kevin Pietersen has said ”ciao” to cricket.

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Ex-test batsman Chris Rogers has been hired as Cricket Australia’s high performance coach, with his role helping to develop the next generation of international players.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) Allrounder Mitchell Santner has been ruled out of New Zealand’s test series against England with a knee injury which requires surgery.

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) India won the toss and elected to bowl in the Nidahas Trophy tri-nation Twenty20 series match against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Monday.

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ISLAMABAD (AP) The Pakistan Cricket Board said Monday that the West Indies will tour Pakistan early next month to play a three-match Twenty20 international series in the southern port city of Karachi.

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PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP) South Africa beat Australia by six wickets in the second test at St. George’s Park on Monday to level the four-match series at 1-1.

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PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP) In what might well be his last act of the series, Kagiso Rabada sent Australia tumbling toward defeat with another spell of furious fast bowling in the second test on Monday.

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PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP) Kagiso Rabada has been charged for a second alleged breach of cricket’s code of conduct for his actions after dismissing Australia batsman David Warner in the second test in Port Elizabeth on Sunday.

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