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Persistent showers prevented any play on the first day of the second Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley.

Although there were brief gaps in the clouds, the weather did not relent enough even for the toss to be taken or teams named. The forecast is better for the weekend, though, and an extra half-hour can be added to each remaining day of the game. It was the first time since 1980 that the opening day at Headingley had been washed out.

England are expected to name an unchanged team from the side that won the first Test at Lord’s by 170 runs. That means there will be no recall for Tim Bresnan on his home ground and another chance for Steven Finn. Read more
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After evening showers in Kolkata delayed the start of the virtual semi-final by an hour, Rajasthan Royals decided to bat against Mumbai Indians. Royals didn’t make any change to the XI that beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in the eliminator.

Mumbai, who would have batted too despite possibility of more rain, were still without Sachin Tendulkar. They did make one change, though. Munaf Patel, who went for 32 in his last match, was left out for Rishi Dhawan.

The winner of tonight’s match will play Chennai Super Kings in the IPL final on Sunday. Read more
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Despite securing a last-ball tie against Pakistan in the first ODI in Dublin, Ireland batsman Kevin O’Brien admitted that having come so close to victory, the result felt “like a loss”. Ireland were set a target of 276 from 47 overs in a rain-affected match and they needed 15 off the last over bowled by Saeed Ajmal. Only two runs came off the first three balls before O’Brien hit a six off the fourth ball and took a couple off the next to bring the equation down to five off the last ball. O’Brien struck the last delivery for a four.

“It feels like a loss as we came so close, but just couldn’t get over the line,” O’Brien said. “If I had left [Saeed] Ajmal’s delivery, it could have been a wide, but that is hindsight. You are in the moment and you just swing a bat on it. We are not out to tie games, and that is why it feels like a loss, to be honest.”

After Pakistan scored 266 for 5 from 47 overs, the target for Ireland was revised to 276 as the Pakistan innings was interrupted thrice by rain. Ireland’s chase was led by opener Paul Stirling with a knock of 103 – his fifth ODI hundred and second against Pakistan. Read more
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PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf on Friday said they have no clue why Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf was under investigation in the IPL spot-fixing scandal and why he has been withdrawn from the Champions Trophy.

Rauf is under police scanner for involvement in the spot-fixing although nothing concrete has come out yet.

“The ICC has told us they were withdrawing Rauf from the Champions Trophy panel. But so far we don’t know for what he is under investigation in India,” Ashraf said on Friday.

The PCB chief said obviously they were concerned about the Rauf issue and wanted more details on the issue.Read more
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Mumbai Indians have a slender lead (6-5) against Rajasthan Royals in head-to-head matches between the two teams. Overall in the Indian Premier League, Mumbai have 54 wins and 39 losses out of 93 with a winning percentage of 58.06 while Rajasthan have 48 wins and 40 losses out of 89 with a winning percentage of 54.49. Rajasthan featured in a tied match vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Newlands, Cape Town on April 23, 2009.

Brad Hodge, with 5548 runs at an average of 36.50 in 195 matches, has the record for the highest run-aggregate in Twenty20, bettering Chris Gayle’s tally of 5512 at an average of 45.55 in 145 matches. Hodge’s 29-ball fifty against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first eliminator on April 22 is his first in the present competition – his sixth in the IPL. Hodge has recorded his first fifty (54 not out) in 28 games for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2013.Read more
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He did not go into the details of it but Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said he has a “long-term plan” to curb corruption in cricket after the game was thrown into disarray by the IPL spot-fixing scandal.

Speaking at the conference of Ministers and Secretaries of States/UTs in-charge of sports and youth affairs, Jitendra said transparency was the key to preventing corruption whether in cricket or any other game.

“We are talking about ways to bring about transparency in all sports. We have a long-term plan and we will use this opportunity with the Ministers as well as the Secretaries of States to work out some sort of plan to try and curb this menace,” Jitendra said.Read more
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Persistent rain washed out the first day of the second Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley.

On a wet and windy day, rain delayed the scheduled start and although there were sunny intervals between the showers, they never lasted long enough for the outfield to be drained.

Play was abandoned for the day shortly before 16:00 BST.

With an improved forecast for the weekend, the match should now start at 11:00 BST on Saturday.

It was the first time since 1980 that the entire first day of a Headingley Test had been lost to the weather. Read more
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England captain Alastair Cook expects a close-fought second Test, despite England’s 170-run victory at Lord’s.

England skittled New Zealand for just 68 on Sunday to win comfortably, despite having carried over only a 25-run lead from the first innings.

Cook said: “If you look at it without the emotive side of last week’s game, it was nip and tuck for three days.

“We had to work very hard in those three days to get ourselves in a position to win the game.” Read more
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Paul Stirling and Kevin O’Brien starred with the bat as Ireland secured a tie with Pakistan in the first one-day international at Clontarf.

Pakistan made 266-5 off 47 overs but that total was adjusted to 275 under the Duckworth-Lewis method after their innings was interrupted by rain delays.

Opener Stirling made 103 off 107 balls to set up a chance of victory.

Kevin O’Brien took up the chase and ended 84 not out off 47 balls, scoring a four off the last ball to tie. Read more
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Australian Steve Magoffin returned career-best figures as Sussex built a first-innings lead over Somerset.

Magoffin took 8-20 in Somerset’s 76 all out, with Jos Buttler (22) one of only three players to reach double figures

Chris Nash (46) and Luke Wells (30) put on 83 for Sussex’s first wicket, before Alfonso Thomas (4-67) initiated a slight home-side stumble to 116-4.

Rory Hamilton-Brown’s 77 from 90 balls, including two sixes, helped Sussex to 298-9 at close, leading by 222 runs.

Somerset, who are yet to taste victory in their five Championship matches this season, decided to bat on day one after captain Marcus Trescothick won the toss. Read more
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