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'A broken sport': Franchise free-for-all compromises players' incentives
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Monday, 12 February 2024 20:18
You are a T20 cricketer, who has spent the last three weeks at a franchise league playing for a team which has performed below expectations. Your final group game is approaching, and only a win will be enough to take you through to next week's knockout stages - but you have a dilemma.Your agent has been on the phone, and…
De Swardt leads South Africa fightback after Rachin's three-for
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Monday, 12 February 2024 22:32
South Africa 220 for 6 (de Swardt 55*, Bedingham 39, Ravindra 3-33) vs New ZealandRuan de Swardt and Shaun von Berg dug deep to pull South Africa out of a hole on a typically attritional day of Test cricket. New Zealand's seamers prised out the top-order batters and were economical. Rachin Ravindra found purchase and dismantled the middle order but…
Rehan Ahmed delayed at Rajkot Airport as England visa issues resurface
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Monday, 12 February 2024 10:19
England encountered yet more visa trouble on their tour of India after Rehan Ahmed was stopped from leaving Hirasar airport, Rajkot, because he was not in possession of the right paperwork.Sportstar reported on Monday that Rehan had been prohibited from re-entering India after England's mid-series break in Abu Dhabi because he only held a single-entry visa. Following a delay, local…
Tamim left out of BCB central contract list; Shanto and Shoriful get all-format deals
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Monday, 12 February 2024 08:48
Tamim Iqbal's Bangladesh future continues to be in limbo, after being left out of the BCB's central contracts list for 2024.Tamim had retired from international cricket for less than 24 hours in July last year, before the country's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina talked him out of it. He resigned from captaincy and made himself available for the World Cup, but…
Mujeeb out of SL T20Is due to injury; Rashid continues recovery from back surgery
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Monday, 12 February 2024 08:56
Afghanistan will continue to miss the services of their T20I captain Rashid Khan as he recovers from back surgery and has thus not been included in the 16-member squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka.Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who, as per a release by the ACB, had sustained "a sprain in his right phalanx (hand)" before the start…
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