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  • TMS podcast Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 3:09PMThe TMS team discuss Kevin Pietersen fallout
  • Strauss Steps In As Pietersen Quits Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 3:09PMKevin Pietersen has quit as England captain and coach Peter Moores was sacked by the ECB.
  • Exhilarating and intense - long live Test cricket Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 2:12PMTest match ended in most stunning circumstances, writes Peter Roebuck.
  • First Comes Speed Dating, Then Speed Baby-Sitting? Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 8:23AMKatie Schaefer and Barrie Davies met several years ago at a speed-dating seminar, chatting for five minutes before furiously scribbling notes about what they liked
  • Aussies on top in test Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:30AMSOUTH African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher has been bowled for 89 to deliver Australia an 118-run lead in the Third Test in Sydney.
  • McGrath Foundation gets massive support from cricket fans Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 2:07AMThe McGrath Foundation has received overwhelming support from cricket fans across the country during the on-going Test series between Australia and South Africa with the organisation already raising USD 100,000 as funds for its charity work towards breast cancer patients.
  • Slow start but SA show grit Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 1:38AMFor the first hour at the SCG Proteas played as if their 2-0 series winning lead was a constraint, rather than an instrument of liberation, writes Stuart Hess.
  • Kiwis in party mode to welcome in 2009 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 9:11AMThousands of Kiwis spent the last day of 2008 at the beach as summer temperatures soared in the upper North Island. With the mercury reaching the mid-to-high 20s, about 12,000 flocked to 21 beaches in the northern region, from Cape Reinga to Raglan.
  • In this South Asian Neighborhood, Everyone (Mostly) Gets Along Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 8:42AMIf you tell V.M. Gandhi which earthly concern of yours is most pressing, he will recommend the appropriate Hindu spiritual medallion. To avoid untimely death, you might pray to the shimmering likeness of Shiva, the destroyer god.
  • SMALL WORLD: King of Computers Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 12:17AM Skannd Tyagi is not exactly shy. He has 1,500 friends on Facebook. He is involved in 30 or more hours of class, thanks to 24 hours of on-campus classes and several online courses. But his proudest moment is that he is also PSU’s reigning Homecoming king.
  • SA rewrite history books Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 10:57PMRemember the day, December 30th, the day South Africa finally won a Test series in Australia, winning the second Test at the MCG.
  • Day-nighters will help Test cricket: Warne Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 1:54PMMelbourne: The concept of night Tests may be seen as breaking away from tradition by purists but Australian spin legend Shane Warne feels the innovation can help bring back fans to cricket’s longest format, which is struggling for ...
  • Winds of change at MCG Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 7:05AMThe handover, when it came, was almost poetic. Australian captain Ricky Ponting had played an innings that amounted to a lone last stand against the usurpers from South Africa and the march of time.
  • Lights on but no one home Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 7:00AMWOULD you like to see the AFL Grand Final played on a Thursday afternoon? Would you like to see the Australian Open tennis final played just before lunch on Tuesday?
  • Balcony plunge ends life Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 7:00AMA DAY which began as a post-Christmas get-together among friends ended with a young life tragically cut short at an inner-city Brisbane unit.
  • Nine in strife over gambling ads during Test Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 8:30AMTHE Nine Network has caused a furore for allowing online betting agency Betfair to advertise during the Boxing Day Test, with campaigners furious that the plugs - including one by cricket legend Ritchie Benaud - expose children and teenagers to gambling.
  • Australia v South Africa - T2, D1 Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 12:56AMRICKY Ponting struck a fine century but South Africa dug deep to keep Australia to 6-280 on an arm wrestle of a first day of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.
  • Australia v South Africa - T2, D1 Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 12:56AMRICKY Ponting struck a fine century but South Africa dug deep to keep Australia to 6-280 on day one of the Boxing Day Test.
  • Symonds joins regular fall of wickets Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 5:43PMSouth Africa kept the pressure on Australia, dismissing the ominous-looking Andrew Symonds as the ascendancy on the first day of the Boxing Day Test match swung towards the Proteas.
  • For aged couple, brush with terror no big deal Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 5:05PMIt’s been a month since 26/11 and there’s fresh proof virtually every day that the terrorists failed miserably to break the Mumbaikar’s spirit.
  • Fri,26 Dec 2008 Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 3:09PMCOMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views!
  • From bathtub to Bass Strait as dream becomes reality Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 12:26PMAs a boy, I enjoyed bathtime. I had a toy boat that in my mind ventured across Bass Strait as I slid backwards and forwards, inevitably overflowing the bath and ending my daydreams of one day competing in the great ocean race, the Sydney to Hobart.
  • Dining Guide Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 11:10AMEditor’s Note: Once a month, we present an abbreviated compilation of restaurant listings.
  • Hayden Vows To Battle On Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 3:09AMMatthew Hayden says form will decide his future and that he has no intention of retiring just yet.
  • Swann delighted with wicket haul Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 6:55AMGraeme Swann believes the wickets of Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid were vital as England fightback on day two of the second Test with India.
  • Australia v South Africa - T1, D1 Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 4:05AMAUSTRALIA and South Africa shared the honours with the home side reaching 9-341 on a tense first day of the first Test in Perth.
  • Super security used to rescue BBC reporter locked in lavatory Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 6:23PMThe extraordinary lengths to which the Chennai police have gone to ensure the safety and security of the England cricketers was revealed yesterday.
  • India v England - live! Thursday, December 11, 2008 @ 4:16AMPlease refresh for the latest updates. And send your emails in the direction of andy.bull@guardian.co.uk
  • Cricket: Bad light closes play after Ryder fifty Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 11:37PMClick here for live scoring of the first test between the Black Caps and West Indies.
  • India v England: First Test live from Chennai Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 10:07PMMorning everyone, now for some real cricket. None of this stupid one-day stuff that minor cricketing nations tend to specialise in. This is five-day Test cricket, played in whites, where runs have to be earned. Proper cricket.
  • Cricket: Top order must fire to give NZ test edge Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 10:25AMThe Black Caps-West Indies test has been billed as the bantamweight battle of world cricket. But with both sides boasting world-class players in their ranks, there is no reason the match will not live up to its hype. Cricket writer Adrian Seconi looks at the tale of the tape.
  • Davies to review free sport on TV Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 10:11AMFormer Football Association head David Davies is to review list of sporting events reserved for free-to-air television, it is announced.
  • Mohali Green Light For Second Test Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 10:09AMMohali will stage the second Test between England and India next week.
  • Big-spender Swann picked as second spinner for terror-hit Test against India Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 9:23AM In the most sensitive of cricket arenas, Graham Swann has the chance to form a partnership with former Northants team-mate Monty Panesar and resurrect his Test career.
  • England Head To Mohali Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 7:09AMMohali has been confirmed as the venue for the second Test between India and England.
  • Wind In Their Sails Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 5:35AMWillis - backing the Windies. The visit of West Indies to England next summer will give us a more interesting short series than we would have had against an under-strength Sri Lanka side.
  • Cricketer in custody on airport drugs charge Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 11:35PMChris Lewis, the England Test cricketer once hailed as heir to Ian Botham, was on Tuesday charged with illegally importing cocaine with an estimated street value of £200 000 and remanded in custody.
  • Pietersen Glad To Focus On Cricket At Last Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 11:09PMKevin Pietersen will welcome another major dilemma as England captain later today when he finally breaks free of security issues and concentrates on selection problems for the opening Test.
  • Outsider who never made most of his day in the sun Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 6:12PM On a warm July evening with what passed for a crowd drifting homeward Chris Lewis demonstrated what talent was all about. The match was one of that multitude in the County Championship which meander blamelessly to a draw.
  • Elite few should not hog dosh Friday, December 5, 2008 @ 2:40PMTRAGEDY! No, no, no, CATASTROPHE!
  • Dining Guide Friday, December 5, 2008 @ 12:27PMEditor’s Note: Once a month, we present an abbreviated compilation of restaurant listings.
  • Brick bats and bouquets Friday, December 5, 2008 @ 10:21AMJohn Bracewell concedes that if his reign as New Zealand coach is judged on results he has been a failure but he says he gave it an "honest shot" and has only a few regrets.
  • Mumbai terror attack has many lessons for media Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 5:39AMBy I. Ramamohan Rao, New Delhi, Dec 3 : The attack on Mumbai, the commercial capital of India, by terrorists who subjected the city to unprecedented violence for three days during the last week of November, has many lessons for the nation to learn.
  • Great prizes on offer at charity auction Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 4:54AMTWO tickets for next year’s first Ashes test cricket match is just one of the lots being auctioned at a charity event on Friday, December 12.
  • Vignettes Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 6:16AMUpdate: A group of about 100 Sikhs from Sion have set up stall, where they are giving tea and water out free. Update: Spotted: Prasoon Joshi, Kim Sharma, Piyush Pandey.
  • England Will Not Rush Return Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 6:09AMEngland will only begin their journey back to India if their tour is confirmed as officially back on.
  • Flaws in Proteas: Ponting Monday, December 1, 2008 @ 7:27PMTHE South Africans will not touch down in Australia for another five days, but the psychological skirmishes have already started.
  • Recollections of a communicator: Mumbai terror attacks has many lessons Monday, December 1, 2008 @ 9:56AMBy I. Ramamohan Rao, New Delhi, Dec 1 : The attack on Mumbai , the commercial capital of India, by terrorists, who subjected the city to unprecedented violence for three days during the last week of November has many lessons for the nation to learn.
  • India Offer Revised Test Schedule Monday, December 1, 2008 @ 9:09AMEngland have been offered a revised schedule for their suspended tour of India.
  • England Security Talks Continue Monday, December 1, 2008 @ 8:09AMEnglish cricket officials have been engaged in security talks throughout the day.