May 16, 2012
Australian captain Michael Clarke, seen here posing with a trophy after winning a Test match against India, in Adelaide, in January. Former playboy is now enjoying married life after tying the knot with a model in a secret ceremony, saying he was "the happiest guy in the world."
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May 16, 2012
Pakistan's cricket coach Dav Whatmore talks to media representatives during a practice session at the Gaddafi Cricket stadium in Lahore. Whatmore on Wednesday warned his players they faced a battle on next month's tour of Sri Lanka, saying the hosts were tough opponents in home conditions.
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May 16, 2012
England's Captain Andrew Strauss (L) and West Indies Captain Darren Sammy (R) pose with the series trophy at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. Sammy will look to put the knowledge of Lord's gained from his time as an MCC Young Cricketer to good use when he captains the West Indies in the first Test against England at the "spiritual place of cricket" starting Thursday.
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May 16, 2012
England captain Andrew Strauss (L) and West Indies captain Darren Sammy with the trophy for the upcoming Test series at Lord's Cricket Ground in London on May 16, 2012. Strauss has insisted he has no desire to rid himself of the pressure of leadership despite a poor run of form with the bat.
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May 16, 2012
Fast-rising opener Nasir Jamshed, seen here in March, has been ruled out of Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka after fracturing a finger on his left hand.
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May 16, 2012
Kings XI Punjab batsman David Hussey (L) celebrates his half century (50 Runs) in the IPL Twenty20 match against Deccan Chargers in Mohali on May 13. Hussey has defended his team's integrity amid allegations of corruption in the Indian Premier League.
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May 15, 2012
West Indian cricket icon Brian Lara, pictured in 2010, has called upon Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the world's number one batsman, to move up the order for his team's three-Test series with England which begins on Thursday.
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May 15, 2012
Matt Prior, seen here in February 2012, has insisted there is no way England will take the West Indies lightly when the teams meet for the first of a three-Test series at Lord's
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May 15, 2012
Former British cricket umpire Harold (Dickie) Bird poses for pictures after receiving the Officer of the British Empire, (OBE) which was presented to him by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace in London. Bird was presented with an honour at Buckingham Palace in recognition of his outstanding sporting career and charity work.
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May 15, 2012
West Indies cricketer Kieron Pollard listens to his coach Ottis Gibson (left) during a practice session at the Sabina Park Stadium in Kingston. Gibson was increasingly confident the tourists would have a full squad to select from for the first Test against England at Lord's starting.
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May 15, 2012
Kings XI Punjab fielder Shalabh Srivastava stops a ball during the IPL Twenty20 cricket match between Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Kings XI Punjab at the Nehru Stadium in Indore, 2011. Five domestic Indian Premier League players, including Srivastava, were suspended from cricket after a sting operation by a local TV channel highlighted alleged fixing and corruption.
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May 15, 2012
Australian coach Mickey Arthur warned paceman Mitchell Johnson, seen here in 2011, he will have a fight on his hands to regain his place in the team with the emergence of young quick Pat Cummins.
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May 14, 2012
India TV channel said it had taped Kings XI Punjab seamer Shalabh Srivastava, pictured here in May 2011, telling the reporters that he could bowl a no-ball in the IPL if he was paid one million rupees (about $18,500). Srivastava has denied the charge.
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May 14, 2012
Bowler Kemar Roach of the West Indies, pictured in April 2012. England Lions crushed West Indies by 10 wickets on Sunday, dealing a further blow to the brittle confidence of the tourists ahead of the first Test which starts at Lord's on Thursday.
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May 14, 2012
James Anderson, pictured in April 2012, was named England's cricketer of the year for 2011/12 at a ceremony at Lord's here on Monday.
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May 13, 2012
Bowler Kemar Roach of the West Indies, pictured in April 2012. England Lions crushed West Indies by 10 wickets on Sunday, dealing a further blow to the brittle confidence of the tourists ahead of the first Test which starts at Lord's on Thursday.
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May 13, 2012
England batsman Jonathan Bairstow plays a shot during the second one-day international between India and England at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium in New Delhi in October 2011. Bairstow was named in an England Test squad for the first time Sunday when he was included in a 13-man party for the series opener against the West Indies at Lord's starting Thursday.
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May 12, 2012
Kieran Powell, pictured in March 2012, scored the first hundred of the West Indies tour of England as they avoided an embarrassing defeat against the England Lions on Saturday ahead of next week's first Test at Lord's.
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May 12, 2012
India on Saturday invited Pakistan to take part in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament this year, breaking new ground in the stalled cricket ties between the arch-rivals. "The BCCI has decided to invite a team from Pakistan to play in the Champions League to be held in India in October," BCCI chief Narayanaswami Srinivasan (pictured, R, in March) told reporters after the meeting.
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May 12, 2012
England all-rounder Ravi Bopara plays a shot during the second one-day international between Pakistan and England at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on February 15, 2012. England's selectors could be forced into a late change of plan for next week's first Test against the West Indies at Lord's after it emerged Bopara had torn a thigh muscle.
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