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/ 10 February 2003
South Africa and Nigeria will allow Zimbabwe to be readmitted to the Commonwealth group of nations when its suspension expires next month, says Australian Prime Minister John Howard.
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/ 10 February 2003
When Pakistan came to South Africa at the end of last year they were on the back of an immensely successful tour of Zimbabwe, who they’d thrashed in both Tests and ODI’s (5-0). Their batsmen made a lot of runs, and much was expected of their tour here.
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/ 10 February 2003
When the Canadian national team’s coach calls a practice session, most of the team has to book a flight to attend the practice. One player has to fly all the way from New Zealand to be there. The team is a walking advertisement for how different cultures can unite for a common goal.
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/ 10 February 2003
Brian Lara, whose century in Karachi seven years ago ended South Africa’s 1996 World Cup dream, returned to international cricket at Newlands on Sunday to lift the West Indies to an impressive 278 for five against South Africa as the 2003 World Cup got underway.
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/ 10 February 2003
It wasn’t the script South Africa wanted, but the 2003 World Cup started in the most dramatic fashion at Newlands on Sunday as the West Indies upset the odds to snatch a three-run victory over the host team in the opening game of the tournament.
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/ 10 February 2003
England’s World Cup plans descended into chaos yesterday as the England and Wales cricket board launched a last-minute legal bid to have the controversial fixture in Zimbabwe called off without penalty, amid concerns over death threats against the players.
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/ 10 February 2003
While cricket superpowers such as Australia, South Africa and West Indies chase the big prize, there is a sideshow within the showpiece limited-over competition where the second-rung cricket-playing countries will test each other.
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/ 10 February 2003
Australia’s most successful sporting heroes like Lleyton Hewitt, Shane Warne and Mark Viduka should pay back the thousands of dollars the government spent to train them in their junior years, an independent report said on Monday.
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/ 10 February 2003
Brian Lara admitted yesterday that his sixteenth one day hundred and his second in Cricket World Cup-matches against the old foe, South Africa, was probably his best one day-knock ever.
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