Images from the ICC Champions Trophy 2009, Group B match between England and Sri Lanka in Johannesburg on Friday.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith paid tribute to England's batsmen for hanging on to secure a draw in the third cricket Test on Thursday. 'England have shown great strength of character throughout the series and we've had to earn every inch,' Smith said after the visitors' final pair of Graeme Swann and Graham Onions survived 17 balls to salvage a draw and keep England 1-0 ahead in the series.
England's last pair of Graeme Swann and Graham Onions survived 17 balls to salvage a thrilling draw in the third Test against South Africa on Thursday and keep their side 1-0 ahead in the series.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
England ran out South Africa captain Graeme Smith among a burst of three quick wickets to reduce the hosts to 175 for five on the first day of the second Test on Saturday.
Test opener Phillip Hughes was among seven new players awarded contracts with Cricket Australia for the 2009-10 season.
The batting ace says Kapil Dev had challenged him to play at least 10 years for the country when he started. 'I'm glad that I have doubled that.'
England's new batting coach Graham Gooch has said that he expects star batsman Kevin Pietersen to be back to his best during the Test series against South Africa starting on December 16.
Tasmanian wicketkeeper Tim Paine will join the Australia squad as cover for injured reserve keeper Graham Manou before the fifth and final Ashes Test against England starting at the Oval on Thursday.
Queensland wicketkeeper Chris Hartley, who has spent the past season playing in England's Northern League, was rushed into the squad to play in this weekend's two-day match against the English Lions at Canterbury.
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Ricky Ponting became Australia's highest Test run-scorer on the second day of the third Ashes Test against England on Friday. He passed Allan Border's mark of 11,174 runs when he reached 25 but he added only 13 more runs before edging a catch to wicketkeeper Matt Prior off England seamer Graham Onions.
In a series of votes on Tuesday, lawmakers rejected a no-deal Brexit by 318 votes to 310, undermining the government's argument that Britain would be willing to crash out of the EU without an agreement.
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Spinners Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar were both included in the England side while Australia opted to play their only specialist spinner Nathan Hauritz.
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England fast bowler Graham Onions believes teammate Steve Harmison should continue with his international career.
English cricket fraternity was on Thursday unanimous in blaming Kevin Pietersen for putting the country's cricket in a mess by poor management of his sour relationship as captain with coach Peter Moores which cost the two their positions in the team.
The Sports Ministry decided to recognize 'Yoga' as a sports discipline and place it in the 'priority' category.
Yorkshire pace bowler Tim Bresnan was a surprise inclusion in the England squad announced on Wednesday for the first Test against West Indies starting at Lord's in a week's time. Essex all-rounder Ravi Bopara was also named in the 12-man squad and is likely to bat at number three after the selectors omitted former captain Michael Vaughan, Ian Bell and Owais Shah.
Australia completed a crushing victory over England in the fourth Test on Sunday to level the Ashes series at 1-1 with one match to play.
England dominated Day 2 of the third Test at Edgbaston, reaching 2-116 at stumps after James Anderson helped skittle Australia for 263.
England fast bowlers James Anderson and Graham Onions dismissed Australia for 263 on the second day of the third Ashes Test. England were 56 for one in reply at tea with captain Andrew Strauss on 33 and Ravi Bopara on 23.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
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Australia were 22 for two wickets at lunch in their first innings in reply to England's 425 on the second day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's on Friday.
England paceman Stuart Broad took 8-15 as Australia collapsed to 60 all out in 94 minutes on the first day of the fourth Ashes Test on a remarkable morning session at Trent Bridge.
Kevin Pietersen was included in a 14-man squad for next week's third Ashes Test against Australia at Old Trafford despite concerns over his calf injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Sunday.
Himachal Pradesh's Ex-servicemen League has strongly opposed the hosting of Twenty20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan at Dharamsala on March 19 and asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India to reconsider its decision, keeping in view the sentiments of families of the martyrs.
Rejecting Islamabad's claim that its arrangements were best in the world, director of Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Graham Allison, said 'the design of Pakistan's nuclear control system creates a risk of inside theft.'
England pace bowler Graham Onions celebrated his Test debut with five for 38 as the West Indies were dismissed for 152 in reply to England's 377 all out on Day 2 of the first Test. After Andrew Strauss enforced the follow-on, West Indies were 39 for two in their second innings, still trailing by 186, when bad light stopped play.
Third tier Peterborough United produced the performance of the FA Cup fourth round when they twice came from behind in the dying minutes to earn a 2-2 draw at Premier League West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.
There's a strong sense inside the Democratic leadership that if you care about India, now is the time to stand up for it, says Graham Wisner, counsel at the top international lobbying firm Patton Boggs.
The Indian cricket team will start its their Asia Cup campaign against Bangladesh on February 24 before taking on arch-rivals Pakistan in what promises to be a high-voltage encounter on February 27.
"We are delighted to have Anjali Raina take on this important leadership role at our India Research Center," said Krishna Palepu, Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for International Development at Harvard Business School. "She will focus on building and maintaining relationships with senior business leaders in the region to facilitate the expanding work of the Center in research, educational programs, and alumni endeavors."
Statistical highlights on the third day of the first Test between India and England in Chennai on Saturday.
India's former mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton revealed how Gautam Gambhir, despite being one of the finest Indian batsmen of his time, was perhaps also 'one of the weakest and mentally most insecured'.
Amar Bose last month joined the ranks of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Alva Edison, after the National Inventors Hall of Fame announced his name as one of the seven living 2008 inductees. Dr Bose is only the second Indian American after Dr Rangaswamy Srinivasan, whose invention of ultraviolet surgical and dental procedures resulted in what is known today as LASIK surgery, to be inducted in the Hall of Fame.
Norway beat Australia 4-1 on penalties to reach the women's World Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 2007 following a highly-entertaining 1-1 draw after extra time on Saturday. Norway's Isabell Herlovsen opened the scoring shortly after the half hour but Elise Kellond-Knight's direct corner seven minutes from time sent the game into extra time -- during which Australia's Alanna Kennedy was sent off.
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