Suresh Raina smashed his first Test century on debut as he rescued India in partnership with Sachin Tendulkar on the fourth day of the second Test match at SSC in Colombo.
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Shahid Afridi has shocked the cricketing world by announcing his retirement from Test match cricket! The surprise stems from the fact that he was only into his first Test match as the captain of the side, and was playing only his first Test match since coming back after 2007 when he made this decision.
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Aussie quickie, Brett Lee is said to be contemplating retiring from the five day format of the game to be able to concentrate on only the ODIs and the T20Is. Lee has been out of the Australian squad for some time now and has had issues with major injuries and has not been the first choice in the Test team despite being one of the fastest around.
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David Morgan, the president of the ICC has said the concept of day and night test matches would be around the corner, sooner rather later. He said that he would be very surprised and disappointed if something like that did not happen in the next two years.
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Rahul Dravid scored an unbeaten 177 on the first day of the first Ahmedabad test match against Sri Lanka, as India recovered to post 385/6 by the time the stumps were drawn. MS Dhoni was the other centurion in the innings, as Indians recovered from their abysmal start of 32/4 and got to the realms of safety.
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One of England’s best all-rounders of all times and certainly the best at the current moment, Andrew Flintoff, has decided to hang his boots from international test match cricket. However, he has said that he will continue playing in the other formats of the game; the ODIs and the T20Is. He has announced that the last four games in the Ashes will be his final swansong, and that he will play through pain if necessary.
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