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CSA tight-lipped on speculations of Kirsten becoming coach

Cricket South Africa (CSA) is tight-lipped about the speculation that former India coach Gary Kirsten has emerged as the frontrunner for the position of new Proteas coach. Dismissing talks that Kirsten, who lead India to victory in the World Cup on home ground, was the obvious choice, CSA said it had received "strong applications" from South Africa and abroad. Former Pakistani coach Richard Pybus is considered to be a strong contender after Kirsten, while former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming and former Australian all-rounder and Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody are also believed to be the other applicants. CSA on Monday started interviewing...

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Injured Bresnan likely to miss Sri Lanka Tests

England pace bowler Tim Bresnan is likely to miss all three of his team's Test matches against Sri Lanka after tearing his right calf muscle. Bresnan sustained a similar injury earlier this year in the one-day series against Australia. The England and Wales Cricket Board says "a rehabilitation and recovery program will be established in the coming days following further medical assessment." The first Test starts May 26 in Cardi...

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Controversial IPL cheerleader Pasqualotto gets Bollywood offer

Mumbai Indians cheerleader Gabriella Pasqualotto, who was sent home midway through IPL 4 for exposing the antics of some of the top players on a blog, has been offered a role in a major Bollywood movie and also been invited to the inaugural India Grand Prix in October. According to a report in a South Africa newspaper, the 22-year-old has been flooded with media requests from all over the world since her return to her native country. America's NBC channel and top radio DJs from Australia have also requested for interviews of her. The South African cheerleader, in a report, has claimed that her blogs were light, fun and innocent and not...

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IPL qualification scenarios

Mumbai: With 16 matches left in the group stage of the IPL, no team is yet certain of qualification for the final four, while only Deccan Chargers have been eliminated. Here's a look at where the other nine teams stand, and in what scenarios they will either make the cut or miss out Mumbai Indians are obviously the favourites at the moment - despite the heavy defeat to Punjab - but by no means are they a certainty for the last four. If they lose their remaining three games, there is a possibility four teams will overtake their points tally of 16, which will mean Mumbai will be eliminated without net run-rate coming into play. One example...

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