Cricket Thread

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India got hammered again by the Aussies.

Tendulkar out for 2.

Is Tendulkar the new Arsene Wenger? Just retire ffs.

Top order collapsing again and the godfather hits another 50.

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Ricky Ponting has been dropped from the Australian team. He said he is now "considering his future" and will hold a news conference in Sydney tonight at midnight our-time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17094222

It's been great, you talented little prick.

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South Africa beat NZ in a T20 match

Fastest Century in that format by some SA dude

45 balls

Impressive

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pakistan are 1-1 in the fourth ODI, Dernbach getting Hafeez.

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India lose to Sri Lanka by 51 runs.

Key stats:

Sehwag out for a second ball duck.

Kohli is the match's top run-scorer.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pakistan are 83-1 now off 16.3 overs.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

112-2, Bresnan gets Shafiq for 65.

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Ponting retires from ODI cricket. He leaves as the second highest run scorer in limited-overs history, 3 times world cup winner - having skippered the Aussies in 2 of them.

He will continue in Test Cricket; though he is struggling more than even Tendulkar these days. I'll be surprised if he's still in the team for the Ashes tour.

One good thing about the Aussies is that they don't piss about for sentimental values. No matter how much the player has given, if he's not performing, they chuck him out.

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Pakistan 179/4 after 40 overs.

Misbah's not going rapid quick or shockingly slow - just a nice, steady pace. Weird innings from him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pakistan made 237, Cook has just gone. 4-1.