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101 sports updates India opt to bat, Tiwary included

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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">India
captain Suresh Raina decided to bat after winning the toss for the first time
in the series, in the third and final ODI against Bangladesh. The series had
already been decided after India's stunning 47-run win in the second game. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
teams had a change each in their line-up. Bangladesh brought in offspinner
Sohag Gazi for Ziaur Rahman, while India included middle-order batsman Manoj
Tiwary in place of legspinner Amit Mishra. Tiwary played his last ODI for India
in August 2012. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Both
teams were aiming to improve their batting performance, although the onus was
on Bangladesh to break their streak of nine ODI losses in 2014. The hosts were
bowled for 58 as India defended a low score of 105 in the second ODI. Stuart
Binny was the hero with the ball, with returns of 6 for 4, India's best bowling
figures in the format. </span></span></div>

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101 sports updates India opt to bat, Tiwary included

India opt to bat, Tiwary included: India captain Suresh Raina decided to bat after winning the toss for the first time in the s...

101 sports: England v Sri Lanka: Moeen Ali backs himself as Test spinner

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England v
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First Check: England
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Worcestershire batsman Moeen Ali hopes to surprise people
with the quality of his off-spin bowling in the coursework of his England Check
debut against Sri Lanka
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Coverage: Ball-by-ball Check Match Special commentary on BBC
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Ex-England spin-bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed does not think
Moeen is prepared to become a frontline Check spinner.</div>
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But the Worcestershire batsman is feeling
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Moeen, Middlesex batsman Sam Robson and Sussex quick bowler Chris Jordan are all
expected to make their Check debuts in the first of matches against Sri Lanka,
beginning at Lord's on Thursday.</div>
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"A lot of people haven't seen me bowl in the longer
format so hopefully I can surprise a few people," they said.</div>
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Yorkshire paceman Liam Plunkett is also likely to play Check
cricket for the first time in seven years in England's
first five-day outing since the 5-0 Ashes whitewash by Australia down
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Following the retirement of Graeme Swann, England
have selected not to pick a frontline spinner, with Moeen expected to share
slow-bowling duties with Joe Root, another specialist batsman and part-time
off-spinner.</div>
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Moeen has a first-class bowling record of 139 wickets at an
average of 40, but historically seasons with Worcestershire they has taken 61
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"I'm pretty confident with my bowling," Moeen added. "I feel like
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"I'll bowl as tight as I can and hopefully pick up a few wickets from there. 
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"I'm not looking to fill Swann's boots. He has been a 
fantastic bowler. I'm just looking to bowl how I bowl. If I try to be 
someone else I won't be as good."
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Moeen has recently been working with Worcestershire's 
overseas player, Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal, to help develop a doosra.
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Ajmal is a specialist in the delivery, that looks like an off-break but actually turns in the opposite direction.
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101 sports: England v Sri Lanka: Moeen Ali backs himself as Test spinner

Venue: Lord's Date: 12-16 June Start time: 11:00 BST England v Sri Lanka: Moeen Ali backs himself as Check spinner...

101 Sports: Ian Bell & Charlotte Edwards at last win England Cricketer of the Year

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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.5pt;">Batsman Ian Bell has been named England
Cricketer of the Year for 2013-14.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">A Young player of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>32-year-old, who has played 98 Tests and 146
one-day internationals, scored three centuries and two fifties in England's<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2013 3-0 home Ashes</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>win.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">"It's a true honour to get this,"
said Bell, who
made his Test debut in 2004. "Some enormous players have won it."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">England</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"> captain Charlotte
Edwards, who led her team in back-to-back Ashes series wins against Australia, won
the England Women's Cricketer award.</span></div>
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<span class="openquote"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.5pt;">“</span></span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.5pt;">Since 2009 my cricket
has got better and better<span class="endquote">”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Will Rhodes, who led England Under-19s to
third place at the Under-19 World Cup and also made his Yorkshire
first-team debut last summer, won the England Development Programme award.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Stephen George, a wicketkeeper-batsman from
Paignton in Devon, was named Disability Cricketer of the Year for his part in
the England Deaf Squad's 6-0 series whitewash of South Africa.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">"It has taken a while for me but since
2009 my cricket has got better and better," said Warwickshire right-hander
Bell. "I
was probably guilty of getting good runs at an easy time, but over the last
five years I have started to get runs when it really mattered for the
team."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Having beaten Australia at home, England were
then<span style="color: black;"><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">resoundingly beaten 5-0</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>when the teams met again down under
and Bell, who made two fifties in that series at an average of 26, admitted the
schedule was punishing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">"Ten Ashes Test matches on the bounce is
the hardest period of cricket I've ever played," he said. "Test
cricket is hard enough but I think Ashes cricket is that next level up, the
intensity, everything on and off the field is that much more than a normal Test
match.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">"No environment is going to be good when
you're losing. You try and do what you do best, whether that's take wickets or
score runs, you don't quite know what goes on behind closed doors in meetings.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">"Having been involved in county cricket
over the last two months I think it's as tough as I can remember. So, even how
bad the winter was there is a great opportunity to take this forward and as a
senior player it's an exciting opportunity."</span></div>
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101 Sports: Ian Bell & Charlotte Edwards at last win England Cricketer of the Year

Batsman Ian Bell has been named England Cricketer of the Year for 2013-14. A Young player of 32-year-old, who has played 98 Tests ...