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Jonathan Trott leaves Ashes 2013-14 tour due to stress-related illness

Andy Flower and Hugh Morris discuss the departure of Jonathan Trott from the Ashes tour. Trott has been managing a stress-related illness for some time, and both he and the Flower came to the decision that in the interests of his health and well-being, his priority now is to take a break from cricket and...

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Jonathan Trott to leave Ashes 2013-14 series due to stress-related illness

England batsman Jonathan Trott has left the tour of Australia with a "stress-related illness", it was announced on Monday, a day after the tourists suffered one of their biggest Ashes defeats.

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World Mental Health Day: Andrew Flintoff, Marcus Trescothick and other cricketers who battled with depression

In the hectic cricketing schedule, more and more cricketers are susceptible to not just physical injuries, but the psychological challenges that come as a package in every sporting career. On World Mental Health day today, Abhijit Banare looks at cricketers who have set an example of dealing with such problems.

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England vs West Indies, 5th Test, The Oval, 2000

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Unfair to put all the blame on Virat Kohli for a jaded Indian team’s poor showing thus far in the West Indies

Virat Kohli has lost both matches thus far under his captaincy,  but Aayush Puthran believes it would be harsh to judge him on the two losses as he is leading a jaded Indian outfit.

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Yasir Arafat urges more Pakistanis to play county cricket

Yasir Arafat’s enigmatic existence doesn’t have many parallels in the cricketing world. The Rawalpindi born all-rounder is 31 years old, and given that he made his debut for Pakistan nearly 13 years ago in a One-Day International (ODIs) against Sri Lanka, one would expect him to have been a seasoned international player by now.

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Nick Compton terms Alastair Cook’s company “awesome”

England opener Nick Compton described the feeling of opening the batting with Alastair Cook as an amazing one. The opening batsman feels that English sides try to win session by session as they know the ability of Indian players in their home conditions. Alastair Cook, on Thursday became the tenth English batsman to score over...

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Batting alongside Alastair Cook is “amazing”, says Nick Compton

England opener Nick Compton on Thursday described the feeling of opening the batting with Alastair Cook as an "amazing one" and said that skipper helps him to "chill out" there in the middle.

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Alastair Cook exemplifies India’s struggle against left-handed opening batsmen in the last 20 years

Alastair Cook's epic resistance in the second innings is yet another example of a left-handed opening batsman making it big against India. Arunabha Sengupta looks at how Indian bowlers have struggled against the southpaw openers in the last 20 years.

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India vs England stats review: First Test match at Ahmedabad, Day Three

Statistical highlights of the third day's play of the first cricket Test between India and England at Ahmedabad on Saturday.

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