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India confident but not complacent
Mohammed Azharuddin will lead India out against Australia at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at Kochi in the opener of the triangular one-day cricket series today with a spring in his step. The victories in Dhaka and in the recent Test series, have all but obliterated the sequence of reverses the team suffered last year.
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UK soccer teams survive air crash
A plane carrying one of Britain's top soccer teams crash-landed in flames just after take-off yesterday in a terrifying reminder of an air disaster 40 years ago which wiped out much of the Manchester United team. The players and officials jumped out of the burning plane after it nose-dived into grass at the end of the runway at Stansted Airport, north of London.
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Campbell retained Zimbabwe skipper
Alistair Campbell has been retained as captain of Zimbabwe set for a fortnightly tour to India, where they will play a triangular one-day cricket contest with the hosts and Australia commencing today at Kochi. Zimbabwe play their first of possible four matches against Australia on Friday at Ahmedabad.
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Hyderabad hit back through Narenderpal
Medium-pacer Narenderpal Singh (six for 56) was the one-man demolition squad for Hyderabad on Day Two of the five-day Ranji Trophy cricket quarter-final against Bengal. The home side, after being dismissed for 209 in 110.5 overs, hit back strongly and took six Bengal wickets for 137 runs yesterday.
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