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Long silence awaits banned Heath Streak and cricket’s condemned corruptors | Andy Bull

One of the ironies of the former Zimbabwe captain’s case is that the fixers used his care for the game against himJune 2015, and I’m in the headmaster’s study at Christchurch boys’ high school, listening to him tick off the famous New Zealand sportsmen who went there. Dan Carter, Brodie Retallick, Andrew Mehrtens, Owen Franks, Aaron Mauger, Steve Hansen, Graham Henry, he was running out of fingers, and he hadn’t even started on the cricketers, Richard Hadlee, Chris Martin, Tom Latham, Corey Anderson. “And the other one, of course, one of the most famous,” he paused, “only, we don’t talk about him too much any more around here.” He paused again. Eventually his colleague cut in: “Chris Cairns.”The way I...

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De Grandhomme’s Black Caps debut serves to highlight Zimbabwe’s plight | The Spin

While Colin de Grandhomme was starring for New Zealand, the country where he grew up were being hammered by Sri Lanka. He’s one of dozens who got away from ZimbabweTo New Zealand then, where, in the best demonstration of hirsute fast-bowling juju since Mitchell Johnson last skittled England, mustachioed all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme has just routed Pakistan in his very first Test. Related: Australia need to look beyond 'hardness' and aggression to fix batting woes | Sam Perry Continue reading...

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