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11 things you must know about Peter Jackson

When New Line Cinema honchos visited Peter Jackson's office in New Zealand soon after they had given the director the go ahead to make J R R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings epic, they were startled to......

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IMAGE: Though they tasted success in the first innings, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were left frustrated as they struggled to find a breakthrough in the second innings. Photograph: Francis......

Australia thump Windies in rain-hit opening ODI

Photograph: Kind courtesy Cricket Australia/Twitter Australia's stand-in captain Alex Carey scored a half-century and pace bowler Mitchell Starc took five wickets as they beat West Indies by......

T20 WC: England ready to banish pain of 2016 in opener

IMAGE: The West Indies cut a sorry figure in the two warm-up games against Pakistan and Afghanistan and would need to quickly shrug off the disappointment ahead of the tournament proper.......

IPL Auction: Shami, Iyer for Rs 2 cr

IMAGE: Mohammed Shami celebrates taking a wicket for the Punjab Kings during IPL 2021. Photograph: BCCI The top Indian players, including Mohammed Shami, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin and......

Holder makes big strides in ICC rankings

IMAGE: Second-ranked Jason Holder’s career-best 862 rating points is the best for any West Indies bowler since Courtney Walsh's tally of 866 in August 2000. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty......