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The problem of meeting someone you had a bitter fallout with is confusion over the expected form of greeting: while Pietersen goes casual with a low-five, Moores prefers a scruff-of-the-neck grab.

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Mortaza escapes with trimmed attack

Wadlan, Sibanda crush Eagles

Three issues the ICC needs to address
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A struggle for spin in World Cup 2015
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Swing and swish
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Action station
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Why a ten-team World Cup is right
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