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Is this former groundsman the next Warne?
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Nathan Lyon has made dream start to Test career but comparisons with spin legend may be a tad early...
Cook cool over Pietersen but will India turn up?
Saturday, 3 September 2011
It has taken much longer than expected but there is at last the prospect of a series which meets the proper requirements of international cricket. With any luck, the one-day matches between England and India which begin today in Durham will be competitive, close and classy.
England v India Scorecard
Saturday, 3 September 2011
The final scorecard from the first one-day international at Chester-le-Street.
Dernbach comes to life at death for England
Friday, 2 September 2011
Stephen Brenkley: If death bowling can be fatal it is also a way of life. For Jade Dernbach, one of England's seemingly endless supply of seam bowlers, it acts like a grim reaper's elixir.
Swann impessed by England options ahead of one-day series
Friday, 2 September 2011
Graeme Swann believes England have "the X-factor" to become a force in one-day international cricket.
Lancashire's feeble collapse revives all the old title anxieties
Friday, 2 September 2011
Worcestershire 237 & 5-0 Lancashire 161 & 80 (Worcs win by 10 wkts): At this stage, winning the Championship becomes a test of nerve as much as skill.
County round-up: Sidebottom wickets set up close call
Friday, 2 September 2011
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, after batting for seven and a quarter hours to score 193 against Yorkshire at Headingley last week, setting up the innings victory that kept Warwickshire right in contention for their first Championship title since 2004, gave the same opponents another four and a half hours to admire his crablike batting technique at Edgbaston yesterday, but with not quite the planned outcome.
Different shirts, same result as Morgan leads England to victory
Thursday, 1 September 2011
India 165 England 169-4 (Eng win by six wkts): A change of clothes but no change of fortune for England. Having spent the summer pushing India from pillar to post in white, they scraped home in blue last night.
Broad expects India to bounce back
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad expects India will end their winless run against England before the end of the current tour.
Cameron enjoys living dangerously after Lancashire fall apart again
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Lancashire 161 Worcestershire 209-6
Hussey comes up just short as Sri Lanka make Aussies struggle
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Australia 273 v Sri Lanka: Mike Hussey fell five runs short of a century as Australia were bowled out for 273 by Sri Lanka on day one of the first Test in Galle yesterday.
County round-up: Stoneman keeps Durham title hopes just about alive
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Durham were conceding defeat in the chase for the Championship after they lost at Nottinghamshire last week and with only two matches left against their key rivals' three they are clearly at a disadvantage.
England v India LIVE!
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
The latest scorecard from the Twenty20 international taking place at Old Trafford.
Broad's winning start as captain
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Stuart Broad claimed his first win as England's Twenty20 captain following a last-over six-wicket win against India at Old Trafford tonight.
Rare chance for Broad's brave, young England to hone Twenty20 skills
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Stephen Brenkley: Amid all the fuss about becoming Test champions of the world it is easy to forget that England got there first in Twenty20.
Northants on the rise but are they about to replace Yorkshire?
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Will Hawkes: It would require something not far short of divine intervention to stop Northants going up.
Durham all-rounder Stokes 'overwhelmed' by England call-up
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Durham all-rounder Ben Stokes admits getting picked for England has been "overwhelming".
Nixon excited by final fling in India after Foxes upset the odds
Monday, 29 August 2011
Twenty20 Final: Leicestershire 145-6 Somerset 127-9
Rajan's Wrong 'Un: Ponting and Dravid demonstrate all that is great in a No 3
Monday, 29 August 2011
Liberated of captaincy, Dravid has focused on batting and improved it. Now Ponting, having handed the armband to Michael Clarke, is looking to do the same
Cobb shows no respect for the form book
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Jon Culley: Four-wicket haul for leg-spinning Leicestershire opener hands Somerset more misery at T20 finals.
Top of one-day rankings is England's latest aim
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Selectors hope to see faith in Ben Stokes, 20, rewarded over coming series
The Last Word: Forget about India, England are the best
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Stephen Brenkley: Already the detractors are saying the opposition weren't any good, but Strauss's boys certainly are.
On the Front Foot: Back to basics for Ireland – if only to explain the game
Sunday, 28 August 2011
A few days in Ireland are always good for the soul. The excuses to go could multiply if cricket truly starts to take off there.
Matthew Hoggard: We need to shine today to end grim summer on a high
Saturday, 27 August 2011
Twenty20 Cup Finals Day
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