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/ 8 years agoIT DOESN’T GET ANY EASIER NOW FOR JOE
Richard Edwards looks at the next challenge facing England captain Joe Root – New Zealand and skipper Kane Williamson Richard Edwards...
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/ 8 years agoWill cricket turn into a TV soap just like soccer?
The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events SIMON SWEETMAN Forget the Ashes. The five-Test series may be the jewel in...
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/ 8 years agoThis England be known as team will now the Vincibles
Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon, our Aussie journo double act, focus on England’s problematic batting Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon Nick-off:...
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/ 8 years agoPonting returns to IPL as Daredevils head coach
RICKY Ponting, formerly in charge of the Mumbai Indians, will return to the IPL this year as head coach of the...
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/ 8 years agoWHEN ENGLAND WERE ON TOP OF THE WORLD
Richard Edwards looks back at the U19 World Cup of 1998, one in which England upset the odds to lift the...
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/ 8 years agoENGLAND BEWARE: BLACK CAPS WILL BE NO PUSHOVERS
PAUL NIXON The on-going fifth Test in Sydney is absolutely huge for England. Just like in Melbourne where Alastair Cook and...
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/ 8 years agoMY FOXES WILL BE READY FROM THE OFF
NOWthe calendar reads 2018, it’s another key milestone as we prepare for a new County Championship season at Leicestershire. With the...
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/ 8 years agoMY DREAM XI
Welcome to our expanded, illustrated presentation with statistical summaries of the selected players AZEEM RAFIQ Yorkshire and former Derbyshire all-rounder 1....
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/ 8 years agoAZEEM’S ACES
Jacques Rudolph Clubs: South Africa, Yorkshire, Glamorgan, Northerns Test Runs/Wkts: 2,622/4 ODI Runs: 1174 T20I Runs: 6 FC Runs/Wkts: 19,825/61 Joe...
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/ 8 years agoArcher’s arrows too much for Strikers
By Brett Holmes Purple patch: Jofra Archer took 3-15 as his Hobart Hurricanes beat Adelaide Strikers PICTURES: Getty Images Purple patch:...
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/ 8 years agoOnly way is up for winless Windies
INTERNATIONAL ROUND-UP By Adam Ellis CURRENT T20 World Cup champions West Indies hit ‘bottom’ according to head coach Stuart Law as...
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/ 8 years agoIt’s Groundhog Day for Root as England slump
By Chris Stocks at the SCG Australia Yet to bat England 233-5 (Root 83, Malan 55*, Cook 39, Cummins 2-44) Stumps...
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/ 8 years agoSORRY…BUT YOU DROP IN, AND WE DROP OFF!
MARTIN JOHNSON In the aftermath of the Boxing Day Test match it might be an idea for the next drop-in pitch...
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/ 8 years agoWhere were the coaches?
DAWID MALAN described Jonny Bairstow as ‘brave’ for not employing a nightwatchman in Sydney on day one – but, for me,...
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/ 8 years agoWhy was Crane not thrown in earlier?
NOW that finally Mason Crane has made his England Test debut at Sydney, the question remains as to why the Hampshire...
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/ 8 years agoThat’s rich from Pietersen
FORMER players from both sides were rightly full of praise for Alastair Cook’s unbeaten 244 in Melbourne – with the exception...
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/ 8 years agoCan KP be objective with such bitterness?
KEVIN Pietersen makes perceptive comments but he has a blind spot when it comes to Alastair Cook. Pietersen’s sacking by England...
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/ 8 years agoEven brushing my teeth can be painful at times
By Chris Stocks Beating the pain barrier: James Anderson may bowl in pain but has just recorded his most successful calendar...
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/ 8 years agoROOT MUST LEARN TO BAT UGLY TO BECOME A GREAT!
DEREK PRINGLE It sounds like one of those problems that is the curse of the middle classes, like last summer’s shortage...
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/ 8 years agoForget nets, young Broad saved it all for the big stage
By Richard Edwards IT’S impossible to predict future success in sport, but some are more confident of what lies ahead than...
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/ 8 years agoCherish Smith’s as the records brilliance for all it’s worth continue to fall around us
Alison Mitchell lauds the feats of the magnificent Steve Smith and also highlights a great year for the women’s game Captain...
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/ 8 years agoEngland match ratings
Alastair Cook What more can you say about his epic unbeaten 244? The record at the MCG and his fifth double...
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/ 8 years agoTurgid pitch puts chance tourists had pay to any victory but pride is restored
By Chris Stocks at the MCG Dec 26-30, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Australia 327 (Warner 103, Smith 76, S Marsh 61,...
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