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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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/ 8 years agoAustralia match ratings
Cameron Bancroft Two starts without going on to convert, again. Having got the call ahead of Matt Renshaw, he hasn’t secured...
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/ 8 years agoAustralia captain Steve Smith to persevere through back injury
Smith unfazed by sore back and provides update on fitness of Mitchell Starc
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/ 8 years agoGlenn McGrath hopes to raise record amount as the SCG turns pink
The McGrath Foundation has been supporting women with breast cancer since 2005
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/ 8 years agoNixon column: If a no. 11 can bat the short stuff will be flying
Paul Nixon takes issue with the exceeding number of bouncers witnessed in Test cricket
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/ 8 years agoPlanet Cricket: A one-sided start to new Test format
Tim Wigmore on South Africa's rout of Zimbabwe in the first four-day Test regulated by the ICC
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/ 8 years agoEmerging Somerset spinner Bess has England in his sights
20-year-old tells Jeremy Blackmore why it means so much to play for England Lions
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/ 8 years agoQ&A – ECB chief executive Tom Harrison
We ask the ECB CEO about Ben Stokes, new plans for a T20 tournament, and all things England and Wales cricket
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/ 8 years agoOpener Nick Gubbins can step into Cook’s shoes in the future
'I think he has a great chance' says Middlesex coach Richard Scott in praising
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/ 8 years agoPhil DeFreitas has his say on what’s to blame for lack of England pacemen
'I was surprised that there wasn’t a Plunkett or a Wood with that extra bit of pace' says former England bowler
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/ 8 years agoPringle column: Late to the party but England’s aging duo still a threat
Derek Pringle on Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson's MCG showing, and Jackson Bird embodying lack of Aussie seamer depth
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/ 8 years agoCook’s knock shows up Johnson and Pietersen’s comments and prove his steel
Background sniggering would never deter Cook from showing his mettle, writes Peter Hayter
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/ 8 years agoWhen England delivered the perfect Christmas gift
A day that could not have gone better for England at the MCG...
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/ 8 years agoNo better feeling than silencing Bay 13 back in 1982
Derek Pringle looks back at the Boxing Day Test when the MCG was at its most intimidating
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/ 8 years agoA ONE-SIDED START TO NEW TEST FORMAT
Tim Wigmore discusses the pros and cons of the ICC’s four-day Test experiment after a flop in the inaugural match Tim...
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/ 8 years agoMY DREAM XI
Welcome to our expanded, illustrated presentation with statistical summaries of the selected players Luis Reece Derbyshire batsman 1. Virender Sehwag He...
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/ 8 years agoNOW RAISE YOUR GLASSES TO A GOOD OLD PUB MOAN!
MARTIN JOHNSON Twenty-odd pubs closing in the UK every week is a grim statistic, and the chancellor freezing the price of...
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/ 8 years agoDays like this show what a tough Cookie he really is!
Peter Hayter says he is not surprised that Alastair Cook found the inner strength to prove his doubters wrong Only the...
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/ 8 years agoLATE TO THE PARTY BUT OLD BOYS STILL A THREAT
DEREK PRINGLE The Ashes may have gone, but for the first time in the series England’s senior players turned up in...
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/ 8 years agoSwann: Captaincy is holding Root back
By Chris Stocks Burden: The England captaincy is stifling Joe Root’s ability to turn fifties into hundreds PICTURES: Getty Images Graeme...
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/ 8 years agoPitches are to blame for lack of quick men says DeFreitas
By Paul Eddison England regular: Phil DeFreitas THE County Championship is an easy target following England’s Ashes defeat but Phil DeFreitas...
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/ 8 years agoYes, character is important but players must have skillset, too
In the wake of the Ashes reverse, Derek Pringle cautions that attitude and character can only take a player so far...
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