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Features
/ 8 years agoGrange slip gives Heriot’s hope in title showdown
By Gary Heatly Club Focus: Scotland HERIOT’S will head into this coming weekend’s last round of fixtures in the CSL Eastern...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRAVI’S READY TO RUMBLE IN COUNTY SCENE
Dileep Premachandran explains how Worcestershire will benefit from the Indian spinner with a point to prove Cricket numbers seldom lie. But...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoPINK BALLS? FIERY FRED WOULD HAVE CHOKED ON HIS MI…
MARTIN JOHNSON If, as appears to be the case, the ECB are leaning towards making pink ball Test matches an annual...
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Test Matches
/ 8 years agoDe Villiers is eyeing return to Test arena
By Seth Francis AB de VILLIERS has stepped down as South Africa’s one-day captain – but will still be available for...
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Test Matches
/ 8 years agoRoot wants runs to add to family pride
By Chris Stocks England v West Indies Second Test, Aug 25-29, Headingley, 11:00 JOERoot admits captaining England for the first time...
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/ 8 years agoJOE SHOWS JUSTHOW ROOTHLESS HECANBE (ASKTOBY!)
PETER HAYTER When it comes to being England’s best batsman, a player described without pause by their highest Test run scorer...
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News
/ 8 years agoTime for an English quota
THE number of Kolpaks and foreign players with ‘passports of convenience’ is getting beyond ridiculous. Glamorgan, for example, have cynically bought...
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News
/ 8 years ago’Balance’ is ruling out some of our top men
I HAVE become increasingly frustrated this season with the obsession the selectors have with the ‘balance’ of the side. It seems...
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News
/ 8 years agoGive me players, not talkers
LIKE many others without Sky, I watch the highlights programmes on Channel 5, trying to go through the day without knowing...
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News
/ 8 years agoCome on England, let’s get Bok to basics …
I AM seriously worried about the make-up of the England squad for the series against the West Indies. With Keaton Jennings...
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News
/ 8 years agoWestley won’t alter technique to please critics
By Chris Stocks IF YOU’VE spoken to anyone in the England dressing-room over the past month or so they have probably...
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News
/ 8 years agoSEPARATE T20SFROM TESTS SO STARS CAN PLAY BOTH
DEREK PRINGLE For those who enjoy spectacle and a good contest, the announcement that Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels are back...
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News
/ 8 years ago’SIR’ GEOFF HAS PUT HIMSELF ON STICKY WICKET
AS A batsman, Geoffrey Boycott prided himself on a stout defence. Yet even he has acknowledged that the straightest bat cannot...
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Test Matches
/ 8 years agoEngland’s record men shine amid Windies woe
By Chris Stocks at Edgbaston August 17-19, Edgbaston, Birmingham England 514-8d (Cook 243, Root 136, Malan 65, Chase 4-113) West Indies...
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Test Matches
/ 8 years agoNorthants loan can help give Simon incentive to fill Test void
One Test wonder: Simon Kerrigan bowling in his only Test against Australia in 2013 By Ross Lawson WHEN it comes to...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoQ&A: Adil Rashid holds onto ambitions to play alongside Moeen in two-man spin attack
Yorkshire all-rounder and England bowler Adil Rashid has a few interesting points to make about his chance with England now he's...
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/ 8 years agoFor the sake of cricket Stuart Law and Joel Garner need to work some magic
Derek Pringle wishes luck to the West Indies coaching duo in bringing back the good times to Caribbean Test cricket
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/ 8 years agoNixon column: Ashwin’s arrival shows our game still has value
Paul Nixon rightly argues how brilliant the County Championship is after the Indian's arrival at New Road despite some criticisms
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/ 8 years agoSir Viv Richards: We’ve lost pride in that maroon cap
Peter Hayter remembers the infamous Sir Viv Richards stare which he sees in person as he talks to the West Indies...
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/ 8 years agoHow Dukes have managed to produce a ball to dye for
BBC Test Match Special broadcaster Alison Mitchell heads to Dukes HQ in Walthamstow to lay eyes on the pink ball
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/ 8 years agoHayter column: Kevin Pietersen’s downfall borne out of identity crisis
"Every single time I did well I was England, every time I did bad I was 'South African-born Kevin Pietersen'"
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/ 8 years agoGeoffrey Boycott makes ‘unreserved apology’ for racist slur about knighthoods
The Test Match Special summariser makes ill-humoured racial remark regarding Sirs
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/ 8 years agoChris Gayle to make long-awaited return for West Indies in ODIs after recall
Marlon Samuels also named in ODI squad after breakdown in relations with West Indies Cricket Board in 2016
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/ 8 years agoNew ICC rankings see Alastair Cook rise to three-year high in Tests
Magnificent 243 at Edgbaston sees England's record-breaking opener move up to sixth in Test batting rankings
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/ 8 years agoIan Bell stands down as Warwickshire captain
Averaging 24.64 in the County Championship, the former England star is looking to prioritise scoring runs
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