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Test Matches
/ 8 years agoColly’s the only one to keep us all smiling
COLLY boy still has it even if his medium pacers have turned into Bo Peep’s Sheep being thrown down the track....
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Test Matches
/ 8 years agoIt should be set in Stone!
WHAT is happening within the England set-up? First, we have Surrey opener Mark Stoneman in top form but strangely overlooked despite...
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Test Matches
/ 8 years agoBotham’s a great but is he really the greatest?
I REALISE people like myself have got to forget the Botham of latter days when he tried to bowl medium-paced bouncers,...
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Test Matches
/ 8 years agoJonny’s looking lovely glovely
After a string of early criticism, Chris Stocks looks at the rise behind the stumps of Jonny Bairstow THIRD TEST &...
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Test Matches
/ 8 years agoWhy Tom may yet solve No.3 problem
Derek Pringle gets technical as he analyses the latest batsman to try out in England’s most problematic position Derek Pringle PRINGLE’S...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOU ‘LIVE’ AND LEARN ON A TOUR TO INDIA
Derek Pringle looks back on his first trip to India in the late Seventies – the ultimate learning curve for any...
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International News
/ 8 years agoKeshav Maharaj’s control key to series, says Adams
By Richard Edwards Paul Adams was once described by Mike Gatting as having an action which resembled “a frog in a...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoNixon column: England must learn when to soak up pressure
(Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) By Paul Nixon While the second Test couldn’t have gone much worse for England, and the...
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International News
/ 8 years agoNo ‘bad blood’ between me and Rabada, says Ben Stokes
(Photo: Getty Images) By Adam Ellis England all-rounder Ben Stokes has dismissed talk of any ill feelings between him and South...
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Features and Columns
/ 8 years agoNo more Mr Nice Guy! Bayliss must deliver tougher stance now
(Photo: Getty Images) By Chris Stocks If you were being uncharitable, you could ask whether England’s victory in the 2015 Ashes...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoFive big problems England must solve for the Oval Test
(Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) By Chris Stocks So what do England do to put things right for next week’s third...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoPringle column: Playing with Botham was something to truly cherish, it was… different
(Photo: Getty Images) By Derek Pringle Ian Botham was in his sixth year as an England super star when I first...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMagoffin looking to shake off injury curse and return for Sussex in autumn
(Photo: Getty Images) By Dan Barnes ANYTIME soon, Steve Magoffin will finally be able to release his foot from the trappings...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFormer Eagle Prichard backs Essex to keep up pressure on title rivals
By Richard Edwards Paul Prichard is backing Essex to continue their title tilt – despite the likely absence of Alastair Cook...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoAlison Mitchell’s Team of the Tournament sees Meg Lanning named as captain
Prior to the final at the Home of Cricket, Alison Mitchell picks her star-studded team of the tournament… With the Women’s...
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News
/ 8 years agoKnight hopes girls are inspired by World Cup victory in the same way she was by England Men’s team
(Photo: Getty Images) World Cup winner Heather Knight believes England’s dramatic finish to clinch victory in the World Cup final will...
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International News
/ 8 years agoIndia make swift U-turn on appointments
Ditched: Zaheer Zhan ZAHEER Khan and Rahul Dravid will not be part of India’s set-up for the time being after the...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoAT LEAST OUR FLOPS HAVE GIVEN PUB TRADE A BOOST
Ah, that’s more like it. The spineless collapse (two in one match even), followed by the customary promises of ‘taking the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLET’S REVEL IN LEGEND OF BOTHAM, 40 YEARS ON
Peter Hayter looks back to the day at Trent Bridge in 1977 that England’s greatest all-rounder burst into public consciousness Finale:...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEranga’s bowling is now legal
By Seth Francis SRI Lanka’s Shaminda Eranga can continue bowling after his action was cleared by the ICC. Eranga’s action was...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoYOU SOON REALISED HE WAS JUST A BIT DIFFERENT
Living it up! Ian Botham always did things his way PICTURE: Getty Images Ian Botham was in his sixth year as...
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News
/ 8 years agoSend off the send-off
MARTIN Johnson suggests (We must not offend viewers at home) that Kagiso Rabada’s ban was perhaps for causing offence to a...
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News
/ 8 years agoI’d bring in Nasser to coach Test team
SOME suggestions for improving the performance of our Test team: Let Trevor Bayliss concentrate solely on coaching England’s white-ball teams. Appoint...
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News
/ 8 years agoForget one-day game, this is Test cricket now
JOE ROOT wanted a test for his captaincy … well, he’s just had one and flopped. Mind you, it’s not all...
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Women (International)
/ 8 years agoSHRUBSOLE LEAVES PROTEAS ON KNEES
Vithushan Ehantharajah on the final over drama that resulted in England reaching the World Cup final Jul 18, County Ground, Bristol...
County Championships
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