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International News
/ 9 years agoStokes not guaranteed to captain in Root’s absence
(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess Andrew Strauss, England’s director of cricket, has claimed that Ben Stokes, the new vice-captain, will...
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International News
/ 9 years agoVoges retires from international cricket
(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess Australian batsman Adam Voges yesterday retired from all forms of international cricket. The 37-year-old is...
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International News
/ 9 years agoFinn replaces injured Willey for West Indies tour
(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess Fast bowler David Willey has been ruled out of the upcoming tour to West Indies...
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International News
/ 9 years agoIs Joe Root the right man for the job?
(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess No sooner had reports emerged that Alastair Cook’s desire to continue with the England captaincy...
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International News
/ 9 years agoEngland Lions halted by storm in warm-up clash
England Lions will hope it’s not a sign of things to come after a spectacular storm halted them on their charge...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoCounty Archives – Gloucestershire 2000
Russell’s one-day kings who took no prisoners While a Championship continues to elude them, no team could touch Gloucestershire at the...
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International News
/ 9 years agoDo bowlers get overlooked as England captain because of the old class system?
Derek Pringle offers some intriguing thoughts about why batsmen are almost invariably appointed to the top England job Andrew Strauss was...
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News
/ 9 years agoDiamond guy Grayson gets his KSL calling card
By Luke Baker FOR the first time in more than a quarter of a century, Paul Grayson was afforded a quiet...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – England captains always end up in a stew
It’s not easy being a leader, a thought which doubtless occurred to the other Captain Cook when he was being lightly...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoFast-learner Gubbins isn’t getting into a spin
Jeremy Blackmore finds that the latest group of young England players is eager to develop As England Lions’ second tour of...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoPaul Nixon column – Players will be pushed to new limits on pre-season tours
Kent are currently over in the Caribbean playing some good competitive cricket, while Nottinghamshire and Hampshire are set to fly over...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Winter jobs were not always constructive
WHILE most modern professional cricketers have year-round contracts to stave off February’s chill, many of their predecessors had to spend the...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun – Big decision is in good hands with Andrew
Andrew Thomas – Middlesex Wicketkeeper THERE’S a big, possibly life-changing, decision on the horizon for multi-talented sportsman Andrew Thomas, but he’s...
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International News
/ 9 years agoSkype is the limit for Powell and Toby
KIERAN Powell could be set to face England next month having scored three centuries in his last four matches, but one...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoSimon Sweetman column – Time to focus on our own development
The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events WHILE the news about what goes on at the ICC seems to change...
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News
/ 9 years agoECB confirm Root as new Test captain
(Photo: Getty Images) Joe Root has been appointed the new Test captain of England after being offered the post by Andrew...
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Club Cricket
/ 9 years agoDiscount Wisden Playfair Book Offer
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News
/ 9 years agoAlastair Cook: fighting against the current in 2016
(Photo: Getty Images) In the final piece of our three-part series cataloging the ups and downs of Alastair Cook’s career as...
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News
/ 9 years agoAlastair Cook: new faces at the opposite end
(Photo: Getty Images) We continue our three-part series looking back on Alastair Cook’s Test captaincy, analysing here the trials and tribulations...
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News
/ 9 years agoKim still reeling after stepping up to the big time
By Luke Baker AFTER travelling to Australia just to train, being thrust into the Sydney Sixers line-up and then lifting the...
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News
/ 9 years agoYes, T20 should be fast-paced and fun but let’s cut out these howlers
Alison Mitchell looks back at the controversies in the shortest form recently and suggests that the game must have integrity A...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – I blame Goochie for these keep-fit regimes
There was a time when an England fielder’s method of preventing an extra run involved nothing much more strenuous than an...
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International News
/ 9 years agoWill Hales join the list of England’s lost talents?
Joshua Peck wonders whether a record-breaking batsman may have allowed rivals to usurp his place in the international side Andrew Flintoff,...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Capturing the soul of cricket and its legends
Has there been a game or sport more celebrated by art than cricket? From the 17th century country house artists painting...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoCounty Archives – Surrey 1952
The year when Bernie really shone among the stars… Surrey had an army of leading lights in their 1952 title winning...
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