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/ 8 years agoBEING HIT BY A BALL CAN NOT OFTEN BE AVOIDED
Pace ace: Fast bowlers like Andy Roberts first made their mark on batsmen in the early 1970s PICTURE: Getty Images For...
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/ 8 years agoCAPTAIN MARVEL RETURNS TO STEER HIS SHIP
In safe hands: Faf du Plessis has earned a fine reputation as captain of South Africa’s Test side PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 8 years agoTOO MUCH TECHNO IS SPOILING LOVE FOR THE GAME
Keeping quiet: But there will be no Kagiso Rabada in the second Test after receiving a ban for his send-off for...
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/ 8 years agoViewpoint: Top three must begin to deliver for Bayliss
(Photo: Getty Images) Derek Pringle on England’s bad habit of misfiring starts to their Test innings… It was Michael Atherton, the...
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/ 8 years agoIs a Test spot on its way to Kent’s Joe Denly?
(Photo: Getty Images) JOE Denly has not played international cricket in seven years but Min Patel sees no reason why the...
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/ 8 years agoTearful Mathews steps down as Sri Lanka captain
(Photo: Getty Images) Angelo Mathews has thanked those who have supported him throughout his captaincy after revealing he was relinquishing the...
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/ 8 years agoFletcher: ‘Me and Hain will go for a beer together’
(Photo: Getty Images) Nottinghamshire bowler Luke Fletcher has spoken of his lucky escape after suffering a horrific-looking head injury in Saturday’s...
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/ 8 years agoAustralian players seek alternative income as ACA dispute shows no signs of ending
(Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) Unattached Australian players are seeking income routes which threaten to create conflict between the Australian Cricketers’...
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/ 8 years agoIT’S TIME TO ENJOY SECOND COMING OF COOK…
Keeping an eye on things: Alastair Cook, despite missing out yesterday, has much to offer England still PICTURE: Getty Images While...
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/ 8 years agoOUT WITH THE NEW… AND IT’S IN WITH THE OLD…
MARTIN JOHNSON I was thumbing through a list of ‘fake news’ items the other day, which included the Pope endorsing Trump...
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/ 8 years agoBIG VERN’S EARNED THE RIGHT TO FEAST AT THE TOP
Influential: Vernon Philander celebrates taking the wicket of England’s Alastair Cook yesterday PICTURE: Getty Images The suburb of Ravensmead in Parow,...
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/ 8 years agoGrounds for concern: Battling cricket clubs are being priced out of their homes
John Fuller looks at the economic struggles cricket clubs are facing in order to keep their homes and their livelihoods In any...
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/ 8 years agoManthorp column: The Proteas are underdogs but stand-in Elgar won’t make it easy for England
(Photo: Getty Images) By Neil Manthorp There is something desperately missing from this English summer so far, and I’m not talking...
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/ 8 years agoPringle column: I’m all for change, but there is a problem with the pink ball
By Derek Pringle One day’s play in Essex’s Championship match against Middlesex may not be the kind of sample required by...
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/ 8 years agoIt’s an honour just to watch Sangakkara, says team-mate Tom Curran
(Photo: Getty Images) By Henry Shimpton Tom Curran hailed “great man” Kumar Sangakkara after the Sri Lanka legend became the first...
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/ 8 years agoCOOK & CO STILL HAVE APPETITE FOR RUNS AND WORK
PAUL NIXON In the pink: Alastair Cook celebrates his century for Essex against Middlesex PICTURE: TGS Photo No matter what the...
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/ 8 years agoBRAVE MALAN STUCK TO HIS OWN GAME
I SAID a long time ago that Dawid Malan should be in England’s white ball set-up and it was great to...
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/ 8 years agoPROTEAS ARE DOWN BUT THEY WILL STILL BE A TEST
Fighter: Dean Elgar embodies the fighting spirit of South Africa when it comes to Test cricket PICTURE: Getty Images There is...
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/ 8 years agoSTEVE’S SO PROUD HE BATTLED THROUGH DARK DAYS
PETER HAYTER Old pals’ act: But both Steve Harmison and Andrew Flintoff have endured dark times away from cricket PICTURE: Getty...
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/ 8 years agoBLOWERS TICKS ON AND HE’LL BOW OUT IN STYLE
MARTIN JOHNSON It was one of Henry Blofeld’s fellow Test Match Special commentators who once said of him, fondly it should...
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/ 8 years agoI’M ALL FOR CHANGE, BUT GAME MUST KEEP TRADITION
DEREK PRINGLE One day’s play in Essex’s Championship match against Middlesex may not be the kind of sample required by science...
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/ 8 years agoIPL makes life tough for Virat Kohli’s India one day hopes
Derek Pringle believes the impact of the IPL could be having a negative impact on India’s style of play in the...
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/ 8 years agoManthorp column: South Africa the last domino to fall as T20 cricket falls to global cash moguls
(Photo: Lee Warren/Gallo Images/Getty Images) By Neil Manthorp It wasn’t necessary to watch South Africa’s insipid performance in the first T20...
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/ 8 years agoWhy do pundits never learn? Write off Pakistan at your peril
(Photo: Getty Images) Saj Sadiq goes behind the scenes to identify how the long-odds underdogs turned over the Trophy favourites… To arrive...
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/ 8 years agoBehind the scenes – the women making strides in running the County scene
(Photo: Getty Images) By Isabelle Westbury “The business of sport is dominated by men.” Clare Connor, director of England women’s cricket...
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