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/ 8 years agoGlobal reach of game will help kids develop, says Moores
By Richard Edwards Top coach: Peter Moores PETER MOORES believes the wealth of opportunities available to cricketers in the off-season can...
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/ 8 years agoSubscribe to the cricket paper digital edition
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/ 8 years agoHelm bids to steer a course to top after proving net worth
LAST WINTER one of Tom Helm’s main aims for England Lions’ trip to Sri Lanka was to leave the tour “in...
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/ 8 years agoCould Sixes be Commonwealth Games friendly?
SIMON SWEETMAN The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events Short and sweet: Samit Patel hits out in Hong Kong Anybody...
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/ 8 years agoHOW DEFIANT DAVIES KEPT HIS ENGLAND DREAM ALIVE
Paul Edwards looks behind the rise of Lancashire’s young keeper to discover the highs and lows of his battle for a...
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/ 8 years agoI thought that could be it after being hit for 19 I thought that could be it after being hit for 19 in my first over
YOUNG GUN George Scrimshaw Worcestershire bowler Seamer George Scrimshaw, 19, feared his run in the Worcestershire first team was going to...
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/ 8 years agoISSUES TO RESOLVE STILL FOR WINDIES
PLANET CRICKET At the heart of the Global Game Despite positive messages on the pitch, West Indies cricket needs to address...
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/ 8 years agoHOW WE TURNED IT ROUND AFTER 5-0 LOSS
PAUL NIXON www.paulnixoncricket.com With the Ashes now less than two weeks away, the nightmares of four years ago are being talked...
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/ 8 years agoCould a whole series be defined by one delivery? Well, in 2006, it virtually was!
ACTION REPLAY Richard Edwards looks back to the disastrous whitewash tour Down Under in 2006/7 when England were defending the newly-won...
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/ 8 years agoIT’S STILL A GUESSING GAME AS MYSTERY SURROUNDS ‘ASHES BALL’
Top prize: The Ashes trophy A STORY known by a lot fewer people is that England and Australia’s women also play...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoFORGET THE WAR CRIES! LOVE RUNS DEEP WITH THE ASHES
As England get set for battle with Australia, Alison Mitchell recounts the origins of the sport’s most storied ‘trophy’ Where it...
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/ 8 years agoRoot’s England can take heart from the underrated Aussie class of ‘89
Derek Pringle searches for precedents for the underdogs winning the Ashes and recalls a tour led by Allan Border Cricket supporters,...
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/ 8 years agoHazlewood can be star like McGrath saysLanger
ASHE S IN BRIEF FORMER Australian opener Justin Langer believes Josh Hazlewood can tear England apart in the same way Glenn...
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/ 8 years agoTHE CRICKET PAPER Subscriptions…
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/ 8 years agoWestwood staying with Bears as development coach
By Charlie Talbot-Smith Staying put: Ian Westwood WHEN he retired in June, Ian Westwood was convinced that his 25-year association with...
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/ 8 years agoDurham repay Weighell for all Durham repay Weighell for all his hard graft
By Charlie Talbot-Smith JAMES Weighell’s Durham career has come full circle in the last two years and now the all-rounder is...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoLamb: Dad Kevin would be so proud of Tom’s rise
By Richard Edwards ALLAN LAMB could have been forgiven for opening a bottle of something a little bit special and raising...
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/ 8 years agoWHY BEN MUST NOT BE GIVEN AN ASHES REPRIEVE
PETER HAYTER Officials of the England and Wales Cricket Board have a history of bringing dead stories back to life. Remember...
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/ 8 years agoHOW AUSTRALIA LINED UP…
Keith Stackpole Tests: 6 Runs: 627 Average: 52.25 Bill Lawry (Capt for ive Tests) Tests: 5 Runs: 324 Average: 40.5 Ian...
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/ 8 years agoSNOW, A POET WITH PACE
Sussex paceman put cutting edge into Illy’s ruthless 1970/71 tourists Paul Edwards continues his look into the Ashes archive by featuring...
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/ 8 years agoHOW ENGLAND LINED UP…
Geof Boycott Tests: 5 Runs: 657 Average: 93.85 John Edrich Tests: 6 Runs: 648 Average: 72 Brian Luckhurst Tests: 5 Runs:...
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/ 8 years agoStarc so scary that batsmen ‘have no chance against him’
By Chris Stocks Three and easy: Mitchell Starc celebrates his second hat-trick STUART CLARK says Mitchell Starc’s current form means he...
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/ 8 years agoTurn ‘em off! Mics cause all this aggro says Swann
Peter Hayter is thrilled England’s record breaking off-spinner insists that ‘snoopery’ is creating controversy where none exists These days, instances of...
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/ 8 years agoWE ARE BETTER NOW, EVEN WITHOUT MITCH!
Chris Stocks finds Ashes ace Ryan Harris in bullish mood but also wary of the threat offered by Anderson and Broad...
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