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/ 7 years agoFacing Morkel has given me a taste of life at the very top
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO YOUNG GUN HARRISON WARD Sussex batsman Still just 18, Harrison Ward has managed to pack a lot...
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/ 7 years agoEssex boys open my England XI but, sorry, there’s no place for Fiery Fred
Master and pupil: They never played together but Graham Gooch played a huge part in Alastair Cook’s development PICTURES: Getty Images...
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/ 7 years agoBUNBURY FESTIVAL NAME-CHECK FOR ENGLISH, THE LOON
Charlie Peat meets David English ahead of the innaugural ECB Bunbury Festival If you were to name an England cricketer from...
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/ 7 years agoPorter puts faith in our county system
JAMIE Porter believes his call-up for next week’s first Test against India proves England still value county cricket despite Adil Rashid’s...
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/ 7 years agoForget starlets, let’s hear it for the comeback kids!
Isabelle Westbury suggests that sports fans prefer stories of stars turning their fortunes round to tales of wunderkinds Ashes hero: Graeme...
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/ 7 years agoWe haven’t got the killer touch, says Worcs chief
ALAN Richardson says Division One sides have a killer instinct which battling Worcestershire are finding difficult to overcome – and impressive...
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/ 7 years agoZimbabwe in a crisis as players still go unpaid
By Richard Edwards ZIMBABWE Cricket has been plunged back into chaos after the country’s cricket board admitted that it has been...
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/ 7 years agoSurrey take a step closer but magic man Morne warns of complacency
SURREY’S march towards their first County Championship title since 2002 shows no sign of slowing up as they romped to a...
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/ 7 years agoVersatile Varun can Chop and change to suit the white ball
By Tom Harle Consistency: Varun Chopra has already passed 50 three times this season CONJURE up an image of Varun Chopra’s...
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/ 7 years agoWho needs scriptwriters when there’s a Roses story like this one?
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE BY the end of this Roses match some experienced journalists were thinking about giving up showbiz and...
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/ 7 years agoHolder holds aces to tame the Tigers
INTERNATIONAL ROUND-UP By Richard Coetzee BANGLADESH squandered the opportunity to seal an ODI series victory over West Indies as they stumbled...
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/ 7 years agoSub-continent jinx continues for Faf’s boys
SRILANKA v SOUTH AFRICA TEST SERIES By Dan Barnes AS FOCUS switches to an upcoming ODI series – the second stanza...
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/ 7 years agoDial 999 for drama and take a look back through England’s Test match archive
Roderick Easdale trawls through the Test match record books as England prepare for their milestone encounter with India next month On...
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/ 7 years agoThree-sy does it! The match when the Gooch ramrod could just do no wrong
Class act: Robin Smith smashed a fine century ACTION REPLAY We can do no More! India wicket-keeper Kiran More can only...
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/ 7 years agoYorkshire in a spin as Rashid gets red-ball call
ADIL RASHID’S sensational return to Test cricket for the upcoming series against India provoked surprise and concern from Yorkshire, the county...
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/ 7 years agoJonathan Bird builds on high expectations with unbeaten 142 against England U19
Bird steers South Africa to a 2-0 victory in the Youth ODI series
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/ 7 years agoEngland play a joker in Test squad to play India at Edgbaston
Ed Smith has made up his mind over spin
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/ 7 years agoYorkshire opt not to renew Liam Plunkett’s contract
The England fast bowler will now join Surrey at the end of the season
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/ 7 years agoCounty Championship title race hots up
Summer is upon us and with it comes the start of some mouthwatering cricket fixtures. One competition that is hotting up...
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/ 7 years agoSuspended Australia captain Steve Smith has a new club
Sticking with T20 cricket...
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/ 7 years agoPaul Nixon’s hoping contract clause won’t Raine on Foxes parade
The all-rounder scored a sublime century in the Blast last week, a knock which hasn't gone unnoticed
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/ 7 years agoHayter column: Well, can we ignore Rashid’s “Warne” delivery?
Was it better than the Australian's 'ball of the century' at Old Trafford in 1993?
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/ 7 years agoKeep Kuldeep Yadav under wraps, warns Paul Adams
The veteran left-arm wrist spinner talks about the India prodigy
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/ 7 years agoThis week’s edition of The Cricket Paper…
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