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Ashes
/ 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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Ashes
/ 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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Ashes
/ 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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Ashes
/ 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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News
/ 8 years agoTHE CRICKET PAPER Subscriptions…
Postal subscription rates for The Cricket Paper are: £20 for ten issues, £40 for 20 issues, or £80 for 40 issues,...
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News
/ 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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News
/ 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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Ashes
/ 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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Ashes
/ 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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Ashes
/ 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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Ashes
/ 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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Ashes
/ 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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Ashes
/ 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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Ashes
/ 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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Ashes
/ 8 years agoCenturion Pope answers the Ghosts’ prayers
By Richard Edwards OLLIE POPE has some big shoes to fill at his new club in Sydney – but he has...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoGURU FLOWER ENSURES THAT MALAN’S BACK IN FULL BLOOM
Chris Stocks discovers that England’s late developer has been working hard to retain his place for the first Test Back to...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoDon’t let lower order keep countering again!
WHILE all the talk is of the top order batting of both sides and how England and Australia’s bowling attacks line-up,...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoThis Aussie is getting sick of all the war talk
THERE is a lot of commentary in the Australian media, especially the newspapers, relating to cricket and Australia’s approach to playing...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoIt’s a butterfingers plan…
I SEE that the Aussies are up to their old tricks again. James Vince was dropped three times in his first...
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Ashes
/ 8 years agoOverton primed to step in for injured Ball
By Chris Stocks Injuries open door for Colly’s cameo… ENGLAND’S injury concerns on this Ashes tour mounted yesterday when Jake Ball...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoTremlett: Ashes stage is set for an unlikely hero
Tremlett on the formula used by England to win the 2010/11 tour
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Featured
/ 8 years agoPringle column: Different eras, but victory remains so sweet to the victor
Derek Pringle on the 1986 Ashes Christmas party and Chris Tavare's wife needing to be sedated for the flight
