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Cricket Paper
/ 9 years agoNo change from Cook on ixers
By Chris Stocks WOMEN’S WORLD CUP In-form England cruise into semi-finals Showing no mercy: Alastair Cook hits out in the nets...
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Cricket Paper
/ 9 years agoRoot backs old pal Gary to score big
Skipper takes responsibility for recall but stands by county star By Chris Stocks at Trent Bridge Fighting: Gary Balance JOE ROOT...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoHayter column: It’s time to enjoy Cook’s second coming…
By Peter Hayter While Joe Root and his every move would have been subjected to the minutest scrutiny from the moment...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoBig Vernon Philander has earned the right to feast at the top
By Neil Manthorp The suburb of Ravensmead in Parow, 20 kilometres from the centre of Cape Town, has no airs, graces...
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Featured
/ 9 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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Featured
/ 9 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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Featured
/ 9 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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Featured
/ 9 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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Featured
/ 9 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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County Reviews
/ 9 years agoHome turf – Dickson belts out some runs at Beckenham
(Photo: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) By Mark Pennell Kent opener Sean Dickson re-wrote the county’s batting record books following his eight-hour marathon...
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County Reviews
/ 9 years agoDerbyshire turn the tables by switching to the spin of Tahir and Qadri
(Photo: Getty Images) By Nigel Gardner The times certainly are a- changing. Brexit, Trump, the rise of Corbyn and now Derbyshire,...
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County Reviews
/ 9 years ago25 wickets tumble on day one as play at Cheltenham lasts only two days
(Photo: Getty Images) By Richard Latham Kieran Noema-Barnett appears to be enjoying his cricket more now than at any other time...
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County Reviews
/ 9 years agoCraig Overton storms back from England snub for Somerset
(Photo: Harry Trump/Getty Images) By Graham Hardcastle Matthew Maynard has no doubts over Craig Overton’s ability to shine for England. Last month,...
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County Reviews
/ 9 years agoCenturions aplenty at Oval’s flat track as Burns shines bright
(Photo: Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images) By Jeremy Blackmore Stand-in skipper Rory Burns proved to be Surrey’s man for a crisis after batting...
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County Reviews
/ 9 years agoTrott gets Bears ticking but Middlesex come out on top in nail-biter
(Photo: Getty Images) By Paul Bolton Jonathan Trott relished the extra responsibilities of captaincy by leading from the front in his...
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International News
/ 9 years agoAdam Collins Opinion: Pay dispute hurting the fringle flock
In politics, it is known as a ‘statement war’...
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County Championships
/ 9 years agoCraig storms back fromEngland snub
Graham Hardcastle sees Somerset’s Craig Overton state his case for an international call-up Yorkshire 213 (Rashid 49, C Overton 5-87) &...
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News
/ 9 years agoFine start sees Ackermann sign up for Leicestershire
Deal: Colin Ackermann COLIN Ackermann will continue to call Grace Road home after signing a contract extension at Leicestershire. Ackermann, 26,...
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News
/ 9 years agoWestwood knew it was right to retire
By Luke Baker Coach: Jim Troughton Over and out: Ian Westwood has brought an end to his playing days PICTURE: Getty...
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News
/ 9 years agoSpin king Qadri gets Under-19 India call
By Seth Francis SIXTEEN-year-old Hamidullah Qadri has been rewarded for his five wickets on his Derbyshire debut by being handed a...
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Featured
/ 9 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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Test Matches
/ 9 years agoROOT’S CENTURY IS ONE FOR THE AGES
Peter Hayter hails the brilliance of Joe Root after the England skipper marked his first day in the job with a...
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Test Matches
/ 9 years agoEngland’s top three must start delivering
With a misfiring top order becoming a bad habit, there’s only so long that a middle-order rescue act can be relied...
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Test Matches
/ 9 years agoRoot rides luck to lift faltering England
By Chris Stocks England 357-5 (Root184*, Ali 61*, Stokes 56, Philander 3-46) South Africa Stumps - Day One Toss: England, who...
