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Finn replaces injured Willey for West Indies tour

15 February 2017 0 comments

…to take part in the T20 series, which England also lost 2-1. Finn, the Middlesex bowler, has not played any one-day cricket for his country since a 93-run victory over…

Is Joe Root the right man for the job?

15 February 2017 0 comments

…dismally unsuccessful as T20 captain and has suffered a spate of injuries in recent times. Jimmy Anderson, England’s all-time leading wicket-taker, has never been the most vociferous on the field…

Do bowlers get overlooked as England captain because of the old class system?

14 February 2017 0 comments

…power in which, latterly at least, the leading batsmen have been lured away to play in various T20 tournaments around the world. A factor in the bowlers’ rise as captains…

Simon Sweetman column – Time to focus on our own development

14 February 2017 0 comments

…either more content with their lot or see other routes to financial bliss. The problem for the West Indies is that it becomes easier to travel to the sponsored T20…

Alastair Cook: new faces at the opposite end

7 February 2017 0 comments

…Sam Robson and Nick Compton were each allowed to live and let die, the former of the trio rather acrimoniously when dropped from the ensuing ODI and T20 matches after…

Yes, T20 should be fast-paced and fun but let’s cut out these howlers

7 February 2017 0 comments

…game and that’s a whole other conversation to be had, but by denying T20Is the DRS, the ICC are saying that the result of a T20 match doesn’t matter very…

Pietersen rules himself out of IPL auction

3 February 2017 0 comments

…a break after taking part in Australia’s Big Bash League and South Africa’s T20 Challenge. Pietersen explained his decision on Twitter: “FYI – I won’t be going into the IPL…

New Zealand international Taylor re-signs for Sussex

1 February 2017 0 comments

…for this summer’s Natwest T20 Blast, a competition in which he excelled last year. The 33-year-old averaged over 56 in 2016, the highest in the competition, with a high score…

Simon Sweetman column – At last, I could stop feeling like Mr Creosote…

1 February 2017 0 comments

…the new ODI system is to swing from the hip like it’s T20 and on a totally batting-friendly pitch pick a team with at least nine capable batsmen (since it…

Kia Super League fixtures released

1 February 2017 0 comments

…in a rematch of last summer’s inaugural final and will precede Hampshire’s T20 Blast encounter against Glamorgan. The first six games of the competition, which begins on August 10, will…

Derek Pringle column – Stop run fests by bringing back the bouncer

31 January 2017 0 comments

…think he will abort which alters his focus, but then Ranpura bowls the ball anyway. On the six or so occasions he tried it in last year’s T20 qualifier, every…

Heyhoe Flint, the pioneer with a twinkle in her eye…

31 January 2017 0 comments

…globally, had probably gone as far as it could. She would have revelled, therefore, in the 122 per cent increase in prize money for last year’s ICC World T20, the…

Peter Hayter column – Ben hits the right notes in stirring comeback

31 January 2017 0 comments

…bank to land him. Ten months ago, primed and ready to deliver England the World T20 trophy on this same ground by restricting West Indies to fewer than 18 runs…

Kia Super League to be shown live on TV

27 January 2017 0 comments

The 2017 Kia Super League will have up to half a dozen games televised including the final. Double headers with the men’s T20 Blast fixtures will be shown live on…

England leave Hales out of ODI squad for West Indies tour

27 January 2017 0 comments

…that match and put in an impressive performance, which he continued in England’s T20 victory yesterday. Whitaker added: “The current group of players are making excellent progress under the captaincy…

England record seven-wicket victory over India in first T20

26 January 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess England secured an impressive seven-wicket victory over India in the first T20 international in Kanpur, helped by an impressive half-century from captain Eoin Morgan….

Associate Nations – Desert T20 has showcased the class on show in second tier

25 January 2017 0 comments

…were toppled by Oman in the World T20. While both qualified from their groups to make the semi-final of the Desert T20, Afghanistan could easily have been beaten by the…

Greenway starts the search for a new generation in player-coach role for Kent

25 January 2017 0 comments

…– primarily working with the one-day team while still plying her trade in the T20s in the wake of the departure of former county and England captain Charlotte Edwards. And…

Crumbling plans: how a fielding team’s arduous research of a top batsman can be their own undoing

25 January 2017 0 comments

…in white-ball cricket. Ravichandran Ashwin recently talked about constructing an over of them for T20 cricket though what he meant was that a bad ball in red-ball cricket can be…

Save the ODI from becoming an elongated T20 run-fest

25 January 2017 0 comments

…other two formats. It provides both power-hitting of the ilk rarely seen in Tests with slow-burning drama of the sort that T20 is not designed for. But, increasingly, ODIs are…

Derek Pringle column: Expect cash lure to clinch it for new ECB T20 competition

25 January 2017 0 comments

…because the current T20 Blast claimed the same thing when it came kicking and screaming into the world of county cricket 14 years ago. With a new T20 competition planned…

How English missionaries are honing their skills with the top Associates

17 January 2017 0 comments

…for the UAE, too, but less so, largely because so many national and representative teams play or train in Dubai. Playing in the Desert T20, the Associates’ T20 tournament, in…

We’ve got to be more clinical, says Troughton

17 January 2017 0 comments

…murmurings of discontent within the dressing room contributed to Brown’s removal, as did an average T20 Blast campaign. “In the last game of the season against Lancashire, when we needed…

Club Spotlight – Burnley

17 January 2017 0 comments

…Worsley Cup, T20 Cup and the Ron Singleton Colne Trophy. They retained the Worsley Cup this season – their fourth successive title – while coming second in the Lancashire League…

Billings ready to go on the Bash in India

17 January 2017 0 comments

…names barely registered on the wanted lists of global T20 franchise chiefs. Not anymore. This winter’s Big Bash is a who’s who of England’s finest – Stuart Broad, Eoin Morgan,…

Search Results for "t20 blast"

Finn replaces injured Willey for West Indies tour

Is Joe Root the right man for the job?

Do bowlers get overlooked as England captain because of the old class system?

Simon Sweetman column – Time to focus on our own development

Alastair Cook: new faces at the opposite end

Yes, T20 should be fast-paced and fun but let’s cut out these howlers

Pietersen rules himself out of IPL auction

New Zealand international Taylor re-signs for Sussex

Simon Sweetman column – At last, I could stop feeling like Mr Creosote…

Kia Super League fixtures released

Derek Pringle column – Stop run fests by bringing back the bouncer

Heyhoe Flint, the pioneer with a twinkle in her eye…

Peter Hayter column – Ben hits the right notes in stirring comeback

Kia Super League to be shown live on TV

England leave Hales out of ODI squad for West Indies tour

England record seven-wicket victory over India in first T20

Associate Nations – Desert T20 has showcased the class on show in second tier

Greenway starts the search for a new generation in player-coach role for Kent

Crumbling plans: how a fielding team’s arduous research of a top batsman can be their own undoing

Save the ODI from becoming an elongated T20 run-fest

Derek Pringle column: Expect cash lure to clinch it for new ECB T20 competition

How English missionaries are honing their skills with the top Associates

We’ve got to be more clinical, says Troughton

Club Spotlight – Burnley

Billings ready to go on the Bash in India

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