All posts tagged "Edgbaston"
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Features
/ 9 years agoRock bottom, but Windies have real hope of a revival
Alison Mitchell charts the demise of Caribbean cricket and finds there are encouraging signs for the future It is difficult to...
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Features
/ 9 years agoPerfect partners – like me & Goughie
By Richard Edwards ANDY CADDICK is a man who knows a thing or two about bowling partnerships. At a time when...
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/ 9 years agoPINK BALLS? FIERY FRED WOULD HAVE CHOKED ON HIS MI…
MARTIN JOHNSON If, as appears to be the case, the ECB are leaning towards making pink ball Test matches an annual...
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Test Matches
/ 9 years agoRoot wants runs to add to family pride
By Chris Stocks England v West Indies Second Test, Aug 25-29, Headingley, 11:00 JOERoot admits captaining England for the first time...
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News
/ 9 years ago’SIR’ GEOFF HAS PUT HIMSELF ON STICKY WICKET
AS A batsman, Geoffrey Boycott prided himself on a stout defence. Yet even he has acknowledged that the straightest bat cannot...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHow Dukes have managed to produce a ball to dye for
Alison Mitchell learns the secrets of the factory which provides the weaponry for the day/night Test experiment Magic man: Dilip Jajodia...
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/ 9 years agoDukes ball will stand up to the Day/Night Test, insists chief Jajodia
Ball manufacturer's chief comfortable with own company's product, as Cricket Australia face calls to ditch Kookaburra's pink ball
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/ 9 years agoSweet stats – Proof that Test batsmen can no longer dig in
(Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) By Simon Sweetman Is there a pattern developing here? England v South Africa, three Tests all...
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Features
/ 9 years agoGone is the art of grinding out a long Test innings
The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events SIMON SWEETMAN Mainstay: Dean Elgar was the only South African batsman to show...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSibley says no to Surrey in favour of Warwicks
By Seth Francis WHILE Rikki Clarke agreed a deal to switch from Edgbaston back to The Oval last week, Surrey’s Dominic...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoTHE ART OF BEING PATIENT IS NO LONGER A VIRTUE
MARTIN JOHNSON In the course of the last three England-South Africa Test matches, what was once a growing suspicion has now...
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News
/ 9 years agoOld boy Jimmy is ready to play the supporting role
By Chris Stocks Passing on his experience: Jimmy Anderson was on hand to offer advice during the third Test PICTURE: Getty...
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Test Matches
/ 9 years agoEden Park completes day/night Test trilogy
By Seth Francis ENGLAND will play their third day-night Test in seven months with their first Test against New Zealand next...
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News
/ 9 years agoFast-starting Delport seeking a big finish
By Andrew Lawton Top-order power: but Cameron Delport wants to convert his starts into big runs PICTURE: Getty Images IT IS...
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News
/ 9 years agoHose goes as Bears beckon for batsman
By Seth FrancisADAM Hose has left Somerset and joined Warwickshire, penning a three-year deal at Edgbaston. Hose, 24, joined Somerset in...
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T20
/ 9 years agoMadsen excels as Derbyshire keep pressure on at top
By Dan Barnes NORTH ROUND-UP DERBYSHIRE Falcons sauntered past WORCESTERSHIRE Rapids to maintain their strong start. Billy Godleman’s career-best 70 and...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoPringle column: Being hit by a ball is often an unavoidable thing
By Derek Pringle For those doubting the destructive power of a cricket ball to damage, both physically and psychologically, look no...
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/ 9 years agoSORRY, FAF, IT’S NOT EASY TO TURN THE TABLES OVER HERE
Derek Pringle looks back at history to suggest that South Africa may find it difficult to overturn an early series deficit...
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County Championships
/ 9 years agoSurrey let unsettled Footitt return to Midlands
By Joshua Peck MARK Footitt, so regularly tipped for England, has dropped into Division Two having re-signed for Notts following a...
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News
/ 9 years agoDouble signing delights Warwickshire
Impressive: Hannon-Dalby WARWICKSHIRE have kept hold of one of their One-Day Cup heroes with Oliver Hannon- Dalby putting pen to paper...
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/ 9 years agoBEING HIT BY A BALL CAN NOT OFTEN BE AVOIDED
Pace ace: Fast bowlers like Andy Roberts first made their mark on batsmen in the early 1970s PICTURE: Getty Images For...
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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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County Championships
/ 9 years agoTrott skips to new beat for the Bears
Paul Bolton discovers the responsibility of captaincy sits comfortably with the veteran batsman Warwickshire 334 (Clarke 83, Murtagh 3-85) & 233...
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News
/ 9 years agoWarwickshire move is too little, too late
IT’S good to learn that Warwickshire have signed a new player in Yorkshire’s Will Rhodes, but they are paying a heavy...
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/ 9 years agoI’M ALL FOR CHANGE, BUT GAME MUST KEEP TRADITION
DEREK PRINGLE One day’s play in Essex’s Championship match against Middlesex may not be the kind of sample required by science...
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