The England selectors have named an unchanged 14-man squad for the remaining three matches of the NatWest one-day series against India.
Jon Lewis will remain with the squad as cover for Ryan Sidebottom, who has missed the first four matches with a side injury.
The Notts bowler will miss the fifth game but may play in Notts’ […]
Beth Morgan made her highest score for England as they ended their summer one-day series against New Zealand with a thrilling three-wicket win.
Morgan held the innings together at Shenley with 77, and shared a crucial stand of 91 with Jenny Gunn (27). Read more
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Stuart MacGill feels more at ease in the Australian squad under Tim Nielsen than John Buchanan, and he hopes to play until at least the 2009 Ashes in England. MacGill, who injured his knee at the team’s boot camp last year, said life was difficult for fringe players under Buchanan. Read more
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Shane Warne has ranked Steve Waugh at No. 26 on his list of 50 greatest cricketers because he was a “match-saver rather than a match-winner”. Darren Lehmann, David Boon, Brett Lee and Stephen Fleming were higher than Waugh as Warne revealed players 21 to 30 in his column in the Times. Read more
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Australian bowlers often mention variations of “execute” when discussing Twenty20. The action buzzwords are central to their plans, but at the World Championship in South Africa it will be the batsmen who decide how many fast men suffer on-field deaths by a thousand smashings.
In-house teasing at Australia’s pre-season camp involved Matthew Hayden referring to his […]
Pietersen survives a strong appeal for lbw. That should have been out. India on top. 41-3
WICKET Bell goes. He leaves a smashing delivery from Agarkar and hears his stumps go clatter! 35-3
Bell finds the boundary again, but Powar’s fielding was poor to say the least. Read more
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A record eighth-wicket stand between Ravi Bopara (43no) and Stuart Broad (45no) led England to a three-wicket win over India and a 3-1 series lead.
The pair came together with England reeling on 114-7, chasing 213 to win, but showed remarkable composure as they reached 213-7 with 12 balls to spare. Read more
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A record eighth-wicket stand between Ravi Bopara (43no) and Stuart Broad (45no) at Old Trafford led England to a three-wicket win and a 3-1 series lead.
The pair came together with England reeling on 114-7, chasing 213 to win, but showed remarkable composure as they reached 213-7 with 12 balls to spare. Read more
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What score India would have got but for Yuvraj’s guile? Possibly, a total less than 160-170!
The Indian middle order mainstay played according to the situation and helped India get over one of their worst possible starts. At 32 for three India was once again in a deep crisis situation. Sachin Tendulkar was the lone man […]
These are the sort of games that can either lift you tremendously or leave you utterly deflated. An upbeat Paul Collingwood hailed the partnership between the two youngest members of his side - Ravi Bopara and Stuart Broad - and felt that England needed to be “ruthless” from now on, while an expectedly downcast Rahul […]
This was the sort of feisty evening that the whole series had been building up to. Since the first Test at Lord’s both these sides had been itching to land a few body-blows at each other and here at Manchester they almost got there. A packed house comprising 19,884 spectators were witness to a royal […]
England’s women secured a consolation victory in the sixth and final ODI against New Zealand at Shenley, as Nicky Shaw and Isa Guha kept their cool in a tense final over to win by three wickets with one ball to spare.
After winning the toss and fielding, England were given early impetus when Shaw removed Suzie […]