Wicket-keeper Tim Ambrose has been called up to England’s one-day squad for the series against New Zealand.
Ambrose, who has played the last five Tests since taking over from Matt Prior, replaces Phil Mustard and is the only uncapped player in a 14-man squad.
Spinner James Tredwell is the other player dropped from the squad beaten 3-1 […]
Aaron Redmond hit his sixth first-class hundred to steer New Zealand to 329-8 on the first day of their three-day tour match at Northamptonshire.
Redmond and Peter Fulton (57) coped well against the swinging ball as they put on 113 in a watchful opening stand.
He then went on to share 144 for the fourth wicket with […]
Records seem easiest for the people who are the least concerned about them as thoughts of milestones don’t sit annoyingly and teasingly in their minds. Years ago it seemed unbelievable that Ricky Ponting didn’t know how highly history rated some of his deeds.
Whenever he walked in after play to discuss his latest hundred and was […]
Ricky Ponting has become the seventh man to join the 10,000-run Test club, moving alongside Steve Waugh and Allan Border as the only Australian members of the elite group. Ponting, 33, reached the milestone by advancing to the part-time legspinner Ramnaresh Sarwan and cover-driving for two, taking him from 59 to 61.
He acknowledged the achievement […]
Lancashire bowler Sajid Mahmood took 4-61 to lead the attack for the visitors on a fairly even first day.
Mahmood claimed two early wickets in his opening spell to hand Lancashire the initiative.
But good counter-attacking knocks from batsman Jacques Rudolph (66) and wicket-keeper Gerard Brophy (59) ensured Yorkshire remained in touch. Read more
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Crowd favourite: Half an hour before the first semi-final, the Wankhede was only about half full. An hour into the game the crowd, now packed to the rafters, was screaming “Watson, Watson” as he smashed Delhi’s bowlers to all parts of the ground. Mumbai has been known to cheer only their own but two neutral […]
Ed Smith’s decision to insert Derbyshire paid off at Lord’s as the visitors were bowled out for 244 on the opening day. The top order suggested a more fruitful time for Derbyshire, but they lost their last six wickets for 46, including Dan Birch who top-scored with 72, as the Middlesex attack shared the workload […]
Yorkshire, handed a lemon at start of play when they were sent in to bat under dull skies, made perhaps most of a jug of lemonade out of it. They did quite well to pass 300 with three wickets still in hand, but even so a number of their batsmen made a good start before […]
Shane Watson was the star of the first Indian Premier League semi-final as he steered the Rajasthan Royals to a 105-run win over the Delhi Daredevils.
Captain Shane Warne had feared a neutral venue could hamper the Royals, who topped the regular league table with 11 wins from 14 matches, but those concerns were quickly laid […]
Sussex paceman Corey Collymore captured Michael Di Venuto and night-watchman Mark Davies as Durham made a bad start in replying to Sussex’s below par 214.
Mark Stoneman also fell to a slip catch off Jason Lewry as the visitors closed on 10-3.
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Kabir Ali spearheaded a tremendous Worcestershire fightback after a disappointing batting display against Essex at New Road.
Ali grabbed 3-21 to help reduce the shell-shocked visitors to 80-7 off 21 overs in reply to his side’s 176. Read more
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