Durham captain Dale Benkenstein believes England “desperately” need Steve Harmison in their one-day team.
Benkenstein last night tried to arrange for the England pace spearhead to make an unexpectedly early return to county colours, against Nottinghamshire in the LV County Championship this morning. Read more
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Graeme Smith reckons South Africa’s series win in England was even more impressive given their lack of firepower with the ball.
The Proteas headed into the four-match npower campaign with a much-heralded attack but came out the other end with reputations diminished rather than enhanced.
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A full house at Canterbury was left far from impressed as cricket’s regulations once again contrived to scupper a well-balanced contest. High winds prevented the floodlights being raised which meant the match was abandoned six overs into Leicestershire’s run chase.
The match was always likely to end this way as the winds were gusting well above […]
England might have lost the Test series to South Africa but this summer has been a personal triumph for James Anderson.
Lancashire pace bowler Anderson, 26, featured in all seven Tests in a summer for the first time in his career and his current stretch of nine matches is also his longest spell in the team. […]
Simon Jones has pulled out of the England Lions squad which will play two one-dayers against the South Africans. Jones is suffering a ’slight hamstring strain’ and will be out of action for at least a week. Steve Kirby, the Gloucestershire fast bowler, will join the squad in Jones’ place.
Jones switched to Worcestershire from Glamorgan […]
Peter Moores is confident Kevin Pietersen will be ruthless if England fail to perform as he would like as the new captain.
The England coach has watched Pietersen closely over the last week after he succeeded Michael Vaughan into the role and then guided England to a six-wicket victory over South Africa in the final Test […]
India will take on Australia at Karachi on September 13 in their first match, according to revised Champions Trophy fixture.
The event will kick-off with hosts Pakistan facing off against the runners up West Indies in Lahore. Read more
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Sachin Tendulkar has dropped to No. 23, his lowest ranking in 15 years in the latest ICC ranking for Test batsmen.
Tendulkar, who started the Sri Lanka series in 13th position, finished in 23rd place after scoring 95 runs at 15.83. Read more
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New Zealand appear unlikely to visit Pakistan for a three-match ODI series in the lead-up to the Champions Trophy, according to the PCB. New Zealand originally agreed to the tour, which would have given them a good chance to acclimatise ahead of the main eight-team event.
But New Zealand are one of the teams that have […]
Tim Nielsen, the Australia coach, has taken confidence from Kevin Pietersen’s early talk about the Ashes following his opening game as England captain. The series doesn’t start until next July, but Pietersen said after opening his account against South Africa that “if we play like we played this week, we’ll beat Australia”.
“I’m pleased that he […]
Somerset captain Justin Langer hit a brisk unbeaten 24 in his side’s LV County Championship Division One clash with Surrey before the weather forced the sides to take an early lunch.
After losing the toss, the 37-year-old Australian got his side off to a positive start with five fours in 15 balls to help his side […]
Kevin Pietersen welcomed in his new England captaincy era with a win and boldly predicted Ashes success with a repeat performance next summer.
Pietersen, 28, was named man of the match for the six-wicket victory in a dead rubber at the end of the npower series against South Africa at the Brit Oval. […]