Kevin Pietersen has made the first decisive step towards instilling a greater intent in England’s one-day performances by giving Owais Shah a licence to play at the top of the order. Read more
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Canada’s three debutants were the stars as their team opened the tri-series with a 25-run victory over Bermuda, who also relied heavily on a first-gamer. Sent in at No. 3 in the chase, Chris Douglas, 18, guided Bermuda with a promising 69 but when he fell with 71 still needed, the hosts locked down the […]
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian captain, has said that Ajantha Mendis was an unusual bowler in comparison to Muttiah Muralitharan, but it’s only a matter of time before batsmen are able to pick his variations easily. Mendis continued to trouble the Indians after picking up 3 for 21 off nine overs in Sri Lanka’s easy […]
Somerset will have no injury concerns when they start their bid to go top of LV County Championship Division One on Tuesday.
The south-west county currently sit third in the table but are just three points behind leaders Nottinghamshire ahead of their clash with lowly Hampshire at the Rose Bowl.
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Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the remaining four one-day internationals against Sri Lanka due to an ankle injury. He had twisted his left ankle during practice on Sunday and played no part in the first ODI at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Monday which India lost by eight wickets.
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Robbie Joseph claimed five victims for 13 runs as Kent thrashed Derbyshire by nine wickets at Canterbury in Pro40 Division Two.
Derbyshire were skittled out for just 60, the lowest score they have ever posted in a one-day match, and Kent raced to their victory target in just 9.4 overs.
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Junaid Siddique, the left-handed opening batsman, has been called-up to the Bangladesh squad in Australia as a replacement for the injured Nazimuddin, who has been ruled out of the three-match series after tearing one of the tendons on his left ring finger. The injury occurred when he tried to catch a ball during the pre-match […]
England women saw their final match against South Africa abandoned without a ball bowled, though they still won the one-day series by a 4-0 margin.
England remain in Chesterfield for the first of three Twenty20 internationals.
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South Africa’s bid to gain some pride was washed out on Monday when rain prevented any play, leaving England the 4-0 series victors. The sides meet again this Thursday for the first of three Twenty20s; the sole Test having been abandoned long ago in favour of extra chances to play the shorter games ahead of […]
Hampshire have named England under-19 spinner Liam Dawson in their squad as they look to break free of the Championship’s relegation dogfight.
Chris Tremlett is injured, but in any case is with the England one-day squad.
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