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18/05/2012
Andy Murray has stated that his performance at the Rome Masters, where he crashed out after missing 15 out of 17 break points, was hampered by an injury.
The Scot lost 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 to Richard Gasquet and showed signs of obvious discomfort...
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18/05/2012
People enjoying corporate hospitality at Lord's look set to be in for an exciting summer, if the first day's play of the first Test is any indication.
England sought to gain the advantage...
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17/05/2012
Andrew Strauss has said that the thought of ending his reign as England captain has never entered his mind.
The Middlesex left hander has guided the national side to the top of the ICC rankings, but his own form has been less than prolific,...
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16/05/2012
England's cricket selectors face a dilemma over who will be in the bowling line-up when the Test series against the West Indies begins this week.
While James Anderson and Stuart Broad are the new ball pairing and Graeme Swann is the spinner...
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15/05/2012
James Anderson has been named as England's Test Player of the Year by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
The fast bowler picked up the gong ahead of Stuart Broad and Alastair Cook in a vote by the cricketing media, while Charlotte Edwards...
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14/05/2012
Opening batsman Joe Root struck 115 not out as the West Indies crashed to a ten-wicket defeat in the pre-Test warm-up against England Lions at Northampton.
The tourists made a better effort of their second innings after being blown away for 147...
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11/05/2012
Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has been recalled to the national squad for the upcoming tour of England, which includes five one-day internationals.
The left-armer had slipped out of contention after his wayward bowling contributed to...
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11/05/2012
The West Indian batting was demolished for just 147 in their tour match against England Lions, which may point to more carnage in the upcoming Test series.
Darren Bravo made 51 for the visitors, but played a virtually lone hand in bowler-friendly...
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09/05/2012
Kevin Pietersen has been tipped to bring his hot run of form back from the subcontinent when he faces up to early-season English conditions with Surrey.
The England star, who blazed 151 in the recent Colombo Test before a spell in the Indian...
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08/05/2012
The West Indies cricket team gained little practice from their opening tour match against Sussex at Hove, as rain allowed just 34 overs to be bowled during that time.
It enabled five visiting batsmen - Adrian Barath, Kirk Edwards and Keiron Powell,...
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08/05/2012
England Test cricket captain Andrew Strauss will soon get back in the runs, team-mate Jonathan Trott has said.
Speaking to BBC Sport, Trott said the lack of runs being suffered by the captain is not so different a situation to that suffered by...
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04/05/2012
Andrew Strauss missed out on a half century as Middlesex's County Championship game against Worcestershire at Lord's finally got under way following a first-day wash-out.
The England Test captain was keen to get some runs under his belt...
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04/05/2012
The West Indies may have a not-so-secret weapon when they start the Test series against England this month - Ottis Gibson.
Former England bowling coach Gibson is now in charge of the Caribbean side and told the England and Wales Cricket Board...
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04/05/2012
Ian Bell hit an unbeaten century for Warwickshire to boost his chances of staying in the England team.
On the second day of the County Championship match against Durham, Bell, who had begun the day on 59 not out, moved on to 106 on a day...
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03/05/2012
Yorkshire youngster Johnny Bairstow boosted his chances of more England international action by scoring 182 in the County Championship match against Leicestershire at Scarborough.
The youngster's knock was the mainstay of the home side's...
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03/05/2012
Another day of low-scoring in the County Championship did not prevent Ian Bell from making a timely unbeaten half century for Warwickshire.
Bowlers were on top again around the country and this was certainly the case at Edgbaston, where...
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01/05/2012
Overseas-born cricketers moving to England after the age of 18 will now have to wait seven years before they can play for the national side.
The England and Wales Cricket Board has extended the qualifying period from four years amid concerns...
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27/04/2012
South African bowler Vernon Philander has said he hopes to live up to the tag of being the 'new Glenn McGrath' against England this summer.
Philander told BBC Sport: "He's a good man to be named after", adding: "I base...
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27/04/2012
Jonathan Trott scored an unbeaten century on his return to county cricket after the tour Sri Lanka - but Warwickshire and England team-mate Ian Bell fell for a duck.
Trott...
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26/04/2012
England all-rounder Stuart Broad is set to return to action for his county side Nottinghamshire after recovering from the injury that kept him out of the Test match in Colombo.
He will play next week after flying home with a calf strain after...
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24/04/2012
Ravi Bopara faces a "make-or-break" season as an international cricketer, according to former skipper Alec Stewart.
The Essex batsman made a century for his county this week, but Stewart told BBC Sport if his county runs get him back...
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24/04/2012
The West Indies provided another suggestion that they could be competitive in the Test series in England starting next month, as they dominated the first day of the third Test at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica.
Australia crawled to 212-7...
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23/04/2012
Graham Onions may have done more to boost his chances of an England recall with ten wickets in the match for Durham against Middlesex.
And struggling England captain Andrew Strauss will know all about the seamer's form after being...
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20/04/2012
England Test captain Andrew Strauss was out for a second-ball duck on his return to county cricket with Middlesex.
He was bowled by Durham's Graham Onions, which may do the seamer no harm as he seeks to return to the England side.
The...
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19/04/2012
Kevin Pietersen hammered his first ever T20 century as his Delhi Daredevils beat the Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League today (April 19th).
His unbeaten 103 came off just 64 balls, including nine sixes and six fours, with his century...
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19/04/2012
West Indian fast bowler Kemar Roach has given England's batsmen a warning ahead of the Test series beginning next month, with a sharp early spell that saw him remove the first three Australian batsmen in their second innings of the Test match in...
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19/04/2012
England Test captain Andrew Strauss has returned to county action for Middlesex after a brief rest following England's tour to Sri Lanka.
The skipper struggled with the bat over the winter like many of his team-mates, but unlike the...
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18/04/2012
England should remain the best team in Test cricket for some time, Sir Ian Botham has said.
The great all-rounder, speaking during his latest charity walk for leukemia research, said the side had been "a little blase" in the winter...
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16/04/2012
Off-spinner Wayne Shillingford may find his way into the West Indies tour party to visit England starting next month after a good first day back in Test cricket.
Bowling on a slow pitch in Trinidad on the opening day of the second Test against...
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13/04/2012
With the cricket season now underway, Hampshire and sponsors Ageas have unveiled the newly-rebranded Ageas Bowl.
Hitherto known as the Rose Bowl, the venue has now been fully kitted out with the company's livery and chief executive of the...
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13/04/2012
England seamer Graham Onions started as he means to go on with 4-42 in Durham's County Championship game against Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street yesterday (April 12th).
The bowler will be keen to add to his eight England Test caps after...
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12/04/2012
England's Test cricket captain Andrew Strauss will be playing county cricket this month for Middlesex as he bids to improve his form before the start of the international summer.
While many of the tour party just back from Sri Lanka will...
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12/04/2012
Two of the sides touring England this summer served up a dramatic finish to the Test match in Barbados, with Australia eventually beating the West Indies by three wickets.
With the game seemingly heading for a draw after both sides passed 400...
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11/04/2012
Australia's bowlers have dragged their side back into contention against the West Indies in the first Test between the two sides in Barbados.
After the home side had declared on 449-9 in the first innings, the tourists had slipped to 285-8,...
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11/04/2012
England players Tim Bresnan and Alastair Cook have been named among Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year.
The pair were named in the prestigious yearbook's 149th edition, alongside Worcestershire seamer Alan Richardson, Lancashire's...
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05/04/2012
Kevin Pietersen has said his brilliant 151 against Sri Lanka in the second test in Colombo is due to the old sportsman's adage that practice makes perfect.
The right-hander has claimed he has been in good form for most of the winter,...
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04/04/2012
The West Indies have added two players to the squad for the first Test against Australia in Barbados who were absent in the recent one-day and T20 matches between the two countries.
All-rounder Narsingh Deonarine has been recalled to the squad,...
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04/04/2012
England have the upper hand after two days of the Colombo Test match against Sri Lanka after Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook put on 122 for the first wicket.
Starting the day on 238-6, Sri Lanka were only able to add another 37 as Graeme Swann...
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03/04/2012
A second successive century by Mahela Jayawardene helped Sri Lanka hold England back on the first day of the second Test in Colombo - but honours are even after the hosts finished on 238-6.
Although Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to...
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02/04/2012
Australia's cricketers are hoping to leapfrog England in the Test match rankings in their upcoming series in the West Indies.
England are poised to cede top ranking to South Africa if they fail to win the Colombo Test this week and...
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02/04/2012
Jonathan Trott said his century in the Test match in Galle was down to playing his natural game and not attempting anything out of the ordinary.
Speaking to the England and Wales Cricket Board website, Trott said: "I just played normally,...
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30/03/2012
Andrew Strauss has no plans to quit as England's Test captain, former skipper Graham Gooch has said.
Gooch, who is the team's batting coach, played down suggestions the 35-year-old might go due to a lack of form, something that has contributed...
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30/03/2012
Those who enjoy the chance to entertain their clients for longer periods of time may consider Lord's hospitality packages to be ideal due to the greater length of...
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29/03/2012
England are set to relinquish their status as number one Test nation as they cannot win the two-match series in Sri Lanka after losing by 75 runs in Galle.
Chasing an unlikely 340 to win, Jonathan Trott's century seemed to be guiding...
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28/03/2012
Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen were unbeaten on 40 and 29 respectively at the close of the third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle as England closed on 111-2, chasing 340 to go 1-0 up.
That target may seem unlikely as...
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27/03/2012
James Anderson will go on to break Sir Ian Botham's record as England's highest Test match wicket-taker, former skipper Michael Vaughan has predicted.
The Lancastrian passed 250 Test wickets in the current Test match against Sri Lanka...
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26/03/2012
Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene struck an unbeaten 168 to lead a Sri Lankan recovery in the first Test against England in Galle.
Two early wickets from James Anderson and one from Stuart Broad had left the hosts at 15-3 after they...
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26/03/2012
Vernon Philander sent out a new warning to England with his sixth five-wicket haul in seven Tests as South Africa set up a victory charge against New Zealand in Wellington.
The fast-medium bowler took 6-81 and in doing so became the fastest man...
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23/03/2012
England will not face Sri Lankan all-rounder Angelo Mathews in the first Test in Galle after he failed a fitness test.
A calf injury has kept Mathews out and chairman of selectors Asantha De Mel has said his entire future as a bowler is in serious...
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22/03/2012
For those whose idea of a taste of heaven is enjoying hospitality packages at the Kia Oval, this summer may be particularly exciting.
This is because Keith Prowse has been able to confirm that hospitality...
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22/03/2012
Indian cricket legend Rahul Dravid has said that international cricket can sustain three formats of the game - provided administrators ensure the calendar is not too crowded.
Speaking to BBC Radio Five Live in the wake of his retirement from...
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21/03/2012
Andrew Strauss made a century in England's second warm-up match of their Sri Lanka tour, with the first Test less than a week away.
The captain retired upon reaching the landmark, as did Jonathan Trott, with whom he shared an opening stand...
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20/03/2012
England's bowlers had a day of toil in the heat in the second tour match in Sri Lanka
Stuart Broad passed a fitness test and took 3-55 against the Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI in Colombo, but with Chamara Silva making 163, the home side...
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16/03/2012
Cardiff's Swalec Stadium could face a new threat to its international cricket future after Gloucestershire's Nevil Road ground in Bristol moved nearer redevelopment.
After recently announcing revised plans to satisfy Bristol City...
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16/03/2012
In-form opener Alastair Cook hit 163 as England took charge on day two of their tour match against a Sri Lankan board XI in Colombo.
Having bowled the hosts out for 169, the visitors were hoping to pile up some runs, but in the end Cook's...
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15/03/2012
Monty Panesar continued his good form with the ball in England's opening warm-up match on the tour of Sri Lanka.
The spinner claimed 5-37 in 23.3 overs in Colombo as England bowled the President's XI out for 169, following up James Anderson's...
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15/03/2012
Cricket fans could be watching one-day internationals in the Champions Trophy instead of a Test match, it has emerged.
The move would see Lord's swapping the Test match against New Zealand set to take place at the Swalec Stadium in...
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14/03/2012
England Test cricket captain Andrew Strauss has spoken of his aim to get back among the runs in the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka.
Strauss has not made a Test century since Brisbane in November 2010 and told the England and Wales...
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14/03/2012
The snickometer will be used to adjudicate on disputed catches in the Sri Lanka v England Test series starting this month.
While the hawk-eye ball tracking system will be used to as part of the Decision Review System (DRS) for lbw verdicts,...
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13/03/2012
Ravi Bopara has spoken of his determination to put his terrible previous tour of Sri Lanka behind him as England prepare for their two-match Test series in the country.
The Middlesex batsman made just 42 runs in five innings in 2007 as...
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13/03/2012
Former England wicketkeeper Geraint Jones has spoken of his hopes of playing in this autumn's T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka - with Papua New Guinea.
Jones, who was born in the country but qualified for England through his Welsh parentage, told...
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09/03/2012
The odds on South Africa taking over as the leading Test nation have improved after they took charge of the first Test of the series against New Zealand in Dunedin through centuries from Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis..
Needing to win...
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07/03/2012
The odds on England remaining the leading Test nation this year may have been enhanced by a New Zealand fightback on the first day of the opening Test of their home series against South Africa in Dunedin.
A wet and chilly start saw play truncated...
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06/03/2012
South Africa's wicketkeeper Mark Boucher may be touring for the last time this summer as his side take on England in the battle for top spot in the Test rankings.
Boucher and his team-mates are preparing for a Test series in New Zealand that...
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02/03/2012
The London 2012 Olympics is something many people are looking forward to - but demand is higher than ever for alternative sporting attractions.
Keith Prowse has noted a growing trend for corporate hospitality...
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01/03/2012
James Tredwell has said he is not going to Sri Lanka to act as a drinks carrier, but to force his way into the Test team.
The Kent off-spinner told the BBC: "If I go out there thinking I'm just there as cover, then if I do get a chance,...
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29/02/2012
Eoin Morgan can win his side back in the England Test side if he improves his technique, coach Andy Flower has said.
The Irish-born batsman struggled in the UAE and has been left out of the squad to play in Sri Lanka, where a similar challenge...
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28/02/2012
Eoin Morgan is the most notable omission as England announced the 16-man touring party to play two Tests in Sri Lanka.
The Dublin-born batsman was one of several to struggle in the Test series as England were whitewashed 3-0 and the team...
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28/02/2012
England clinched victory in the three-match T20 series against Pakistan in the UAE off the very last ball of the tour in the most dramatic of finishes.
Needing to hit the last ball of the game for six, Misbah-ul-Haq was deceived by Jade Dernbach's...
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27/02/2012
England's cricketers have improved against spin bowling during the tour of the UAE, coach Andy Flower has insisted.
Speaking after the second T20 international, which England won by 28 runs to level the series 1-1, Flower told the England...
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27/02/2012
Hampshire County Cricket Club has agreed a deal with Ageas that will see the Rose Bowl renamed the Ageas Bowl.
The insurance company, whose headquarters are based in nearby Eastleigh, will help with investment in the ground and its facilities,...
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24/02/2012
England have lost the first T20 of their three-match series against Pakistan in the UAE by eight runs.
Pakistan managed to compile 144-6 from their 20 overs in Dubai despite at one stage being 73-5, with Graeme Swann doing the damage on his way...
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23/02/2012
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club has admitted it is considering the possibility of moving to a new ground in a bid to attract more international matches.
The club only hosts occasional England one-day games at its Nevil Road venue in Bristol...
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23/02/2012
England's T20 cricket captain Stuart Broad has said he is excited by the new English talent emerging in the shortest format of the game.
Speaking to the England and Wales Cricket Board website, Broad said: "I look through the squad and...
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22/02/2012
Alastair Cook is remaining on England's tour of the UAE for the trio of T20 games coming up.
While he captains the one-day side, Cook is not an automatic selection for the 20-over game and the team will be skippered by Stuart Broad.
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22/02/2012
Kevin Pietersen hit his second century in successive innings to lead England to a four-wicket victory against Pakistan in the final match of the one-day series in the UAE and secured a 4-0 whitewash in the process.
Having made his first...
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