tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135517392011-12-14T03:54:33.971ZWatch Cricket: Think Cricket: Click Cricketdave_vnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1021100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13551739.post-1164316557707466632006-11-23T21:08:00.000Z2006-11-23T21:17:23.253Z

A couple of radar’s mis-firing there then, how many times will Freddie turn to the big man to get them out of a situation? Some very poor bowling from the off, but it was a very good toss to win as its look an absolute flat track bullies paradise. Sky boys made out it was a good toss to lose before the actions started. Nonsense, Win toss and bat, simple. Negatives – No 3rd man to combat Langer’s

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Welcome back......These Aussies aren't getting any younger and indeed this series is their swansong. Most of them will ending their careers on the treatment table. They may win the 1st test but the key for England will be revisiting the mental scars they cemented in the Aussies minds last summer. Lets take a look inside Fletcher's notes for each Aussie;Langer - get this guy ducking and weaving

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All the hot air being talked regarding Ashes ticketing at the moment could start another bush fire. I do suspect the days of buying a 5 day pass for $18 in an Adelaide shopping centre the day before the Test are long gone, but anyone planning to attend the next Ashes series should take the current reports emerging from Australia with a pinching of salt. The figures of the limited number of

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As widely reported the 5 Test 2006-07 Ashes series will be squeezed into just 45 days a followed by the 15 match VB series over a 32 period. Tickets sales will be announced in January.Nov 10 - v Australian Prime Minister's XI CanberraNov 12-14 - v New South Wales (Practice match) SydneyNov 17-19 - v South Australia AdelaideNov 23-27 - v AUSTRALIA (1st 3-mobileTest) BrisbaneDec 1-5 - v AUSTRALIA (

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Remember Test Match the board game? The new version of the game is available on Amazon. It's more realistic than ever with the bowler now able to bowl from different heights and speeds so the ball actually bounces and magnetic fielders (so, no more disputes as to whether the ball has actually been caught or not!)If the board game doesn't impress you how about the online version!Cricket Internet

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Billy Bowden along with his elite mates, Alim Dar and Rudi Koertzen, are truly the comedy trio of the international cricket world, swaning around on the ICC gravy train making purely inept and hopeless umpiring decisions.Another bizarre Bowden moment has come to light in the NZ Hearld.His latest controversy involves an episode from the fifth Ashes test at the Oval, and his behaviour after giving

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...against Pakistan A in a warm up game for the 5 match one day series. The game wasn't decided until the final ball with Trescothink, Freddie and Harmison all rested.The much cliched postives to take away from this defeat are the return of James Anderson and the batting of Matt Prior. He looks like an idea candidate for the forlan supersub role. Not sure if the "The lads expressed themselves

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Andrew Symonds smashed a fantastic 156 to defeat the Kiwi's. This is what happens when you don't turn to a one day game off your rocker.Cricket Australia Andrew Symonds New Zealand Drunk Off Your Rocker

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A brilliant piece on newish blog Offside Opinion honouring the life of George Best. It responses to some of the indignant criticism levelled at attention showered on Best since his death and the coverage of his funeral. Well worth a read. George Best Legend Football Manchester United Northern Ireland

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As widely predicted Vaughan is not going back to Pakistan for the one day series. This is for the best, the captain needs to be completely fit for the tour of India and frankly he is rubbish as a one day batsman. However it does add further confusion to an ever changing squad and plays havoc to whatever preparations have been made for the forecoming 5 match series. David Hopps in the Guardian

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Flicking though Sky I've noticed a new channel called Sport Nation on Channel 435. Apparently it's replaced the old Sailing Channel! How long before cricket gets it own dedicated TV channel?This new channel still seems to show alot of sailing, but every night this week from 8 it's broadcasting 3 hours of "Cricket Gold" featuring highlights from England's 2000 tour to Pakistan with commentary

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When the England cricket team collapses, it really does completely disintegrate into thin air. This latest chronicle in the history of English rapid batting subsidence, was not dissimilar to the debacle at Old Trafford at the end of the last England v Pakistan series.But let’s not get to despondent about this series defeat. It comes after 6 successive series victories, including one away in South

dave_vnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13551739.post-1133515673846036502005-12-02T09:14:00.000Z2005-12-02T09:32:58.013Z

The Beeb have started the countdown to Xmas with a sporting advent calender. It's well worth taking a look today to relive Freddie's post Ashes power drinking antics. How long will it be before the hysteria mongering journo's in the Daily Mail blame binge drinking for the shamblers in Pakistan with a link to terrorism and asylum seekers thrown in for good measure?Cricket Andrew Flintoff Xmas

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This series looks effectively over with two 75% days still to go. Seems like this series has died a rather slow audacious death from an England's fan point of view. However some solace is on hand on the Guardian's online coverage. You have to love this, if Sky don't do it.....114th over: Pakistan 400-5 (Mohammad Yousuf 168, Kamran Akmal 84) "Look, I don't want to disappoint you guys, but the last

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Most pundits have honours even after the 2nd day of the 3rd test in Lahore. But with the days being greatly reduced by bad light and Inzy given the green light to resume his innings after the blow he receivied from Harmison's bowling, Pakistan can all but win the series tomorrow if they bat out the majority of the day.Cricket England Inzy

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Seems like the ICC have been listening to the calls for tests in Pakistan to be made 6 day affairs. CMJ highlighted the introduction of this in his 3rd Test preview in The Times, while it's been suggested as a common sense approach elsewhere in the cricket blog world.In the region of 13 to 18 overs a day have been lost a day in the current series due to the short days at this time of year.75

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England wasted a golden opportunity to get back into the series after a fine opening wicket century partnership. Frankly the English batsmen displayed more ugly sweeps than a you would expect to see at an Oliver Twist convention.Cricket England Pakistan Oliver Twist Lahore

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The quest to stop Sky's monopoly of test coverage going ahead next summer is being address in a House of Commons inquiry today.David Brook, a former Channel 4 executive who has been leading a campaign to get the coverage back on free-to-air television. In the Independent he argues that based on precedents set in other countries a resolution can be found without recourse to the law courts and in a

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So England survived the sort of batting collapse nightmares are made of to earn a draw. A fair result given the balance of play in the previous 4 days, but day 5 witnessed England coming hazardously close to losing a match they might have won.Individual VerdictsTrescothick 6/10. No point in moaning about the lack of foot movement with Tresco as he's based his career on super gluing his soles

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Graeme Smith's tour diary from India. A cracking read, seems like a really nice chap.Cricket South Africa Graeme Smith Diary

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How can you be critical about a player who scores a 100 in a Test Match? When the way he loses his wicket is playing a brain dead shot with more runs begging to be scored.Kevin Pietersen's nature game is built on take the game to the opposite. It paid out big time when he scored 158 at the Oval, but eventually he who lives by the sword dies by the sword. Having hit Shoaib Akhtar for six to bring

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How did Afridi expect to get away with Moonwalking across the wicket? This blatant act of cheating has been quickly dealt with Afridi receiving a 1 test match test ban and a 2 match one day ban. Shame the officials didn't demonstrate the same quick thinking with the decision to give Inzy out. Apparently the 3rd umpire is a local chap who is responsible for making the decision referred to a TV

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You can't be too concerned about how the Pakistan series appears to be going after England threw away the 1st Test. What you should worry about is how boring Sky's coverage has been and what lies ahead for next summer when they begin their exclusive coverage of test cricket. One man sums up their approach to cricket coverage, Bob Willis. This man, in partnership with the insipid Paul Allot, made

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After just one day it's looking increasingly difficult to see how England are going to get back into this series. Losing the toss and watching Pakistan rack up 300 for 4 was not the required response after the 1st test defeat. The main worry is that on a Batsmen’s paradise of a pitch, Pakistan, with an in form Inzaman and explosive Afridi at the crease, could tomorrow take series win for England

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Good news 1 - Trescothink has decided to stay in Pakistan and not fly home after his father-in-law fell off a ladder.Good news 2 - Looks like Vaughan is winning his fitness battle for the 2nd Test.Cricket England Trescothick Vaughan

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If you thought the hype was massive for this summers Ashes just wait 'til this time next year. If Cricket Australia proposed schedule is approved by the ECB the 2006/07 series will start a year next Tuesday. I'm assuming here that the New Years test in Sydney is the 5th test as has been the case in the past 2 series down under. Geoff Boycott thinks its plain daft to fit the 5 tests into 45 days.

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Apparently Harmy has earnt himself a new nicknames thanks to taking a box set of the 80s TV classic Lovejoy on tour to Pakistan. The obsession with Lovejoy has taken such a hold that Harmison's teammates have started calling the Durham ace "Tinker" after one of the characters in the series.Cricket Harmison Lovejoy TV

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Cricket Wicket Picture

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England fell 22 runs short and its clear that 3 or 4 individuals in the side can be pinpointed as not contributing to the overall performance.The Verdict.Tresco 9/10. Plenty of runs, leading by example with the bat and did everything Vaughan would've as skipper. Didn't deserve his captaincy record being tarnish by this defeatStrauss 5/10. Never really got going in either innings. Needs more time

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This is not the best bowler in the world."Fakefaces Freddy Flintoff lookalike Dan Pomroy is constantly getting mistaken for the famous cricketer. With constant requests for autographs off complete strangers and offers of free drinks."Cricket Andrew Flintoff Lookalikes Cashing in

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Pakistan followed a good morning session with another batting collpase after the dismissal of Inzaman losing their last 7 wickets for just 75 runs. It leaves it all set up for a thrilling final day to end another enthralling test match involving England.Its England pace attack that should stand up and take the plaudits lead magificatly again by Andrew Flintoff. He is without doubt the best bowler

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Day 3 should have been the day when England extended their lead beyond the attainable. But a spirited fight back by Pakistan meant they found themselves minus 19 for 2. I don’t like that method of describing the position in the match but you get what I mean. England should have got more runs and didn’t bowl particularly well at the start of the Pakistan 2nd innings, but concluded the day on a

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Vaughan is definitely out of the 1st test starting on Saturday and it would be no surprise if he misses all the series. Certaintly the BBC's quak doesn't seems to think so anyway. This means its time for Trescothick to step up to the plate as captain. He has lead England before in Vaughan’s absence, but this will be much more of a test of his leadership qualities then the Kiwi’s at Lords in early

dave_vnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13551739.post-1131572165658421812005-11-09T21:25:00.000Z2005-11-10T21:36:22.910Z

You may have notice the addition of a link to the Pavillion End ebay store on the sidebar.It's got some quality novelty bank notes with all the England Ashes stars replacing the usual image.Unlike many of the other rather tacky novelty notes you see, these portray a realistic and accurate imitation of a genuine bank note.Take a look at the store and at the Freddie note, well worth a small

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....will be the headline if Hoggard and Flintoff win the 1st Test with a fine display of reverse action bowling.But after England's embarrassing defeat against Pakistan A and the captain's dodgy knee is it more likely to be a case of Dire Straits?Flintoff Hoggard Swing Dire Straits Multan

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Vaughan travelled to with the rest if the England team to Multan for the 1st Test. But he sounds very doubtful. With Key, Shah and Butcher all injured, Essex's Alastair Cook who in September smashed 200 in a day against the Australian's, has been called up to join the tour party. Cook was voted young player of the year which some decent players, included Freddy, have won.Elsewhere Boycott is not

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Some good pictures here from England's warm up games.At least Vaughan doesn't look to concerned with the defeat against Pakistan A.Vaughan England Pakistan Cricket Pictures

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As the dodgy decision Brian Lara received this weekend demostrates, International umpiring requires personality first, ability to give a correct LBW decision last. The Bladder highlights the case of Paul Reiffel, giving it's own insight into what the ICC require from their elite panel of Air Miles collectors.Umpires Brian Lara Air Miles Personality

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While Vaughan was off seeing a quak about his dodgy knee, the other Batsman where busy scoring ducks. Well Pietersen was anyway. England eventually made it 256 all out thanks to 50's from Struass and Collingwood, while the King of Spain staked another all-rounder claim falling one shot of his fifty.It seems Vaughan's chances of playing in the first Test are rated lower than some of England's team

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England may have hand back all those "spirit of cricket" awards if they carry on like this.On the last day of the game against the Patron's XI when deliveries from the spinners were in mid-flight, Michael Vaughan would a few times move from slip to leg-slip in order to counteract a possible sweep shot.This sounds potentially sounds very dodgy as it is against Law 41 Part 7."Any significant

dave_vnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13551739.post-1131025864027760962005-11-03T13:30:00.000Z2005-11-10T13:51:58.106Z

Ponting led from the front to score an impressive 149 as the Aussies reached 340 for 7 at the close. However the combined efforts of the new/younger players must be of some concern. Clarke, Katich and debutant Hussey were all out for a combined score of 6 with Watson only managing 16. Apart from Pontification, it was the old heads of Gilchrist, Hayden and at the end Warne and Lee, that added

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The best player never to play Test cricket looked frankly very nervous before skying a pull shot high into the air to be caught out for 1.Hayden playing tentatively…and now dropped at short leg. Looks like the Windies have done their homework.What was I saying about the Aussie batting line up not being quite so strong. And the Gabba really is empty!West Indies Australia Hussey Cricket Brisbane

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So Chanderpaul has followed Nasser Hussain's now infamous howler of a decision and choosen to put the Aussies into bat after winning the toss.Things of note early on......How many players have scored over 15,000 first class runs like Hussey before getting a Test call up.Interesting how the seat colour arrangement at the Gabba' gives the impression on TV that the ground is fuller than it actually

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I don’t think we can go without mentioning the fact that everyone’s favourite Australian cricketing will miss his first test since regaining a place in the team at the Oval in 2001. In forcing the pint sized opener to miss the 1st test due to a broken rib sustained in a ING match for Western Australian last week, Victorian quick Gerard Denton has succeeded where the English quartet of bowlers

dave_vnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13551739.post-1130931734877832602005-11-02T11:41:00.000Z2005-11-10T14:13:52.586Z

The Pastry XII as Ronni Irani referred to them on Talksport this morning succumbed to 105 all out to lose by 52 runs in England's first tour match. The unlikely victory was brought about by 2 fine bowling performances by the England XIV, new boy Liam Plunkett produced figures of 4 for 16 while the King of Spain recorded 4 for 38. As widely commented yesterday, the pitch sounds distinctly bowler

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England followed yesterday's inept 60 for 6 with a rather pathetic 36 for 6.Seems like the opposition have been practising the low skidder as their chosen delivery of destruction with Yasir Arafat, who appeared for Scotland last season, getting all his 6 wickets clear bowled. Apparently there have been plenty of observations about the pitch, which is reported as being alarmingly different from

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The venues for England's tour to India have finally been selectedFirst Test: March 8, AhmedabadSecond Test: March 16, NagpurThird Test: March 25, MumbaiHaving never been to India, the venues mean little to me and therefore, it is something I need a bit more insight on. However reading both Scyld Berry, in the Telegraph and CMJ in the Times, you would think the choice of Ahmedabad and Nagpur is

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Enjoyable interview with Matthew Hoggard in the Sunday Times. It also reveals another cricketer who dislikes Justin Langer."Hoggard doesn’t dislike opponents, but he is prepared to make an exception in the case of Langer. When the Aussies were finally beaten at The Oval, was he not tempted to seek out Langer and remind him of the disdain and arrogance of two years before? “Big time. That was the

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Following his appointment to the TMS team Geoffrey Boycott is riding on a crest of a media wave. So it's no surprise the Yorkshireman's Yorkshireman is getting a home for his forthright views on the web with the launch of http://www.geoffboycott.com/. However, it looks like Boycs is not missing a trick as all the decent sounding stuff will only be available by subscription! He also promises an

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Quite unbelievable scenes at the National Television Awards last night when Freddy Flintoff came on to award the major prize of the night, Best Soap! His appearance at this event was quite tenuous to say the least. Trev McDonald presented the big man with a "Spirit of Cricket" award from the MCC, which no doubt was an orchestrated attempt by the ECB to justify their decision to allow him to

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Geoffrey Boycott, the man who this summer provided the greatest bit of biased commentary ever, is to appear on TMS as part of their coverage of England's visit to Pakistan. This is certainly good news for all office workers who'll be relying on TMS to brighten up their otherwise dull and depressing November mornings. His “Out. Out. No-ball, No-ball! Oooh, bad luck you Aussies!” when Glenn McGrath

dave_vnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13551739.post-1130356565970806852005-10-26T19:50:00.000Z2005-11-10T17:32:27.056Z

Talk about cashing in....Name 40 songs associated with Cricket?Too be fair their are some decent songs on there, although it's not entirely obvious what they all have to do with Cricket. No Nessua Dorma either!Howzat - The Unofficial England Cricket AlbumEngland Music Nessua Dorma Cricket Amazon CDs

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Good article in the Guardian where Fletcher makes some fantastic responses to Ponting's references to England not playing within the spirit of the game.After rivalling Ponting's outburst at Trent Bridge made the England coach burn some mid afternoon toast he was cooking up, he looks back at 6 incidents which occurred in the series where the Australians weren't being so careful in their upholding

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In your sporting calendars you might have this day marked down as the 6th day of the "SuperTest" in Sydney. The match ended in a whimper 2 days ago if you hadn't notice. Hope you are not too disappointed.Quite what the ICC expected to happen in this "SuperTest" is unsure from a statistician's point of view but not from an accountant's. How many tests in the modern era go their full 450 over

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Cricket England Australia Ashes Stamps68p

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Understandably, given the drama on the pitch, the negative vibe towards pint size Aussie opener Justin Langer subsided somewhat during this epic Ashes summer. But it appears the opportunity for verbal hostilities may recommence again as Worcestershire are targeting Langer given the Australia national team’s empty schedule next summer.Langer famously dubbed “brown nose gnome” by a Cricinfo

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Seems like the PCB have had a word with Inzaman following his decision to decline late call up for the World XI. They used the old "do it for your country" line to persuade Inzy to change his made and now both sides are over this "misunderstanding".That'll teach anyone who foolishly brand Inzy arrogant to fill the void of any playing action to comment on.Cricket Pakistan World XI Inzy ArrogancePCB

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Inzamam-ul-Haq has refused to represent the World XI in next month's Super Series. He was a late call up after Tendulker’s injury forced him out but because he’s only in the test squad he’s chucked his toy bat out of the pram. Whatever the validity of this Australia vs. Rest of the World XI super series, this is World Class arrogance from the Pakistani captain."At this stage of my career, I

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If this is what having cricket popular again means they can stick it. Tuffers on I'm a Celebrity was just about acceptable and admittedly to some degree entertaining. But this is really takes the ramba especially if you consider the circumstances surrounding Goughies inclusion in this glorified televised circus act.A few questions where raised when he waltz out of selection for the one day series

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His injury is not getting better apparently. It'll be a blow if he doesn't make it as like the Ashes Series alot of England's plans will centre around the use of reverse swing against Pakistan. It's probably the most difficult place to bowl in the world out there and you need to do something special or unexpected with the ball to have success. You just can't really see Anderson or Tremlett

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When they lose their 3rd wicket against Middlesex today the county everyone loves to hate Surrey will be relegated from the top division of English cricket.Once the Chelsea of cricket, winning 3 Championships in the last 6 years, the team now is in a period of transition. All this comes after their Aussies coach Steve Rixon arrogantly predicated 3 months ago that once they get to the top of the

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Two of the England squad performed well in last nights National League match at Edgbaston. Ian Bell scored 137 from 105 balls and new boy Alex Loudon had the impressive figures of 9-4-26-3 as Warwickshire stuffed Yorkshire by 102 runs. Full Match DetailsCricket Warwickshire Yorkshire Alex Loudon EdgbastonNational League

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Much debate about the selection of 36 year young spinner Shaun Udal for the tour of Pakistan. Looking back at the 2000/01 tour which England famously won in the dark they did play 2 spinners in all 3 tests. Giles was by far the leading English bowler with 17 wickets with Salisbury getting the same number of scalps as part time bowling Hick, 1.Bowling figures for that tours for the spinners

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Australia have dropped Damien Martyn, Jason Gillespie and Michael Kasprowicz for next month's Super Series Test against a Rest of the World XI. Shane Watson or Brad Hodge will replace Martyn in the final XI for the game in Sydney from 14-19 October. The 3 of them can't really complain but their axing as they are the obvious casualties from the Ashes defeat. Hayden is out of the one

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Not having any of this article. The Ashes maybe played between 2 nations but these 2 nations are and always will be the 2 spiritual homes of the game. This is what makes the Ashes the "Olympics of Cricket".Cricket’s SuperpowersPerhaps he should order the 2005 Ashes series DVD?Cricket Olymics Australia England Ashes Superpowers

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As widely predicted the 12 Ashes heroes have all been selected for the tour of Pakistan. Also making the party is 36 year old Hampshire veteran Shaun Udal. Udal is a definite horses for courses type selection which in itself is a relic of the old England (early 90’s). However it really does show what a vital player Giles is to this current side as none of the younger spinners can be trusted if

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A step in the right direction but it won't be until the 2007 World Cup and then be shown at 11-15PM!BBC Awarded World Cup highlightsCricket England BBC 2007 World Cup Television Highlights

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The great thing about Cricket stats is that the vast majority of them provide an accurate reflection of who is the best and when quoted always provide the justification for any bar room debate.CricInfo's number's game has study all the stats from the Ashes series and come up with some very conclusive stuff.Some striking numbers that stand out are the number of dropped catches Australia's 25

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After Freddy's heroics in Ashes Series he has now set a new benchmark on which all future sporting victory celebrations will be marked against. The Mirror reports that the 32 hour bender finally ended when he fell asleep on the team bus. Upon seeing this some of the England team scrawled "twat" across his forehead and gave him a beard, moustache and a pair of glasses.Freddy has now proven that he

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Some cracking images of the last 2 days at the Oval available on Getty.Day 4Day 5The one of Freddy with the Ashes in one hand and a Cigar in the other is one for the toilet wall.

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What more needs to be said.A once in a lifetime moment to end a once in a lifetime series.Gentleman, it was a pleasure......

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The impact Kevin Pietersen has had on this series can be measured not only on the runs he has scored but also in the number of "love rat" kiss and tell stories that have appeared in the tabloids. One noticeable story came during the 4th test in the Sunday People which branded KP a Cheatersen! His led to some members of the Trent Bridge crowd attempting to grab KP's attention by holding up the

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With the Aussies still whinging about England's use of sub fielders I've set up a Whinge-o-meter. Its seems to me that Pontification should be more concerned with doing some real captaining and trying to sort out the shocking over rate of this team. Maybe he just knows that he's been totally out thought and with burden of being the Aussie captain who finally lost the Ashes looming large on the

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I've seen this somewhere before this summer. Its great to see being used for an English vistory now.

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Just what this series needed was another epic ending to a match. Hollywood would refuse to make what we have witnessed in the 3 test in August. Following the 4th episode filmed on location at Trent Bridge, Matthew Hoggard can now book his place along side the rest of the England team on this series's Heroes Avenue. As for the English talismanafter Flintoff, after another classic match winning all

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Class stuff. Would love to see someone do this to Langer.Brett Lee - Schoolboy clipLook's like he takes it well to be fair.

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What can you say about the 3rd test ending in a draw? It truly was another great sporting encounter, and after one of the greatest tests in history a week earlier perhaps this one will go down as one of the great drawn games of all time. Again only test cricket can provide such entertainment for 5 days and yet fail to produce a result. But have you ever seen the Aussie's celebrate a draw like

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3 down, Martyn out. He didn't want to leave by all accounts.Perhaps he should have owned up to that non catch off Strauss last night

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His first ball of the day. Coward couldn't handle it.No shadow boxing today Justin!

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Today is officially England's day of destiny.Get 10 Aussies wickets in 98 overs and they will be 2/3rds of the way to regaining the Ashes. They will need to bowl well but as Strauss said after the close of play yesterday "If we put it in the right places, you can get 10 wickets in a day on this pitch".Win today and I will personally being asking Matthew Hayden to relinquish his over used "

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It seems that just about every conceivable condition is being touted as the possible state of Old Trafford wicket in the next 5 days. Either a lot of bets are being hedged or the England team are using the media as there second spinner. We are being told to expect it to favour the seamers as it looks like it’ll give the likes of Harmison plenty of pace and bounce. With this in mind Chris Tremlett

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12:08pm With Australia on the verge of one of the most unlikely victories in Ashes history the world looked a different place. An unbearable sense of acute deflation was just around the corner. The most eagerly awaited Ashes series in years would be effectively over after just 2 weeks. English Cricket would again be cut off in its prime, Freddy's heroics the day before would be no more than a

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Nice dig from CricInfo online commentary....4.4 Harmison to Langer, no run, another short one, another nasty blow for Langer. This one hits him smack in the midriff! A player brought up at the WACA is hopping around against an English bowler! How many years is it since that happened?

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Really positive and momentous day yesterday. If you had offered England the option to bat first and scoring 400 before the toss yesterday I'm sure would Vaughan would have taken it. Mix in McGarth getting crook in the warm up and you can officially mark it down as day one to England.It was cracking stuff all down the order. Yes, we could have got more, yes, a few got out hitting bad shots, but in

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The antics of the brown nose gnome Justin Langer have long been logged elsewhere on the internet. His "stop hiding behind your mates" line at Headingley in the last Ashes series over here has long been the stuff of legend. However this is taken to a new level in the Sunday Times's big interview with the rose garden loving nutter. Paul Kimmage sees Langer philosophsing about life, writing, cooking

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He responded to the announcement very confidently basically saying the only difference between the one dayers and next week is "a different colour ball".A new dawn in English cricket?

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One week to the Ashes and its decision time for the English selectors. Will it be Thorpe or Pietersen.?Opening Fielder will be getting splinters on the backside and firmly sitting on the fence on this one. Basically I'll be disappointed whoever they pick. If it's Pietersen then it'll sadly mark the end of the international career one of the true greats of English cricket over the past 10 or so

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On the dawn of the final push towards the Ashes summer welcome to the first in part of a new series "Australians not born in Australia".Todays entryAndrew SymondsBorn 9th June 1975 in BIRMINGHAM, England.I'll drink to that.

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....is, if you can believe it, the name being considered as the moniker of the New Zealand badminton team.

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If we had any debate over the 4th bowling position behind Harmison, Hoggard and Giles, Simon Jones has just confirmed he place. Hayden was spitting dummy's everywhere after he patted one of Jones's deliveries back to him and Jones throw the ball directly at him from short range to try to run him out. It struck Hayden's arm, a clear mistake and Jones apologised immediately. But Hayden strode down

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Remember the Aussie media attempted to hit back at the English and discredit their recent successes by coming out with the out old "all your international teams are full of foreigners" favourite? Well here we have a snippet from the same media juggernaut mothership later in the week claiming KIWI golfer Michael Campbell as there very own.Well done our MichaelAnd what, you ask me, is the central

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Faced by 4 defeats in a row Sydney's Daily Telegraph attempts to hit back at the English and discredit their recent sucesses by coming out with the out old "all your international teams are full of foreigners" favorite. Under the headline "Gloating before the battle starts" they mention the obvious players from the past Lamb, Smith, Hick, Greig but go on to drag Cliff Richard into the equation!

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Apparently young Shaun Watson was a bit down in the dumps last week after discovering that this ex-fiancée is now dating her co-star on some Aussie TV Dancer Fever type programme. However by all accounts her co-star is no Graham Norton, being 6ft 6 and equipped with all the necessary attributes to be a success with the shelias. So being such a solid unit and a group that puts such a strong

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16th June England vs BangladeshAfter 15 overs England 129 for 021st June England vs BangladeshAfter 15 Overs England 128 for 0You can start using the word plucky for Bangladesh again.

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The Aussies came over here with sections of their media claiming they were the greatest team to leave their shores since Bradman's team in 48. The Don's team went undefeated. This current crop have now lost 4 games on the bounce and the most recent defeat thanks to one of the greatest one day knocks in history. Pietersen 91 not out came in 65 balls including 4 shuddered sixes and 8 fours. The

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The worm is turning in Sunday's Sydney Morning Hearld.Australia caught with its pants down."Disgraceful on the field. Disgrace off it. Australia's world champion cricketers -Andrew Symonds especially - are hanging their heads in shame after a five-wicket one-day loss to Bangladesh, the worst team in international cricket. And if that wasn't enough, Shane Warne is in trouble again. Australia's

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World Champions Australia have lost by 5 wickets to Bangladesh the worst team in the world. It is without doubt the greatest upset in sporting history. Words fail me, therefore.............Barry Hamphries!Ned Kelly!Rolf Harris!Dame Edna Everage!Helen Daniels!Crocodile Dundee!Nicole Kidman!Bounce the Dog!Cathy Freeman!Alf Stewart!Stefan Dennis!Christina Alessi!Caroline Alessi!Can you hear me the

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Another nice but largely patronising piece in the Sydney Morning Hearld today about how the English are hoping this could be the summer the Ashes are regained. Basically it demonstrates a nation isolated from the rest of the sporting world. Have the Aussies ever lost on penalties? The English sporting public has long since learnt not to build up false hope after the mire suffered at nearly every

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....as the Aussies are running scared. If the English media are telling us to hold back on the praise their colleagues down under are sharpening their knives after the 2 humiliating defeats this week. In the Sydney Morning Herald, Chloe Saltau felt that, in a particularly revealing remark, Aussie Skipper Ponting was wondering if his team was playing intelligently enough to beat Bangladesh on

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Bangladesh 76/6 (20.3 ov).I bet the paying public were happy with the decision by Vaughan to field.

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