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Somerset Rally From Early Blow

Somerset lost opener Marcus Trescothick for a duck with the total on one against Nottinghamshire at Taunton on day one of their LV= County Championship Division One game. But by lunch the home side had made 126 for ...

Dilshan makes late inroads

Three key wickets from Tillakaratne Dilshan helped Sri Lanka peg back India in an action-packed end to the fourth day's play. India began the final session in cruise control thanks to Sachin Tendulkar's magnificent ...

Strauss goes as England pegged back

Andrew Strauss fell disappointingly just before lunch as England reached 103 for two on day one of the first npower Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge. After the England captain made a perhaps borderline decision ...

Yorkshire suspend Rafiq

Yorkshire have suspended England Under-19 all-rounder Azeem Rafiq after his misdemeanours during last week's first youth Test against Sri Lanka. The 19-year-old was left out of this week's second youth Test at ...

Strauss happy to rely on Pietersen

Andrew Strauss is confident Kevin Pietersen is reporting for England duty ready to produce his best again - irrespective of the rights and wrongs of his local difficulties with Hampshire. Thanks to the mercurial ...

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Bravo snapped up by Essex: Essex have signed West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo for Friends Provident t20 finals day. Essex qualified for the last four with victory over ...


Rafiq launches angry Twitter outburst: Azeem Rafiq has become the latest English cricketer to discover the pitfalls of Twitter. Rafiq's angry, and unprintable, personal attack on ...


Tendulkar ton helps India rebuild: A century from Sachin Tendulkar helped India claw their way back into the second Test against Sri Lanka, as the visitors managed to end the third ...


Pakistan keep England focused: Captain Andrew Strauss believes a dangerous Pakistan team will ensure his team do not let their minds drift ahead to this winter's Ashes during ...


Bresnan replaces injured Shahzad: England bowler Ajmal Shahzad has been ruled out of the first Test against Pakistan due to an ankle injury and Tim Bresnan has been called into the ...


Pettini and Walker seal Essex win: Stunning knocks from Mark Pettini and Matt Walker helped Essex book a Friends Provident t20 semi-final with Hampshire thanks to an eight-wicket ...