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Narine and Allert in line for debut

TRINIDAD & Tobago have named two uncapped players have been named in their squad for their opening game in the Caribbean's regional four-day competition starting on Friday.

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Posted by Charlie Randall
05/01/2009 18:51:32

Mike Hussey drops out of ICC top 10

THE Australia left-hander Michael Hussey has dropped out of the top 10 of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after a run of low scores in the two Tests played so far against South Africa.

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Posted by Charlie Randall
01/01/2009 12:14:25

Morgan praised for cricket OBE

THE ICC vice president Sharad Pawar has paid tribute to David Morgan on the day the Welshman received the OBE for services to cricket at Buckingham Palace.

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Posted by Charlie Randall
18/12/2008 19:36:29

Wisden sells out to Whitaker's firm

THE Wisden almanack has been bought by Bloomsbury Publishing after 15 years with the Getty family.

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Posted by Charlie
05/12/2008 17:54:47

Four years' jail for Garth le Roux

THE former Sussex and South Africa fast bowler Garth le Roux and his accountant Deon van Heerden said they would be appealing against a four-year prison sentence for tax fraud handed down to them at Wynberg Regional Court in Cape Town.

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Posted by Charlie
05/12/2008 17:52:48

Kent running into debt problems

Kent's chairman George Kennedy has said that economic cutbacks would have to be made in 2009 amid reports that the club is millions of pounds in debt, with the St Lawrence Ground development at Canterbury in serious danger of falling through.
 

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Posted by Charlie
04/12/2008 21:23:39

Matthew Merchant given Lancs job

Matthew Merchant has been named as Lancashire's new head groundsman from the new year as the club start a major transition.

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Posted by Charlie
26/11/2008 13:48:58

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Peter Moores will stay on

ENGLAND cricket would land itself in an unholy mess if the decision were made this week to get rid of the national coach Peter Moores. The media have been predicting his departure for several days without evidence -- the idea seemingly given wings by the opinion of Nasser Hussain, the former England captain.

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Posted by Charlie Randall
05/01/2009 19:46:12

London's allure gets brighter

LONDON is serious about maintaining its status as the mecca of cricket. Lord's has a hallowed  tradition and significant investment, and the Brit Oval is catching up fast as a crowd-pulling venue with the announcement that full construction work on new floodlights began today.

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Posted by Charlie Randall
05/01/2009 18:25:10

Moores is not the merrier

RUMOURS of a lack of rapport between England's captain Kevin Pietersen and the coach Peter Moores seem well founded, with Michael Vaughan emerging as perhaps a key figure.

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Posted by Charlie Randall
01/01/2009 13:15:18

No calypso time for Vaughan

ENGLAND have rightly decided against selecting Michael Vaughan for the Test series in the Caribbean, starting in February, and have called up his Yorkshire colleague Adil Rashid, a spin all-rounder with excellent potential.

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Posted by Charlie Randall
29/12/2008 13:49:33

Ponting's men a'wobbling go

AUSTRALIA have become giants with clay feet as the fall-out continues after the weekend's six-wicket defeat by South Africa at Perth. The selectors have dropped off-spinner Jason Krejza after two Tests, and Ricky Ponting unwisely has criticised the perceived docility of the WACA pitch.

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Posted by Charlie Randall
23/12/2008 16:18:56

Bumper Ashes summer looms

DURHAM, the LV Championship champions, begin their defence with a home game against border rivals Yorkshire at Riverside on April 22-25 after a very early start to an Ashes summer in which the champions should benefit from £500,000 in prize money.

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Posted by Charlie Randall
18/12/2008 19:54:57

Riches vanish in the haze

WHEN something seems too good to be true, it usually is. Players in the England and the Middlesex squads might have suspected that to earn thousands and thousands of pounds by showing up for a few 20-over jousts was simply too easy for comfort.

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17/12/2008 13:35:41
    
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Two debut run-outs

Harry Wilson played one first class match for Northamptonshire, against the New Zealanders at Peterborough in 1931. Batting at No 11, he was run out for nought in both innings. His one wicket was not enough to ignite a career.

Posted by Charlie Randall
05/01/2009 20:06:39

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