English Cricket News Roundup

Big plans at a club looking to future

Journal Live - Newcastle upon Tyne,UK
Stuart Rayner reports HIDDEN away in a Newcastle suburb, South Northumberland are one of English cricket's secret success stories. ...
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Members roll their sleeves up
Fenland Today - Wisbech,England,UK
By Staff Copy MARCH Town carried out a revamp of the pavilion in an English Cricket Board country-wide pre-season initiative called the Natwest Cricketforce ...
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Fluctuating test series exposes Black Caps' soft underbelly
Marlborough Express - Blenheim,New Zealand
The test cricket series between England and New Zealand which finished at McLean Park in Napier yesterday was a welcome shot in the arm for the longer ...
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Fifa plan aids England 2018 bid
Guardian - UK
Jack Simmons, the England and Wales Cricket Board's chairman of cricket, has used his Lancashire chairman's report to attack the former England coach, ...
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Indian rivals alarm English game
BBC Sport - UK
And Surrey chief executive Paul Sheldon thinks English cricket may have to form a rival league with franchise teams. "There could be a franchise called ...
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Warne calls time on Hampshire career
AFP -
... he sparked Hampshire's on-field fortunes with his bold and inspiring captaincy and so helped the team become one of English cricket's leading counties. ...
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Where has all the fight gone?
TVNZ - New Zealand
But thanks to the remarkably generous nature of the Black Caps batsmen, Sidebottom now finds himself a giant in the annals of English Cricket history. ...
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Cricket-Mushtaq and Naved not allowed to play for counties
Reuters UK - UK
... will be unable to fulfill their English county contracts after the Pakistan cricket authorities refused to grant them no objection certificates (NCO'S). ...
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Rupees or not rupees? That is the question
Guardian - UK
Every English fan knows that getting it right in time for South Africa 2010 is all that matters. With cricket, the very opposite is true. ...
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IPL chief targets England stars
BBC Sport - UK
This comes after English cricket boss Giles Clarke said no England player would want to go to the IPL. "We are not interested in people playing in the IPL," ...
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Ben on...rating galore
By Ben(Mike)
The English seem very keen on this rating business. The BBC does it, the Times auctions off the English players, Googly rates us and them (at last, a fair assessment of Michael Vaughan) and the Republique rates us both in poetry. ...
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Indian rivals alarm English cricket
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A BBC Sport survey reveals the English game's Indian fears.
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A to Z of India
By Vinni
Chicken made in the most sinful gravy and dollops and dollops of butter. This is the staple food in north india and perhaps my favorite. You can google this to know more. C for Cricket. The game, gifted to us by the English. ...
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Home is where the heart is...
By Bertie Welis-Snedon, First Earl of Lydney(Bertie Welis-Snedon, First Earl of Lydney)
I feel sorry for those who don't have an appreciation for cricket as it really is one of the best ways to spend an English summer's day. Anyway, back to the England team: they are a very lucky bunch of players. ...
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sports
By Lucky Yoyo(Lucky Yoyo)
Warne rules out Hampshire return. Spin legend Shane Warne will not return to Hampshire and has retired from first-class cricket. ... Indian rivals alarm English cricket. A BBC Sport survey reveals the English game's Indian fears ...
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