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Showing posts with label England-News. Show all posts
Friday, 25 October 2013
Friday, 25 October 2013
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They touched down in Perth for the five-Test tour barely two months after wrapping up a 3-0 home series win over Australia, and they will once again look to capitalise on their opponent`s fragile batting. Australia chopped and changed batsmen and their position in the order throughout the last campaign and they paid the price, with coach Darren Lehmann promising more stability this time round.
England spinner Graeme Swann said on arrival that the team was "always confident".
"If we play our good cricket, then it should be a great series. Can`t wait to get cracking," he said. But Cook denied England will be complacent after being dominant against their arch-rivals for so long, particularly with an anticipated hostile reception expected from the home fans.
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Saturday, 15 December 2012
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| England's bowling coach David Saker has admitted that Warwickshire's vacant director of cricket role has its attractions |
On wearing days in India like this, with England for a long period looking as if they would spend a day in the field without taking a wicket for just the fourth time in their history, their bowling coach David Saker could be forgiven for contemplating different challenges.
Like the chance, for instance, to replace Ashley Giles as Warwickshire's director of cricket. Saker has not applied for the position, but he has confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that he would be interested in exploring the opportunity if he was approached. Warwickshire are understood to be keen to talk.
"In many ways it would be ideal for me," Saker said. "But I have an amazing job with England that I love and I would hate to leave it before the 2015 World Cup. Maybe it comes a couple of years early, but I would love to have a conversation with them."
The attraction for both parties is obvious. Saker, appointed as England bowling coach in April 2010, is highly regarded in the England set-up, has an excellent relationship with England's Warwickshire duo of Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott and is keen to broaden his coaching horizons beyond the limits of specialised bowling coaching.
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
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England v South Africa, 1st Investec Test, The Oval, 5th day
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| Dale Steyn celebrates his fifth wicket as South Africa closed in on victory |
South Africa 637 for 2 dec (Amla 311*, Kallis 182*, Smith 131) beat England 385 (Cook 115, Trott 71, Prior 60, Morkel 4-72) and 240 (Bell 55, Steyn 5-56) by an innings and 12 runs
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Monday, 23 July 2012
Monday, 23 July 2012
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England v South Africa, 1st Investec Test, The Oval, 4th day
England 385 and 102 for 4 (Bell 14*, Bopara 15*) trail South Africa 637 for 2 dec (Amla 311*, Kallis 182*) lead by 150 runs
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Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
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| Morne Morkel added to a wonderful day for South Africa by removing Kevin Pieterse |
South Africa enjoyed the type of day teams dream of which ended with England staggering on 102 for 4 after being overwhelmed by the insatiable hunger of two batsmen. Hashim Amla scored the country's first triple century in Tests, building an overwhelming stand of 377 with Jacques Kallis, as South Africa amassed a lead of 252. The visitors then made major inroads into a dispirited England side who lurched to the close with a huge task ahead to leave The Oval with the series level.
England v SA, 1st Investec Test, The Oval, 4th day
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| England's troubles in this match may have been created by their failure to take a solid position into a big first-innings score |
It was surely after watching his team suffer a day the like of which England endured on the fourth day at The Oval that inspired Edvard Munch to paint The Scream. England were humiliated. Had this been a boxing contest the referee would have stopped it; had it been horse racing the jockey would have pulled-up their mount; had it been swimming, England would have drowned. Had Graham Gooch, England's batting coach, simply muttered "The horror; the horror" when he was brought out to speak to the press at the close of play, he could not have summed up his side's position more aptly.
Sunday, 22 July 2012
Sunday, 22 July 2012
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England v South Africa, 1st Investec Test, The Oval, 3rd day
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| Graeme Smith leaves the field after scoring a tone-setting hundred for South Africa |
Graeme Smith is due to leave England before the second Test to attend the birth of his first child but, as he marked his 100th Test with a century, his wife, the Irish singer Morgan Deane, joked on Twitter that her waters had broken already.
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Thursday, 19 July 2012
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England v SA, 1st Investec Test, The Oval
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| Andrew Strauss keeps his problems behind him |
In an age of hyperbole and a time of superlatives, it is gratifying to come across a sporting contest that requires neither sensationalism nor propaganda. The Test series between England and South Africa features six of the world's top 10 Test bowlers and eight of the top 17 Test batsmen. It will decide which team is ranked No 1 in the world. As Tony Blair so nearly said, now is not the time for soundbites, but the hand of history is upon our shoulders.
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
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South Africa in England 2012
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| No distractions: James Anderson insists talk about Kevin Pietersen's future has not bothered the dressing room |
South Africa represent the toughest test of England's credentials as the No. 1 ranked Test side, according to James Anderson. However, Anderson insisted that, while in the past England may have allowed the pressure of such a high-profile series to affect their performance, they now had the weapons and the confidence to overcome the tourists.
Sunday, 15 July 2012
Sunday, 15 July 2012
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South Africa in England 2012
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| Ravi Bopara had a productive series against Australia and will now have the chance to cement a Test spot |
Ravi Bopara's return to England's Test team will be confirmed on Sunday when he is slotted in for the No. 6 role against South Africa. He will be the one significant change from the team which took on West Indies earlier this season by replacing Jonny Bairstow in the middle order.
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| Kevin Pietersen believes the England management could look after him better |
Kevin Pietersen has sensationally opened the door for an England comeback in limited-overs international cricket, admitting he would "love to play for another three or four years in all forms of cricket."
Sunday, 1 July 2012
Sunday, 1 July 2012
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England v Australia, NatWest Series, The Oval
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| Shane Watson had moments of fortune but went through to a valuable half-century |
Shane Watson rode his luck to keep Australia on track for a competitive total in the second ODI of the series against England at The Oval.
Saturday, 30 June 2012
Saturday, 30 June 2012
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England v Australia, NatWest Series, Lord's
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| Eoin Morgan struck four sixes during the latter part of the England innings |
This is surely one of the most inconsequential England v Australia series in history, but it did not lack for intensity or entertainment for all that and long before the end the Lord's crowd was relishing the renewal of old rivalries. First blood in the NatWest series went to England,
Friday, 29 June 2012
Friday, 29 June 2012
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England v Australia, 1st ODI, Lord's
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| Andy Flower and Alastair Cook are hoping to mastermind England's success in a global one-day tournament |
Whatever the hype and hysteria over the next couple of weeks, there be will no World Cups or Ashes urns won as England and Australia resume hostilities in the NatWest ODI series. Instead, these five games represent not a destination, but a step on the journey for both
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
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England news
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| Eoin Morgan is convinced that England's Twenty20 competition needs a total overhaul |
Eoin Morgan has said that English domestic Twenty20 cricket has fallen "so far behind" rival leagues such as the IPL and Big Bash that the time has come for a major revamp of the competition to ensure England can stay at the top of the world rankings.
Monday, 25 June 2012
Monday, 25 June 2012
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England v West Indies, Twenty20, Trent Bridge
England 173 for 3 (Hales 99, Bopara 59) beat West Indies 172 for 4 (Smith 70*, Bravo 54) by seven wickets
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
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| Alex Hales hit four sixes in his 99, the highest score by an England player in T20Is |
Alex Hales fell one run short of England's first Twenty20 international hundred but his 99, in a record 159-run partnership with Ravi Bopara, powered the home side to a convincing
Sunday, 24 June 2012
Sunday, 24 June 2012
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England v West Indies, T20 international, Trent Bridge
Missing their top three from the ODIs, as well as Kevin Pietersen, England are being asked to create a new team ahead of their World T20 defence
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| Stuart Broad celebrates his birthday on Sunday but faces the challenge of moulding a new England XI together |
Stuart Broad may have captained before and all but one of his squad may have some T20 International experience but it was hard to avoid the conclusion that England were at the
Thursday, 7 June 2012
Thursday, 7 June 2012
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England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Edgbaston:
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| Steven Davies will leave Horsham for Edgbaston at the close of day one |
Steven Davies, the Surrey wicketkeeper, has been drafted into the England squad for the third Test against West Indies after Matt Prior picked up an eye infection.
Friday, 1 June 2012
Friday, 1 June 2012
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West Indies in England 2012:
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| Kemar Roach has caused England problems during the series |
Kemar Roach has been ruled out of the remainder of West Indies' tour of England with a shin injury and Sunil Narine, the spinner who is uncapped at Test level, has been named as his
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