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England 356 (Swann 81, Harris 5-123) and 11 for 1 (Cook 4*, Anderson 6*) need another 353 runs to beat South Africa 418 (Kallis 120, Swann 5-110) and 301 for 6 dec (Amla 100) Team of the day: South AfricaPlayer of the day: Hashim Am...(more)

SA 80/4 (32.0 ov, AB de Villiers 17*, HM Amla 34*, SCJ Broad 1/14) - Lunch Team of the session: EnglandPlayer of the session: Graham OnionsI thought that today’s first session was vitally important, we needed to take wickets and fast,...(more)

England 88 for 1 (Strauss 44*, Trott 18*) trail South Africa 418 (Kallis 120, Swann 5-110) by 330 runsTeam of the day: South AfricaPlayer of the day: Graeme SwannWe knew from what I wrote yesterday that we needed to take wickets. And today...(more)


Injuries happen to the best of us. We’ve all been there. Stubbed a toe. Hit a funny bone. Sprained an ankle on a night out....But the England team has had a horror attack of the injury train.Same thing has happened to the England rugb...(more)



Steven Harmison and Ravi Bopara have been left out of the England squad to tour South Africa. Have the selector’s got it right? Half right in my book. The squads are below courtesy of Cricinfo.
Test squad Andrew Strauss (capt), James And...(more)

Well another Ashes series over and I am sure the reviews and respective post-mortems are already under way, at least for the Australian camp. Despite the fifth test being a lop-sided affair and ending inside four days, the 2009 Ashes has be...(more)

NWG had a lovely day yesterday. The sun was out, the rain stayed away and she was seated in a stand with padded seats. Oh the luxury.But it was Andrew Strauss that made NWG’s day. Aside from Alastair Cook, the other England batsmen se...(more)

Lunch: Well, not the best of starts England has ever produced. Disappointing, yet at the same time a relief that it has finally begun. Can someone please tell NWG why it is that the Australian’s chew gum like they are masticating cows...(more)

England squad players have been available for selection by their counties over the past week and have taken the opportunity to get into form before the ashes with both hands. Andrew Flintoff and Alastair Cook took part in a Twenty/20 game...(more)

Michael Vaughan and Steve Harmison have been left out of England’s 16-man Ashes training squad - which suggests their Ashes dreams are over.
Whilst Vaughan is centrally contracted, only a man with a brain the size of Phil Tufnell̵...(more)
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