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THE DON MAKES HIS MARK

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Smith remains a genius but Bradman was simply unbeatable in 1930… Paul Edwards continues his delve into the Ashes archive […]

YOUNG GUN

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World Cup heartbreak will drive me on to be successful JACK PLOM Essex fast bowler The spotlight has recently been […]

ENGLAND LOSING ‘MENTAL’ MOMENTS

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FORMER AUSSIE TEST BATSMAN MARCUS NORTH Ialways believed, long before the first ball was bowled in anger in Brisbane back […]

HOW AUSTRALIA LINED UP…

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Bill Woodfull (C) Tests: 5 Runs: 345 Average: 57.5 Bill Ponsford Tests: 5 Runs: 330 Average: 55 Don Bradman Tests: […]

Forget nets, young Broad saved it all for the big stage

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By Richard Edwards IT’S impossible to predict future success in sport, but some are more confident of what lies ahead […]

ENGLAND BEWARE: BLACK CAPS WILL BE NO PUSHOVERS

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PAUL NIXON The on-going fifth Test in Sydney is absolutely huge for England. Just like in Melbourne where Alastair Cook […]

HOW HOLLIES PLOTTED DOWNFALL OF THE DON

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Richard Edwards looks beyond a career defining delivery and discovers the planning that had gone into its success Oval and […]

Cherish Smith’s as the records brilliance for all it’s worth continue to fall around us

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Alison Mitchell lauds the feats of the magnificent Steve Smith and also highlights a great year for the women’s game […]

MY FOXES WILL BE READY FROM THE OFF

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NOWthe calendar reads 2018, it’s another key milestone as we prepare for a new County Championship season at Leicestershire. With […]

FINAL OVER

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BEN SANDERSON Northants fast bowler ON THE SPOT Date of birth: 3/01/89 Marital status: Single Batting style: Right-hand bat Bowling […]

England match ratings

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Alastair Cook What more can you say about his epic unbeaten 244? The record at the MCG and his fifth […]

SORRY…BUT YOU DROP IN, AND WE DROP OFF!

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MARTIN JOHNSON In the aftermath of the Boxing Day Test match it might be an idea for the next drop-in […]

When Waugh’s with a dry eye ton left nobody in the SCG house

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Richard Edwards recalls Steve Waugh’s epic and career-saving century during the fifth Ashes Test of 2003 ACTION REPL AY What […]

Turgid pitch puts chance tourists had pay to any victory but pride is restored

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By Chris Stocks at the MCG Dec 26-30, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Australia 327 (Warner 103, Smith 76, S Marsh […]

ROOT MUST LEARN TO BAT UGLY TO BECOME A GREAT!

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DEREK PRINGLE It sounds like one of those problems that is the curse of the middle classes, like last summer’s […]

THERE’S NO DENYING IT, JIMMY’S A TRUE GREAT

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Tim Wigmore says there can be no denying James Anderson’s talent with the Englishman set to pass Glenn McGrath PLANET […]

Australia match ratings

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Cameron Bancroft Two starts without going on to convert, again. Having got the call ahead of Matt Renshaw, he hasn’t […]

IT DOESN’T GET ANY EASIER NOW FOR JOE

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Richard Edwards looks at the next challenge facing England captain Joe Root – New Zealand and skipper Kane Williamson Richard […]

Will cricket turn into a TV soap just like soccer?

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The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events SIMON SWEETMAN Forget the Ashes. The five-Test series may be the jewel […]

This England be known as team will now the Vincibles

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Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon, our Aussie journo double act, focus on England’s problematic batting Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon […]

Australia captain Steve Smith to persevere through back injury

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Smith unfazed by sore back and provides update on fitness of Mitchell Starc

Glenn McGrath hopes to raise record amount as the SCG turns pink

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The McGrath Foundation has been supporting women with breast cancer since 2005

Nixon column: If a no. 11 can bat the short stuff will be flying

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Paul Nixon takes issue with the exceeding number of bouncers witnessed in Test cricket

Planet Cricket: A one-sided start to new Test format

2 January 2018 0 comments

Tim Wigmore on South Africa’s rout of Zimbabwe in the first four-day Test regulated by the ICC

Emerging Somerset spinner Bess has England in his sights

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20-year-old tells Jeremy Blackmore why it means so much to play for England Lions

Features

THE DON MAKES HIS MARK

YOUNG GUN

ENGLAND LOSING ‘MENTAL’ MOMENTS

HOW AUSTRALIA LINED UP…

Forget nets, young Broad saved it all for the big stage

ENGLAND BEWARE: BLACK CAPS WILL BE NO PUSHOVERS

HOW HOLLIES PLOTTED DOWNFALL OF THE DON

Cherish Smith’s as the records brilliance for all it’s worth continue to fall around us

MY FOXES WILL BE READY FROM THE OFF

FINAL OVER

England match ratings

SORRY…BUT YOU DROP IN, AND WE DROP OFF!

When Waugh’s with a dry eye ton left nobody in the SCG house

Turgid pitch puts chance tourists had pay to any victory but pride is restored

ROOT MUST LEARN TO BAT UGLY TO BECOME A GREAT!

THERE’S NO DENYING IT, JIMMY’S A TRUE GREAT

Australia match ratings

IT DOESN’T GET ANY EASIER NOW FOR JOE

Will cricket turn into a TV soap just like soccer?

This England be known as team will now the Vincibles

Australia captain Steve Smith to persevere through back injury

Glenn McGrath hopes to raise record amount as the SCG turns pink

Nixon column: If a no. 11 can bat the short stuff will be flying

Planet Cricket: A one-sided start to new Test format

Emerging Somerset spinner Bess has England in his sights

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