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Dukes ball will stand up to the Day/Night Test, insists chief Jajodia

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Ball manufacturer’s chief comfortable with own company’s product, as Cricket Australia face calls to ditch Kookaburra’s pink ball

Stoneman and Crane make England squad to play West Indies

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Surrey batsman Mark Stoneman and Hampshire leg-spinner Mason Crane have been included in England’s squad for the first Test against the West Indies on 17 August.

PITY THAT KSL LAUNCH LACKED WORLD CUP’S SELF-CONFIDENCE

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Alison Mitchell regrets that women’s T20 league was introduced in low-key style First time winners: Southern Vipers celebrate with the […]

Vipers strong again but expect Diamonds to make up for last year

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Adam Collins takes a look at the second edition of the KSL This second edition of the KSL is destined […]

LESSONS TO LEARN FAST FOR PROTEAS

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Neil Manthorp looks back on a ‘forgettable’ summer for South Africa, but argues brighter times may be on the horizon […]

BAYLISS ALWAYS HAS HIS SPIES ON THE CASE

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PAUL NIXON Into the unknown: Trevor Bayliss has admitted that his knowledge of county cricket is limited PICTURE: Getty Images […]

Willerton: We’re not focusing on double

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UNICORNS By George Hallam LINCOLNSHIRE stand on the brink of a double trophy face-off against Berkshire but bowler Alex Willerton […]

THE UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE IN T20 LANE

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THE Caribbean Premier League has started, and we (Jamaica Tallawahs) began with a defeat against Barbados Tridents before turning the […]

JIMMY EARNS THE RIGHT TO CHASE FINAL ACCOLADE

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Peter Hayter suggests that the England bowler’s legacy may be defined by success Down Under rather than final Test haul […]

HERE’S MY OPENING GAMBIT: MOVEON UP SKIPPER!

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PETER HAYTER Room at the top: Joe Root has been a success opening for England before PICTURE: Getty Images As […]

Prolific Joe eyes return to top tier

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SECOND XI By Rich Dore Form: Joe Weatherley A COMPOSED 76 from Joe Weatherley for KENT against MCC UNIVERSITIES continued […]

A guiding light, he will be sorely missed by all

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Derek Pringle looks back at the life and career of much-loved Essex and England legend, Doug Insole Doug Insole was […]

CREATE A NICHE IN T20 MARKET

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Tim Wigmore discusses how the world’s T20 leagues can become more commercially viable after a disappointing CPL PLANET CRICKET At […]

HOWDY PARTNER! REMIND ME WHAT’S THE NAME?

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MARTIN JOHNSON Sometime in the not too distant future, when Alastair Cook is pushing a trolley down the aisle in […]

Shastri, back in the hot seat with a host of memories

11 August 2017 0 comments

Dileep Premachandran meets India’s new coach and discovers his second spell in the post won’t subdue Ravi Shastri Any fears […]

TO ROTATE OR NOT IS DILEMMA FOR JOE’S ENGLAND

11 August 2017 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE There must have been the temptation for England selectors, whenever they met yesterday, to use the forthcoming West […]

To prioritise Tests reduce ODIs and axe bilateral T20Is

11 August 2017 0 comments

The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events SIMON SWEETMAN Would he shine in Tests? We don’t know because Kieron […]

I went and had a net for seven minutes and then Mike said: ‘We’re batting!’ 5 I was hoping we’d field

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Forty years on… Guy Williams speaks to Geoffrey Boycott on the anniversary of his 100th 100 at Headingley Ton up: […]

England U19s dazed and confused by India’s impressive young spinners

10 August 2017 0 comments

By Jack Miller WHILE all eyes were on England’s Under-19s as the television trucks rolled up at Canterbury on Tuesday, […]

Self-minded Boycott riled up his team-mates not just opposition bowlers

9 August 2017 0 comments

Peter Hayter explains why, despite his class, Geoffrey Boycott was never the most popular of batsman to play alongside

India v Pakistan – Clash of the Titans would rock the subcontinent

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(Photo: Getty Images) By Derek Pringle The Partition of British India 70 years ago, which created modern-day India and Pakistan, […]

Monty Panesar ready for County return after spell in Australia

9 August 2017 0 comments

(Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images) By Jamie Bowman As Ben Stokes and Toby Roland-Jones were helping England seize control of […]

Playing smart on the pitch and helping others on it; Bavuma is just what South Africa need

9 August 2017 0 comments

Neil Manthorp lauds the fighting spirit of the Proteas batsman who has set up a foundation in a township outside Cape Town

Nixon column: Sunshine State is ideal venue for CPL bow

8 August 2017 0 comments

By Paul Nixon A week into my Caribbean adventure and, while I’m majorly struggling with jet-lag this time round, it’s […]

Gibson nears England exit as Cricket South Africa come calling

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(Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) By Adam Ellis Ottis Gibson’s switch to South Africa to become their head coach is […]

Features

Dukes ball will stand up to the Day/Night Test, insists chief Jajodia

Stoneman and Crane make England squad to play West Indies

PITY THAT KSL LAUNCH LACKED WORLD CUP’S SELF-CONFIDENCE

Vipers strong again but expect Diamonds to make up for last year

LESSONS TO LEARN FAST FOR PROTEAS

BAYLISS ALWAYS HAS HIS SPIES ON THE CASE

Willerton: We’re not focusing on double

THE UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE IN T20 LANE

JIMMY EARNS THE RIGHT TO CHASE FINAL ACCOLADE

HERE’S MY OPENING GAMBIT: MOVEON UP SKIPPER!

Prolific Joe eyes return to top tier

A guiding light, he will be sorely missed by all

CREATE A NICHE IN T20 MARKET

HOWDY PARTNER! REMIND ME WHAT’S THE NAME?

Shastri, back in the hot seat with a host of memories

TO ROTATE OR NOT IS DILEMMA FOR JOE’S ENGLAND

To prioritise Tests reduce ODIs and axe bilateral T20Is

I went and had a net for seven minutes and then Mike said: ‘We’re batting!’ 5 I was hoping we’d field

England U19s dazed and confused by India’s impressive young spinners

Self-minded Boycott riled up his team-mates not just opposition bowlers

India v Pakistan – Clash of the Titans would rock the subcontinent

Monty Panesar ready for County return after spell in Australia

Playing smart on the pitch and helping others on it; Bavuma is just what South Africa need

Nixon column: Sunshine State is ideal venue for CPL bow

Gibson nears England exit as Cricket South Africa come calling

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