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(c)Cricinfo en-gb http://www.cricinfo.com/logos/rss/ci.gif http://www.cricinfo.com/ Groundsman Keith Exton put aside that early-season scare, when Glamorgan were docked two points in the FP Trophy for an excessively turning track, and instead unfurled a belter http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/413490.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/413490.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:45:17 GMT Ricky Ponting continued his prolific Ashes record with his 38th Test century, passing 11,000 runs in the process, while Simon Katich continued his rebirth as an opener with his first ton against England http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/413420.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/413420.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:06:36 GMT Usually in the biggest contests it is the senior members who hold the most power over the result, but in this series the teams will expect much more from their inexperienced picks to help grab them the urn http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/413196.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/413196.html Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:09:43 GMT Graham Onions will compete with Monty Panesar for England's final bowling spot in the first Test at Cardiff on Wednesday http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/412829.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/412829.html Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:20:21 GMT Steve Harmison has caused England's selectors the most timely of headaches ahead of Sunday's first Test squad announcement http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/412617.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/412617.html Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:19:52 GMT Lancashire complete Roses double with win at Headingley http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/406591.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/406591.html Sun, 31 May 2009 05:09:47 GMT Andrew Miller presents England's marks out of 10 following their 2-0 series defeat of West Indies http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/405021.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/405021.html Tue, 19 May 2009 10:53:33 GMT Fresh from England's ten-wicket win over West Indies yesterday, the England captain Andrew Strauss has lauded the efforts of Graeme Swann http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/403680.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/403680.html Sun, 10 May 2009 17:17:03 GMT With more than two days to spare, England began a Test series on a winning note for the first time in 15 attempts and won at Lord's for the first time since 2005 as they wrapped up a convincing 10-wicket win against West Indies http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/403574.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/403574.html Fri, 08 May 2009 23:56:26 GMT After clinging, clawing, and refusing to yield throughout their series victory in the Caribbean in March, West Indies let their guard drop in alien conditions, and the moment's hesitation was all the invitation England needed to swarm through their defenc http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/403516.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/403516.html Thu, 07 May 2009 22:36:19 GMT Andrew Miller's plays of the day from Lord's http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/403476.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/403476.html Thu, 07 May 2009 17:34:13 GMT The sweat and toil of Barbados and Trinidad felt a world away as England made home advantage count to bundle out West Indies for 152 and still had time to remove two more in the follow-on http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/403401.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/403401.html Fri, 08 May 2009 13:03:38 GMT It is not impossible that England will buck all received wisdom about early-season English pitches, and select two spinners for the a match which begins on May 6, the earliest-ever start to a Test match in the country http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/402927.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/402927.html Mon, 04 May 2009 19:45:34 GMT A round-up from the latest Championship matches as Nottinghamshire take strides towards victory and Essex wrap up a two-and-a-half day win http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/401115.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/401115.html Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:44:04 GMT A round-up from the opening day of Friends Provident Trophy action as a number of England players try to nudge the selectors http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/400488.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/400488.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:13:32 GMT England's selectors have chosen to delay the announcement of their first Test squad of the summer, originally scheduled for Monday, to enable the players to have an extra round of county matches in which to prove their form http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/400274.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/400274.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:17:49 GMT Graeme Swann, the England and Nottinghamshire spinner, has said he hopes to be fit for the club's first Championship game next week after undergoing elbow surgery http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/399552.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/399552.html Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:58:24 GMT West Indies regained the Wisden Trophy for the first time since 2000 in a thrilling finale to the series in Trinidad. Left with 66 overs in which to bat in their second innings after England's lunchtime declaration, West Indies shipped wickets at regular http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394691.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394691.html Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:12:55 GMT For a short passage of play leading up the close of the fourth day at the Queen's Park Oval the series came to life in a way that hasn't happened since Jerome Taylor's spell at Sabina Park a month ago http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394529.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/394529.html Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:30:50 GMT Samit Patel has paid the price for not heeding the ECB's warnings about his fitness, and has been dropped for the Twenty20 and one-day leg of England's tour of West Indies http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393407.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/393407.html Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:25:50 GMT