Cricket
Watson sets sixes record as Australia thump Bangladesh new
Shane Watson hit a record 15 sixes to guide Australia to a series-clinching nine-wicket win over Bangladesh in Mirpur today.
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Rashid takes five to ensure perfect start for Yorkshire
Monday, 11 April 2011
Worcestershire 286 & 137 Yorkshire 368 & 56-1: Yorkshire signalled their intention to be challengers this year, registering the first victory of the campaign.
Stokes' day: Three wickets, a century and five sixes in a row
Monday, 11 April 2011
Durham teenager Ben Stokes signalled his accelerating progress with an astonishing one-man show against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl yesterday.
Robin Scott-Elliot: A brave new world for cricket must take county game outside existing boundaries
Monday, 11 April 2011
Next summer, 2012, will be much tougher, with cricket floored by the combined sportingclout of the European Championship and the London Olympics
Alastair Cook: So where did it all go spectacularly right?
Sunday, 10 April 2011
David Lloyd: Ashes hero opens up on darts, helping out on the farm, the secret of batting and whether he expects to be the next England cricket captain...
Brophy finds his timing to dig Yorkshire out of hole
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Worcestershire 286 Yorkshire 284-7 (Yorkshire trail by 3 runs): Clearly there is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in some cricketers.
County Championship round-up: Harmison hurt as injury crisis mounts for Durham
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Jon Culley: The injury jinx that was a factor in Durham's failure to win a third successive Championship in 2010 is still dogging Phil Mustard's team.
Rashid makes glowing start in the sun as Worcestershire roll over
Saturday, 9 April 2011
Worcestershire 286 Yorkshire
Clarke targets whitewash as Australia rebuild
Saturday, 9 April 2011
Humbled at the World Cup, Australia and Bangladesh have an early chance to put some of the massive disappointment behind them in a series of three one-day internationals starting today.
Stevens skittles Essex after Northeast ton
Saturday, 9 April 2011
Kent's Sam Northeast and Durham's Dale Benkenstein registered the first centuries of the Championship season.
Talent is shining but the county game can't dodge financial clouds
Friday, 8 April 2011
Will Hawkes: April has arrived wreathed in warm sunshine and today the county programme gets under way with the domestic game basking in the glory of the role it played in England's Ashes success.
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