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Andrew Strauss in numbers

Date: August 13, 2012 | Category: Andrew Roberts

Barring any unforeseen events, England captain, Andrew Strauss, will play his 100th Test at Lord's against South Africa. Strauss will become the ninth England player and 53rd player to reach this mile...

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Headingley Test

Date: August 13, 2012 | Category: Andrew Roberts

Pre-match and South African 1st Innings * The first wicket partnership of 120 between Alviro Petersen and Graeme Smith is the highest first wicket partnership for South Africa against England in Engl...

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SLPL, VVS and DRS (and not KP versus ECB)

Date: August 21, 2012 | Category: Peter Miller

SLPL The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) season got under way this week. In an act of scheduling that would make the ECB proud, the tournament organisers arranged for the opening ceremony a...

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New Kids on the Block

Date: August 28, 2012 | Category: Peter Miller

There is some really exciting young talent playing county cricket right now, a few of whom have the potential to go all the way. Here are three of the names that cricket fans should be looking out for...

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When Can a Man Mankad?

Date: August 31, 2012 | Category: Peter Miller

In the County Championship match at Taunton this week Murali Kartik ran out Alex Barrow while he was backing up at the non-strikers end. This is known as Mankading. The origin of this term is from the...

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The Death of Format

Date: September 4, 2012 | Category: Peter Miller

Much has been made over the last few years about the threat Twenty20 cricket is posing to Test matches. They say that in a time poor age where people want quick fixes we will lose interest in the 5 da...

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MOM JOKES TRANSLATE

Date: September 10, 2012 | Category: Frederick Wolstenholme

When I played high school basketball, I had a teammate who was hilarious when it came to sledging the other team whether it was in general or the player marking him in particular. The fans couldn't he...

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The Lord's Test

Date: September 10, 2012 | Category: Andrew Roberts

It might not have worked out for England or Andrew Strauss in his 100th Test but a fascinating Test saw its fair share of memorable moments and I list below some of the statistical moments. * Man of ...

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XI Best Test Performances (while I was in the ground)

Date: September 11, 2012 | Category: Peter Miller

I have been lucky enough to see some great performances with bat and ball while I was at the ground and I thought it might be interesting to make a playing XI from them. The qualification is that I ha...

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England v South Africa

Date: September 13, 2012 | Category: Player's Blog

Cricket United users were asked the question: Who will win the Investec Test series between England and South Africa? Result: England – 57% South Africa – 43% There is every chance...

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