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Matt Prior ensured that England head to the third Ashes Test against Australia this week without any great alarms. A century from Prior steadied the ship for England, which had rocked a little during their second innings, to ensure a draw against Victoria at the MCG. Matt Prior’s knock showed both sides of his batting [...]
If England’s three-day match against Victoria was supposed to identify which of the squad’s reserve quick bowlers should be stepping into the place that was vacated by the injured Stuart Broad the results were mixed. Victoria finished the second day’s play on 278-6 in their second innings, after 78 overs during which time Chris Tremlett, [...]
Kevin Pietersen may have been a rather peripheral figure in the first Test match of this Ashes series but he is not a man to remain absent from the spotlight for too long. As England prepare for the second Test against Australia, which begins on Friday, the batsman was quick to express his annoyance that [...]
The spot-fixing saga that almost took cricketing relations between England and Pakistan to breaking point in the summer moved a step closer to resolution. The International Cricket Council decided to uphold the provisional suspensions of two Pakistan players, Salman Butt, the batsman and captain during the Test series that is currently under investigation, and Mohammad [...]
Australia were denied a last chance for a victory on their tour of India when the third one-day international was washed out without a ball being bowled. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/India-take-one-day-series-against-Australia-after-washout-a36124
In the latest twist to the spot-fixing sag that dogged the Pakistan squad through their tour of England this summer Mohammad Asif has withdrawn his appeal against the provisional suspension handed to him by the ICC. The fast bowler who, along another bowler, Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt, the batsmanand Test captain, was suspended following [...]
A commanding all-round performance from the excellent Shakib Al Hasan guided Bangladesh to an unassailable 3-0 lead against New Zealand in Mirpur, as the hosts won their first-ever series against top-flight opponents. Shakib’s fifth One-Day century helped the Bangladeshis to 241 all out, a total that proved nine runs too many for the Kiwis, who [...]
Chennai Super Kings claimed victory in the final of the Champions League with a dominant performance over theWarriors at the Wanderers. The Warriors’ hopes of setting a challenging score rested with opening batsman Davy Jacobs. He scored a match-winning 61 against South Australia in the semi-final on Saturday and got his team off to another [...]
The Warriors set up a meeting with the Chennai Super Kings in the Champions League Twenty20 final on Sunday after a 30-run victory over South Australia at Centurion. The platform for the victory for the Warriors was set up by a 104-run stand for the second wicket between Colin Ingram (46) and Davy Jacobs (61) [...]
Chennai Super Kings earned their place in the final of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament with a semi-final with a victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kingsmead. Suresh Raina set the pace for the Chennai Super Kings as he hit 94 not out, off just 48 deliveries, that set up a 52-run Duckworth/Lewis win. [...]