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England captain Andrew Strauss lamented yet another poor batting performance after his side slumped to a 0-3 deficit in the one-day series with Australia on Sunday. Read the full reaction here.
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 [...]
Ian Bell’s 192 for England against Australia A has left the visitors poised for victory in Hobart. England were finally dismissed for 523 – in reply to Australia A’s comparatively meagre first innings total of 230 – with Bell’s middle-order batting partner Paul Collingwood the first to go on day three, caught behind off the [...]
After England’s second string bowlers dominated Australia A on day one of the warm-up match in Hobart, Ian Bell starred on day two, finishing unbeaten on 121 at stumps. Read the full article at http://blogs.bettor.com/Ian-Bell-chimes-in-with-unbeaten-ton-against-Australia-A-a42023.
England’s second string bowling attack has given Andrew Strauss’ side the advantage in day one of their final Ashes warm-up match against Australia A. Read more at http://blogs.bettor.com/Second-string-bowlers-put-England-on-top-against-Australia-A-a41746.
England’s Graeme Swann has given South Australia’s batsmen a taste of his spin magic, taking four wickets in the home side’s first innings of the tour match at the Adelaide Oval. Read the full article at http://blogs.bettor.com/Graeme-Swann-leaves-South-Australia-in-a-spin-a40640.
Kevin Pietersen may have declared himself “on fire” following scores of 58 and 35 against Western Australia in England’s first pre-Ashes tour match, but the flamboyant batsman could still stand to learn a thing or two from the steady heads of teammates Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell. Read the full article http://blogs.bettor.com/Collingwood-and-Bell-fire-in-Ashes-warm-up-a40372.
England started as they hope to go on in their defence of the Ashes when they beat Western Australia by six wickets at the Waca in their first tour match. After an uninspiring start, when their first innings relied on Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann to provide some bulk to the score, England rallied and [...]