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Graham Onions will miss England’s Ashes defence in Australia in 2010/11 due to an ongoing back injury. The ECB have announced that Onions will undergo surgery next week in a bid to overcome the back injury, and as a result the seamer is expected to miss about nine months of cricket as he completes his [...]
The individual efforts of four England players during last year’s summer of cricket did not go unnoticed when it came to selecting Wisden’s five Cricketers of the Year. Off-spinner Graeme Swann, pacemen Stuart Broad and Graham Onions and wicketkeeper Matt Prior were all named among Wisden’s top five players, with the quartet surely recognised for [...]
With a green pitch likely to favour both the bowlers and a result in the final Test between South Africa and England, the visitors won’t be resting on their laurels as they seek a series victory in Johannesburg. “In all likelihood this isn’t going to be a draw here this week. So we need to [...]
Onions’ thick skin secures dramatic draw Graham Onions, England’s No.11, once again survived the last over as the Ian Bell-inspired tourists clung on for a nail-biting draw in the third Test at Cape Town. Onions defiantly saw off an over from Morne Morkel, carrying on from where Bell and Paul Collingwood had left off on a day [...]
There was a sigh of relief, followed by a broad grin and a punching of the air, but Andrew Strauss knows that England rode their luck to draw the first Test with South Africa in Centurion, a result that – in both its drama and manner – drew comparisons with July’s opening Ashes Test match [...]