Foxes snap up Niall O'Brien from Northants
10/25/2012
Leicestershire have confirmed the signing of another experienced player to join Wormer Matthew Hoggard's young side, with the announcement of the transfer of Niall O'Brian from Northamptonshire.The Irish wicketkeeper had been at Northants since 2007 and will know look to work closely with the Grace...
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10/19/2012
Fifty overs cricket will return to the domestic game in 2014, replacing the existing Clydesdale Bank 40 tournament in a raft of changes for the 2014-17 season.The England and Wales Cricket Board have reintroduced the longer format to imitate conditions found in the international game. While the Cou...
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10/19/2012
A Sanath Jayasuriya-led World XI team have arrived in Pakistan to play two Twenty20 matches this weekend, which could pave the way for a return to international cricket in the country.After nearly four years of exile from the global stage following the attacks on the Sri Lanka team in 2009 in Lahor...
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10/19/2012
Ed Joyce's temporary role as Sussex's club captain has been made permanent, with Chris Nash assigned as his deputy.Following Michael Yardy's abdication of the role, Joyce took over for the end of the season's duties during the LV= County Championship and Clydesdale Bank 40.Nash is likely to have a...
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10/18/2012
Ex-Black Caps skipper Martin Crowe has been diagnosed with lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system that often originates
in the lymph nodes in the neck, armpits and stomach.Crowe was adamant that his cancer was "very treatable"
and would emulate his actions on the field during his playing days,...
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10/18/2012
UPDATE:The ECB have confirmed that Kevin Pietersen's exile from the England team is over and he will be recalled for the India Test series."We are pleased to welcome a player of Kevin's proven international calibre back into the Test squad for such an important Test series," said National Selector...
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10/16/2012
Woodworm's killer Kiwi Lou Vincent had a blistering spell with the bat to lay the foundations for the Auckland Aces third win on the trot in their Champions League Twenty20 campaign.Having restricted the IPL's reigning champions to just 137 for 6, the New Zealand qualifiers chase of 138 was aided i...
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10/5/2012
Some wizardry from spinner Rangana Herath took Sri Lanka into the final of the World Twenty20 after they crushed Pakistan by 16 runs in yesterday's semi final in Colombo.The
left-armer recorded figures of three for 25 in his four overs,
including two in two balls as he took the key wickets of H...
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10/4/2012
Backed by the bat of captain Charlotte Edwards and the spin of Holly Colvin, England's women showed their male counterparts how it's done - reaching the final of the World Twenty20 with a crushing seven wickets victory over New Zealand.The White Ferns were restricted to just 93-8 as spinner Colvin...
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10/3/2012
Pakistani spinner Abdur Rehman, who plays domestically for Somerset, has been given a 12-week suspension by the ECB after failing a drugs test and been banned for cannabis abuse.Rehman, 32, was busted after August's game against Nottinghamshire in the County Championship."Somerset County Cricket Cl...
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