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ICC considering expelling the US cricket association
The International Cricket Council (ICC) will consider expelling the US federation at a meeting in June following a failed two-year process to unify the running of the game in the United States.
The ICC board said yesterday that it had decided the full council should consider expelling...
Tuesday 2nd May 2017
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Cricket: Ansari gives up cricket to pursue a law career
Surr ey’s England allrounder Zafar Ansari shocked the cricket world yesterday when he announced his retirement with immediate effect.
Ansari won one-day international honours for England in 2015 and made his Test debut against Bangladesh last October.
But the 25-year-old...
Thursday 27th Apr 2017
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Cricket: Graves hails new era as T20 comp is aprroved
England and Wales Cricket Board chair Colin Graves believes English cricket’s new city-based Twenty20 competition will rival the Indian Premier League and Australia’s Big Bash.
Graves made his bold pledge yesterday after the eight-team tournament was given the go-ahead by...
Thursday 27th Apr 2017
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Cricket: Notts wipe the floor with lousy Leicestershire
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE took less than an hour to complete a 10-wicket victory over Leicestershire yesterday on the third day of the County Championship Division Two match at Grace Road.
The home side resumed on 51 for six and still needed another 27 runs to make the visitors bat again.
...Monday 10th Apr 2017
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Alec Stewart ‘concerned’ with future of county cricket
Teams to vote on a new streamlined Twenty20 tournament
Wednesday 5th Apr 2017
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Cricket: Bell aiming to get back into England test squad
Ian Bell is eyeing an England return and said yesterday that he is targeting making Ashes history.
The Warwickshire captain is preparing for the start of the County Championship season next month, with one eye on an international comeback.
Bell, who has 118 Test caps, has not...
Friday 31st Mar 2017
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Cricket: Test cricket on the brink for Afghanistan after win
Afghani stan moved a step closer yesterday to securing Test cricket with a comprehensive victory over Ireland by an innings and 172 runs in their Intercontinental Cup at Greater Noida with a day to spare.
Centuries from captain Ashgar Stanikzai and wicket-keeper Afsar Zazai had helped...
Friday 31st Mar 2017
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ICC boss wants to see T20 at the Games
International Cricket Council (ICC) boss Dave Richardson said yesterday that the “time is right” for cricket to apply for a place at the Olympics.
Cricket has not been played at the Summer Games since Great Britain beat France to win gold in 1900, but the ICC is now...
Friday 31st Mar 2017
posted by Morning Star in Sport
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ECB wants to get more kids involved in cricket
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is hoping to win the “battle of the playground and the car park” with a new grassroots initiative pitched at youngsters and their mothers.
Launched yesterday, All Stars Cricket is aiming to give 50,000 children aged between five and...
Tuesday 21st Mar 2017
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Captain believes his side gelled during Caribbean tour
England can press ahead to the Champions Trophy with confidence enhanced after their 3-0 whitewash of the West Indies in the Caribbean.
Captain Eoin Morgan yesterday reflected not just on a highly favourable scoreline after his team’s 186-run trouncing of the hosts in the third...
Saturday 11th Mar 2017
posted by Morning Star in Sport
