Cricket

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 27^th Apr 2017

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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 27^th Apr 2017

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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.

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Monday 10^th Apr 2017

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Teams to vote on a new streamlined Twenty20 tournament

Wednesday 5^th Apr 2017

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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 31^st Mar 2017

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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 31^st Mar 2017

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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 31^st Mar 2017

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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 21^st Mar 2017

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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 11^th Mar 2017

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Captain pleased with Woakes in win over West Indies

Tuesday 7^th Mar 2017

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