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PCA urge caution on Morgan reforms

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:55:42 GMT

Professional Cricketers Association chief Angus Porter feels it would make sense to delay implementing the Morgan Report into the structure of domestic cricket.

Ponting back in charge

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:26:21 GMT

Ricky Ponting is to captain Australia again after national selector John Inverarity installed him as skipper for this Friday's one-day meeting with Sri Lanka in Sydney.

Cook keeping his feet on the ground

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:26:07 GMT

Alastair Cook is determined his England team will keep their cool in victory, just as they have had to so often in defeat.

Alastair Cook's orders

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

CAPTAIN Alastair Cook led from the front with a magnificent 137 as England finally beat Pakistan in Abu Dhabi - and then demanded his side back it up with another victory.

England captain Alastair Cook charts course

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

AFTER six weeks without a compass, Alastair Cook yesterday gave hope that he could yet lead England successfully from this desert when guiding them to a much-needed win in the first one-day international.

England find winning way at last

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:25:33 GMT

Alastair Cook and Steven Finn's career-best performances carried England to an emphatic, and overdue, win over Pakistan.

Finn has Pakistan reeling

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:55:39 GMT

Alastair Cook's career-best 137 began to look an even better innings as Steven Finn took two wickets in two balls, and Pakistan's first four, in their faltering reply to 260 for seven.

Cook keeps England in the hunt

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:55:41 GMT

Alastair Cook's career-best 137 near single-handedly kept England competitive with a total of 260 for seven in the first one-day international at the Zayed Stadium.

Afridi double stalls England

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:55:43 GMT

Kevin Pietersen's return to opening the innings resulted in a laboured contribution before he became the first of two England batsmen bowled in successive balls by Shahid Afridi on Monday.

Anderson named in England line-up

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:25:22 GMT

James Anderson will play his first one-day international for five months after Tim Bresnan failed to prove his full match fitness in time to face Pakistan at the Zayed Stadium.

Cook: We'll play to win

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:55:35 GMT

England could be forgiven perhaps for a secret policy of damage limitation in their one-day international series against Pakistan.

England's Alastair Cook is anxious to learn curve

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

TEMPTING though it might be to bury one's head in the sand in these parts, Alastair Cook has insisted that their trial by spin in the Tests must not be forgotten in the ODI series starting this morning.

Buttler ruled out

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:25:24 GMT

England middle-order batsman Jos Buttler will miss Monday's first one-day international against Pakistan because of split webbing in his left hand.

Danny Boy's made of the Wight stuff

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

DANNY BRIGGS doesn't mind boat travel, having first commuted to Hampshire practice on the Isle of Wight ferry at the age of 10, but it will be sink or swim if he's thrown into the choppy waters of international cricket this week.

Dernbach backs England to come good

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:55:59 GMT

Jade Dernbach is confident England will prove they have learned some hard lessons this winter once their one-day international series against Pakistan gets under way.

England dew a win at last

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

JADE DERNBACH took a wicket with his first ball in a comfortable win against the England Lions at the Sheik Zayed Stadium, but it was hardly the ideal warm-up for the senior team's ODI series.

England cruise to warm-up win

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:25:20 GMT

England coasted to a seven-wicket 'victory' in a bizarre mis-match against the Lions at the Zayed Stadium.

England set contrived target

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:25:29 GMT

England found themselves needing 230 to win a bizarre match in Abu Dhabi - after bowling the Lions out for 96 in only 28.3 overs.

Dernbach puts England in charge

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:25:23 GMT

Jade Dernbach took three wickets for two runs as England destroyed the Lions' top order in Friday's one-day international warm-up match at the Zayed Stadium.

Craig Kieswetter is happy to play middle man

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

ANDY FLOWER would no doubt concede it will take more than a quick reshuffle of his one-day batting pack to turn around England's limited-overs fortunes, particularly against a Pakistan side with a taste for whitewash.

Tremlett undergoes surgery

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:25:07 GMT

England paceman Chris Tremlett has had back surgery to address the problem which forced him out of the ongoing series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

Finn aiming to make his mark again

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:25:28 GMT

Steven Finn is out to prove a point once more in Abu Dhabi - where he first showed himself to be an England fast bowler of the future.

Flower expects better from England

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:25:52 GMT

Andy Flower can be in no doubt he has a major challenge on his hands, to arrest England's decline in the desert, but he is nonetheless relishing the opportunity.

Andy Flower: Show us you can be a top six hitter

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

ANDY FLOWER has challenged his younger one-day players to prove they can dislodge his underperforming Test batsmen before he picks the squad to tour Sri -Lanka next month.

Bresnan named in England squads

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:54:39 GMT

Tim Bresnan has been named in England's one-day international and Twenty20 squads to play Pakistan, but his participation is still subject to ongoing fitness checks.