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Animosity and anger have been the words associated with Jonathan Trott's return to South Africa, but apathy may well best describe the reception which greets the quiet man following in Kevin Pietersen's footsteps. While Pietersen's brash demeanour in 2004 - with his skunk haircut and haughty swagger - infuriated the...More

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To say that Sajid Mahmood was raw when he was introduced to international cricket in spectacularly premature fashion back in 2006 would be an understatement, but 'King' is back, and faster than ever. Big Saj was a bewildered member of Duncan Fletcher's 'keep playing them till they get good' development model, but...More

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Barely had Andrew Strauss left the interview room after suggesting that he may wish to take a break in Bangladesh, than Alastair Cook began practising his coin-tossing technique and handing the selectors his business card. England have long been accused of treating every young talented batsman as though they were...More

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Beaten but unbowed, that is what the local press should be writing about a Trinidad & Tobago team who went so close to Champions League glory. T&T travelled to India for the Champions League Twenty20 and they were accompanied by all the baggage of the shambles that is West Indies...More

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The news of Marcus Trescothick's return home after suffering a recurrence of his stress-related illness in India was as predictable as it was tragic. With disarming honesty in assessing his performances, Trescothick judged that he was 'firing at just 60 to 70 per cent'. Jesse Ryder's personal analysis has often seen him...More

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Shane Watson's second successive century gave Australia back-to-back victories in the Champions Trophy as the burly all-rounder bludgeoned two huge sixes to finish with a flourish. It would be easy to be flippant and describe Australia's victory in the Champions Trophy as irrelevant, but there was a faint slice of...More

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The Champions Trophy is not a tournament that deserves a great semi-final - and it didn't get one.A quick glance at the Top 100 list that the football bods are doing on the site shows that often semi-finals are the greatest games: the drama, the tension, the 'what if' we miss...More

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England made New Zealand's quartet of seamers look like a pack of West Indies pacemen circa 1984 on an eccentric pitch at the Wanderers to squander top spot in Group B. The Black Caps not only pipped Sri Lanka to a semi-final spot but usurped England in the group as Grant...More

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Owais Shah banished memories of shoddy run-outs and sloppy dismissals with an audacious 98 to send hosts South Africa crashing out of the Champions Trophy. Awarding a man-of-the-match proved to be an arduous task as the Proteas skipper Graeme Smith produced a typically savage innings of 141 as his side...More

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