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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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 What a difference a week makes. Last weekend England were down and out, the doom mongers were talking of a 7-0 whitewash by Australia in the one-day series.Graeme Swann bowled England to victory to save some face against Australia and they duly carried that form on to the Champions Trophy...More

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Graeme Swann's five-wicket haul helped England to avoid the ignominy of suffering the first ever 7-0 series whitewash in a one-day series at the hands of Australia in sunny Durham. Swann's exploits with the ball helped skittle the tourists out for 176, before Andrew Strauss and Joe Denly ensured that a...More

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England were thrashed again at Trent Bridge and it's becoming a familiar theme. They are sinking so fast in the rankings that the rickety ship that is the West Indies is making up ground on the rails. The last rites will be administered on Sunday and only those booked in for...More

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Ricky Ponting proved that nothing is more cathartic than a week playing golf and propping up the bar at Ladbrokes with a sublime 126 to lead his side to victory in the most one-sided of one-day series. England thought that 300 would be a competitive total but Ponting and his...More

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Brett Lee ripped through the England lower order with a stunning five-wicket haul as the hosts' insipid batting saw Australia clinch a series victory with a fourth successive win at a sun-drenched Lord's. As much as England were inept, Australia were clinical and commanding. Their two leaders, Michael Clarke and...More

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Cameron White's timing in producing a commanding century was as impeccable as Andrew Strauss's timing was lousy in his inept deployment of the batting powerplay. The result? England lost their third one-day match in succession. White paced his knock like a 1975 Austin Maxi: it started painstakingly slowly, built up...More

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