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Eng 127-1 (17.3 overs) - Bell pulls Flynn through mid-wicket to finish 60 not out and that's it. England coast to a nine-wicket victory. Join us on Sunday morning for the first one-day international from the Riverside.BALL-BY-BALL SCORECARD  Eng 108-1 (15 overs) - Pietersen sweeps Scott Styris to the pickets at...More

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Cowers is worried for Luke Wright. The young Sussex all-rounder was the leading run-scorer and six hiter in the 2007 Twenty20 Cup. And this season he has already hit 120 for the England Lions against the touring New Zealanders in a four-day game.Now he is likely to open for England in...More

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Another day, another new competition - it's not just the New Road outfield that is in danger of being saturated.  The England and Wales Cricket Board are announcing details of a lucrative new Twenty20 link-up with Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford - he of the stetson, black bats, big ego and even...More

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It's mid-summer in England.All over our green and lovely land, mysterious funfairs with exotic names slowly begin to spring up on parks and village greens. Pickpockets rub their dirty hands with glee; hospitals and lawyers brace themselves for a flood of whiplash victims; grumpy local residents prepare for a sleepless...More

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Kellogg's claim their Corn Flakes are "The Original and Best," and that's fair enough for Cowers. A bowl of The Sunshine Breakfast is like a little bowl of paradise; golden flakes, fresh and crisp, made from the finest sun drenched maize. If they serve breakfast in Heaven, it would be a bowl of Corn Flakes.Compare...More

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12.02pm - NZ 232 (72.3 overs) - WICKET! Oram smashes Anderson for a massive six but he gives Martin the strike and he edges his second ball to Collingwood at slip. Jimmy takes the wicket and he leads England off after finishing with nine in the match. IT'S ALL OVER - ENGLAND...More

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19.29 - New Zealand 177-5 (60 overs): Oram clubs two fours off the final over from Sidebottom and that, at last, is stumps. An impressive fightback from the Kiwis but England remain massive favourites, particularly following those two late wickets.Cowers will be back in the morning, and today's non-event of a...More

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5.45pm: The super hover is on and that is it for the day which is good news for mkip1234 who will become his region's leading orator on cycling with all those mags. E-mail your details to cow.corner@yahoo.co.uk. See you at 10.30am.BALL-BY-BALL SCORECARD | MATCH GALLERY    5.10pm: Bad light I'm afraid. Jimmy can put...More

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6.12pm: England 273-7 (90 overs) - Broad drives and edges O'Brien to the wicket and that's all she wrote for the day. A pretty even day's cricket with KP the star turn.The competition winner is century.is100 who was just one away. Please e-mail your postal address to cow.corner@yahoo.co.uk   We will...More

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Richard Ellison took 17 wickets as England won the Ashes in 1985 and a promising international career beckoned. But he only played a further four Tests, the Kent swing bowler blaming a change in the fabric of his trousers for his inability to obtain lateral movement. Laughed at 20 years...More

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