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That England slipped to defeat in the opening one day international with Australia will command the headlines, but the emergence of Adil Rashid is a real boon for England. England have resisted the temptation to throw the 21-year-old into the fray for some time, but finally gave him his head...More

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A belligerent 55 from Australia vice-captain Cameron White was cruelly rendered irrelevant as rain abandoned his side's first Twenty20 international against England in dank conditions at Old Trafford.A characteristically cavalier 27 from captain Michael Clarke complemented White (pictured) perfectly as the tourists salvaged some pride on an arctic evening in Manchester,...More

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It took an obdurate 67 from debutant Joe Denly and a consummate display of death bowling by Owais Shah for England to steal a tense two-run victory over Ireland in their one-day international in Belfast. After Duckworth and Lewis waded in to have their say following a rain delay, Ireland's...More

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So exactly how did England regain the Ashes? Who scored most runs? Australia Which team had six of the seven leading run makers? Australia Who took most wickets? Australia Which team had the three leading wicket-takers? Australia Who won the series? England The bottom line is Test matches are set up in the first innings and England batted like clowns...More

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Ricky Ponting took a ball square in the mouth on Saturday, but his dismissal in Australia's second innings on Sunday will have caused the fiercely proud Tasmanian a good deal more pain. With Australia on the ropes at 90-2 the stage was set for their battle-hardened captain to perform one...More

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It's hard to think of a more fitting swansong for Andrew Flintoff the batsman than the swashbuckling 18-ball cameo that invigorated a subdued Oval crowd early on Saturday afternoon.It was full-blooded, frivolous and fleeting. It was unmistakably Flintoff. For the all the criticism levelled at his failure to convert god-given talent...More

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England seized control of the final and decisive Ashes Test at The Oval courtesy of an inspired spell of seam bowling from Stuart Broad. Graeme Swann and Broad bowled in tandem during a wicket-fest of an afternoon in which eight Australian wickets fell for 72 runs and Andrew Strauss's side...More

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England, for only the third time in cricket's oldest and most cherished rivalry, went into the final Test at The Oval needing a win to regain the Ashes but the snarling Peter Siddle had other ideas. The coin toss may as well have been bypassed during Nasser Hussain's unlucky tenure...More

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After England's capitulation at Headingley in the fourth Ashes Test, the pressure now weighs on national selector Geoffrey 'Dusty' Miller like the heavy roller at The Oval.The dour Yorkshireman could be forgiven for ripping apart the entire batting line up and wiping the slate clean, but where then: Robert Key, Jonathan...More

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Ahead of the third day of play at Headingley, talk was of the momentum Australia had managed to gather from their dominant performance with one eye on the fifth and final Test at the Oval - and rightly so. Two early morning wickets in Leeds - those of James Anderson and...More

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