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England vs New Zealand 1st test match round-up.
England beat New Zealand by 115 runs. On a pitch that wasn’t really fit for test match cricket, England won the first match of the international summer in a game dominated by seam bowling under grey skies at the home of cricket. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl on a greenish pitch
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England v New Zealand 1st test match preview.
The test match summer begins tomorrow with the English management under high scrutiny. They have cut their 15-man squad down to 12, with James Rew, Matthew Fisher and Rehan Ahmed being omitted. Emilio Gay is set to make his test match debut when he opens the batting with Ben Duckett. This leaves two players for
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Thoughts on the England squad.
The ECB has announced the first 15-man squad for the summer, and there are a few surprise names in it. Stokes (c) FisherAhmed GayAtkinson RewBaker RobinsonBethall SmithBrook TongueDuckett Rehan Ahmed is a surprise inclusion; he hasn’t had the best of starts to the summer with the bat or the ball. He hasn’t even played any
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England watch Week 6 – Days 3 & 4.
Essex vs Hampshire. Hampshire were bowled all out for 214 on the third day to set Essex 176 for victory. Nick Gubbins made 71 for Hampshire at the top of the order, but once he was dismissed, only Ben Brown, 57*, could make another notable score. Sam Cook finished with figures of 3/52 to finish
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England watch week 6 – Days 1 & 2.
This week’s roundup begins at Chelmsford with the match between Essex and Hampshire. Essex won the toss and elected to bowl. Sam Cooke took 3 early wickets as Hampshire were reduced to 88 for four at lunch on the first day. They reached 216 for five by tea but collapsed to 235 all out as
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Why the wait for a new selector?
With news coming this week that the final round of interviews is being held for the England head selectors’ job, it leaves a rather big question to be asked. Why has it taken so long for England to get to this point? Luke Wright, the last man to hold this role, stepped away from his
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England watch Week 5 – days 3 & 4.
Leicestershire vs Notts. Leicestershire were bowled all out for 308 in their first innings. Their lower order showed fine resistance on the 3rd morning. Olly Stone finished with figures of 5/68. Pennington added a third wicket to finish with figures of 3/69. Leicestershire were asked to follow one, and Stone was in the wickets again.
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England watch week 5 – days 1 & 2.
This week’s England watch begins at the Utilita Bowl, where Hampshire won the toss and asked Glamorgan to bat. Asa Tribe made 45 before he fell victim to Kyle Abbott. The Hampshire bowlers toiled away as Glamorgan made 536/7 in their first innings. Sonny Baker bowled 27 tight overs, taking 1/83 in Glamorgan’s huge total.
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A week of difficult pitches.
The 4th round of the county championship fixtures has now concluded. The weather has been fantastic. The pitches, however, have not. All of the 1st division fixtures ended in very boring and obdurate draws; it’s almost absurd to think that Essex’s first innings total of 409 was the lowest score of a team batting first
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England watch week 4 – days 3 & 4.
Notts vs Warwickshire. Notts were bowled all out for 279 early on the third morning and were asked to follow on as Warwickshire pushed for a victory. Chris Woakes finished with figures of 3/44 off 16.1 overs. Haseeb Hameed finally found some form with the bat; he made his first century of the season, sharing
