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Cricket
Cricket: Alastair Cook expects lessons to be learned for ODI series
ENGLAND urgently need to arrest a sequence of nine defeats in their last 10 international matches against in-form Pakistan today.
Cricket: Young Scotland side eager for big Test if and when it comes
Having overseen a generational shift of the national side since he took over as Scotland coach in 2008, the decision to offer Pete Steindl a new three-year contract to complete what he had started courted little dissent.
Cricket: Peter Steindl pens new Scotland deal and looks to build on progress
SCOTLAND’S head cricket coach, Peter Steindl, has agreed an extension to his contract which commits him to leading the national team until December 2014.
Cricket: Back surgery for Chris Tremlett
ENGLAND paceman Chris Tremlett has had back surgery to address the problem which forced him out of the ongoing series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
Cricket: Scots squads for UAE and Sri Lankan tour named
SCOTTISH cricket selectors yesterday confirmed the squads travelling to the United Arab Emirates and Sri Lanka over the next seven weeks.
Cricket: No wholesale changes but Ian Bell pays price for slump
Murray believes an elusive Grand Slam title is now within his reach
Tickets £39 to see Scotland’s ODI at Grange
CRICKET fans will have to stump up £39 for a ticket if they want to see Scotland take on England in this summer’s showpiece one-day international in Edinburgh.
Flower takes blame and admits ‘we weren’t ready’
THE repeated failures of England’s world-class batsmen against Pakistan have left England captain Andrew Strauss and team director Andy Flower still searching for answers as to what exactly has gone wrong.
Cricket: Pakistan ease England aside to complete whitewash
England’s miserable Test tour of the Middle East reached an appropriately sorry end with a 71-run defeat, and resulting 3-0 whitewash, against Pakistan.
Cricket: Azhar Ali sets England mammoth runs target
ENGLAND at last saw the back of Azhar Ali, but still need to pull off the second-highest run chase in their Test history to avoid a 3-0 whitewash by Pakistan.
Cricket: India star Yuvraj Singh being treated for cancer in US
YUVRAJ Singh’s physiotherapist Jatin Chaudhary has confirmed the India batsman is undergoing treatment for cancer in the United States.
Cricket: England’s batsmen have failed to find their mark
IT HAS been some time since the England selectors had to make some very difficult choices about players but as this match proceeds towards yet another defeat, one that means the series has been a 3-0 whitewash for Pakistan, they have no choice but to seek some other batsmen who are better players of spin.
Match even after 16 wickets fall in day
Stuart Broad and James Anderson hustled Pakistan out for 99, yet England could take only a minor advantage on a hectic first day of the final Test at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
‘Parochial’ ICC’s conduct is ‘unacceptable’, report claims
THE International Cricket Council have been criticised for putting the interests of their full members first and for treating the development of the global game as a “secondary” aim.
Strauss warns batsmen that their Test places are at stake
England’s world-beating batsmen will be playing for their Test places, as well as pride, when Andrew Strauss’ tourists try to avert a 3-0 whitewash against Pakistan in Dubai.
Extra prize cash for top Test sides
The International Cricket Council will more than double the prize-money for the No 1 Test team from 2013 in order to boost the profile of the most traditional form of international cricket.
ECB chief is delighted by increased TV deal revenue
The England and Wales Cricket Board yesterday claimed a “truly astounding” new broadcasting deal with Sky Sports will deliver increased revenue in the tough economic climate.
English calls stumps on his Carlton career
CEDRIC English last night announced he is leaving Scottish champions Carlton after 14 years with the Edinburgh club. The South African-born former Saltires player joined Carlton as overseas professional and was a major influence during a period of unprecedented success.
Flower demands skill and courage as England batsmen face axe
Andy Flower will be prepared to change England’s losing team to arrest the world Test No 1’s fall from grace in the Middle East.
Cricket: England destroyed in spinners’ web
The discussion can stop. This England team may nominally be No.1 in the world at Test cricket but defeat in Abu Dhabi with a surrender in the final innings inside 37 overs, proves that, in sub-continent conditions against Asian sides based on spin bowling, England are just not good enough.
Award shows women’s cricket no laughing matter in Scotland
In seeking to differentiate between the sexes, comedian Billy Connolly used to do a routine about how, just as men can’t wrap Christmas presents, women were just as unlikely to possess the ability to bowl overarm at cricket. But the Big Yin’s observation is now well wide of the stumps, as recent developments have shown.
Buccaneering Stuart Broad leads the charge in battle to level series
ENGLAND were marginal favourites to level their three-match series against Pakistan thanks to Stuart Broad’s runs and Monty Panesar’s wickets by stumps on day three at the Zayed Stadium.
Australia in total control as Siddle rips India apart
Australia captain Michael Clarke decided against enforcing the follow-on after his Peter Siddle-inspired team overcame a maiden Virat Kohli century to take total command of the fourth Test against India at Adelaide Oval.
Australia keep up Indian torment
Australia struck two late blows with the ball late on day two of the fourth Test against India after double centuries from Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke had led the hosts to 604 for seven declared at Adelaide Oval. The tourists reached 61 for two at the close of the second day, still requiring a further 344 runs just to make Australia bat again as they look to deny the home team a 4-0 series sweep.
Monty Panesar back in the wickets on Test return
IT HAS been a long road from the valleys to the desert, but Monty Panesar kept the faith and claimed just reward with his 40th Test cap for England yesterday.
Ireland coach seeking split in Test game
Ireland coach Phil Simmons believes a two-tier split of Test-playing nations could be the future.
Australia Day gong for Ponting
RICKY Ponting has been awarded one of his country’s highest civil honors on Australia Day, after posting a double century in the fourth Test against India.
Strauss opens up on search for a ton
Andrew Strauss knows the best captains lead from the front, and it is time he did so again for England.
Irish eyes focus on full Test status
Cricket Ireland have launched an ambitious set of initiatives aimed at fulfilling their dream of becoming a full Test nation by 2020.
Former Saltire George Bailey to captain Australia in T20 internationals
FORMER Scottish Saltires batsman George Bailey was celebrating last night after being named captain of Australia.
Cook plotting runs recovery
ALASTAIR Cook knows England have the ability to take advantage of a batting haven at the Sheikh Zyed Cricket Stadium – but they will take nothing for granted after their blip in Dubai.
Dubai debacle a ‘slap in the face’
England have taken one “slap in the face” from Pakistan, and have no intention of letting their hosts land another blow in the second Test.
MacLeod strikes to take Uddingston to victory
UDDINGSTON carved-out a tense win over Group C rivals Watsonians to keep their Super Sixes hopes alive at the National Academy. Saltires all-rounder Calum MacLeod struck with two vital wickets to ensure the Edinburgh side fell 14 runs short.
Sangakkara sparks Sri Lanka’s winning rally
Kumar Sangakkara’s century led Sri Lanka to a riveting two-wicket win over South Africa with a ball to spare as they restored some pride in the fifth and final one-day international.
Iain Fletcher: No place to push boundaries
DID you hear that? That pop of a balloon bursting. All it took was three days away from the comforts of home – pitches with bounce and seam movement – and England’s pretensions as the best Test team in the world were shattered.
Flower refuses to panic after England’s Dubai debacle
England may still be top of the world in Test cricket – but after their ten-wicket hammering against Pakistan in Dubai, Andy Flower believes the only way is up for his team.
Dire England crash to Dubai defeat
ENGLAND descended to a hapless defeat inside three days after a second successive batting collapse against Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
England bowlers limit the damage
England spent day two of the first Test playing catch-up, and eventually eking out seven Pakistan wickets, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Matt Prior rescues England from deep hole as Pakistan fire
England collapsed to Saeed Ajmal at the start of their first Test series as the world’s top team, against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
Andrew Strauss stokes fire for next chapter
England appear to be over two late injury scares before the first Test against Pakistan and can at last begin the next stage of their mission to become one of the greatest teams in history.
England bury memories of match-fixing in bid to cement top Test status
England will make no concession to any spectres of 2010 when they set out in defence of their world-beating Test status against Pakistan.
England aiming to remain top dogs in 2012
ENGLAND started this calendar year as the No.1 side in Test cricket, a title earned at the conclusion of their 4-0 thrashing of the previous best, India, last August. Since then, apart from a one-day jamboree, England have played no cricket.
Cricket: England ease to win
England closed out a second straight warm-up victory as they fine tune preparations for the three-Test series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
Cricket: Quickfire Warner counts India out
Australia opener David Warner believes India are already a beaten team after his blazing century – the equal fourth fastest in Test history – capped a wholly dominant opening day of the third Test in Perth.
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