Buzzin Cricket

When James Pattinson made his debut for Australia in Brisbane, he became only one of two sets of brothers to ever play cricket for different countries.
James Pattinson is the younger brother of England bowler Darren Pattinson.  Darren played only once for England in 2008.  After being born in Grimsby his family moved to Victoria, Australia [...]

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Graham Dilley – A Small Appreciation
Fifty-two is no age. I’d been texted the sad news that guitarist Bert Jansch had passed away yesterday. When I got home I turned to the net to read more, and was aghast to read the news that ‘Picca’ had also gone.
I remember feeling old when Michael Atherton, three years [...]

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England recalls Tim “Bressie” Bresnan to the one-day squad ahead of the five NatWest One Day International Series matches against Sri Lanka which start tomorrow at The Oval. The 26 year-old Yorkshire seam bowler has missed the previous three summer tests this year through a calf injury.
Alastair Cook will lead the England team for the [...]

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England will now have three cricket captains – Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad.
Andrew Strauss said it was a difficult decision to stand down from being the England one-day captain but believes following the recent Cricket World Cup, the time is right.
He will be replaced by his Test match opening partner Alastair Cook. Strauss [...]

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Sadly I missed the live coverage of the dream tie between India and Australia, but managed to catch most of the highlights on TV.
The Australian’s looked to be in decent enough form throughout the majority of the game, but India always looked to be in control of the match, barring a few slapstick moments with [...]

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