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England captain Andrew Strauss has confirmed that Ian Bell will be a direct replacement for the injured Kevin Pietersen in the third Ashes test match, batting at number four, the same as Pietersen. Strauss says that he wants to keep disruption to the England team to a minimum and his happy that Bell will slot [...]

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England’s hopes of winning the 2009 nPower Ashes test match series have been dealt a severe blow with the news that batsman Kevin Pietersen will miss the last three matches after having surgery on his Achilles tendon injury.
Pietersen had played in the second test despite much discomfort from the injury, but had to wait for [...]

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A captain’s innings from England’s Andrew Strauss guided England through most of today’s second Ashes test, but a good spell for the Australian bowlers in the last session after tea threatened to ruin the promising position that England had put themselves in.
Strauss ended 161 not out at close of play, his 18th test century for [...]

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Australian pace bowler Brett Lee is likely to miss the first game of the Ashes series, after breaking down with a rib injury. Lee had complained of soreness in the left side of his body after the tour game with England Lions.
The bowler has missed training with his Australian team mates today and has instead [...]

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Pakistan win the Mens ICC World Twenty20
Pakistan 139-2 (18.3 overs) beat Sri Lanka 138-6 (20 overs) by eight wickets.
Pakistan were the surprise winners of the ICC World Twenty20 cricket competition.  They convincingly beat Sri Lanka in the final at Lords yesterday, and in a post match interview, Pakistan captain Younus Khan, draped in a Pakistan [...]

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