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Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2011 Edited by Scyld Berry (Published by John Wisden)
Wisden on the Ashes Edited by Steven Lynch (Published by John Wisden)
By definition, any Wisden can only be as good as the previous cricketing year it describes in such painstaking detail. It’s why the 1982 and 2006 editions command higher prices than those [...]

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England finished the Ashes Test series in Australia in excellent fashion, winning the final Test in Sydney by an innings and 83 runs to re-write the history books following an emphatic beating of the Australian team on their own soil.
Retiring Paul Collingwood was given the honour of leading England out on the final day of [...]

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Having struggled to make his presence felt with the bat in the current Ashes series, it is no real surprise that Paul Collingwood has mad the announcement that he will retire from Test cricket at the end of the final days play in Australia.
The 34 year old Durham player will continue to represent England in [...]

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England batsmen Alistair Cook and Ian Bell ensured that the visitors assumed control of the final Ashes Test match in Sydney, building on the precarious 167 for 3 from the previous day with England finishing on 488 for 7.
Cook who started the day on 61, enjoyed a stand of 154 with Bell as he surpassed [...]

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It was too much to expect the Australian’s of all people to lie down and accept defeat, but the way they took control of the third Ashes test in Perth yesterday must have taken England by some surprise.
Having put on 78 without loss, the England batting order was demolished by a devastating display of swing [...]

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