Buzzin Cricket

England fast bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson have snubbed the lure of the Indian Premier League and it’s riches to concentrate on their respective England Test match careers, and the upcoming back to back series against Bangladesh and Pakistan in 2010.
23 year old Broad and Anderson 27, were widely expected to cash in on [...]

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The Ultimate Test ~ The Story of the 2009 Ashes Series by Gideon Haigh
Published by Arum, £12.99
It’s a good idea. Take cricket’s oldest and fiercest (Pakistan-India not withstanding) rivalry. Two sides lock horns over twenty-five days of unremitting drama, with the balance-of-power fluctuating day-by-day, session-by-session, occasionally over-by-over. Take one man’s daily press reports from the [...]

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The England team finally found themselves in a winning position in the final One Day International against Australia, but still tried their hardest to throw away a good position after Andrew Strauss and Joe Denly had put them on 106 for 1, chasing a total of 177 to win.
England proved once again that Strauss and [...]

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England’s Steve Harmison has said that there is no chance of his body standing up to another Ashes series, despite desperately wanting to be among the England squad that leaves for Australia for the 2010 series.
Harmison’s comments owe as much to his pride as his body, the bowler is not content with being a bit [...]

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The final day of the fifth and deciding Ashes test at the Oval ended with England regaining the Ashes with a spectacular 197 run win, to seal the series with a 2-1 triumph.
In another up and down day, the Australian batsmen showed their bloody minded resilience as they dug in defiantly and chased the game. [...]

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