Buzzin Cricket

Andrew Flintoff was back in action with bat and ball for Lancashire against Sussex in the Pro Arch trophy in Dubai.
Flintoff took two wickets in four balls during his second over, and finished with figures of 5-1-9-2 to help Lancashire ease to a 109 run victory. He also hit a quick fire 15 with [...]

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Setanta Sports, the subscription based TV sports channel, have expressed an interest in bidding for the rights to show England’s home Test matches from 2009. This would, of course, include the 2009 Ashes series.
Sky currently has an exclusive four-year contract in place with the ECB to show the games. This latest development makes it [...]

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England took the four wickets needed to level the series against New Zealand in the first session of play on day five in Wellington.
Ryan Sidebottom, arguably England’s greatest threat throughout the match, struck early to remove Vettori and Mills and had the final say catching stranded danger man McCullum off Panesar’s bowling  for 85.  The [...]

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England’s batsmen made steady, if unspectacular progress to build a commanding lead over New Zealand on day three of the second test in Wellington.
Half centuries from Cook and Collingwood, as well as contributions from Strauss (44) and Bell (41) allowed the tourists to finish on 277-9, a lead of 421.  From here England are now [...]

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England’s Tim Ambrose finished on 97 not out at the close of the first day’s play in the second test against New Zealand at Wellington.
Ambrose joined Paul Collingwood (48 not out) with the score a very wobbly 136 for 5 and the prospect of another England fiasco with the bat seeming almost depressingly inevitable.  By [...]

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