Buzzin Cricket

The one day series against New Zealand has been a very mixed bag for England. Paul Collingwood’s men started off well with a convincing 114 run victory, then they were thankful to the rain in the second game, a batting collapse cost them in the third and a mistake on the last ball of the [...]

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England one-day skipper Paul Collingwood will miss the side’s next four limited overs matches. He has been banned by the ICC due to England’s poor over rate in Wednesday’s one-wicket loss to New Zealand.
The ban, rather than the usual fine or suspended ban, was imposed because it was Collingwood’s second offence in a year. [...]

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Essex all-rounder Graham Napier had the game of his life in tonight’s Twenty20 match against Sussex at Chelmsford.
Napier scored 152 not out from just 58 balls, hitting 16 sixes and 10 fours. He now holds the record for the number of sixes in a Twenty20 innings, taking the crown from Brendon McCullum. McCullum [...]

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The front runners for Twenty20 cup glory appear to be Warwickshire. They beat Gloucestershire by eight wickets yesterday to almost guarantee their place in the quarter-final stage.  So far, they have won five times, tied once and had game that didn’t produce a result.
Warwickshire are the only side in this year’s competition that are yet [...]

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When Worcestershire take on Somerset in their Twenty20 match later this evening, there will be a record set by Graham Hick. The former England batsmen, if selected, will be making his 1,196th senior cricket match – which will break Graham Gooch’s long standing appearance record.
Graham Hick is 42-years old now and is showing no signs [...]

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