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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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An implausible victory over South Africa saw England become the fist team to progress into the semi finals of the ICC Champions Trophy on Sunday, with Andrew Strauss hailing England’s display with the bat as the best he had seen.
Indeed the memories of the 6-1 drubbing by Australia seem to have been put firmly behind [...]

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India batsman Yuvraj Singh will miss the ICC Champions Trophy after he fractured a finger during training. The batsman was injured during fielding drill ahead of  Saturday’s clash with Pakistan.
The BCCI have confirmed that Yuvraj will be returning home from South Africa and made the following statement:
“Yuvraj has fractured a finger in his right hand [...]

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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 captain Andrew Strauss is among four players shortlisted for this years International Cricket Council’s cricketer of the year award along with Indian players Gautam Gambhir and Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Australian Mitchell Johnson.
The four contenders will now have to wait until the sixth annual LG ICC awards on October 1st in Johannesburg, to see [...]

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