Lancashire survived a late onslaught from Graham Napier to secure a 28-run win over Essex in Group A of the Clydesdale Bank 40 yesterday.
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Ian Bell: Matches can still be won and lost when it's raining
Thursday 17 May 2012
It is strange to think that in 12 days' time we will have completed a third of our Test matches for the summer. We've got three Tests against West Indies, the first of which was due to begin at Lord's today, and then three against South Africa later in the summer.
Ian Bell: Cruel summer climes mean cuts are more crucial than drives
Thursday 17 May 2012
View From the Middle: I had a poor winter with the bat but I have not lost confidence in my ability
Dawning of a new era as England pick Jonny Bairstow
Monday 14 May 2012
Yorkshire batsman gets nod ahead of Taylor to make debut in the first Test against West Indies
Untimely Bopara setback opens door for Bairstow
Sunday 13 May 2012
England will almost certainly havea new batsman for the start of the international summer on Thursday. Both Jonathan Bairstow and James Taylor have sound reasons for expecting the invitation to become the country's 652nd Test player, with Bairstow perhaps the selectors' preferred option.
Taylor fits the bill for England as Bopara is hit by injury scare
Saturday 12 May 2012
West Indies 147 & 27-3 England Lions 341
West Indies are fed to the Lions – and the main course awaits
Friday 11 May 2012
West Indies 147 England Lions 40-1
Gary Gold added to glittering new Bath set-up
Wednesday 09 May 2012
If certain Premiership clubs are struggling for coaching staff at the end of a fraught season, there is one very good reason: Bath have recruited them all. The West Country club yesterday confirmed that the former Springbok coach Gary Gold would lead them in 2012-13, supported by the former England defence coach Mike Ford and two of the men at the heart of London Irish's progress in recent years, Toby Booth and Neal Hatley.
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Sunday 29 April 2012
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Round-up: In-form Compton claims his Lions share
Saturday 28 April 2012
Somerset batsman Nick Compton has been rewarded for his prolific form in a so-far bowler-friendly season with a place in a 12-man England Lions squad to play West Indies at Northampton from 10 May.
County Championship round-up: Trott eases to century as Bell fails once again
Friday 27 April 2012
After Andrew Strauss's frustration at Lord's last week, Ian Bell's bid to find form in the County Championship ran into trouble against Sussex yesterday. Bell made a seven-ball duck, in complete contrast to his Warwickshire and England team-mate Jonathan Trott.
Exeter Chiefs sign Australia international Dean Mumm
Monday 23 April 2012
Exeter Chiefs have signed Australia international Dean Mumm on a two-year deal.
Animal artist Shauna Richardson has roar talent
Friday 13 April 2012
"When I tell people I crotchet animals they immediately lose interest," says Leicestershire-based artist Shauna Richardson. But in her hands, the quaint and grannyish technique of crochet is in no way dull. She calls her craft "crochetdermy", a mashing of words that neatly describes the knitting of life-size animal heads that can be mounted on walls.
England drop a place in Fifa rankings
Wednesday 11 April 2012
England have fallen one place to seventh in the latest world rankings announced by Fifa this morning.
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