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xx Worcestershire may turn to Mishra
Yesterday at 07:01:00 PM by cricket_news
Worcestershire may turn to Mishra
1 July 2009, 3:27 pm



Worcestershire may turn to Mishra



Mishra has made a promising start to his international career

India leg-spinner Amit Mishra has emerged as a candidate to replace Ashley Noffke as Worcestershire's overseas player.The 26-year-old could take over when Noffke leaves New Road in mid-August.

"Amit Mishra is certainly on a list of players that we are talking to," said chief executive Mark Newton.

"But I must stress he is one of many players we are talking to - if you can get a work permit through in a month then you have done extremely well."

The county season does not finish until 27 September, so any signing would play at least five matches for the club.



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Is Mishra the right man for Worcestershire?

Mishra has taken 20 wickets in five Test appearances for India and played twice against England last winter.

Teammate Zaheer Khan is also in the frame to replace Noffke, having enjoyed a highly successful spell with Worcestershire in 2006.

Earlier this week, Newton confirmed that Zaheer and captain Vikram Solanki were still in contact but that there had not been "anything formal" from the club for the left-arm paceman.



Source: BBC Sport | Cricket | World Edition

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xx India aim to end West Indies jinx
Yesterday at 05:00:21 PM by cricket_news
India aim to end West Indies jinx
2 July 2009, 2:33 pm



India aim to end West Indies jinx

Third & fourth one-day internationals, St Lucia:West Indies v IndiaCoverage: BBC Sport website, BBC World Service and BBC Radio 5 Live



India have found wins hard to come by in the Caribbean

India will look to seal a rare one-day series win in West Indies when they play the last two games of a four-match series this weekend.The visitors won the opening fixture by 20 runs before the home side bounced back to win the next by eight wickets.

The third and fourth matches will be played at St Lucia's Beausejour Cricket Ground on Friday and Sunday.

India have only beaten West Indies once in their last five one-day series in the Caribbean.

The Windies have named an unchanged squad for the final two matches, which will disappoint some of the St Lucian crowd who were hoping to see local hero Darren Sammy.



606: DEBATE

Are India suffering from fatigue?

Meanwhile, opening batsman Runako Morton said he is enjoying his time playing alongside big-hitting skipper Chris Gayle.

"Every time I opened from since youth cricket I always have a good time at it," he said.

"I always like the challenge of opening and I don't like to wait to bat so I love opening.

"Batting with Cramps (Gayle) makes it easier because bowlers are focusing on getting him out and his vibes are just relaxed."

West Indies (from): Gayle (cpt), Ramdin, Baker, Benn, Bernard Jr, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Chanderpaul, Deonarine, Morton, Rampaul, Sarwan, Taylor

India (from): Dhoni (cpt), Badrinath, Gambhir, Jadeja, Karthik, Kumar, Nayar, Nehra, Ojha, Pathan, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Rudra Pratap Yuvraj, Murali Vijay



Source: BBC Sport | Cricket | World Edition

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xx The Cricket Ball
July 01, 2009, 09:24:07 PM by ShortSquatLeg
From wikipedia:

Cricket balls are made from a core of cork, which is layered with tightly wound string, and covered by a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam. The covering is constructed of four pieces of leather shaped similar to the peel of a quartered orange, but one hemisphere is rotated by 90 degrees with respect to the other. The "equator" of the ball is stitched with string to form the seam, with a total of six rows of stitches. The remaining two joins between the leather pieces are left unstitched.

For men's cricket, the ball must weigh between 5.5 and 5.75 ounces (155.9 and 163.0 g) and measure between 8 13/16 and 9 in (224 and 229 mm) in circumference. Balls used in women's and youth matches are slightly smaller.

Cricket balls are traditionally dyed red, and red balls are used in Test cricket and First-class cricket. White balls were introduced when one-day matches began being played at night under floodlights, as they are more visible at night. Professional one-day matches are now played with white balls, even when they are not played at night. Other colours have occasionally been experimented with, such as yellow and orange for improved night visibility, but the colouring process has so far rendered such balls unsuitable for professional play because they wear differently to standard balls. Recently the ICC is in talks for testing with pink balls in ODI matches. The white ball has been found to swing a lot more during the first half of the innings than the red ball and also deteriorates more quickly, although manufacturers claim that white and red balls are manufactured using the same methods and materials.

Cricket balls are expensive. As of 2007, the ball used in first class cricket in England has a recommended retail price of 70 pounds sterling. In test match cricket this ball is used for a minimum of 80 overs (theoretically five hours and twenty minutes of play). In professional one day cricket, at least two new balls are used for each match. Amateur cricketers often have to use old balls, or cheap substitutes, in which case the changes in the condition of the ball experienced during an innings in professional cricket are not replicated.

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Do any of you know why the color the leather is dyed affects the property and in the case of white - the swing? What is the physics in this? Is it that the polish that can be applied (and sustained) dramatically differs for the colors, that it affects its aerodynamic behavior?

Also I am surprised to learn that the cricket ball costs that much. I wonder if Ranji matches use the same quality balls used in international cricket.
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xx ICC chief suggests four-day Tests
July 01, 2009, 01:03:29 AM by ruchir
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/411075.html


ICC chief suggests four-day Tests

Cricinfo staff

June 30, 2009

David Morgan, the ICC president, has hinted that Test cricket may be reduced to four days to protect and enrich the game's oldest format in the face of lucrative Twenty20 leagues like the IPL. The suggestion comes in the wake of a few other changes that are being mooted, including a two-tier format and day-night Tests to attract more crowds.

"Another thought that many people have, that we are examining is whether Test match cricket can be played over four days rather than five," Morgan told the India Today magazine. "I would be very surprised if within a year you haven't seen some significant changes in Test match cricket."

Morgan felt it wouldn't be too difficult for players to make a mental shift from five days to four. He added that Test cricket needed many more adjustments, and that special cricket balls would have to be made to facilitate night Tests in white clothing.

"We need better over-rates, better pitches that give a good balance between bat and ball and we need to consider day-night Test cricket," Morgan said. "There is great support for it, the issue is the colour of the ball and the quality of the ball. It would be a pity if Test match cricket - day-night - had to be played with a white ball and therefore coloured clothing.

"We are looking very closely at ball manufacturing design that replicates a red ball, maybe an orange ball, a ball that could still allow us to play in white clothing and still at night."

The two-tier structure was recently mooted by Dave Richardson, the ICC general manager for cricket, to divide the stronger and weaker teams and make the format more competitive. The ICC has also given the go ahead for the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) from October following trials in specific series over the last year. Umpires will have greater scope to decide on bad-light interruptions and the penalities for slow over-rates have also been increased.

With so much emphasis on Twenty20 and the enrichment of Test cricket, Morgan was very confident of the survival of the 50-over game in its current form, now with batting Powerplays and free-hits added to spice it up. He also defended the presence of the Champions Trophy in an already crowded calendar, despite calls for it to be scrapped.

The Champions Trophy, in South Africa in September, now features only the top eight teams and is a shorter tournament compared to previous editions.

"It will be played over a shorter period and we are certain it will rejuvenate the Champions Trophy brand," he said. "The brand needed polishing, rejuvenating, it needed remodeling and this event will be a very, very exciting and successful event I'm sure. It will be the event that will give fifty overs cricket its profile back, give it a boost without a doubt."
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xx How long a rope will test cricket get?
June 30, 2009, 04:43:25 PM by ShortSquatLeg
Apparently, the answer is 'not long at all'. Current test cricket  :wave:  :wave:

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/411075.html


ICC chief suggests four-day Tests
Cricinfo staff
June 30, 2009

David Morgan, the ICC president, has hinted that Test cricket may be reduced to four days to protect and enrich the game's oldest format in the face of lucrative Twenty20 leagues like the IPL. The suggestion comes in the wake of a few other changes that are being mooted, including a two-tier format and day-night Tests to attract more crowds.

"Another thought that many people have, that we are examining is whether Test match cricket can be played over four days rather than five," Morgan told the India Today magazine. "I would be very surprised if within a year you haven't seen some significant changes in Test match cricket."

Morgan felt it wouldn't be too difficult for players to make a mental shift from five days to four. He added that Test cricket needed many more adjustments, and that special cricket balls would have to be made to facilitate night Tests in white clothing.

"We need better over-rates, better pitches that give a good balance between bat and ball and we need to consider day-night Test cricket," Morgan said. "There is great support for it, the issue is the colour of the ball and the quality of the ball. It would be a pity if Test match cricket - day-night - had to be played with a white ball and therefore coloured clothing.

"We are looking very closely at ball manufacturing design that replicates a red ball, maybe an orange ball, a ball that could still allow us to play in white clothing and still at night."

The two-tier structure was recently mooted by Dave Richardson, the ICC general manager for cricket, to divide the stronger and weaker teams and make the format more competitive. The ICC has also given the go ahead for the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) from October following trials in specific series over the last year. Umpires will have greater scope to decide on bad-light interruptions and the penalities for slow over-rates have also been increased.

With so much emphasis on Twenty20 and the enrichment of Test cricket, Morgan was very confident of the survival of the 50-over game in its current form, now with batting Powerplays and free-hits added to spice it up. He also defended the presence of the Champions Trophy in an already crowded calendar, despite calls for it to be scrapped.

The Champions Trophy, in South Africa in September, now features only the top eight teams and is a shorter tournament compared to previous editions.

"It will be played over a shorter period and we are certain it will rejuvenate the Champions Trophy brand," he said. "The brand needed polishing, rejuvenating, it needed remodeling and this event will be a very, very exciting and successful event I'm sure. It will be the event that will give fifty overs cricket its profile back, give it a boost without a doubt."
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xx Bowled over: Irfan Pathan to marry Shivangi
June 30, 2009, 12:54:11 AM by poondu
VADODARA: It's a decision that could break a million hearts. 'Baroda bomber' Irfan Pathan is set to marry long-time friend Shivangi Dev, daughter

New innings: Irfan & Shivangi
of an Indian diplomat in Australia. Pathan, who has known Shivangi for the past six years, told TOI that their parents had finally given their nod to the wedding.

"We know each other really well now," said a blushing Irfan, who first met his lady-love in Canberra in 2003. The younger Pathan, however, is sure of the venue. "It will take some time but certainly in Vadodara. It will be a traditional wedding," he said.

TOI had first reported about Irfan's relationship with Shivangi, in March last year. Irfan had first met her during a practice match. "She was very shy and didn't talk much during our first meeting. It took quite some time before we got comfortable with each other and got into a relationship," Irfan said.

So, who proposed first? "I was the one who proposed to her about three years ago. I was in Vadodara when I called her up and asked her if she would marry me," he said. She said yes.

Initially, there was some resistance from both families. "Now, our families have accepted our relationship," he added.

Shivangi, who has visited Irfan's home twice, works as a chartered accountant in Australia and also teaches dance to children. "She is a very good dance teacher and has a major fan following in her dance school," said Irfan who has visited her school.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bowled-over-Irfan-Pathan-to-marry-Shivangi/articleshow/4717804.cms

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xx How long a rope should Harbhajan Singh get?
June 29, 2009, 05:45:19 PM by Rocky
It has been evident for a long time that HS has lost his wicket taking ability in ODI's especially overseas.

The last 10 overseas series are listed here:
Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4 5 Start Date  Winner
India in Bangladesh ODI Series, 2004/05
 2 2 18.0 1 94 1 1/48 94.00 5.22 108.0 0 0 23 Dec 2004  India 
Indian Oil Cup (India, Sri Lanka, West Indies in Sri Lanka), 2005
 3 3 29.0 0 133 3 2/44 44.33 4.58 58.0 0 0 30 Jul 2005  Sri Lanka 
Videocon Triangular Series (India, New Zealand, Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe), 2005/06
 2 2 12.3 0 48 2 1/9 24.00 3.84 37.5 0 0 29 Aug 2005  New Zealand 
India in West Indies ODI Series, 2006
 5 5 49.0 4 192 3 1/32 64.00 3.91 98.0 0 0 18 May 2006  West Indies 
India in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2006
 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 18 Aug 2006  drawn 
India in South Africa ODI Series, 2006/07
 3 3 28.0 0 161 1 1/39 161.00 5.75 168.0 0 0 22 Nov 2006  South Africa 
Commonwealth Bank Series (Australia, India, Sri Lanka in Australia), 2007/08
 6 5 47.0 2 191 5 2/38 38.20 4.06 56.4 0 0 3 Feb 2008  India 
India in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2008
 4 4 29.4 0 113 6 3/40 18.83 3.80 29.6 0 0 18 Aug 2008  India 
India in New Zealand ODI Series, 2008/09
 5 4 26.0 0 148 5 3/27 29.60 5.69 31.2 0 0 3 Mar 2009  India 
India in West Indies ODI Series, 2009
 2 2 18.1 0 101 1 1/56 101.00 5.55 109.0 0 0 26 Jun 2009  -

Why does he deserve a place over the likes of Pragyan Ojha and Piyush Chawla?
For his batting?
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xx cricketvoice at 34000 feet
June 29, 2009, 01:11:58 PM by Cover Point
usingt the go go internet service provided by AA. am posting from 34000 feet.

i can now proudly claim to be highest (greatest) poster ever!

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xx She wants your money!
June 28, 2009, 11:31:14 AM by Cover Point
Younis asks team-mates to seek better IPL contracts
Cricinfo staff
Pakistan
Pakistan captain Younis Khan has asked his team-mates to push for better IPL contracts following their success in the World Twenty20. "These players are now world champions and highly marketable. There is a higher value to their performances," Younis said.

While many in the team turned out for their respective franchises in the inaugural season of the IPL in 2008, political tensions between India and Pakistan prevented them from playing in the second season. Younis, who played for Rajasthan Royals, noted, however, that top players like Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul and Misbah-ul-Haq were now worth more than the $100,000 contracts they had signed last year.

"Now the scenario is different. These players should talk to their agents in India and ask them to go for a hike in price from the IPL franchises. I am happy if any of our players can be better packages in the IPL for next season," Younis said.

IPL commissioner Lalit Modi had said that after Pakistan's World Cup win he perceived no problems in the players returning to play in the IPL next year, provided both national governments were okay with it.

Eleven Pakistani players, including Shahid Afridi and Gul, the stars of Pakistan's World Twenty20 campaign, were recruited by the Kolkata, Rajasthan, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore franchises before the inaugural IPL. However, the franchises opted to retain the contracts of only four of them - Akmal and Tanvir (Rajasthan Royals), Misbah (Royal Challengers Bangalore) and Gul (Kolkata Knight Riders) - after it became clear that they would not be able to play in the second season of the league.

Younis though, turned his back on the league after announcing his retirement from the Twenty20 format soon after Pakistan won the world event.
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xx Useless series WI vs India Game 2
June 28, 2009, 02:20:19 AM by winningnow
Make at least one change in the team.. PK replaces IS.
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  • a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/8131163.stm" target="_blank"Lee shines but Australia struggle/abr /b2 July 2009, 5:49 pm/bbr /br /br /br /Lee shines but Australia strugglebr /br /England Lions 302-6 v Australia 358 (day two, stumps)Venue: New Road Date: 1-4 July Start: 1100 BSTbr /br /Match scorecardbr /br /By Oliver Brettbr /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/999999.gif" alt="" /br /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46002000/jpg/_46002711_moore_pa226i.jpg" alt="" /br /br /Moore played beautifully on his home ground of New Roadbr /br /Australia had a tough day in the field at New Road despite a bri...div a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=zNRPuY2PImQ:qSjksvqc_eQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=zNRPuY2PImQ:qSjksvqc_eQ:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=zNRPuY2PImQ:qSjksvqc_eQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=zNRPuY2PImQ:qSjksvqc_eQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=zNRPuY2PImQ:qSjksvqc_eQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=zNRPuY2PImQ:qSjksvqc_eQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=zNRPuY2PImQ:qSjksvqc_eQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=zNRPuY2PImQ:qSjksvqc_eQ:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/zNRPuY2PImQ" height="1" width="1"/

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  • a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/england/8128646.stm" target="_blank"Ashes warm-up photos/abr /b1 July 2009, 6:22 pm/bbr /br /br /br /Ashes warm-up photosbr /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46004000/jpg/_46004262_007587385-1.jpg" alt="" /br /br /England Lions v Australia, day two: Australia resume on 337-8, and Michael Hussey's fine innings is ended on 150 by Steve Harmison, who claims his fourth wicket of the match - the Australia innings finishes afterwards as they are all out for 358br /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46004000/jpg/_46004263_denlymoorepa766.jpg" alt="" /br /br /Joe Denly (left) and ...div a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=jCnbfZ4MjYM:7wS_p0_2Ajk:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=jCnbfZ4MjYM:7wS_p0_2Ajk:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=jCnbfZ4MjYM:7wS_p0_2Ajk:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=jCnbfZ4MjYM:7wS_p0_2Ajk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=jCnbfZ4MjYM:7wS_p0_2Ajk:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=jCnbfZ4MjYM:7wS_p0_2Ajk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=jCnbfZ4MjYM:7wS_p0_2Ajk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=jCnbfZ4MjYM:7wS_p0_2Ajk:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/jCnbfZ4MjYM" height="1" width="1"/

  • a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/worcestershire/8129229.stm" target="_blank"Worcestershire may turn to Mishra/abr /b1 July 2009, 3:27 pm/bbr /br /br /br /Worcestershire may turn to Mishrabr /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45997000/jpg/_45997923_mishra226getty.jpg" alt="" /br /br /Mishra has made a promising start to his international careerbr /br /India leg-spinner Amit Mishra has emerged as a candidate to replace Ashley Noffke as Worcestershire's overseas player.The 26-year-old could take over when Noffke leaves New Road in mid-August. br /br /"Amit Mishra is certainly on a list of players that we are...div a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=PQVY5folONU:QRoKRudW96I:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=PQVY5folONU:QRoKRudW96I:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=PQVY5folONU:QRoKRudW96I:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=PQVY5folONU:QRoKRudW96I:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=PQVY5folONU:QRoKRudW96I:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=PQVY5folONU:QRoKRudW96I:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=PQVY5folONU:QRoKRudW96I:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=PQVY5folONU:QRoKRudW96I:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/PQVY5folONU" height="1" width="1"/

  • a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/nottinghamshire/8130455.stm" target="_blank"Notts trio psyched up for Ashes/abr /b2 July 2009, 3:13 pm/bbr /br /br /br /Notts trio psyched up for Ashesbr /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45962000/jpg/_45962926_swann_230609_still.jpg" alt="" /br /br /Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. br /br /Advertisementbr /br /Swann takes inspiration from England womenbr /br /Nottinghamshire's England internationals are relishing the prospect of facing Australia in the upcoming Ashes series.Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and Ryan Sidebottom have all been included in the...div a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=5tUIAWX2HVU:KrB4zpFnBwM:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=5tUIAWX2HVU:KrB4zpFnBwM:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=5tUIAWX2HVU:KrB4zpFnBwM:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=5tUIAWX2HVU:KrB4zpFnBwM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=5tUIAWX2HVU:KrB4zpFnBwM:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=5tUIAWX2HVU:KrB4zpFnBwM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=5tUIAWX2HVU:KrB4zpFnBwM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=5tUIAWX2HVU:KrB4zpFnBwM:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/5tUIAWX2HVU" height="1" width="1"/

  • a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/8131093.stm" target="_blank"India aim to end West Indies jinx/abr /b2 July 2009, 2:33 pm/bbr /br /br /br /India aim to end West Indies jinxbr /br /Thirddiv a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=P1x2uX8Mtfg:sAQCpq4Ttns:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=P1x2uX8Mtfg:sAQCpq4Ttns:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=P1x2uX8Mtfg:sAQCpq4Ttns:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=P1x2uX8Mtfg:sAQCpq4Ttns:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=P1x2uX8Mtfg:sAQCpq4Ttns:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=P1x2uX8Mtfg:sAQCpq4Ttns:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=P1x2uX8Mtfg:sAQCpq4Ttns:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=P1x2uX8Mtfg:sAQCpq4Ttns:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/P1x2uX8Mtfg" height="1" width="1"/

  • a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/8130704.stm" target="_blank"Asif fined after drugs incident/abr /b2 July 2009, 1:00 pm/bbr /br /br /br /Asif fined after drugs incidentbr /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46001000/jpg/_46001624_asifgetty226.jpg" alt="" /br /br /Asif is currently serving a drugs ban for another unrelated incidentbr /br /Mohammad Asif has been fined 1m rupees (£7,500) by the Pakistan Cricket Board after being found in possession of opium at Dubai Airport last year.Asif said he did not realise there was opium contained in a herbal remedy he was carrying but he was detained for 19 days before ...div a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=w5Vj3mrbNcQ:G_BNwHOxH9Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=w5Vj3mrbNcQ:G_BNwHOxH9Q:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=w5Vj3mrbNcQ:G_BNwHOxH9Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=w5Vj3mrbNcQ:G_BNwHOxH9Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=w5Vj3mrbNcQ:G_BNwHOxH9Q:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=w5Vj3mrbNcQ:G_BNwHOxH9Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=w5Vj3mrbNcQ:G_BNwHOxH9Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=w5Vj3mrbNcQ:G_BNwHOxH9Q:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/w5Vj3mrbNcQ" height="1" width="1"/

  • a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/england/8125268.stm" target="_blank"Cook shines for below-par England/abr /b1 July 2009, 5:49 pm/bbr /br /br /br /Cook shines for below-par Englandbr /br /Three-day match, Edgbaston (day one, close):England 290-8 dec v Warwickshire 31-1 nbsp;Date: 1-3 July Coverage: Live scorecard and match report on the BBC Sport website and Live commentary on BBC Radio WMbr /br /Match scorecardbr /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45998000/jpg/_45998766_007583746-1.jpg" alt="" /br /br /Cook was in good form a week before the first Testbr /br /A century from Alastair Cook was the only high point for England ...div a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=D1MsUmVsJ9A:nIQZ8CxOLrs:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=D1MsUmVsJ9A:nIQZ8CxOLrs:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=D1MsUmVsJ9A:nIQZ8CxOLrs:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=D1MsUmVsJ9A:nIQZ8CxOLrs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=D1MsUmVsJ9A:nIQZ8CxOLrs:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=D1MsUmVsJ9A:nIQZ8CxOLrs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=D1MsUmVsJ9A:nIQZ8CxOLrs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=D1MsUmVsJ9A:nIQZ8CxOLrs:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/D1MsUmVsJ9A" height="1" width="1"/