If England can overcome Australia and reach the final of the ICC Champions Trophy, it would in some ways eclipse this summer's Ashes triumph as their finest achievement under Andrew Strauss... more
Cricket: Matt Prior and Owais Shah produced a brilliant 149-run partnership from only 126 balls to inspire England to their highest-ever one-day total against West Indies at Edgbaston... more
Cricket: Australia's Phillip Hughes — a sensation in the county championship — continued his mediocre one-day form after being dismissed early on in Middlesex’s Friends Provident Trophy Group B clash with Scotland... more
Cricket: Rob Key has said the much-criticised Indian Premier League has improved England's chances of winning the World Twenty20 on home soil next month... more
A general malaise since the last home Ashes victory and a humiliating innings defeat in the first test against the West Indies means England's cricketers have much to do if they are to seriously challenge Australia this summer... more
Restoring unity to a team framework torn apart in the New Year by that row between Kevin Pietersen and Peter Moores was supposed to have been top of the agenda for this tour of the West Indies... more
Owais Shah will be given the chance to really prove himself at England level after Kevin Pietersen admitted that one of the country's brightest batting talents has been wasted... more
Owais Shah has turned down the chance to make a big impression against South Africa's probable Test attack, believing a mid-season break will do him more good... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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