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Matthew Hoggard lifted by his surprise captaincy role

10.11.09
Matthew Hoggard is excited by the challenge of leading Leicestershire after signing a three-year contract with the Division Two county... more

Cricket to be an Olympic winner with 2012 legacy

21.10.09
Cricket chiefs are in talks with Boris Johnson about a move to the Olympic stadium after the 2012 Games... more

Mushtaq Ahmed rejects full-time role with England

29.09.09
Former Pakistan test player Mushtaq Ahmed will stay on as England's spin bowling consultant despite rejecting an offer to make it a permanent role... more

Steve Harmison is told to fight for Test future

11.09.09
Andy Flower has challenged Steve Harmison to hang on to his England Test spot after the Durham fast bowler’s failure to win a central contract... more

£1,000 a ticket for the Ashes finale

14.08.09
Tickets for England’s Ashes showdown with Australia are being sold for 20 times their face value despite pledges to crack down on touting... more

Graeme Swann misses Notts match with stomach upset

11.08.09
England spinner Graeme Swann has been ruled out of Nottinghamshire's LV County Championship match with Warwickshire with a stomach upset... more

Cricket chiefs need to use sixth sense to end frustration

07.08.09
Depending on your nationality and whether the weather has intervened, you're either enjoying events at Headingley today or you're not... more

ECB decide to slim down cricket's domestic season

30.07.09
Next year's county season will encompass just three competitions, the England and Wales Cricket Board have announced... more

Lancashire left red-faced as they lose cup bowl-out

30.07.09
Lancashire crashed out of the Twenty20 Cup in embarassing fashion as seven of their eight deliveries in a bowl-out missed the unguarded wicket... more

Sporting Miscellanies

16.07.09
Roger Federer bared all to hard-hitting investigative journalist Rio Ferdinand ... more

Sporting Miscellanies

09.06.09
Sport: Fabio Capello has enlisted the help of a new interpreter... more

Sporting chiefs struggling to find the formula for an English IPL

08.06.09
England may have given the world Twenty20 cricket in 2003, but after the remarkable success of the Indian Premier League, the English have been struggling to catch up... more

Ashes venue is penalised for having a poor pitch

19.05.09
Cricket: Glamorgan have been docked two points for preparing a "poor" pitch at the venue that will host the first Ashes Test on 8 July... more

Phillip Hughes will haunt home side, insists Ricky Ponting

19.05.09
Cricket: Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes Middlesex's decision to sign batting sensation Phillip Hughes could return to haunt England in the Ashes... more

IPL is hurting our chances, says Andrew Strauss

29.04.09
Cricket: Andrew Strauss believes the Indian Premier League is doing more damage to England than their major international rivals... more

Train fares run off the rails

19.02.09
The revelation that train fares in Britain are 50 per cent more expensive than in the rest of Europe can only exasperate passengers whose New Year increases of six per cent for peak-time fares greatly exceeded inflation... more

Tackling racism in the Met

18.02.09
The struggle to tackle racism in the police force, renewed today with an investigation launched by the Mayor, is crucial in the fight against crime... more

Marland is out of ECB vote after county snub

03.02.09
Jonathan Marland claims he pulled out of the election to become England and Wales Cricket Board chairman because a third of the 18 firstclass counties refused to meet him... more

Lord's could play host to the Indian Premier League

22.12.08
Lord's and The Brit Oval could be about to stage matches in the Indian Premier League... more

A nightmare end to Stanford's dream

17.12.08
Comment: English cricket's association with mega-rich American businessman looks set to end in sorry fashion ... more

ECB seeking new sponsor as Vodafone cut their line

16.12.08
England are searching for new sponsors as cricket chiefs are braced for a double blow to their finances... more

Stanford series in doubt after ECB launch inquiry

29.10.08
England's cricket bosses are to hold an urgent review into the $20million Stanford Super Series after accepting it has turned into a public relations disaster... more

Angry Key lays into 'muppet' pitch panel after Kent farce

08.08.08
Kent skipper lambasts the 'muppet show' of the England and Wales Cricket board pitch panel... more

ECB suffer blow over new League

30.07.08
India have released details of an agreement with South Africa and Australia for a new lucrative Champions League tournament... more

Tradition is trampled in charge for Twenty20 gravy train

17.07.08
Now we have the IPL, the EPL and the Champions League, do we really need Stanford and his million dollars?... more

English cricket to take on the IPL

11.07.08
English cricket chiefs are being urged to give the go-ahead for a radical new Twenty20 tournament that will rival the Indian Premier League... more

Distraught Gough tells axed Yorks to fight on

11.07.08
Yorkshire's expulsion from this year's Twenty20 Cup for fielding an ineligible player is unlikely to be the end of the matter... more

Fears for the future of Tests as Twenty20 gets £75m

11.06.08
English cricket will today welcome a cash-fuelled Twenty20 revolution that will change the game... more

Fears for the future of Tests as Twenty20 gets £75m

11.06.08
English cricket will today welcome a cash-fuelled Twenty20 revolution that will change the game... more

ECB close to amazing £50m deal with Texan billionaire

23.04.08
England's cricket bosses are close to sealing a five-year, five-match deal that could be worth a staggering £50m... more

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