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Matthew Hoggard lifted by his surprise captaincy role

2009-11-10T09:23:20Z

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

Cricket to be an Olympic winner with 2012 legacy

2009-10-21T09:39:48Z

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

Mushtaq Ahmed rejects full-time role with England

2009-09-29T14:56:22Z

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

Steve Harmison is told to fight for Test future

2009-09-11T11:20:37Z

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

�1,000 a ticket for the Ashes finale

2009-08-14T07:43:46Z

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

Graeme Swann misses Notts match with stomach upset

2009-08-11T10:14:36Z

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

Cricket chiefs need to use sixth sense to end frustration

2009-08-07T08:00:52Z

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

ECB decide to slim down cricket's domestic season

2009-07-30T08:33:19Z

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

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

2009-07-30T14:41:03Z

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

Sporting Miscellanies

2009-07-16T13:40:19Z

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

Sporting Miscellanies

2009-06-09T11:42:21Z

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

Sporting chiefs struggling to find the formula for an English IPL

2009-06-08T07:51:37Z

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

Ashes venue is penalised for having a poor pitch

2009-05-19T08:41:55Z

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

Phillip Hughes will haunt home side, insists Ricky Ponting

2009-05-19T14:38:01Z

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

IPL is hurting our chances, says Andrew Strauss

2009-04-29T08:32:25Z

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

Train fares run off the rails

2009-02-19T09:04:46Z

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

Tackling racism in the Met

2009-02-18T09:22:20Z

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

Marland is out of ECB vote after county snub

2009-02-03T09:33:49Z

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

Lord's could play host to the Indian Premier League

2008-12-22T11:37:53Z

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

A nightmare end to Stanford's dream

2008-12-17T16:10:04Z

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

ECB seeking new sponsor as Vodafone cut their line

2008-12-16T10:22:01Z

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

Stanford series in doubt after ECB launch inquiry

2008-10-29T16:00:17Z

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

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

2008-08-08T14:56:52Z

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

ECB suffer blow over new League

2008-07-30T15:49:35Z

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

Tradition is trampled in charge for Twenty20 gravy train

2008-07-17T08:59:41Z

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

English cricket to take on the IPL

2008-07-11T13:36:01Z

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

Distraught Gough tells axed Yorks to fight on

2008-07-11T08:07:33Z

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

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

2008-06-11T08:38:50Z

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

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

2008-06-11T08:38:24Z

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

ECB close to amazing �50m deal with Texan billionaire

2008-04-23T12:37:35Z

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