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Three good reasons why there is life after Andrew Flintoff

24.08.09
This was not better than 2005 - how could it be? But the Ashes success of 2009 could turn out to be a whole lot more important when it comes to the rise of English Test cricket... more

Let's be honest, Ramps just isn't up to the Test

14.08.09
So for one more time, for one last time, is it to be Mark Ramprakash for England? The heart says yes while the head demands that the selectors resist the calls of sentimentalists everywhere and say emphatically no.... more

Sporting Miscellanies

04.08.09
Just in case you thought pre-season tours were just a lame excuse to top up a sun tan and wring a few pennies out of some unsuspecting continental types, spare a thought for Watford. ... more

Freddie times it right to draw stumps

15.07.09
The great scriptwriter has not always been kind to Andrew Flintoff but now 'Super Fred' has given him the chance to come up with a storyline even better than the one which enthralled us in 2005... more

Whitewash really hurt but now we're so strong, insists Andrew Flintoff

08.07.09
Exclusive: The all-rounder has banished the pain of the last Ashes drubbing and says the team have what it takes to succeed... more

Memorable Ashes moments

07.07.09
Take a look at some memorable Ashes moments...... more

Profile: Chris Lewis, the 'prat without a hat'

20.05.09
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England cricketer Chris Lewis gets 13 years for drug smuggling

20.05.09
Former England cricketer Chris Lewis was jailed for 13 years for trying to smuggle cocaine worth more than £140,000 through Gatwick Airport... more

England forced to look back in anger

11.03.09
Cricket: Andrew Strauss and his England team have been left with nothing more than a huge feeling of frustration and a bunch of ‘what ifs’ to contemplate after narrowly failing to square their Test series against the West Indies... more

Face it, ECB are the fools in this fiasco

07.01.09
The indecent haste in which England’s cricket managers appointed both coach and captain is what lies behind the shambles... more

Cricket star Lewis accused of smuggling £200,000 drugs

09.12.08
Former England cricketer Chris Lewis was remanded in custody charged with smuggling £200,000 of cocaine into Britain... more

Calzaghe's no average Joe, but he is deluded if he thinks he's a great

10.11.08
Joe Calzaghe is a brave, skilled, resilient and formidable fighter - but not a boxing great, says Matthew Norman... more

Botham tells England's players to stop moaning

31.10.08
Kevin Pietersen and his players have been told to stop whingeing about their experiences in the Caribbean and enjoy the opportunity of playing for an unprecedent $20million prize... more

Piers Morgan: Why I had to tell my kids I did drugs

29.08.08
As he celebrates a lucrative deal to be the new Parky, Piers Morgan talks about divorce, his gorgeous lover, the joys of being famous - and his shame over his drugs past.... more

Kent pair hold the Key to happiness

15.08.08
They could yet appear for England as a package. But the double act of Rob Key and Joe Denly will happily settle for lighting up Lord's and making life miserable again for old rivals Essex... more

KP can win the Ashes, just not with this team

13.08.08
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Why England have sent for Super Fred

16.07.08
Ahead of his highly anticipated return to the Test arena, David Lloyd looks at why Andrew Flintoff is so crucial to the selectors' plans... more

It's time to axe Lord's, says Beefy

15.07.08
Sir Ian Botham wants Lord's scrapped as a Test venue after the "absolute snoozefest" against South Africa... more

England hero Pietersen plays out fairytale script

11.07.08
Keven Pietersen survived some early scares, but England's most exciting batsman weathered the storm to hit 104 in the first Test... more

Howzat for a ringer, china! ... Piers Morgan tells how he enlisted cricket superstar Kevin Pietersen to play his village team

05.07.08
Piers Morgan (batting average six) reveals the hilarious and heart-warming story of the day he enlisted England cricket superstar Kevin Pietersen to play against his local village team. ... more

Old guard challenge young gun Anderson

09.05.08
The Lancastrian is in danger of losing his place as England consider recalls for Flintoff and Hoggard.... more

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