David Warner hit an unbeaten half-century to see Australia home in a low-scoring Twenty20 contest against Pakistan in Dubai. It was new captain Aaron Finch’s first game in charge and he faced another new skipper in Shahid Afridi, but it was Finch’s men who emerged victorious by six wickets with six overs left in the […]
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By Rob Barnett James Vince was 2014’s leading LV= County Championship run-scorer but he says the man that made Hampshire’s promotion possible was Kyle Abbott, a seamer who played just over half their games. Vince was the only player to top 1,500 championship runs, helping Hampshire to the Division Two title after two seasons when
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Departing all-rounder James Middlebrook claimed a hat-trick of honours at Northamptonshire’s end-of-season awards last night. The 37-year-old was named the club’s LV= County Championship player of the year and media player of the year while also winning the players’ player title. Middlebrook has not been offered a new deal next season and his successes came on
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Fomer ECB chairman David Morgan has today begun his year as president of Marylebone Cricket Club, replacing former England captain Mike Gatting. Morgan, who has also previously been president of the International Cricket Council, was nominated by Gatting at the MCC annual general meeting in May. The Welshman will be tasked with moving the Lord’s
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Michael Hogan was named Glamorgan’s player of the year for the second consecutive season at an awards ceremony in Swansea last night. The Australia-born right-armer, who has a deal until 2016, claimed 98 wickets in all formats and, after just two seasons in Wales, has already broken the 200-wicket barrier. Hogan has enjoyed a stellar
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