T20 BLAST FINALS DAY FIRST SEMI FINAL: Northants 135-5 (Levi 63*; Patel 2-31) beat Birmingham 131-6 (Javid 51*; Willey 3-30) by five wickets at Edgbaston By Scott Hunt There was an eerie quiet around Edgbaston midway through the second innings. That was because the home crowd, who had come expecting to roar their Birmingham side [...]
ASHES 2015: The Key Head-to-Head Battles
On Wednesday the time will come for the talking to stop and the cricket to start in what is without question the biggest and fiercest battle in cricket. The anticipation is building ahead of what should be an outstanding series, with the hopes of the English cricketing public raised by their swashbuckling approach to the [...]
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Ireland 19-9 England: Match Report
The gladiatorial roar at the full-time whistle from Paul O’Connell told you everything there was to know about the way this contest unfolded. England rolled into Dublin with their Grand Slam dream in tact. By the end of the game, that dream had been smashed into a thousand pieces by a dominant Irish display. While [...]
