England fail to shine in the gloom
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The Birmingham weather and a sloppy batting display from England failed to give the ICC Champions&#39; Trophy the spectacular start the tournament organisers were looking for.
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Peter Crouch and his England teammates spent most of the game missing chances in front of the net. With the time ticking away and England only minutes from a shocking draw against tiny Trinidad and Tobago, Crouch made the best of his last opportunity.
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Andrew Flintoff scored 104 as England advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy yesterday with a 49-run win over Sri Lanka, the match a victim of persistent rain at the Rose Bowl.
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Sport: Cricket: Rain intervenes in third Test as England fall to 61-6 against Sri Lanka
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Rain stops play with England 118-3 against Sri Lanka.
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Rain came to West Indies&#39; aid when the whole of the third day&#39;s play in their second Test against England here at Headingley on Sunday was washed out.
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ENGLAND began the week claiming the moral high ground by wearing anti-racism T-shirts, but last night they had nothing to be proud of.
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England close on 77-2 in their second innings against India on the rain-affected third day of the first Test at Lord's.
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This England innings had three stages. The first, where a confident Vikram Solanki and Marcus Trescothick flattened the Indian pace attack, who in turn, didn&#39;t help their own cause with some wayward bowling.
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England stuttered into the second round of the World Cup after late goals from Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard handed them a flattering 2-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago.
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It was a shot that rang out around the Premiership, delighting Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United, and darkening the gloomy mood of the champions, Arsenal.
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DURBAN (South Africa): England coach Duncan Fletcher said some of his batsmen fell to soft dismissals after his team were bundled out for their lowest total of a triumphant year by a revitalised South Africa on the first day of the second Test at
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England snatched an unlikely tie against New Zealand after earlier staring down the barrel of defeat in a thrilling -- and historic -- fourth one-day cricket international here Wednesday.
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England coach Brian Ashton rues his side's collapse in the 55-22 defeat to South Africa.
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England reach 114-4 against South Africa before bad light halts the fifth Test.
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Sport: Rugby World Cup: England had to toil to see off Samoa and get their campaign back on track.
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England bat dismally in the first one-day international in Wellington, losing by six wickets.