Cricket: England start well
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In-form Alastair Cook hits an unbeaten 51 as England reach lunch on 112-1 in the third Test against West Indies.
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If England&#39;s new one-day master plan was to bat, bowl and field better than in the recent past, then it succeeded admirably here yesterday.
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India win the toss and bat first at Old Trafford, with Andrew Flintoff fit to start for England.
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South Africa posted 180/4 and lead England by 92 runs at lunch on the fourth day of the first Test in Port Elizabeth. Knowing the first hour of the fourth day was crucial to their hopes of chasing a modest
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Sport: England face the opening Test against India with one of their most inexperienced seam attacks ever.
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by D. Day 2 and England were in need of early wickets if any sort of fight back was to happen. The opening exchanges belonged to South Africa though, as Kallis and Martin van Jaarsveld took Englandâs opening bowlers in their stride.
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Matthew Hoggard took the first five South African wickets to give England a chance of winning the fourth Test at the Wanderers Stadium here.
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England opening bowler Matthew Hoggard took two wickets in an impressive second spell to cut short an attacking start by the South African batsmen on the third day of the fourth Test at the Wanderers Stadium.
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England's lack of match practice was exposed when they made a shaky start to their only first-class game before a five-Test series against South Africa.
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Pace bowler Steve Harmison took a late order hat trick Wednesday as he and newcomer Alex Wharf led England to a comfortable win over India in the opening one-day cricket international at Trent Bridge.
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Sport: The West Indies' bowlers find form on day one at Old Trafford and test England's batting.
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Leg-spinners Shahid Afridi and Danish Kaneria both took key wickets as Pakistan checked England&#039;s progress in the first Test at Lord&#039;s.
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England complete their eighth straight Test win in the series opener against South Africa.
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James Anderson took a Test-best five for 42 on his return to the side to give England the advantage over India in their series opener at Lord&#39;s here Saturday.
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England are clear favourites to win their opening Champions Trophy match against Zimbabwe.
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Sport: England opener says missing international one-day matches allowed him to come back refreshed.
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It is a measure of the progress of this England team that they have performed no more than adequately during the first two days of this Test match and yet they find themselves in control of the game.