England stand in captain Eoin Morgan was left to rue the lack of another specialist spinner after his side lost the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Morgan filled the emptiness left as routine skipper Alastair Cook served a one-match suspension and he nearly oversaw a second consecutive victory in the seven-match series.
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South Africa have recalled left-arm spinner Robin Peterson for the three-Test home series against the West Indies.
Peterson returns as the sole specialist spinner as Imran Tahir has been dropped and Dane Piedt is ruled out through injury for the top-graded Test nation.
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Four promising English cricketers will travel to Sri Lanka this winter to compete in their domestic competitions.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is sending Scott Borthwick, Ben Foakes, Will Tavare and Tom Westley to play in the First Class Premier Trophy and List A Premier Limited Overs Tournament.
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Sussex have signed former England bowler Ajmal Shahzad from Nottinghamshire on a three-year deal.
The 29-year old ex-Yorkshire and Lancashire seamer was given an early release from his Trent Bridge contract and joins left-armer Tymal Mills from Essex on the comings list at Hove.
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England’s Gary Ballance and Ben Stokes have been shortlisted for the International Cricket Council’s emerging player of the year award.
The pair are amongst four players, with New Zealand’s Corey Anderson and Jimmy Neesham additionally up for the award.
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This Thursday only 100 days remain before the start of 2015 Cricket World Cup, so how have you been feeling about your team’s opportunities?
On November 6, our one day specialist Nick Knight will join us to field your questions regarding the tournament also to give his expert perspective on how each state is shaping up.
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Former England batsman Geofrey Boycott has launched a scathing attack on the ECB for their handling of the Kevin Pietersen affair.
Boycott is furious with the governing body over the leaked ‘dossier’ which surfaced on Tuesday and appeared to outline a list of what the ECB saw as Pietersen’s misdemeanours during the Ashes whitewash defeat in Australia last winter, after which Pietersen was sacked despite being England’s top run-scorer in the series.
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Lancashire understand just a win is going to do against relegation rivals Middlesex if they’re to prevent the fall from Division One of the LV= County Championship.
In a quirk of the fixture list, both counties still in danger of joining already-doomed Northamptonshire in the 2nd grade next season confront each other at Old Trafford in the last week of the domestic season.
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The England and Wales Cricket Board have offered six players a principal contract for the very first time after unveiling a 12-guy list on Thursday.
Moeen Ali, Gary Ballance, Jos Buttler, Chris Jordan, Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes will be the newest lads – all having figured in Tests this summer as well as in competition to play in the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand early next year.
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Listen this week’s edition of Sky Sports News HQ’s Sportswomen show with guest Heather Knight as a podcast.
The England cricketer joined Jane Douglas to look back on a Twenty20 series whitewash and discuss her future in the national team set-up after being given a professional contract.
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Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has been suspended from bowling with immediate effect by the International Cricket Council after he was found to have an illegal bowling action.
A statement on Tuesday confirmed that all 15 of Ajmal’s deliveries were deemed illegal during analysis by the ICC’s accredited team of Human Movement Specialists at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane on August 25.
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Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect by the International Cricket Council after he was found to have an illegal bowling action.
A statement on Tuesday confirmed that all 15 of Ajmal’s deliveries were deemed illegal during analysis by the ICC’s accredited team of Human Movement Specialists at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane on August 25.
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