Jonathan Trott has been named as captain of an England Lions squad to tour South Africa early next year.
Trott was named in a provisional touring party back in October less than a year after a stress-related illness caused him to quit the senior England side’s Ashes series.
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Sam Billings has replaced Craig Kieswetter in England’s provisional World Cup squad.
Kent’s uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman is a part of an organization of 30 which will probably be cut into a final 15-man squad in early January.
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England allrounder Tim Bresnan has agreed a deal with Hobart Hurricanes ahead of the upcoming Big Bash.
The 29-year old, who continues to be included in England’s provisional 30-man squad for next year’s World Cup, will head out to Australia later this month, his county Yorkshire declared on Wednesday.
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Somerset and England wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter will probably miss the 2015 season after suffering a setback in his recovery from a critical eye injury.
Somerset said that Kieswetter, who had been recently named in England’s provisional 30-man squad for the World Cup that begins in February, has “fought to recover perfect eyesight”.
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Former skipper Kyle Coetzer will help captain Preston Mommsen in Scotland’s World Cup squad after head coach Grant Bradburn named his provisional 24-guy lineup.
Northamptonshire’s Coetzer is among five contracted county players lining up for the Scots, alongside Durham’s Calum MacLeod, Rob Taylor of Leicestershire, Sussex’s Matt Machan and Josh Davey of Somerset.
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The West Indies have contained off-spinner Sunil Narine in their provisional World Cup squad for Australia and New Zealand next year.
Narine was pulled in the ill fated tour of India in October after being reported for a suspect bowling action through the Champions League Twenty20 series.
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Suspended away-spinner Sachithra Senanayake continues to be contained in Sri Lanka’s provisional 30-man squad for next year’s cricket World Cup.
Senanayake is serving a suspension after his bowling action was deemed illegal. He’s taken restorative work and is expecting results of a different test that will discover if he could be permitted to bowl again in international games.
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County winners Yorkshire will start the defence of the title at New Road against encouraged Worcestershire to the opening day of the 2015 season.
The new effort begins on Sunday, April 12, with eight matches over both divisions. Division Two winners Hampshire host Sussex in Southampton while Somerset take on Durham in Taunton and 2014 runnersup Nottinghamshire journey to Lord’s to confront Middlesex.
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Northamptonshire captain Alex Wakely has signed a contract committing him to the county for two more seasons.
The middle-order batsman missed the whole of last season with an Achilles injury, and in his absence Northants were relegated to Division Two of the County Championship.
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Communications between the on-field and television umpires will be broadcast during Australia’s upcoming one-day series against South Africa, which starts on Friday, live on Sky Sports.
The trial has been approved by the International Cricket Council and will allow television viewers to hear the umpires discussing referrals, consultations and DRS (Decision Review System) player reviews.
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Worcestershire seamer Jack Shantry has signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him at New Road till 2017.
Shantry’s preceding deal still had a year to run but the 26-year old has been rewarded for playing a vital function in assisting the side get promoted to Division One.
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Worcestershire captain Daryl Mitchell has signed a fresh four-year contract together with the county.
The 30-year old scored 1,334 runs last season at the top of the sequence to head his side back to Division One of the LV= County Championship, while he was also their leading scorer in Twenty20 cricket.
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Highly-rated wicket-keeper/batsman Ned Eckersley has handed Leicestershire a much-needed boost by signing a one-year contract extension.
The Foxes have had a terrible year, finishing bottom of Division Two for the second season in succession, and, just like 2013, they failed to win a single Championship match.
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Highly-rated wicket-keeper/batsman Ned Eckersley has handed Leicestershire a much-needed boost by signing a one-year contract extension.
The Foxes have had a terrible year, finishing bottom of Division Two for the second year in succession, and, just like 2013, they failed to win a single Championship match.
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Lancashire have released long-serving all-rounder Oliver Newby and batsman Andrea Agathangelou.
The pair leave Old Trafford in the same week as director of cricket Mike Watkinson, with Ashley Giles having come in as the county’s new head coach as they look to make a quick return to Division One after being relegated last month.
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Kevin Pietersen has launched a fresh attack on his former England team director Andy Flower, saying that a decent man-manager could have healed the divisions in the dressing room and prevented the premature end to his international career.
Pietersen also claims that senior management in English cricket cannot expect him to be an explosive maverick on the field and an introverted choirboy off it.
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Australian seamer Steve Magoffin will be staying with Sussex for another two years after a superb 2014 campaign.
The 34-year-old led the LV= County Championship Division One wicket-taking table with 72 victims at a cost of just 19.51 and has now signed a new two-year contract.
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Australian seamer Steve Magoffin will be staying with Sussex for another two years after a superb 2014 campaign.
The 34-year-old led the LV= County Championship Division One wicket-taking table with 72 victims at a cost of just 19.51 and has now signed a new two-year contract.
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Hampshire and Worcestershire clinched promotion but things are going from bad to worse at Leicestershire. We review the Division Two season club-by-club…
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Division One winners Yorkshire needed to settle to get a spectacular draw against Somerset in their final LV= County Championship fixture of the season.
The hosts started day four at Headingley having a shortage of 36 and already two wickets down in their second innings, but kicked to post a total of 365 to establish Somerset a goal of 182 for success.
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