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19/11/2008 - Kevin Pietersen insisted England had not made a mistake in picking an unchanged team after slumping to another heavy defeat in the second one-day international against India.
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05/11/2008 - County cricket could come to an end within four years thanks to the Twenty20 form of the game, according to former international cricket umpire Dickie Bird.
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13/10/2008 - The Stanford Twenty20 clash has been secured after an agreement between match organisers and West Indies cricket sponsor Digicel.
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10/10/2008 - England's opening batsman Alastair Cook has hailed Kevin Pietersen's start as England captain - but has admitted he covets the job for himself.
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09/10/2008 - A row between the West Indies Cricket Board and a sponsor is threatening England's Twenty20 clash against a Stanford Super Stars XI.
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08/10/2008 - A "life-changing" £500,000-per-player pay-day is not causing divisions in the England cricket squad, all-rounder Luke Wright has said.
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06/10/2008 - Leicestershire captain Paul Nixon is confident he will be eligible to play for the Foxes next year despite signing up for a second season with the Indian Cricket League.
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01/10/2008 - Kent's Martin van Jaarsveld has edged out two current England internationals and the retired Marcus Trescothick to pick up the NatWest PCA player of the year award.
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29/09/2008 - International Cricket Council president David Morgan has agreed to a request to meet with the owners of the rebel Indian Cricket League.
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25/09/2008 - Steve Harmison and Marcus Trescothick are among four nominees for the NatWest PCA Player of the Year award.
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23/09/2008 - Worcestershire Royals director cricket Steve Rhodes admitted his side completed a "big ask" after they maintained their place in NatWest Pro40 Division One with victory over Glamorgan.
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18/09/2008 - Graeme Hick's playing career appears to be over after Worcestershire revealed he is set to miss the final two matches of the season.
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17/09/2008 - Chris Adams' old ally Murray Goodwin provided him with the perfect way to end his career as Sussex captain, with the match-winning innings which clinched the NatWest Pro40 League title.
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16/09/2008 - An unbeaten ninth-wicket partnership of 99 in 10 overs between Murray Goodwin and Mohammad Sami handed Sussex the NatWest Pro40 Division One title.
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12/09/2008 - England's Kevin Pietersen and Ryan Sidebottom have been named in the International Cricket Council's World Test Team of the Year at an awards ceremony in Dubai.
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11/09/2008 - The former England captain Michael Vaughan is on course for a spot on the Test tour of India after being granted a central contract.
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10/09/2008 - Yorkshire County Cricket Club has been given the go-ahead for a new £17 million pavilion at its Headingley ground in Leeds.
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08/09/2008 - Sri Lanka Cricket interim committee chief Arjuna Ranatunga has claimed the tour of England in 2009 will still go ahead as planned despite player opposition.
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05/09/2008 - England's hopes of inflicting a whitewash on South Africa disappeared in the Cardiff rain as the final NatWest Series match was abandoned, with only three overs possible.
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04/09/2008 - England have set their sights on creating history by claiming their first one-day whitewash over major opposition by beating South Africa in the final match of the NatWest Series.
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03/09/2008 - Peter Moores believes England are benefiting from Andrew Flintoff's determination to savour his chance to play international cricket again following his long spell out of the game through injury.
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02/09/2008 - Owais Shah kept England on track for a NatWest Series whitewash over South Africa, with a seven-wicket victory at rainy Lord's.
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29/08/2008 - Jacques Kallis will be asked to take on the captaincy of South Africa if - as is expected - Graeme Smith succumbs to tennis elbow for the third match of the NatWest Series.
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28/08/2008 - Stuart Broad inspired England to only their third 10-wicket victory in one-day international history in the NatWest Series Trent Bridge.
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26/08/2008 - Steve Harmison has agreed to reverse his decision to retire from one-day international cricket after bowing to pressure from new England captain Kevin Pietersen.
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22/08/2008 - Matt Prior is determined to prove he is a stronger cricketer after being given another opportunity to establish himself as England's best wicketkeeper-batsman during the NatWest Series against South Africa.
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21/08/2008 - South Africa coach Mickey Arthur has warned his side's one-day progress this summer might not be as smooth as that of their Test side despite being ranked second in the world.
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20/08/2008 - Kevin Pietersen's first decision in his new role as captain of England's senior sides has been to promote Owais Shah to number three in the one-day team's batting order.
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19/08/2008 - Coach Peter Moores is banking on Tim Bresnan to return as a player better suited to international cricket if he is given another chance by England in the forthcoming NatWest Series one-day series against South Africa.
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07/08/2008 - Kevin Pietersen has challenged England's under-performing batsmen to deliver at the Oval this week when he begins his reign as captain in the final npower Test.
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31/07/2008 - South Africa captain Graeme Smith has accused England of indecisive leadership as the tourists look to increase the pressure by triumphing in the third Test at Edgbaston.
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28/07/2008 - The England and Wales Cricket Board are set to have "extensive discussions" with senior players as they plot their reaction to the announcement Pakistan will host the Champions Trophy in September despite fears over security.
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10/07/2008 - Sri Lanka will replace Zimbabwe as England's first opponents of next summer before they bid to regain the Ashes.
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09/07/2008 - The England and Wales Cricket Board's disciplinary commission are set to meet on Thursday after Yorkshire and Durham were left in Twenty20 Cup limbo after the Tykes were alleged to have fielded an ineligible player earlier in the competition.
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01/07/2008 - Kevin Pietersen made a losing start as England captain - and saw his side slump to seventh spot in the ICC one-day rankings - as New Zealand triumphed by 51 runs in the final NatWest Series clash at Lord's.
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26/06/2008 - Graham Napier wrote his way into the record books with an astonishing display of hitting as Essex crushed Sussex by 128 runs in their Twenty20 Cup clash at Chelmsford.
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19/12/2007 - Warwickshire have signed Sri Lankan great Sanath Jayasuriya for next summer's Twenty20 competition, the club have confirmed.
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