The Vatican cricket team finished their tour of England with a record of 2-3
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The Vatican cricket team have returned home from their maiden tour of England with a record of two wins and three losses.
Plunkett recorded the first five-wicket haul of his Test career
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England pace bowler Liam Plunkett picked up the first five-wicket haul of his career and fellow seamer Stuart Broad took a hat-trick to help their side slice through Sri Lanka on the first day of the second Test at Headingley.
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“Matt helped to pull him down off the edge of the bridge and sat with him until the police arrived”
England wicketkeeper Matt Prior and pace bowler Stuart Broad stopped an Englishman from jumping off the Pyrmot Bridge in Sydney in an attempt to kill himself.
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“I’ll probably look back on it when I’ve finished my career and see it as something quite special”
Despite admitting that it was “surreal” to be on the verge of completing his 100th Test match, England batsman Kevin Pietersen has conceded that “talking about 100 Test matches is a weird feeling for me personally”.
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“I want to carry on and I believe at 31 I’m in the best time as a batsman”
England batsman Ian Bell is aiming to be his country’s Ashes hero once again after his heroics during the historic series this summer helped the national team register a convincing 3-0 win over arch-rivals Australia.
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Chappell used to be India’s head coach
Former Australia captain Greg Chappell is the front-runner to become Sri Lanka’s new head coach after Graham Ford recently signed a three-year deal with Surrey.
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“Jimmy is slightly ahead because he does a lot more with the old ball”
Pakistan pace bowling legend Wasim Akram has announced that he believes England’s James Anderson is the “best bowler of this era”, especially with his outstanding performances with the ball in the ongoing Ashes series against Australia.
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Warner has been suspended till the first Ashes Test
While most cricket pundits and former players were quick to condemn David Warner’s attack on England’s ‘Golden Boy’ Joe Root, ex-Australia spin king Shane Warne believes the incident could actually unite Australia “in a funny sort of way”.
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It looks as if Warner will continue his part time job as a waterboy
Australia opening batsman David Warner has been slapped with A$11,500 fine and suspended till the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on July 10 for his bar brawl antics with England’s Joe Root.