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  rediff.com: cricket channel - It happened this week on this day
Batsman Frank Mitchell (2 Tests in 1898-99 for England and 3 Tests in 1912 for South Africa as captain) was born in England.
Sri Lankan paceman Pramodaya Wickremasinghe, (40 Tests from 1991 to 2001; 83 wickets) was born.
England leg-spinner Eddie Leadbeater (2 Tests in 1951-52) was born.
www.rediff.com /cricket/2001/aug/10tdtw.htm   (2411 words)

  
 England - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The center of England, the Midlands, is a large plain, interrupted and bordered by hills.
In southern England, the main ports are London, Southampton, and Plymouth.
Herefordshire and the Isle of Wight have abandoned the two-tier county council-district council structure for a single-tier unitary council.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-england.html   (926 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Cricket - Kiwi Parore keen to play in tests against England - Tuesday March 05, 2002 05:38 AM
The wicketkeeper-batsman, a veteran of 75 tests for New Zealand, announced last month he was taking an indefinite break from cricket because of exhaustion.
At the time, it was unsure whether Parore meant he was not to be considered for the three tests against England after he had been dropped from the one-day team to face the tourists.
England officials said Tuesday they did not believe the knee problem was a major obstacle, but they would rest Flintoff for the three-day match against Canterbury starting Thursday.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2002/03/05/parore_nz   (748 words)

  
 History of Test cricket from 1890 to 1900 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first Test was delayed, at the instigation of the SCG to allow time for Ranjitsinhji to recover from tonsillitis and because Andrew Stoddart's mother had died.
The Test was dominated by an innings of 175 by Ranjitsinhji.
Again, the England side was at far from full strength, with 9 Test match debuts for England in the series, most notably that of future English cricket captain Plum Warner, who carried his bat through England's second innings in the first Test for 132.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Test_cricket_(1890_to_1900)   (2896 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Cricket - Vaughan set to return for England in final warmup - Wednesday March 06, 2002 08:26 AM
England coach Duncan Fletcher criticized players on Wednesday for turning up in New Zealand out of shape for the three-match test series.
The England management had set down detailed training schedules for players to follow while the one-day squad were playing in India and New Zealand, but Fletcher has questioned whether certain individuals stuck to the plan.
Gary Stead, a former test batsman, is the Canterbury captain.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2002/03/06/vaughan_england   (843 words)

  
 England '09 campaign to start at MCG | Sport | The Australian
ENGLAND's uphill push to regain the Ashes on home soil in 2009 takes its first laboured step at the MCG during the Boxing Day Test.
After Australia's relentless response to the 2-1 defeat in England last year that saw it surrender The Ashes for the first time in 18 years, attention was drawn to the starkly contrasting manner in which both teams have evolved since.
While the final two Tests now loom as a fortnight-long wake to celebrate the end of the Test careers of Shane Warne and possibly Glenn McGrath, Collingwood is expecting no let-up from the Australians.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20959474-2722,00.html   (625 words)

  
 CNN.com - England crash to third-worst loss - Dec. 21, 2003
England suffered their third-heaviest test loss as spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Sanath Jayasuriya bowled Sri Lanka to a series-clinching victory in Colombo.
England were all out for 148 and their only worse defeats in 127 years came against Australia and West Indies.
England, who won their 2001 tour of Sri Lanka 2-1 and triumphed 1-0 against them `at home last year, salvaged draws in the previous two tests through some resolute defense that frustrated the Sri Lankan bowlers.
www.cnn.com /2003/SPORT/12/21/cricket.england   (472 words)

  
 Worst score in 16 Tests » The Burnt Bail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
England’s score of 173 is their worst first innings total (whether batting first or second) since Glenn McGrath exploited the Lords slope so magnificently last year.
In the 16 Tests England have played since then (including the last Test at Headingley) England’s average first innings score has been a whopping 407 runs.
England are going to lose this match and by a considerable margin.
www.theburntbail.com /2006/worst-score-in-16-tests   (234 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Graveney denies England prioritise Tests
David Graveney, England's chairman of selectors, has denied claims that the side are prioritising Test-match cricket over the one-day game.
His comments come on the back of another poor performance in a one-day tournament by England, whose defeat of West Indies at the weekend was scant consolation for being eliminated at the group stage.
England have won only seven of their last 24 ODIs.
content-uk.cricinfo.com /england/content/story/266357.html   (332 words)

  
 The Hindu : Sport / Cricket : Obsession with Tests hurting England in ODIs: Atherton
"England has always treated the one-day game as a poor relation of Test cricket," he said while analysing the country's general apathy to the shorter version and the team's disastrous performance in the seven-match ODI series against India.
Reports filtered through that England's best ODI batsman was preparing for the series in the nets at Taunton," he recalled.
When I became an England player myself, the administrators confirmed the low esteem in which ODI cricket was held," he revealed.
www.hindu.com /2006/04/10/stories/2006041005071800.htm   (370 words)

  
 England national rugby union team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
England racked up their largest victory, defeating the Welsh 30 points to nil, though the subsequent meeting the following year at St Helens in Swansea was a closer contest, with England winning 10 nil.
England slipped to just the one win in 1926, with a draw and two losses in the Five Nations that year, and this was followed by two wins and two losses at the subsequent championship.
England were to face pool D winners France, in Parc de Princes in Paris, in a fiercely contested match they defeated France 19-10.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team   (5959 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta
He said he had lost faith in both England cricket chiefs and the ICC after his team decided to boycott their match in Zimbabwe over security concerns.
England had forfeited four points to Zimbabwe after they refused to play their February 13 match in Harare due to safety concerns.
James Anderson’s emergence over the winter has been England’s sole highlight and his four for 29 in Cape Town, while aided by the day-night conditions, suggested England had found a bowler capable of providing a long-term alternative to Darren Gough.
www.telegraphindia.com /1030305/asp/sports/story_1736244.asp   (673 words)

  
 Ponting leads challenge as England tests tourists - Cricket - Sport
The bloodlust was almost satisfied as the Tasmanian tried to break his duck with a risky run to cover, where Kevin Pietersen pounced, threw and missed the stumps by the length of a rat's tail.
Clearly, England had realised that Australia must be attacked with the bat and strangled with the ball.
Ashley Giles is a trundler and England uses him to hold an end while the strike bowlers have a breather.
www.theage.com.au /news/cricket/ponting-leads-challenge-as-england-tests-tourists/2005/08/05/1123125909450.html   (756 words)

  
 Robinson to stay as England coach - CNN.com
LONDON, England -- Andy Robinson gained a stay of execution on Monday when he was confirmed as England rugby union coach for the remaining two November internationals despite a seventh successive defeat at the weekend.
The meeting followed a deluge of criticism in the media and from the public after another dismal performance from the national team who will be defending the World Cup in France in 10 months' time.
England must beat the Springboks at Twickenham next Saturday if they are to avoid the worst run in the history of the nation that gave the game to the world.
www.cnn.com /2006/SPORT/11/13/rugby.england/index.html?eref=rss_latest   (484 words)

  
 ABC Sport - Cricket - England drop wicket-keeper Jones
England selectors dropped wicket-keeper Geraint Jones when they named a 12-man squad for the third Test against Pakistan starting on Friday overnight.
The Kent player's omission means Read will return to the Test side for the first time since playing in the first three Tests of England's tour of the Caribbean in 2004.
Meanwhile Read, who in 11 Tests has averaged a meagre 15.30, said he always knew his batting would have to improve if he was to regain his Test place.
www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200608/s1702229.htm   (543 words)

  
 England-Portugal
In the six minute, England fires from the left flank, forty-five degrees and twenty-five meters from the front of the target.
Ronaldo, for Portugal tests the goalie for England, from twenty-five meters.
Beckham, for England, is injured and substituted for Lennon.
england-portugal.blogspot.com   (522 words)

  
 CNN.com - Defiant Sri Lankans put up a fight - May 13, 2006
Needing 359 to make England bat again, Sri Lanka lost a wicket with only 10 scored in their second innings, before recovering to reach 183 for three at the close.
Matthew Hoggard was the day's hero, taking his 200th test wicket in the course of a fine spell of swing bowling to finish with four for 27 in the Sri Lanka first innings.
England captain Andrew Flintoff, assuming the role of strike bowler in the absence of the injured Steve Harmison, was rewarded for his sustained pace with the wicket of his opposite number Mahela Jayawardene, caught behind for 61 after 168 minutes of patient application.
edition.cnn.com /2006/SPORT/05/13/cricket.england/index.html   (634 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Sports
India will tour Down Under twice in 2007 and 2011 to play four Tests and a tri-series on each visit, according to the new six-year Future Tours Programme (FTP), announced by the ICC on Tuesday.
The England-Sri Lanka series, which begins at Lord’s on Thursday, is the first to start under it, according to a media release.
June 2007: To Scotland, 1 ODI; To England, 3 Tests and 7 ODIs
www.telegraphindia.com /1060510/asp/sports/story_6205142.asp   (299 words)

  
 England v. Australia Test History quiz -- free game
At the Oval in 1938, England compiled a massive score, setting a test record which lasted for almost six decades.
England won by the slender margin of three runs.
One of the most exciting finishes to a test match occured at the MCG in 1982.
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=65219   (255 words)

  
 BEYOND A-B-C: What Testing Doesn't Measure
Tests determine the high school, university and sometimes which elementary and junior high schools they attend.
England's 10-year-old school accountability system is similar to America's … it includes high-stakes testing and school inspections similar to our accreditation system.
And, instead of yearly testing, England tests students at ages 7, 11 and 14.
lang.dailybulletin.com /socal/beyondabc/part_5/other_places.asp   (1101 words)

  
 CNN.com - Yousuf thrives as England fumble - Aug 18, 2006
It was Yousuf's fourth century in five tests against England.
LONDON, England -- Mohammad Yousuf added to his already-impressive collection of English centuries to leave Pakistan in a powerful position after a curtailed second day of the fourth and final test at The Oval on Friday.
England's response was ugly in the extreme on a day restricted to 60 overs by a wet outfield, a heavy afternoon downpour and bad light.
edition.cnn.com /2006/SPORT/08/18/cricket.oval   (608 words)

  
 Lara eager for England Tests
West Indies' seven-wicket win against England at Lord's on Tuesday saw them secure a return to the world famous ground for Saturday's final of the triangular one-day series against New Zealand, who had already qualified.
It is a chance for revenge after England won the recent Test series in the Caribbean 3-0 - their first series win in the West Indies since 1968.
And after seeing his side knock England out of their own one-day tournament, thanks mainly to opener Chris Gayle's 132 not out, Lara said: "The one-day series in the Caribbean was a 2-2 draw and we beat England here in two games out of three.
www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,,2-9-839_1553940,00.html   (454 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | Free tickets for Pakistan Tests
Up to a quarter of tickets for England's three Tests in Pakistan will be made available for free.
The PCB is hoping its initiative, combined with the game's soaring popularity in the wake of England's Ashes triumph, will swell attendances.
England's fans, particularly the vociferous Barmy Army, have started arriving in Pakistan and more are expected in the days leading up to the first Test.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/england/4399020.stm   (248 words)

  
 sport.iafrica.com | today Lara eager for England Tests
It is a chance for revenge after England won the recent Test series in the Caribbean 3-0 — their first series win in the West Indies since 1968.
Tuesday's defeat for England was the 11th successive one-day international they had lost batting first, a run stretching back to last year's World Cup in South Africa.
But he added England were close to becoming a one-day force to be reckoned with.
sport.iafrica.com /news/333421.htm   (689 words)

  
 India snub England over extra Test -DAWN - Sport; November 21, 2001
India said they will play only three Tests in England next summer, the same number Nasser Hussain’s team are scheduled to play during their current Indian tour.
England, however, insisted the Indians had given a written commitment to play four Tests, adding the itinerary was “non-negotiable” at this late stage.
BCCI sources said Dalmiya is upset that England refused to play two extra One-day Internationals in India in January, preferring to stick to the scheduled five.
www.dawn.com /2001/11/21/spt2.htm   (371 words)

  
 Cricket matches/tests in England: an introduction
The main countries which play are England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, the West Indies, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Some of the main locations for test matches in the UK are at Lords (near St John's Wood underground station in London), the Oval (near the Oval underground station in London), Headingley (near Leeds), Old Trafford (near Manchester), Edgbaston (near Birmingham), Trent Bridge (near Nottingham) and Bristol.
In the summer of 2005 the competition was held in England, and England won the series 2-1.
www.ukstudentlife.com /Life/Sport/Cricket.htm   (1128 words)

  
 Social Knowledge Systems Document Based Questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Requires careful reading of text and comparison of items of information in the text; requires reasoning to interpret for elementary literary features; requires reasoning to interpret in terms of student common experience; may require basic arithmetical operations, such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing; may require calculating percentages.
England 2_2, Tests 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
England 2_4, Tests 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
www.socialknowledge.com /toc/dbq_toc1.html   (701 words)

  
 Cricketfundas.com :: Series Archives
England in South Africa - 5 Tests and 7 ODIs
India in Bangladesh - 2 Tests and 3 ODIs
South Africa in Sri Lanka: 2 Tests and 5 ODIs
www.cricketfundas.com /seriesarchives.html   (358 words)

  
 Cricket: Sky eye a larger slice of England Tests | Cricket | Guardian Unlimited Sport
Sky and Channel 4 are poised to share live coverage of England's home Test matches under plans being considered by the recently appointed England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive David Collier.
One is for exclusive rights to all home Tests, one-day internationals and a planned international version of the successful Twenty20 county format.
Altogether, the ECB makes around £50m a year from its rights deals and was hoping that the current strength of the England team and the introduction of more one-day internationals and Twenty20 cricket would lead to a hike in prices.
sport.guardian.co.uk /cricket/story/0,10069,1349524,00.html   (462 words)

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