http://news.vcricket.com/blog Cricket News from England. en-us Mon, 12 May 2008 21:05:36 +0530 England Blogware deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/12/3686886.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/12/3686886.html Mon, 12 May 2008 19:32:12 +0530 <P>Matthew Hoggard has set his sights on reaching 250 Test wickets after the England bowler was named in the squad for Thursday's first Test against New Zealand.Hoggard was dropped for the final two Tests of England's victorious tour to New Zealand earlier this year, but could feature in this week's clash at Lord's.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080512125033.afks1iap_Hoggard_targets_250_Test_wickets.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England New Zealand zaheen http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/12/3686609.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/12/3686609.html Mon, 12 May 2008 15:17:38 +0530 <P>England skipper Michael Vaughan says his side's batters must regain their aggressiveness if they are to compete effectively in the Test series against New Zealand.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080512085426.vf6a6p6a_Vaughan_calls_for_batsmen_to_turn_it_on_against_New_Zealand.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England New Zealand zaheen http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/12/3686388.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/12/3686388.html Mon, 12 May 2008 12:02:26 +0530 <P>New Zealand were forced to settle for a draw against the English Lions at the Rose Bowl on Sunday as their winning momentum ground to a halt ahead of the first Test against England.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080511193258.3u4l6v8q_New_Zealand_forced_to_settle_for_draw.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England New Zealand deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/11/3685119.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/11/3685119.html Sun, 11 May 2008 16:23:16 +0530 <P>Yorkshire seamer Matthew Hoggard has been recalled by England for this week's first Test against New Zealand at Lord's.Hoggard, who was dropped for the final two Tests of England's series win in New Zealand earlier in the year, benefits from the unavailability of Andrew Flintoff, who has been ruled out of the first two matches of the three-Test series through injury.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080511094402.e23h56ee_England_recall_Hoggard_to_plug_Flintoff_gap.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Main Page England New Zealand deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/11/3685066.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/11/3685066.html Sun, 11 May 2008 15:28:38 +0530 <P>Michael Vaughan has warned Australia that England now have the strength in depth to win back the Ashes next year.Vaughan's side are about to embark on a three-Test series against New Zealand but the England captain is already looking ahead towards the 2009 visit of Australia.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080511003603.a53npoxj_England_can_win_back_the_Ashes,_vows_Vaughan.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England New Zealand Pankaj Mishra http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/10/3683934.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/10/3683934.html Sat, 10 May 2008 18:57:57 +0530 <P>Andrew Flintoff will miss England's first two Test matches against New Zealand after suffering a side strain playing for Lancashire.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080510121910.lsl0r5r8_Flintoff_ruled_out_of_opening_two_Tests.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England New Zealand deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/10/3685065.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/10/3685065.html Sat, 10 May 2008 15:25:09 +0530 <P>Matt Prior staked his claim for an England recall as New Zealand struggled against the Lions in their tour match at the Rose Bowl on Saturday.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080510185622.d4x8zv5o_Prior_stakes_claim_for_England_recall.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England New Zealand Rakesh Saini http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/10/3683518.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/10/3683518.html Sat, 10 May 2008 11:32:56 +0530 <P>Seam bowler Chris Tremlett made England selectors take note as he underlined his credentials for an international return as he shined for England Lions against the New Zealand Tourists on Friday.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080509203028.38uhsqqs_Tremlett_impressive_for_England_Lions.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England Rakesh Saini http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/10/3683516.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/10/3683516.html Sat, 10 May 2008 11:31:23 +0530 <P>A back problem has thrown England all-rounder Paul Collingwood's participation in next week's first Test against New Zealand into doubt.</P> <P><BR><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080509170452.tx56yju5_England_sweating_on_Collingwood.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England zaheen http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/9/3682100.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/9/3682100.html Fri, 09 May 2008 12:02:33 +0530 <P>New Zealand cricket coach John Bracewell will step down when his contract expires in April next year, New Zealand Cricket said Friday.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080509032428.xqo5cbx7_New_Zealand_cricket_coach_to_leave_next_year.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England New Zealand zaheen http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/9/3682094.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/9/3682094.html Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 +0530 <P>New Zealand continued their impressive build-up to next week's opening Test by undermining the claims of a trio of England hopefuls in their final warm-up match at the Rose Bowl on Thursday.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080508212157.4anclkd4_New_Zealand_continue_impressive_build-up.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England New Zealand deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/8/3680748.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/8/3680748.html Thu, 08 May 2008 16:45:21 +0530 <P>International cricket chiefs have banned hi-tech cricket bats that give an unfair advantage to batsmen, saying the move will help prevent the game becoming too predictable.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080508095625.bp3y2w3o_Cricket_chiefs_outlaw_hi-tech_bats.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England Pankaj Mishra http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/8/3680619.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/8/3680619.html Thu, 08 May 2008 14:00:27 +0530 <P>New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori will learn this weekend whether an injured finger will prevent him playing a full role in next week's first Test against England at Lord's.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080508004034.n9cz621j_NZealand_cricket_captain_awaits_verdict_on_finger.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England New Zealand deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/7/3678871.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/7/3678871.html Tue, 06 May 2008 11:33:13 +0530 <P>England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was acquitted of speeding Tuesday because his prosecution notice did not arrive within the 14-day deadline</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080506195222.dba84f7h_England's_Flintoff_cleared_of_speeding.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/3/3672664.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/3/3672664.html Sat, 03 May 2008 15:48:56 +0530 <P>New Zealander James Marshall and twin brother Hamish helped put the news of a suspected dislocated finger for England opener Alastair Cook into the shade with a century against Essex.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080503050450.k6b1pqdl_Marshall_twins_hit_centuries_in_England.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England New Zealand deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/2/3672662.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/2/3672662.html Fri, 02 May 2008 15:46:05 +0530 <P>Former England star Mark Ramprakash was eying his 99th first-class hundred Friday in the English County Championship as his unbeaten 66 moved Surrey onto 164 for 2 in reply to Sussex's 475 all out, though the game was headed inexorably for a draw.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080502220931.gyzs2iby_Ramprakash_eying_another_ton.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Main Page England deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/1/3669415.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/5/1/3669415.html Thu, 01 May 2008 16:03:47 +0530 <P>Rain washed out the whole of the third and final day's play in New Zealand's opening first-class fixture of their tour of England, against Kent at Canterbury.No play was possible after the weather left large puddles on the outfield.As a result the match was drawn with New Zealand on their overnight score of 92 for one featuring an unbeaten 53 from stand-in captain Jamie How.</P> <P><BR><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080501024418.rt4q7m5w_Rain_frustrates_New_Zealand.html">Click here to read the complete Article </P> Main Page England New Zealand zaheen http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/30/3667525.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/30/3667525.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:43:29 +0530 <P>James Marshall began on Tuesday his bid to fill the hole in New Zealand's batting order left by the retirement of former captain Stephen Fleming ahead of the tourists' Test series with England.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080429213747.vyhdvt17_Marshall_begins_bid_for_Fleming_role.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England New Zealand zaheen http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/30/3667523.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/30/3667523.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:41:22 +0530 <P>England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke dismissed on Tuesday talk of a city franchise system being introduced for domestic Twenty20 cricket.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080429192114.dbja5p25_Clarke_plays_down_Twenty20_franchise_talk.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England zaheen http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/30/3667522.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/30/3667522.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:39:33 +0530 <P>Test batsman Robert Key will captain the England Lions, as the national 'A' side is now known, against New Zealand in a four-day tour match at Hampshire's Rose Bowl ground next week, it was announced here Tuesday.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080429153335.tzc7f571_Key_to_captain_England_Lions_against_New_Zealand.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England New Zealand Rakesh Saini http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/29/3666232.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/29/3666232.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:08:50 +0530 <P>Kent captain Robert Key bolstered his hopes of an England recall on Monday by scoring his third hundred against New Zealand as the Black Caps struggled on the opening day of their initial first-class tour match at Canterbury.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080428184640.gtirbknt_Key_puts_New_Zealand_in_ton_of_trouble.html" RIEZW="0" rSUVa="0">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England New Zealand deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/27/3662258.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/27/3662258.html Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:10:09 +0530 <P>England could be stripped of the lucrative World Twenty20 championship if Zimbabwe Cricket Union chairman Peter Chingoka is denied a visa for the event, International Cricket Council (ICC) president-elect David Morgan warned on Sunday.</P> <P><A href="http://66.135.48.96/article_080427095809.m6vojz0v_England_warned_Chingoka_visa_could_scupper_T20.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England Zimbabwe deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/26/3662068.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/26/3662068.html Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:39:42 +0530 <P>International Cricket Council (ICC) president-elect David Morgan has insisted the decision to have chief executive Malcolm Speed step down from his post ahead of schedule had not been imposed upon the Australian.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080426191634.6uq4gee9_Speed's_exit_'not_imposed'_says_Morgan.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page Australia England deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/26/3660803.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/26/3660803.html Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:57:39 +0530 <P>International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed is to step down several months early from his position over the issue of Zimbabwe, it was announced Friday.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080426051953.5kax5xxw_ICC_in_fresh_turmoil_as_Speed_stands_down_over_Zimbabwe.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England Zimbabwe deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/25/3660801.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/25/3660801.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:53:54 +0530 <P>England reject Matthew Hoggard bolstered his bid for a Test recall by taking six for 57, his best County Championship figures for five years, as Yorkshire dominated Hampshire on the third day of their First Division clash at Headingley on Friday.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080425192638.1x9tajap_Hoggard_savours_joy_of_six.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/24/3658781.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/24/3658781.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:03:37 +0530 <P>Northamptonshire captain Nicky Boje starred with both bat and ball as the former South Africa spinner's side took charge against Warwickshire on Thursday's second day of four in the latest round of matches in England's County Championship.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080424201746.i4g6m8qo_Boje_leads_from_the_front.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England South Africa deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/24/3657621.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/24/3657621.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:51:46 +0530 <P>Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns will captain MCC in the opening match of the Black Caps tour of England in Arundel on Sunday.Hard-hitting, pace bowling all-rounder Cairns, 37, who retired from international cricket two years ago after playing 62 Tests and 215 one-dayers, is one of three New Zealanders in the MCC side.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080424121427.4h0a3k83_Cairns_to_captain_MCC_against_New_Zealand.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Main Page England New Zealand deepak http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/24/3658771.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/24/3658771.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:55:56 +0530 <P>Andrew Flintoff was out for a golden duck batting for Lancashire in their County Championship match against Somerset at Old Trafford here Thursday.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080424181416.g84gka05_Flintoff_out_first_ball.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England Pankaj Mishra http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/23/3657027.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/23/3657027.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:00:06 +0530 <P>Andrew Flintoff is ready to go for next month's first Test against New Zealand according to former England opening batsman Marcus Trescothick.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080423195351.j769zo8c_'Freddie'_ready_for_Kiwis_says_Trescothick.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England New Zealand Pankaj Mishra http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/23/3655967.html http://news.vcricket.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/23/3655967.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:48:36 +0530 <P>England captain Michael Vaughan's quest for form ahead of the upcoming Test series against New Zealand suffered another setback Wednesday when he was out for 19 against Hampshire in Yorkshire's County Championship opener at Headingley.</P> <P><A href="http://www.vcricket.com/article_080423143011.2ql1rep4_England_captain_Vaughan_goes_cheaply_again.html">Click here to read the complete Article</A></P> Main Page England