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May 16th, 2012 | 
Author: LONDON, May 16, 2012 (AFP) – Darren Sammy will look to put the knowledge of Lord’s gained from his time as an MCC Young Cricketer to good use when he captains the West Indies in the first Test against England at the “spiritual place of cricket” starting Thursday.
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LONDON, May 16, 2012 (AFP) – England captain Andrew Strauss has insisted he has no desire to rid himself of the pressure of leadership despite a poor run of form with the bat.
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KARACHI (Reuters) – Opening batsman Nasir Jamshed has been ruled out of Pakistan’s tour to Sri Lanka next month after sustaining a finger injury during a club game. Jamshed, 22, had been included in Pakistan’s Twenty20 and one-day squads. “Nasir has sustained a index finger injury during a club match and doctors have advised him four to six weeks rest. He is out of the Sri Lanka tour,” Pakistan Cricket Board media manager Nadeem Sarwar told Reuters. Jamshed returned to Pakistan’s one day team at the Asia Cup in Bangladesh in March after an international absence of nearly three years. …
LONDON, May 16, 2012 (AFP) – West Indian cricket icon Brian Lara has called upon Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the world’s number one batsman, to move up the order for his team’s three-Test series with England which begins on Thursday.
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LONDON, May 14, 2012 (AFP) – English county score on Monday:
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LONDON, May 14, 2012 (AFP) – James Anderson was named England’s cricketer of the year for 2011/12 at a ceremony at Lord’s here on Monday.
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LONDON (Reuters) – England fast bowler James Anderson has beaten all-rounder Stuart Broad and opening batsman Alastair Cook to be named England cricketer of the year for 2011-12. Anderson, third in the International Cricket Council world rankings, has risen to fifth in the list of England’s all-time test match wicket-takers with 258. “I have been pleased with my performances over the last year and was delighted with the way I bowled on the recent tour of Sri Lanka. I am flattered to win this award,” Anderson said in an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) statement on Monday. …
Mohali, May 14 (IANS) Skipper David Hussey and Gurkeerat Singh fashioned an unlikely four-wicket win for Kings XI Punjab in a thrilling last-ball finish against Deccan Chargers here Sunday to keep their hopes alive of qualifying for the playoffs in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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LONDON, May 12, 2012 (AFP) – Kieran Powell scored the first hundred of the West Indies tour of England as they avoided an embarrassing defeat against the England Lions on Saturday ahead of next week’s first Test at Lord’s.
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LONDON, May 12, 2012 (AFP) – Kieran Powell scored the first hundred of the West Indies tour of England as they avoided an embarrassing defeat against the England Lions on Saturday ahead of next week’s first Test at Lord’s.
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