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Test Match Special
While England's cricketers used their day off to hare around Cape Town on roaring Harley Davidsons, England's forgotten spinner, Monty Panesar, has been trying to make amends with his former employers Northants, after ruffling a few feathers with comments he made last weekend...
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His first four appearances were so disappointing that in another, more successful side, he may have been forced to wait a very long time before being invited back for another go...
Paul Messette
Paul Messette
Dont forget about Trott!! Class act...
22 November at 13:32
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There's never a great deal of free time on cricket tours these days but the England team bonded with a visit to Lion Park in Johannesburg on Wednesday, taking the opportunity to get close to some cubs, even stroking a couple of the cute youngsters...
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In Kimberley I've been in South Africa for a few days now and am getting into the swing of the England tour...
Matthew Roe
Matthew Roe
Must be real hard work folowing England around the world - I hope you are having a lovely time;-)
08 November at 11:17
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With the opening match of England's tour of South Africa already under way, I thought it would be a good time to let you know some more details of BBC Radio's coverage of what promises to be a really exciting next few weeks...
Peter Sheeran
Peter Sheeran
Not too tricky when they move here in their twenties - we'll have to agree to disagree.

Next year the relegated Worcs will attempt to get out of Div 2 with a bunch of academy players a la Glamorgan - they won't do it but I am looking forward to it
08 November at 15:49
Ian Brown
Ian Brown
Best of luck!
14 November at 07:01
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In the middle of October I saw this thread on the 606 message boards: "Not a wind-up attempt, but as your side is half full of South Africans, if you had to choose an English XI, who would be in it...
Stuart Foster
Stuart Foster
Its not an issue of racial origin. Its more a question of cricketing tradition and where the skills were learned. KP and Jonathan Trott are far less English than the likes Ravi Bopara or Adil Rashid. Or even Owais Shah come to think of it.A test team should reflect the entirety of cricket in that country. If a player has learned his cricket in the English school or club system then he (or indeed she) is English as far as I'm concerbed. And South African born carpet baggers don't do that.
06 November at 01:07
Tom Evans
Tom Evans
Bopara and Rashid did indeed 'learn their cricket in the English school or club system'. It would be perverse for them to have done anything else, for they were born in England and have lived in England all their lives. Can you tell us all what it is about 'the likes of' Bopara and Rashid that makes them relevant to this discussion?
06 November at 02:05
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Early next week, there will be a change to how you leave comments on this blog - we're upgrading our current registration system to a new and improved one...
Russell
Russell
Stick us in a museum and watch India dominate the thing for the rest of time.
02 November at 22:22
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As soon as news filtered through that Daniel Vettori wasn't fit to the play in the Champions Trophy final, hearts began to sink at the prospect of Australia marching to victory in a one-sided contest...
Sonia Javaid
Sonia Javaid
i hate em blazers, too blank...too dull...fit for an aussie!Team Pakistan must hve taken a breath of relife upon lookin at em.
06 October at 05:00
Phill
Phill
I'm thinking Liverpool 1996 FA Cup Final!
06 October at 07:29
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We're on the verge of the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy, and this tournament has by far exceeded expectations...
Matthew Roe
Matthew Roe
I'm stil confident - I've booked monday off work!
02 October at 08:02
Ian Parker
Ian Parker
Opps! It was Simon Mann not KH ... it must be catching.
02 October at 12:05
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A couple of weeks ago, it seemed impossible that England would win a game at the Champions Trophy, let alone reach the semi-finals by beating two of the favourites in emphatic fashion...
Clare Jones
Clare Jones
I loved it when Stauss said that avoiding cramp was all down to preparation and conditioning & basically Smith should have known better - priceless!
28 September at 09:36
Siobhan Hamand
Siobhan Hamand
Sadly only got to watch the last few overs of this match, but it was great and Smith looked like he was spitting feathers when denied a runner!
28 September at 11:37
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Even if the injuries that have dogged Andrew Flintoff's career prevent him from playing a full part in England's limited-overs cricket for the next three or four years, the British public could see quite a lot of him in the years to come...
Pete Thurlow
Pete Thurlow
Hmm. How insightful and articulate is he exactly?
29 September at 07:16
James Mckillop
James Mckillop
Well, it didn't do ol' Freddie Trueman any harm. His insight used to make me smile. Spade a spade and all that...
29 September at 11:31
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Here are my ratings for the England team in the one-day international series against Australia. Why don't you tell us yours? Andrew Strauss 7 - The England skipper was a rock at the top of the order during the Ashes series and he took that form into the one-dayers...
Kamran Raza
Kamran Raza
not gona be playing australia everyday r we. i think the boys will do better against other oppositions
21 September at 05:43
Ole Asti Spumanti Rudd
Ole Asti Spumanti Rudd
Bopara's got the Beadle Touch at the moment- why Rashid was dropped and Ravi allowed to continue is a complete mystery to me, along with Trott's exclusion- he may not be recognised as a 1-day batsman and is a shameless import, but he does seem to have something we're sorely missing, the WILL to win!
21 September at 06:00
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I am delighted to announce that former England captain Michael Vaughan is joining TMS as an expert summariser and he will make his Test match debut with us during our ball-by-ball coverage of this winter's tour of South Africa...
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One of England's most famous artists, a 90-year-old former Lancaster bomber pilot and a member of the Bee Gees... it could only be another interval on Test Match Special...
John Gribbin
John Gribbin
Hey Charlie -- any relation to the Great Man?
07 September at 13:23
Charlie Harden
Charlie Harden
Nope - I wish I was
08 September at 00:45
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Before it actually happened, it was quietly taken as read by some journalists and fans that Australia's selectors would move to appoint a new captain across all formats if Ricky Ponting was to lose a second Ashes series on English soil...
Robert Wood
Robert Wood
Just because someone is the best batsman in the side does not mean he is the best captain for the side. Ponting is a seriously ordinary captain.

Michael Vaughan was untested when he started and he was our bst captain since Brearley and our most successful.

Leadership is not really something you learn, you either have those skills or you don't.
08 September at 02:32
Dave Lazzari
Dave Lazzari
I agree with Robert - Ponting's probably the best batsman around ATM but I've never been impressed by his tactical nous or player management. Captains the calibre of Brierly, Border or Vaughan don't just fall off trees. Australia's been very lucky to have had a run of good skippers from AB to Taylor plus an incredible run of outstanding players in recent years. As for Australia being in disarray... I don't think so and that sounds like wishful thinking. A period of transition that's all
08 September at 04:17