North century sets up the West
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Marcus North continued his strong Ashes form by posting an unbeaten 103 as Western Australia started their Sheffield Shield campaign strongly
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Victory or heist at the Oval?
BBC NEWS | Nick Bryant's Australia (Free subscription) | 08/23/2009
Fast gaining traction in certain corners of the Australian media is the theory that England has just staged the "Great Ashes Heist": that Andrew Strauss and his team were a pretty average outfit who won the series through time-wasting, dodgy umpiring, the assistance of foreign-born players and a doctored pitch at the Oval. Just as the CIA tried to see off Fidel Castro with exploding cigars,...
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Strauss and Trott cement England's command
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
Andrew Strauss fell to Marcus North for 75 in the final minutes before lunch, but not before he and Jonathan Trott had combined in a fourth-wicket stand of 118
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England v Australia - day three live!
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
Press F5 for the latest updates. Or follow the latest with our enhanced desktop scoreboard and why not immerse yourself in our new Hawk-Eye tool . Send your Ashes emails to rob.smyth@guardian.co.uk . Still not done? Pop over to our OBO merchandise site to spend some cash in a good cause A precedent to keep Australians warm Anyone remember this magnificent game of Test cricket ? South Africa were effectively...
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Voges recalled to Australia ODI squad
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
Middle-order batsman Adam Voges has White have been recalled to the Australian one-day squad for the Champions Trophy while David Hussey and Marcus North missed out
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Where To For England?
Dipz Cricket World (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
For the first time since 1965/66 we head to the final Test of an Ashes series with it all tied up. 43 years ago Australia drew the final Test of the series to retain the Ashes but this Australian team will be going for the win. This isn't the Ashes cricket of that era where nothing happened. The Ashes is going to get the finale it deserves. Apart from winning the toss, England did nothing right at...
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2009 Ashes, 4th Test, Day 2: Worst... English...day... ever!
Cricket-Blog.com (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
It's hard to recall England ever having a worse day of Test cricket. Maybe Adelaide Day 5 in 2006 . Although that begs the question - is it worse to have a horrendous day at the end of a Test? Or at the start of the Test where you have to then play out the consequences in the next four days. But I digress. England's bad day began well before the start of play. The night before, Freddie was ruled out....
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England v Australia 4th Test - day 3 live online
T20 World Cup 2009 (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
England vs Australia Day 2 Stumps TEST at Headingley, Leeds, ENG, 7 Aug 2009 England won the toss & elected to bat Test/Odi's European Union Test Series and all ODI's . 2nd Innings ENG 82/5 in 32 Overs Current Run rate:2.56 1st Innings AUS 445/10 ENG 102/10 England vs Australia Match scheduled: Last updated: 09-08-2009 Play time 10:00 until 18:00 England v Australia at Leeds, 4th Test - day 3 Australia's...
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North savours special hundred
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Marcus North's Test career is still shiny and new but he has another lasting memory after his 110 put Australia within touch of levelling the Ashes series
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Clarke and North pound poor England
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
England's slender hopes of hauling themselves back into the fourth Test took a battering on the second morning at Headingley, as Michael Clarke and Marcus North extended their fifth-wicket stand to 150
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2009 Ashes, 4th Test, Day 1: Worst... English...day... ever!
Cricket-Blog.com (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
It's hard to recall England ever having a worse day of Test cricket. Maybe Adelaide Day 5 in 2006 . Although that begs the question - is it worse to have a horrendous day at the end of a Test? Or at the start of the Test where you have to then play out the consequences in the next four days. But I digress. England's bad day began well before the start of play. The night before, Freddie was ruled out....
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North aims for consistency
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
Marcus North wants his vital 96 on the final day at Edgbaston to be the innings that kick-starts a run of consistency and eliminates all doubt over his position at No. 6
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Aussies hit the golf course - Ashes 2009
T20 Cricket World Cup Videos, News (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009
Sure on the field the Australian Cricket Team may be the best of friends, but on the golf course its an entirely different story. At Sir Michael Parkinsons Ashes Golf Day for the Child Bereavement Charity during the VB Tour of England, CATV threw out the challenge to Ricky Ponting, Nathan Hauritz, Andrew McDonald, Ben Hilfenhaus and Marcus North. One chance, one hole winner takes all.
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England celebrate - they're slightly better than half as good as Australia
Cricket-Blog.com (Free subscription) | 07/13/2009
Okay, saying England is half as good as Australia is an exageration. After all, Australia only lost 6 wickets to England's 19. So mathematically, England were only slightly better than 30% of Australia's effort. Let's be generous and round it up to 33%. England are a third as good as Australia. Still, I am gutted we didn't get the win. A 1-nil scorecard would've been a perfect result heading to Lords....
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High drama in Cardiff
Cricket Forever (Free subscription) | 07/12/2009
The ICC World Twenty20 competition produced some exciting moments but nothing came close to the high drama at Cardiff. In the true spirit of Test cricket England’s tailenders hung on to the draw with their fingernails, turning a comprehensive thumping into a brave draw. England may not have lost the match at Cardiff but they did a good impersonation of a losing team for most of the match. Time...