Oh my Lord's, what a place to watch cricket!
Lord's provides a great diversity of human beings. You have the Barmy Army in their jeans and England tops. Men dressed as Spiderman and my favourite, the upper class MCC members with their blue blazers, cream slacks and straw boaters.
[belfasttelegraph.co.uk]
Smith & Cronje - tale of two captainsComing in at a time, when South African cricket has been going through a huge crisis. Hansie Cronje, match-fixing, accusations and rumours of racism, Smith's task has not been an easy one.
[sify.com]
Smith: born to leadGraeme Smith's remarkable rise has not surprised those in the know, writes Jon Henderson in London.
[theage.com.au]
Bowled over with excitement'I can hardly contain my enthusiasm about pulling on the England shirt again when we play South Africa this month' writes Isa Guha, the 18-year-old England women's cricketer.
[bbc.co.uk]
Tigers in Oz - was it worth it?That which does not kill us can only make us stronger, or so said the 19th century existentialist Friedrich Nietzsche.
[bbc.co.uk]
Gough harbours World Cup dream Darren Gough may have conceded his Test match career is over - but he still dreams of playing for England at the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.
[ananova.com]
Willis: England were disgraceful Bob Willis believes England deserve to be pillioried for their shambolic batting display against South Africa at Lords, but has a fond words for the departing Darren Gough.
[msn.skysports.com]
Ten of the Dazzler's best Darren Gough's irresistible force of personality was too much for most sides. We remember his biggest box-office performances.
[channel4.com]
India want cricket back in Games Cricket was held for the first and last time at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games.
[hindustantimes.com]
Carl Hooper: Yesterday's man Once again Carl Hooper is dominating a first class cricket competition, and once again there are calls for his inclusion in the West Indies senior side.
[caribbeancricket.com]
Gough's Test retirement puts heat on Vaughan The rebuilding programme that confronts Michael Vaughan as England's new captain will take on a new urgency after the team's outstanding bowler of the last decade, admitted that his body is no longer up to the rigours of Test cricket.
[independent.co.uk]
'When he went well, England went well' England will miss Darren Gough, and not just because he has been such an effective wicket-taker.
[guardian.co.uk]
Decision to step down 'right one' for Gough: Angus Fraser Yorkshireman is one of the few players who can walk away from the Test arena able to say that he gave every ball he bowled, everything he had.
[independent.co.uk]
Smith can only dream of national call-up to cap his incredible run South Africa's Graeme Smith has just left the England cricket team bobbing about in his slipstream after leaving a contrail of records on the Test stage.
[independent.co.uk]
Warne no cert for Vics: Hookes Shane Warne will not be an automatic inclusion in the Victorian cricket side after serving his 12-month ban, Bushrangers coach David Hookes said.
[foxsports.news.com.au]
Racist shadow falls over village cricket Charges of racist taunting have shaken the sedate world of village cricket after Asian players were allegedly jeered as "al-Qaida members" on a summer afternoon.
[guardian.co.uk]
Sixteen teams for next year's World U19 cricket tournament The West Indies will be among 16 teams contesting the prestigious Under-19 World Cup cricket tournament early next year.
[windiescricket.com]
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