THE brewers Marston's are launching a marketing campaign poking fun at Australians ahead of this summer's Ashes series. ‘England has history, Australia has previous' is a slogan example.

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MIDDLESEX Panthers, with their reign as Twenty20 Cup champions nearly over, have arranged a match against last year's Indian Premier League champions Rajasthan Royals for charity at Lord's on July 6.

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THE pre-tournament odds supplied by Ladbrokes put England at 12/1 against winning the ICC World Twenty20, surprisingly long odds for a host nation. Yet after England's defeat by Holland at Lord's this pessimism looked entirely justified.

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THE chief executive of the Professional Cricketers Association says the organisation will stand by and support former England all-rounder Chris Lewis after his 13-year jail sentence for smuggling cocaine into Britain.

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A former first class player died during a veterans Twenty20 match in Karachi, a second such death in Pakistan this year in the faster format.

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ALL seats on the first day of a county match at Old Trafford on June 6 will cost only a pound. This will be the Lancashire contribution to the day's 'Super Saturday' of sport in Manchester.

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THE managing editor of Tatler magazine, Ahlya Fateh, has been appointed by the England and Wales Cricket Board to help shape the image of the England women's team.

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ENGLAND Under-19 start their two-Test home series against Bangladesh at Scarborough on Monday July 6 with three Leicestershire players in their squad of 14.

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By Mark Harrison

MICKEY ARTHUR, the man who coached South Africa to a Test series win in Australia earlier this year, says that England should use Andrew Flintoff as a more attacking bowler against Australia this summer.

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By James Fitzgerald

THE International Cricket Council’s first class tournament, the ICC Intercontinental Cup 2009-10, gets underway next month with heavy-hitters such as Ireland chasing prize money for the first time.

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PAKISTAN are to play Tests and one-day games against Australia and England in England next year, a welcome chance for the public to see more top-notch international cricket.

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THE ICC Under-19 World Cup next year has been taken away from Kenya and will be hosted by New Zealand as a result of slow progress in upgrading grounds and facilities, the ICC announced after a meeting at Lord's today.

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NOT a single code of conduct misdemeanour was reported during the recent ICC Twenty20 tournament in England. It was a sporting occasion that made the referee job a sinecure, but the reason was probably that players did not have time to misbehave in this galloping format of cricket.

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THE BRIT OVAL

Australia 163-5, England 165-2

England won by 8 wickets

ENGLAND women, the ICC Twenty20 tournament favourites, came through a tense semi-final against Australia in a good advertisement for the female craft. Women's cricket has a character all of its own.

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