The magnificent seventh
At The Oval on Saturday, England completed an unprecedented summer of success with their seventh win in a row. Andrew Miller runs his rule over the performers and gives them their marks out of ten:Michael…
Bangladesh foiled by the weather
Bangladesh 346 (Nafis 56, Nazimuddin 65) drew with England 185 and 34 for 1ScorecardBangladesh enjoyed the better of this Under-19 Test at Cardiff, taking an imposing lead of 161 - but the loss of the…
The road back from Sharjah
Team USA: just not good enough© Getty ImagesThe defeat of Team USA at the hands of Australia marked the end of an unlikely journey which began two years ago in Argentina.In 2002, USA won the…
Lara's XI win first practice match
Brian Lara was one of five batsmen to make fifty in the first of two practice matches© Getty ImagesBrian Lara hit a bright 65 from 46 balls as he led his side to victory by…
Annual review: England
Individual statistics for Tests played in 2004England Batting NameMInnNOrunsHSAve100s50s0sCtStAnderson342231211.5---2-Batty11-888---2-Bell11-707070-1-2-Butcher91734987935.57-616-Flintoff1319289816752.8227116-Giles121523305225.38-116-Harmison1314511636*12.89--32-Hoggard131451233813.67--25-Hussain592334103*47.7113-8-Geraint Jones1014145810035.2312-322Simon Jones88-76249.5---3-Key4713782216311-3-Read33-362012---61Saggers22------2--Strauss918297113760.6944114-Thorpe12207951119*73.1544-12-Trescothick13263100413243.6543218-Vaughan1222271214035.63219- England Bowling NameMballsmdnsrunswktsAvebest5wI10wmSRERAnderson33318219731.294/52--4766Batty13124185292.52/185--15659Flintoff1322187811084325.775/581-5250Giles12235775114038305/572-6248Harmison13316111816036723.937/123-4751Hoggard1324949314134730.064/35--5357Simon Jones81357398142335.395/571-5960Saggers237816185446.252/80--9549Trescothick131383820-0/3---59Vaughan12192311611161/29--19260 Individual statistics for ODIs played in 2004 England Batting NameMINORunsHSAve100500SRCtAnderson1221131113.00---40.635Batty321111.00---33.342Bell4401637540.75-2-67.92-Blackwell54036279.00--190.00-Clarke65033116.60---48.531Collingwood2117436380*27.92-2-75.1612Flintoff1413263312357.5532-102.433Giles1273963924.00--175.596Gough2073451311.25--157.696Harmison17752413*12.00---50.002Geraint Jones161242648033.00-2-95.6525Simon Jones2000-------Key330431914.33---44.33-Kirtley1000-------Mahmood110111.00---50.00-McGrath43023127.67---37.10-Pietersen43210477*104.00-1183.873Prior110353535.00---72.921Read541852728.33---98.844Solanki1010034910034.9012-75.542Strauss2120465510040.9414-75.293Trescothick1716067013041.8824185.469Vaughan2120255790*30.94-6267.849Wharf11421698.00--166.671 England Bowling NameMBMdRWAveBest54SRERAnderson1254544631335.623\37--41.925.10Batty3132198249.002\40--66.004.45Bell4220933.003\9--7.332.45Blackwell542047147.001\47--42.006.71Clarke61320131343.671\16--44.005.95Collingwood214044312934.673\16--44.894.63Flintoff1448953411621.313\11--30.564.18Giles1251653071421.933\26--36.863.57Gough20971167312529.244\34-238.844.52Harmison17911136652625.584\22-135.044.38Simon Jones296476325.332\43--32.004.75Kirtley1360280-0\0---4.67Mahmood1420560-0\0---8.00McGrath472149224.501\13--36.004.08Pietersen4120220-0\0---11.00Strauss216030-0\0---3.00Trescothick1778072236.001\17--39.005.54Vaughan212040171357.002\42--68.005.03Wharf1147083291325.314\24-136.154.20
WA are whacked at the WACA
ScorecardShaun Tait: three wickets as SA ended WA's interest in this season's ING Cup© Getty ImagesSouth Australia surged to a comprehensive 98-run victory over Western Australia in their floodlit game at the WACA in Perth,…
Karachi women romp to title success
Kanwal Naz's battling fifty lifted Karachi to success in the first domestic championship, as they romped to a six-wicket victory against Lahore in the final at Qadhafi Stadium on Monday.Karachi coasted past their target of…
Cable & Wireless retract their claims
Ramnaresh Sarwan and Chris Gayle: have terminated contracts© Getty ImagesCable & Wireless have, as predicted, retracted on their earlier claims that Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan were still under contract to the company, and have…
Smith banned for four matches
Graeme Smith won't be celebrating after being handed a four-match ban © Getty Images Graeme Smith has been banned for four one-dayers and fined 30 per cent of his match fee because of a slow…
Ambrose frustrated by woeful West Indies
'Sometimes it is painful, really painful ...' © Getty Images Curtly Ambrose has joined the growing list of former West Indian players to bemoan the performances of the current crop. West Indies were among the…