Bowden breaks the mould

Umpire Billy Bowden will make his Test bow on English soil when England host South Africa in Leeds.
[ bbc.co.uk ]

Banned cricketer Shane Warne could soon be prevented from training with national, state and club teams after new advice to Cricket Australia (CA) from the Australian government.
[ mid-day.com ]

Now then, now then - never mind the cricket, the real competition at Headingley this week involves finding a dead ringer for Jimmy Savile.
[ bbc.co.uk ]

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has decided to utilise the expertise of Syed Kirmani and Laxman Sivaramakrishnan and has scheduled a coaching clinic for Bengal youngsters here from August 23-31.
[ cricketnext.com ]

Teenaged tennis prodigy Sania Mirza made history when she became the Wimbledon girls' doubles champion recently. Predictably, tennis is her life, but she likes to watch cricket as well. "I don't remember where I was when the World Cup was on but I remember praying a lot before the finals. How I wish we could have won that final against Australia," she said, like any other teenager in love with cricket.
[ cricketnext.com ]

The distraught coach of an Indian women's cricket team touring England, today said he fears the disappearance of five of his players was pre-arranged with their families.
[ thisislondon.co.uk ]

Marcus Trescothick, 27, is such an integral part of the England set-up that it's hard to believe he's only been playing international cricket for three years.
[ channel4.com ]

Michael Vaughan was inspired to lead England to their dramatic victory on Monday because he feared being 'turnipped' by SunSport.
[ thesun.co.uk ]

Freddie Flintoff joined the punters at York races yesterday as England's galloping golden boy resolved to end the worst trot of his career.
[ mirror.co.uk ]

The mood in the England camp is very positive at the moment.
[ bbc.co.uk ]

Like no other Test venue in England, Headingley has a single label in most minds: seamer's paradise.
[ bbc.co.uk ]

Headingley is always a fascinating venue for a Test match and, after the awkward pitch at Trent Bridge, the intrigue this time is even more intense.
[ bbc.co.uk ]

England have followed a "horses for courses" policy in calling up veteran Martin Bicknell for fpr Saturday's fourth Test at Headingley.
[ iol.co.za ]

Michael Vaughan has warned England must be ready to withstand a wounded South Africa when the fourth npower Test gets under way at Headingley on Thursday.
[ skysports.com ]

If Michael Vaughan could transmute overnight from one of the lads to a passable imitation of Wackford Squeers, he would focus on one theme: discipline.
[ guardian.co.uk ]

Almost inconceivably, England head to the fourth Test at Headingley level with South Africa and with every chance of snatching a series lead.
[ nzherald.co.nz ]

History has an uncanny knack of repeating and there's a distinct whiff of deja-vu floating about as England travel to Headingley for the second of back-to-back Tests against South Africa.
[ channel4.com ]

For nearly a decade after his debut in 1993, Gary Kirsten anchored the South African innings as an opening bat. He started this series batting at three, having dropped down last October to accommodate the new boy Graeme Smith.
[ channel4.com ]

Duncan Fletcher, the England coach breaks cover to stick up for his team, writes David Hopps.
[ guardian.co.uk ]

Geoff Prenter, the rugby league journalist who became the greatest innovator in international cricket since Kerry Packer introduced floodlights with World Series Cricket in 1977-78, has been bowled out in the harshest decision of his life.
[ smh.com.au ]

Scene 1 — On a muggy morning, there is a traffic jam outside the National Cricket Academy here. Word has just spread that the Indian cricketers are scheduled to have a practice session there. In no time at all, a crowd descends on Gate No.1.
[ htcricket.com ]

Waqar Younis – one of the world's premier fast bowlers – will play club cricket with North Sydney next summer with his Australian-raised wife Faryal due to give birth to their second child during his stint.
[ foxsports.news.com.au ]

Which wild-eyed, world-famous, charismatic Australian bowling larrikin said this? "I don't try to be Joe Blow the superstud - it just happens." Or this? "I've taken out some real dolls, like beach beauties and models. They're the best." Which bowler bragged shamelessly about sheilas of "all shapes and sizes with just one thing in common - they wanted my body"?
[ cricket.org ]

The chief executive of Cricket Australia, James Sutherland, has gone out of his way to distance his organisation from the increasingly scandal-prone Shane Warne.
[ cricket.org ]

Shane Warne is seeking urgent clarification of his rights as a suspended player after being taken aback by the suggestion he may not be able to train with the Australian squad.
[ foxsports.news.com.au ]

The Grounds and Wickets Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will conduct a two-day seminar in Kolkata on Saturday and Sunday (August 23 and 24) in which 'curators' from all the Test and one-day centres are expected to participate.
[ indianexpress.com ]

They had always suspected it. When an agency called 'Linex Tours and Travel Club' began doing the rounds of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalya (HMV) to 'select' girls for cricket matches abroad, both Principal P P Sharma and Laltesh Bhaseen, secretary of the Punjab Women Cricket Association (PWCA), smelt a rat.
[ indianexpress.com ]

Confused about chucking? Worried an umpire's going to call you up for a dodgy action?
[ bbc.co.uk ]

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