Birmingham Post - Tag - england cricket

Sales up at Warwickshire CCC, but losses grow nearly 200%

Birmingham Post — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:18:00 GMT

A Test Match against India helped Warwickshire County Cricket Club achieve a 50 per cent rise in sales last year, but pre-tax losses rose to more than £500,000.

Peter Sharkey: English cricket puts rugby in the shade, on and off-field

Birmingham Post — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:06:00 GMT

What must grate with the RFU is the stark, black-and-white contrast between their sport and English cricket.

Warwickshire's Varun Chopra aiming to continue his cricket education

Birmingham Post — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:00:00 GMT

Warwickshire batsman Varun Chopra intends to learn from the best as he prepares to join the England set-up in Loughborough next week before flying out to Sri Lanka.

Tributes pour in for Worcestershire and England legend Basil D'Oliveira

Birmingham Post — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:15:00 GMT

Tributes continue to pour in for Worcestershire and England cricket legend Basil D’Oliveira who died at the weekend aged 80 following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Tributes at service for former England and Worcestershire cricketer Graham Dilley

Birmingham Post — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Former England captains Sir Ian Botham, Mike Gatting and Andrew Flintoff led the tributes to former Worcestershire and Kent paceman Graham Dilley at a thanksgiving service in Worcester Cathedral after his death last month.

Onions in as Woakes ruled out

Birmingham Post — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:45:17 GMT

Chris Woakes has been ruled out of the remainder of England's one-day international tour of India with a thigh strain, and will be replaced by Graham Onions.

Former England and Worcestershire cricketer Graham Dilley dies

Birmingham Post — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:22:00 GMT

Former England fast bowler and Ashes-winner Graham Dilley has died at the age of 52 after a short illness, the England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed.

Warwickshire chief Colin Povey insists Test match snub won't harm club

Birmingham Post — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:53:00 GMT

Warwickshire CCC chief executive Colin Povey has insisted that the club will survive the thumping double body-blow of not hosting Test matches in 2013 or 2014.

Edgbaston misses out on 2013 Ashes series - but will host 2015 clash

Birmingham Post — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:16:00 GMT

Edgbaston cricket ground will not be one of the venues in the 2013 Ashes series.

Trott named Cricketer of the Year

Birmingham Post — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:45:16 GMT

Jonathan Trott pipped his fellow Ashes-winner Alastair Cook to the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy Award for the International Cricket Council's Cricketer of the Year.