Kate Middleton accepts England cricket offer, will open in next Test
The Duchess of Cambridge has accepted an invitation from the England and Wales Cricket Board to become patron of the ECB and to open the batting for England. Cricket chiefs see Kate Middleton…
Cricket report: Greedy Ramprakash faked majority of 35,000 runs
Cricket star Mark Ramprakash made up more than 32,000 of his career 35,000 runs, an investigation by the ECB’s dubious runs committee has revealed. Investigators have pored over 4,350 hours of cricket footage…
Capello appoints Strauss as England captain
England boss Fabio Capello has sparked fresh controversy by appointing cricketer Andrew Strauss as captain for the friendly against Ghana, writes Crispin Fisher. With the three leading candidates unavailable Capello has gone for…
New Pakistani cricket scam exposed
The News Grind has smashed a new scam involving crooked Pakistani cricketers. Our top investigations team has overheard conversations between some of Pakistan’s best players where they hope to actually win a match…
Cricket match-fixing could explain a lot
England cricket fans are desperately hoping that the pathetic results of their national team during the 1980s and 90s may have been down to match fixing. The regular whitewashes by the West Indies…
Cricket chiefs defy alien warning in bid to win Ashes
Despite clear warnings not to contact aliens hovering on the fringes of our galaxy, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has issued a “come and join us” plea to extra terrestrials ahead…
