England send for Bicknell at last

Aug 18, 2003: England's selectors have sprung a surprise by recalling Martin Bicknell, the Surrey seamer, into their squad of 13 for the fourth npower Test against South Africa, which starts at Headingley on Thursday

Imperfect pitch sets up a perfect result

Aug 18, 2003: James Kirtley: the best return on debut for England since John Lever in 1976-77 ..

Butcher's prime cut

Aug 14, 2003: It has been a familiar sight on the first day of all three Tests in this series: a left-hander pinging the ball to all parts

A half-century for Trent Bridge

Aug 14, 2003: Today's match brings up the half-century of Test matches at Trent Bridge

England hoping for a change

Aug 13, 2003: Last year it was at Trent Bridge that the tone of the international summer changed

One great day

Aug 12, 2003: Jack Mollinson Noreiga, who has died in Trinidad, had a brief but successful fling with Test cricket early in 1971

Smiling, swaggering, swinging

Aug 5, 2003: He shouldered his way into Test cricket with a smile and a swagger, biffing 65 against New Zealand at Old Trafford in 1994

A winter's tale

Jul 27, 2003: As if playing cricket in the winter wasn't weird enough, there have been some strange sights around the Bundaberg Rum Stadium in Cairns over the past few days

A rum tale from the north

Jul 26, 2003: Australia's Top End Tour -­ the experiment of trying Test matches in the far north of the country in what is technically their winter ­- has moved on to Cairns, in far north Queensland and the main jumpoff for the Great Barrier Reef

White elephant or white knight?

Jul 25, 2003: Just before the cricket roadshow moved from Darwin to Cairns, there was a chance to take in some of the sights of the Northern Territory

Cotton-wool clouds and the 3 Test series

Jul 20, 2003: The denizens of Darwin were surprised yesterday: the sky, which had been resolutely blue throughout the town's inaugural Test, acquired some clouds

Smith and Sami at it again

Jul 10, 2003: Kent 362 and 418 for 3 dec v Nottinghamshire 156 and 29 for 2 at Maidstone Scorecard Kent took complete charge of their match at Mote Park, setting Notts an unlikely victory target of 625 and removing two batsmen by the close

Shoaib hammers the Scots

Jul 8, 2003: National League Division Two Durham 267 for 7 beat Scotland 153 by 114 runs Scorecard Back in May Scotland started their inaugural National League campaign with a victory over Durham, but there was no repeat at Raeburn Place in Edinburgh as

England take the honours ahead of the final

Jul 7, 2003: England scored several psychological points ahead of Saturday's NatWest Series final with a convincing victory over South Africa under the lights at Edgbaston with 11 overs to spare

Banger beats Beefy

Jul 3, 2003: One chunky Somerset man grabbed a record from another today when Marcus Trescothick marched out to the crease at Old Trafford in the NatWest Series match against South Africa

Twenty20 reasons to be cheerful

Jun 20, 2003: Marcus Trescothick: a very un-English innings The man at the ECB who thought up the Twenty20 Cup can give himself a pat on the back of his blazer today

Wally Hammond: the greatest ... bar one

Jun 19, 2003: If it weren't for one thing, we could today be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the greatest batsman of all time

New kids off the blocks

Jun 17, 2003: It was a day for the new boys at Old Trafford

A pitiful procession

Jun 6, 2003: England v Zimbabwe, 2nd Test, Chester-le-Street, Day 2 After writing Zimbabwe off yesterday, when they'd had quite a decent day in the field, I felt a bit of a heel

Not such an acid Test

Jun 5, 2003: England v Zimbabwe, 2nd Test, Chester-le-Street, Day One Thousands of northern prayers were answered when Chester-le-Street's first day of Test cricket dawned fine

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