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World Cup 2011

Strauss was aware of Yardy's depression

Mar 25, 2011: Andrew Strauss has said he knew Michael Yardy was struggling with depression before Yardy took the decision to withdraw from the World Cup and fly home

World Cup 2011

Yardy withdrawn from World Cup

Mar 24, 2011: Michael Yardy, the England allrounder, has been withdrawn from England's World Cup squad after suffering from depression

England v South Africa, Group B, World Cup 2011, Chennai

Mercurial England spring back to life

Mar 6, 2011: An inspired fightback against South Africa has revived a campaign that has been an emotional roller-coaster thus far

Australia v England, 7th ODI, Perth

Voges helps Australia take series 6-1

Feb 6, 2011: Australia rounded off their international summer in style with a commanding 57-run victory at Perth

Australia v England, 4th ODI, Adelaide

More questions than answers for England despite win

Jan 26, 2011: Questions remain over England's middle and lower orders, with several players vying for places. There is no such thing as bad competition for places, but it certainly makes life tricky

Australia v England, 1st T20, Adelaide

'I know how Twenty20 cricket works' - White

Jan 11, 2011: Cameron White, Australia's new Twenty20 captain, says he is tactically as good as there is when it comes to the shortest format

Prime Minister's XI v England XI, Canberra

Bell hundred drives England to convincing win

Jan 10, 2011: Ian Bell carried his sparkling Test form into the one-day arena with an elegant, unbeaten 102-ball 124 to guide England to a comfortable seven-wicket victory against the Prime Minister's XI at Manuka Oval

County news

Chris Nash signs extended Sussex deal

Nov 9, 2010: Sussex allrounder Chris Nash has signed an extension to his current contract, which will keep him at Hove until the end of the 2013 season

New Zealand news

Yardy and Blackwell join Central Districts

Oct 28, 2010: Michael Yardy and Ian Blackwell have become the latest international imports for New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 competition after signing up with Central Districts

County news

Ben Brown signs two-year Sussex deal

Oct 5, 2010: Sussex's 21-year-old wicketkeeper Ben Brown has signed a new two-year contract with the club

England v Pakistan, 1st T20I, Cardiff

Yardy and Morgan guide England to victory

Sep 5, 2010: Eoin Morgan and Michael Yardy steadied England's nerves with a game-breaking stand of 67 in 7.1 overs, as Pakistan succumbed to a five-wicket defeat in the first Twenty20 at Cardiff

Sussex v Somerset, Clydesdale Bank 40, Horsham

Sussex prevail in rain-reduced contest

Aug 22, 2010: Holders Sussex Sharks kept their hopes of a third successive 40-over title alive thanks to a brilliant innings from skipper Mike Yardy

Surrey v Sussex, Guildford, 4th day

Yardy hundred guides Sussex to draw

Aug 12, 2010: Sussex skipper Michael Yardy scored his first four-day hundred of the season to guide his side to a draw in their County Championship match against Division Two opponents Surrey

Surrey v Sussex, CB 40, Guildford

Sussex coast to comfortable win

Aug 8, 2010: Sussex's bid for a third successive 40-over league title gained momentum as they eased to a six-wicket win over Surrey Lions at Guildford

Lancashire v Sussex, CB40, Old Trafford

Gatting and Yardy guide Sussex home

Aug 3, 2010: Sussex maintained the pressure on Group A leaders Somerset with an entertaining Clydesdale Bank 40 win over Lancashire Lightning at Old Trafford

Sussex v Essex, Friends Provident t20, Hove

Scott Styris fifty sinks Sussex

Jul 16, 2010: Scott Styris hit an unbeaten 52 off just 26 balls as Essex Eagles beat Sussex Sharks to leapfrog them into second place in the Friends Provident t20 south group

England v Australia, 4th ODI, The Oval

Clarke and Harris star in consolation win

Jun 30, 2010: There will be no clean-sweep for England. It was too late to save the series but Australia's batsmen, led by Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting, finally delivered a total their bowlers could defend at The Oval

England v Australia 2010

Yardy insists England still focussed

Jun 29, 2010: Michael Yardy is confident England can regain their focus to take a 4-0 lead over Australia

Scotland v England, Only ODI, Edinburgh

England coast to thumping victory

Jun 19, 2010: A lightening 117-run opening stand between Andrew Strauss and Craig Kieswetter rocketed England to a seven-wicket victory with over a quarter of their innings to spare against Scotland in a sun-drenched Edinburgh

England news

Yardy keeps himself grounded

Jun 17, 2010: Michael Yardy was one of the more unlikely stars of England's victorious World Twenty20 campaign in West Indies