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The Telegraph's Robert Philip joins Ian Botham on a ten-mile leg of his latest fundraising walk in aid of Leukaemia Research and the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Ian Salisbury, Surrey

Three Surrey squad members have all recently signed new deals with the club which will secure their services until the end of next season.

Kevin Mitchell, writing in The Observer , believes that the Australians are worried

The Times' chief sportswriter, Simon Barnes , can always be relied upon to wax lyrical on a chosen topic

The general assumption after Monty Panesar's demolition job in the second Test at Old Trafford was that Headingley would be filled to the brim with local Asians eager to catch a glimpse of England's new hero

Half the year has drifted by already, and Kevin Mitchell's thoughts are turning towards the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards

It's been three years and 32 Tests since Andrew Flintoff last missed a Test for England, and it has shown in the remarkable run of performances the team has put together in that time

Eight months on from the Ashes, and cricket's celebrity status is on the wane

If Sri Lanka are to spring a surprise and emerge victorious from their tour of England, then they will need their coach, Tom Moody, to impart the wisdom he has acquired during a decade of service as a player in the shires

Umpires will wear microphones linking them to the Sky Sports commentary team for all televised county matches this summer.

Sir Trevor MacDonald, the veteran ITN newsreader, talks to the Daily Telegraph about his love of cricket which, he claims, "developed in the womb ..

The Guardian's cricket correspondent, Mike Selvey, is a man who never leaves home without a guitar on his back

Andrew Flintoff is in preparation for the longest and hardest test of his career, when the Mumbai showdown gets underway tomorrow morning

A team of celebrity cricketers, led by Phil Tufnell, Jack Russell and Rosalie Birch, are heading for India to take on the stars of Bollywood

A strange phenomenon took place on England’s recent tour of Pakistan