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I think it was Nat "King" Cole, the Blues & Soul singer, who had a major hit song called "Again" some time in the past

In a superb morning's cricket for English supporters, the home side again shattered the West Indian batting, reducing the tourists to 86 for eight by the lunch interval

Even though there was a loss of more than 200 minutes on this second day, it was sometimes hard to understand the plans or indeed the plot of both teams

Squally showers disrupted the second day's play with England's middle and strong lower order batting failing to re-build the innings which had seen a succession of wickets fall on the previous day after the diligent work of the two openers

The first session of the second day at The Oval was almost a microcosm of the first day's play

The first session of the second day at The Oval was almost a microcosm of the first day's play

The first session of the second day at The Oval was almost a microcosm of the first day's play

Yorkshire have today in which to decide whether to lodge an appeal at the ECB pitches panel's decision last night to dock them eight points because of 'poor' pitch preparation for the current match with county champions and leaders Surrey at

Mark Wagh, Warwickshire's opener, dropped without scoring in the first over of the innings, made Worcestershire pay dearly for their lapse by chalking up his first century of the season

At last, after 31 years, England believe they can do it again and beat the West Indies in a Test series

Mike Atherton and Marcus Trescothick did England proud with an opening partnership of 159 against West Indies in the crucial Fifth Test at The Oval after being put in to bat

England made a very sound start to the crucial Fifth Test at The Oval after being put in to bat, with Mike Atherton and Marcus Trescothick putting on a solid and invaluable 66 without being parted by the lunch interval

There were four comforting hours in which England trod with meticulous care towards the high ground in this Test which could confirm the rise in standard of their cricket this summer

As someone mentioned very early in the piece, "This was old fashioned Test cricket"

The ugly clouds that hovered over Kensington Oval for most of yesterday was in keeping with the performance of the Barbados team in the middle

Ashley Giles celebrated his recall to the England Squad for the fourth Test at the Oval this week, with a timely half-century for Warwickshire in the NatWest Trophy final at Lord's

South Africa `A' 282-9 declared and 228-8 declared

Somerset surprised many of their own supporters by electing not to enforce the follow-on in their Vodafone Challenge Match at Taunton against the West Indies

There was little to report on the third day of the encounter between Barbados and South Africa 'A' yesterday, but at least one player made a forceful statement

With four sessions remaining Somerset still retain a position of dominance in their Vodafone Challenge match against the West Indies