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Mark is Strictly a shoo-in says dance-partner Karen

Mark Ramprakash has no shortage of supporters calling for his reinstatement to the England team for the final Ashes Test, but none more vociferous than Karen Hardy

25-Feb-2013•Alex Brown

Bell's twit not legit

England have been waiting for the real Ian Bell to stand up during this series and it appears they haven't come any closer to finding him

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Is Onions married?

Graham Onions has become a Twitter target for English pop starlet Lily Allen, but soon she might be thinking of the fast bowler when singing her hit song “It’s not fair”.

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Ex-players hitting peak form?

As cricket scales newer heights, 14 former international players, including five Test captains, will make a comeback of sorts at the Bernese Alps in Jungfraujoch, Switzerland, Europe's highest altitude railway station

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

Security threat stops lunch

Security guards formed a perimeter around the team dressing rooms and the entrance to the Eric Hollies Stand after a threat was reportedly phoned into authorities during the final day of the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Twins make switch

The Waugh brothers are probably the most famous twins to play cricket, but at least you could tell them apart

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Ganguly and the missing blazer

Sourav Ganguly, also known as the-one-who-really-wound-up-the-Aussies, has disappointed fans of mental disintegration by revealing that he arrived late for a toss with Steve Waugh during the epic 2001-02 series merely because he had left his blazer

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Has someone been a twit?

So much for keeping team plans under wraps

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Warne deals up Ashes defeat

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Lara set for Twenty20 debut

There isn’t much that Brian Lara hasn’t done on a cricket field but taking part in a Twenty20 match is one of them

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

A Ranji Trophy in Ireland

The Ranji Trophy has now found a new home in Ireland

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Gough gets Madoff-ed

Darren Gough has become the latest celebrity to be caught up in a £80m “Bernie Madoff-style” scam

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

No sharks at Lord's

Sussex will take on Hampshire in the Friends Provident Trophy final on July 25 but they will be without the support of their mascot, Sid the Shark, who will not be allowed into Lord’s in keeping with its traditional atmosphere.

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

By royal appointment

The Queen’s visit to Lord’s on the second day of the Ashes Test caused problems for the MCC when it was discovered the committee-room drinks cabinet did not include any Dubonnet, Her Majesty’s tipple of choice

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

The sweet smell of summer

The Sunday Times notes that the Ashes summer is being celebrated by tourism body VisitEngland unleashing a series of new perfumes on the world “to capture the essence of the country”

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

The last man to see Grace bat

The widely-reported death of Henry Allingham – who at 113 was the world’s oldest man – sees the passing of the last man alive to have actually seen WG Grace bat

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

An offer you can refuse

As advertisements go, the one for the post of CEO of the Netherlands cricket board (KNBC) is hardly designed to whet the appetites of candidates

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Flintoff to appear in pedalo video

It’s a sure-fire certainty that Andrew Flintoff is set to absolutely rake it in as he steps away from Test cricket to concentrate on one-dayers

25-Feb-2013•Will Luke

Warne lines up for Poker Ashes

Fresh from his exploits at the recent World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, in which he progressed to the third round of the competition, Shane Warne is all set to show off his card tricks in the forthcoming “Poker Ashes”, the first round of which will

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Miller

The forgotten hat-trick

When James Franklin dismissed Chris Rogers in Derbyshire’s second innings against Gloucestershire in Cheltenham in the County Championship, the significance of the occasion slipped everybody’s mind, including the bowler's

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

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