A composed 12th Test hundred from Andrew Strauss guided England to a comfortable six-wicket win over New Zealand on the fourth day at Old Trafford, chasing down 294 - the highest fourth-innings run-chase at the ground - to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
It is hard to believe the England and Wales Cricket Board will be silly enough this week to endorse a series of crackpot proposals for an overhaul in the domestic game.
AMESBURY and mdash; The 60-mile walk over three days brings with it lots of blisters and exhaustion. But Helen Nadeau has motivation to make the trek each October. "I don't want my daughters, granddaughters, and everybody I know, to go through the hell I went through 10 years ago," said Nadeau, 52. "There's got to be a cure there somewhere."
The dreaded 'chokers' tag has been resurrected for the New Zealand cricketers as former England test players rounded on them for throwing away the second test.
Clarke And Co Want Overhaul English Cricket. It is hard to believe the England and Wales Cricket Board will be silly enough this week to endorse a series of crackpot proposals for an overhaul in the domestic game.
As part of its Eye on France coverage, CNN is asking its viewers -- including the French living in France and abroad -- about what defines the nation today.
May Meltdown is not likely to ever rival March Madness for hype and hysteria, but you have to start somewhere. Unlike the fever that strikes throughout the United States during the run to the national collegiate basketball championship every March, hardly anyone noticed that Field Hockey Ontario (FHO) held the first of what it hopes becomes a long-running May Meltdown tournament this past
YORK, Maine †A rottweiler attack of a puppy on Friday is symptomatic of a little-known but potentially serious problem: rescue dogs with behavioral issues living with owners who are overwhelmed by the necessary care.
LIP board member Alexandra Rudolf doesn't miss texting, MySpace, or her cell phone. She's getting to know her friends -- and herself -- the old-fashioned way