Wonderful start for Captain Cook

Alastair Cook was pleased to mark the start of his one-day captaincy with a victory but warn his England side there was more hard work to come. In his first match as Andrew Strauss' heir in ODIs, Cook oversaw a pleasing 110-run win over Sri Lanka, built around innings from Craig Kieswetter (61) and Eoin Morgan (45) and a dramatic four for 18 from James Anderson. But although Cook admit things could hardly have gone better at The Oval, he remains...

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Deutrom triumphant after ICC U-turn

Cricket Ireland chief managerial Warren Deutrom hailed a "great day" for cricket after the ICC perform a u-turn to allow Associate countries to play in the next ICC CWC. The ICC announces on Tuesday that it would comprise four Associate nations, as well as its 10 full members, at the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The move came just over two months after the governing body had exposed it no longer wanted to have a 14-team World Cup...

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Honours still after 13 wickets on first day

West Indies 30 for 3 (Ishant 1-8, Praveen 1-15, Mithun 1-7) trail India 201 (Laxman 85, Raina 53, Rampaul 3-38, Bishoo 3-46, Edwards 3-56) by 171 runs. Thirteen wickets fell on an exciting first day of the second Test at the Kensington Oval, with the final three look to have given India a small edge against West Indies. The hosts misplaced Adrian Barath, Lendl Simmons and Darren Bravo to finish the day on 30 for three in reply to the tourists'...

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