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cricinfo.com - 7/1/2009

England XI 290/8d & 185/2 (53.0 ov) Warwickshire 102 - Summary

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news.bbc.co.uk - 7/3/2009

England draw Bears practice match

— news.bbc.co.uk — England draw their Ashes practice match against Warwickshire with several key batsmen making telling contributions at Edgbaston. (more) England draw Bears practice match

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The Strauss Tapes Part XVIII
99.94 — ... , an Australian XI faces the preposterously titled “England Lions” in a simultaneous practice match . The following tape of a conversation between the two English captains has fallen into the grateful hands of The Tooting Trumpet. Click“Hello, can I speak to Ian Bell please? Oh that is you Ian – sorry, I thought it was the Bell Boy. Well Flintoff thought it was hilarious, but he laughs at his own jokes and nobody else does. What’s that noise? Okay, so it’s Harmy on the mobile to Flintoff laughing. We’re having a fine time at Edgbaston. In the heat, I decided to give it up ...

Two warm up games for the upcoming Ashes
A Cricketing View — ... which looks quite weak, at least on paper, while the Australians are facing a strong England A side. The visitors, by virtue of their warm up schedule, the opportunities that many of their players have gotten in county cricket this season, and their fortuitous early exit from the T20 World Cup, find themselves in a position where they are as well acclimatized as they could hope to be. This test against the English Lions is a strong one. The Lions bowling attacks comprises of bowlers who have all played Test Cricket and are on the fringes of ...

(Reverse) swing the key
Cricket Burble — ... never worried about Brett Lee being in the Australian side as he has an average of over 40 against England and our batsmen seem to have no problem playing him. But having said that, he seems to have learnt how to reverse swing the ball now. I wonder if, from an England perspective, he may be the surprise Aussie package - normally we plunder him but I fear we won't this year. Cricket Burble will come back to this once he's seen in action in Cardiff after his 5 for yesterday.... ...

England’s Squad for the First Ashes Test
Spun Out — ... , who has been included despite managing only 20 runs in two innings against the Australians last week. Bell is very much the 13th man, but an injury to any of England’s top order could see him play a part. ...