LONDON — Lancashire all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was out for a duck against Durham as he looked to impress the England selectors ahead of the squad announcement for the first Test against New Zealand.

Flintoff was one of seven wickets to fall after lunch against the basement side at Old Trafford as Mark Davies took seven for 33 in the LV County Championship Division One.

Resuming on 75 for three, the hosts were hit when Mal Loye became Davies’ first victim of the afternoon session for 39 after Lancashire had reached 93 for four.

Television, more than any other factor, has contributed to the declining interest in cricket, believes Sir Garfield Sobers.
While his words were in context of West Indies cricket, it is as applicable anywhere around the cricketing world.
“Baseball, we know nothing about baseball,” the legendary all-rounder tells Brian Viner of The Independent, London. “Soccer, yes. Over the […]

Ian Bell settled into his most successful position in the batting order to rescue England from a damaging failure to live up to pre-Test expectations against West Indies at Old Trafford yesterday.Having cruised to an innings victory at Headingley last week, few expected anything but comfortable progress towards another comprehensive triumph to wrap up the […]

England’s attempt to continue their summer revival against West Indies was undermined by an afternoon collapse on a fast and bouncy Old Trafford wicket in the third Test.
The hosts were looking well placed to repeat their win at Headingley with Alastair Cook and under-fire captain Michael Vaughan forging a 104-run stand to take England to […]

Pakistan’s World Cup media manager PJ Mir has expressed his fury following reports that Bob Woolmer was not murdered.
Jamaican police are studying “new material” and were expected to make a statement on their findings shortly, but Mir has always maintained his belief that their head coach died of natural causes.
Mir, who says he was the […]

Mike Atherton has criticised the West Indian selection for the third Test match against England at Old Trafford, saying the combination of their bowling attack is “totally wrong”.
England won the toss and elected to bat in Manchester and after losing Andrew Strauss early dominated the first session reaching 112 for one at lunch.
The West Indies […]