Cricket can’t be too pleased with itself over Butt, Asif and Aamer bans – Lawrence Booth’s Top Spin
Cricket has been tempted to pat itself on the back following the independent panel’s decision to impose bans on Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt and Mohammad Aamer.

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THE TOP SPIN: Never mind Australia, Pakistan’s sultans of swing Aamer and Asif have the power to embarrass England
It’s futile trying to predict what Pakistan will do next, but one of the less random assertions in a continuous game of cricketing roulette may go something like this: at some point in the next five weeks and four Tests they are going to give England an almighty scare, possibly more.

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Yorkshire CCC: Rashid’s the spin king of Twenty20 – Gale
Andrew Gale today hailed the sizzling form of spin ace Adil Rashid, with England’s loss currently proving Yorkshire’s gain. (24/06/2010)

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THE TOP SPIN: Andrew Strauss must be given a chance to lead England’s 50-over side
It was a measure of England’s dominance at Old Trafford that talk soon turned to the one-day future of Andrew Strauss – a subject so sensitive, it seemed, that national selector Geoff Miller tied himself in linguistic knots worthy of a blustering MP when he discussed it on Sunday-morning radio.

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