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Graham Onions has been forced to retire from the game at the age of 37 after taking medical advice after an early season back injury.
Only played 9 Tests due to injury & competition for places. 3 Championship medals in 6 years for Durham & their highest first class wicket taker, with 527 at 25.58, plus 104 at 20.73 for Lancashire.

(05-09-2020 16:09 )snookered Wrote:  Ian Bell has announced his retirement from first class cricket to take effect at the end of this season.

A great servant to county cricket & England

Ian Bell Career Stats
Batting/Fielding
Tests 118 Runs 7727 av 42.69 Hs 235 100s 22 50s 46 ct 100
ODIs 161 Runs 5416 av 37.87 Hs 141 100s 4 50s 35 ct 54
T20Is 8 Runs 188 av 26.85 sr 115.33 Hs 60* 50s 1
First Class 311 Runs 20300 av 43.46 Hs 262* 100s 57 50s 103 ct 236
List A 318 Runs 11130 av 41.22 Hs 158 100s 13 50s 79 ct 19=09
T20s 107 Runs 2790 av 30.65 sr 124.11 Hs 131 100s 1 50s 18 ct 37

Bowling - 1 Test wk 6 ODI wks 47 First Class wks 33 List A wks 3 T20 wks

England will tour New Zealand for a white-ball series in february & March, the format is yet to be decided.

England Central Contracts 2020-21
Test & White-Ball
Archer
Buttlers
Root
Stokes
Woakes

Test Only
Anderson
Broad
Burns
Crawley
Sam Curran
Pope
Sibley

White-Ball Only
Moeen Ali
Bairstow
T Curran
Morgan
Rashid
Roy
Wood

Increment Contracts
Bess
Jordan
Leach
Malan

Pace-Bowling Development Contracts
Mahmood
C Overton
Stone

Don't often look in here, but follow the women's game and wondered if there were any sporting babe threads. My top picks from the world of cricket would be:

Isa Guha
Ellyse Perry
Mignon du Preez
Sarah Taylor
Nat Sciver
Tammy Beaumont

^I think there is a sporting babes thread somewhere

I wonder if even the tour to South Africa will go ahead give the ECB announcement that players can pull out of going if they weren't happy with their mental ability or something buiut I can't remember if virus cases are rising in south africa as well.

A proposed Tour of Pakistan in early 2021 will not take place, as England are due to play Sri Lanka & India at that time & a 2nd squad would be required.
They will now play two T20 Internationals in Karachi on October 14th & 15th. This will be the first Tour by England since 2005.

here is the fixtures for England's home matches next summer, they say they are not starting until mid summer as they are hopeful that fans will be in the grounds by then,

Sri Lanka Serise
Tuesday 29 June, 1st ODI, Emirates Riverside Durham
Thursday 1 July, 2nd ODI, Kia Oval
Sunday 4 July, 3rd ODI, Bristol County Ground


Pakistan Series
Thursday 8 July, 1st ODI, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Saturday 10 July, 2nd ODI, Lord’s
Tuesday 13 July, 3rd ODI, Edgbaston

Pakistan IT20 Series
Friday 16 July, 1st IT20, Trent Bridge
Sunday 18 July, 2nd IT20, Emerald Headingley
Tuesday 20 July, 3rd IT20, Emirates Old Trafford

England Men’s Test Series against India

4-8 August, 1st Test Match, Trent Bridge
12-16 August, 2nd Test Match, Lord’s
25-29 August, 3rd Test Match, Emerald Headingley
2-6 Sept, 4th Test Match, Kia Oval
10-14 Sept, 5th Test Match, Emirates Old Trafford