Traditionally, West Indians have not enjoyed playing cricket in England so early in the summer.
All I want to do is play cricket and now I am playing cricket I am very happy.
I've basically kept quiet for two years because when you're playing cricket, you stay out of the politics.
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People produced photographic proof of people fishing, walking, riding their bikes and playing cricket on the sands when the tide allowed.
Where I grew up in Australia, if you're not at the beach in the summer time, you're in the backyard playing cricket.
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Also children who were playing cricket near the beach were washed away.
In June and July we are the only Test-playing nation playing cricket.
"Shaun Tait has been included as he continues his extensive rehabilitation programme to resume playing cricket, " said National Selection Panel chairman Andrew Hilditch.
There are colourfully decorated rickshaws around every bend, tea shops on every block and kids playing cricket wherever they eek out the space.
Sonn apparently offered an olive branch to Cronje, who has been banned for life from playing cricket after admitting that he accepted bribes to fix matches.
Further down the beach, two best friends sit apart from their software engineer colleagues playing cricket, sifting the sand through their hands as they talk about their new husbands and their lives back in Trivandrum.
"Of course I'm disappointed that I won't be playing cricket again this season, but I hope to be back to coaching in October and on the field again next season if Warwickshire will have me, " said Piper.
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The 29-year-old Australian, who moved to England from Melbourne Storm in 2007, says it was the experience of playing cricket with his five brothers and his sister as a child in Casino, New South Wales, which helped him develop such a simple idea.
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"We are in receipt of Kevin's apology, but further discussions need to take place to establish whether it is possible to regain the trust and mutual respect required to ensure all parties are able to focus on playing cricket and to maintain the unity of purpose that has served us so well in recent years, " said ECB managing director Hugh Morris.
"Perhaps it should have a government health warning 'playing professional cricket can seriously damage your health!'"
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"Yuvraj has played a fantastic game again today, the boy's playing good cricket, " said Pietersen.
Ryder stopped playing international cricket for New Zealand in February last year after a series of alcohol-related problems.
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"There are not a lot of professionals that enjoy playing Twenty20 cricket, " said the BBC Radio Wales pundit.
Despite a snail-like start he had struck 115 off a total of 136 balls playing genuine cricket shots throughout.
His action at that time was found to be legal and he was able to resume playing international cricket.
"It was particularly satisfying considering I've spent the past three weeks in Cape Town not playing much cricket, " he said.
Three members of the squad - Michael Bevan, Andy Bichel and Darren Lehmann - are currently playing county cricket in England.
Would the injury stop the 33-year-old star from playing any cricket again?
It harks back to when I was kid playing village cricket down in Devon and we had an unlucky number - 111.
"He'll be playing good cricket for Australia as soon as he can again but it was a difficult decision for him, " Nielsen said.
He opted for physiotherapy instead of an operation and continued playing international cricket until the first Test against Australia in Brisbane five months ago.
This team has been playing great cricket over the past year, has put in a lot of hard work and is very hungry for success.
The huge Marchant de Lange, who took 7-81 on debut in December 2011, against Sri Lanka, is back from long-term injury and playing domestic cricket.
It's not an easy thing to do to take over a team playing good cricket and make it better - he's been able to do that.
Within weeks he was in the nets again, practising, and within months he was playing Test cricket against the West Indies, against some of the fastest bowling in the world.
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