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England and Surrey's Ebony Rainford-Brent praises the launch of Street Elite - a new scheme aimed at transforming the lives of young people through sport. She also talks about her own season and her aim to get back into the England Women's team following their excellent summer.
Former Surrey and England leg-spinner and now Surrey coach Ian Salisbury talks to us during a new initiative launched in London aimed at getting more disadvantaged youngsters into sport called 'Street Elite'. He sings the praises of the new scheme and how pleasing it is to see the enthusiasm of the youngsters involved in the launch.
Surrey and England off-spinner Gareth Batty talks to us during a new initiative launched in London aimed at getting more disadvantaged youngsters into sport called 'Street Elite'. He sings the praises of the new scheme and tellssays why it is important to give young people opportunities, joking that one of the youngsters might soon be taking his place in the Surrey team.
We caught up with Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene during a Sri Lanka Cricket ball held at the Grange St Paul's hotel in London: http://www.grangehotels.com/ He talks eloquently about the excellent causes the evening was supporting - the Indian Ocean Disaster Relief and the Sri Lanka Cricket Schools initiative which aims to further develop schools cricket in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka coach and former Austraian international Stuart Law picks out his career highlights, gives us the reasons why he only played one Test for his country and explains how often and why his Baggy Green is shown off in the Law household...
We caught up with Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara during a Sri Lanka Cricket ball held at the Grange St Paul's hotel in London. He talks eloquently about the excellent causes the evening was supporting - the Indian Ocean Disaster Relief and the Sri Lanka Cricket Schools initiative which aims to further develop schools cricket in Sri Lanka.
Former Middlesex and England left-arm spinner turned TV and radio star Phil Tufnell talks to us at Lord's during the Inter-Services T20 tournament that was eventually won by the RAF. He pays tribute to the outstanding work done by the armed forces before taking time to look ahead to the England-Sri Lanka One-Day International series, urging England to improve on their recent limited overs form.
Tony Greig is the subject of David Tossell's new book Tony Greig: A Reappraisal of English Cricket's Most Controversial Captain - published by Pitch Publishing and available online at amazon.co.uk and at all good bookstores priced £14.99. Here, Greig opens up on his upbringing, his time in the game including his rise and fall as England captain, his involvement in the Packer controversy and the modern game.
Northamptonshire captain Andrew Hall chats to us during a rain delay that interrupted a recent Friends Life t20 clash with Derbyshire. He talks about the Twenty20 campaign so far, the 'brilliant' start to the season enjoyed by Northampton, his own career at the club, describes his feelings at having played in the famous '438' ODI and then offers England some tips on dealing with India, who visit later this summer.
England fast bowler James Anderson was due to make a rare appearance for Lancashire this weekend before the rain intervened. While the Worcestershire batsmen may have been relieved, Anderson was keen to get back to playing having missed the second Test at Lord's with a side strain he picked up during the first Test in Cardiff.
Warwickshire captain Jim Troughton joins us to talk about his side's excellent start to the season, their preparations for Twenty20 and how well Warwickshire duo Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott have been performing for England. He also says how he hopes that Warwickshire can push on and reach the finals of the Twenty20 Cup, which this year are being held at Edgbaston.
New Zealand international Jeetan Patel talks to Cricket World TV shortly after his arrival at Edgbaston ready to link up with his team-mates for a second spell as Warwickshire's overseas player. He talks about his enthusiasm ahead of the remainder of the 2011 season and returning to a much-changed Edgbaston, which is undergoing redevelopment.
Devon Malcolm, the former England fast bowler, talks to Cricket World during a Canary Wharf Cricket Challenge event in association with Chance To Shine. He talks about playing cricket in the heart of London as well as passing comment on England's recent decision to appoint a different captain for each format of the game.
Jim White introduces Cricket World TV's coverage of the European Premiere of Fire In Babylon, held in London on 6th May. The film is in cinemas countrywide from 20th May. Jim talks to, among others, stars of the film Colin Croft, Michael Holding, Gordon Greenidge and Joel Garner as well as Paul Collingwood, Hugh Grant and Patrick Kielty on the red, green and gold carpet in Leicester square.
Stevan Riley, director of the new film that is earning rave reviews in the world of cricket, Fire In Babylon, spoke to us ahead of the European Premiere of the film in London.
England international Paul Collingwood chats to Cricket World at the European premiere of Fire In Babylon in London. As well as talking about the film, he talks about his own experiences of facing quick bowling and the recent decision taken by the ECB to award the Twenty20 captaincy to Stuart Broad as well as how he now feels fresh following a break from the game due to injury.
South African Kirk Wernars, a relatively unheralded all-rounder from Western Province, is heading into his first season of county cricket with Sussex in high spirits. He impressed the 2009 Twenty20 Cup winners when he played against them for a Cape Cobras Emerging Players side in 2010 in Dubai and subsequently signed for them along with Lou Vincent and Naved Arif.
Leicestershire batsman Will Jefferson looks ahead to the 2011 county season and his belief that they will earn promotion to Division One of the LV= County Championship.
Leicestershire all-rounder Wayne White talks during the launch of Leicestershire's county season about his own prospects of getting back to playing following an injury, his winter in Australia and the season ahead.
Leicestershire and England Lions batsman James Taylor talks to Cricket World ahead of the 2011 county cricket season. He talks about his winter abroad in Australia and the West Indies, his reflections on the World Cup, and the season ahead for Leicestershire.
In this interview, former Australian international and 2003 World Cup winner Ian Harvey, well ahead of the knockout stage of the 2011 World Cup, says India were his pick to reach the final. Having also gone for Australia - he was half right!
Actor Hugh Grant chats to Cricket World ahead of the European premiere of Fire In Babylon. He discusses his own cricketing pedigree before moving on to talk about the film - which focusses on the great West Indian team of the era of the likes of Clive Lloyd, Sir Vivian Richards and Michael Holding.
Former West Indian fast bowler Joel Garner talks to Cricket World at the premiere of Fire In Babylon in London. He talks about the film and his memories of being part of the dominant West Indies side about which the film has been made.
Following a winter that saw England scale the heights of an outstanding 3-1 Ashes success in Australia to the depths of losing to Ireland and Bangladesh in at the World Cup wicket-keeper Matt Prior has already set his sights on helping his side topple India as the best team in world cricket. They have an ideal opportunity to measure themselves up against MS Dhoni's men when the two teams meet later this year, as well as pitting their wits against Sri Lanka.
England and Nottinghamshire off-spinner Graeme Swann talks to Jim White ahead of Nottinghamshire taking their bow in the 2011 county season. Swann has enjoyed an up and down few months, playing a lead role as England retained the Ashes with a 3-1 series win in Australia and then being part of an England team that slumped to a quarter-final exit at the World Cup.
Recuperating England fast bowler Stuart Broad is keen to play a big part in Nottinghamshire's defence of their LV= County Championship. Broad was unlucky to suffer two separate abdominal injuries over the winter that first cut short his Ashes campaign and then, cruelly, ended his World Cup early as well.
One of the very few Scottish cricketers to have made a real contribution to England cricket in recent times, Dougie Brown played nine One-Day Internationals for England. A key member of the Warwickshire county team since his debut in 1992 for the club, he was instrumental in Warwickshire’s dominance in county cricket with significant contribution as an all rounder.
Talking to Cricket World® TV, former England and Lancashire batsman Neil Fairbrother says that England produced an 'awesome effort' to draw in Brisbane...
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