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January 25, 2017 County cricket

Lancashire’s Tom Smith succumbs to chronic back knack

< 1 minute read If we weren’t actually first off the mark in lauding Tom Smith, we were there or thereabouts. He elicited that laudery by taking 3-29 on the first day of the 2006 season. Fortunately for us, Smith actually made his debut a year before, so we’re still not yet at the

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August 5, 2009 County cricket / Extras

Headline hero of the week

< 1 minute read The BBC go with: Cool Laxman steers Lancs to win Which is fair enough. Laxman did hit 38 not out off 37 balls to get Lancashire home. However, he was dropped twice and had a relatively easy task as Tom Smith hit 43 off 28 balls. This is what happens

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