SPORTING NEWS OF THE WEEK 7

CRICKET

• England lose the 3rd ODI to Pakistan - Pakistan 241allout (49.4overs) Alam 64, Shafiq 40, Bresnan 3-51, Anderson 3-26.
•                                                             England 218allout (45.4overs) Morgan 61, Strauss 57, Wright 48, Gul 6-42.

• They then lost the 4th ODI -  Pakistan 265-7 (50overs) Hafeez 64, Razzaq 44*, Swann 4-37.
•                                              England 227allout, Straus 68, Davies 49.
• PAKISTAN WIN BY 38 RUNS!

• Clydesdale Bank Final - Somerset 199allout, Compton 60, Tahir 5-14.
•                                       Warwickshire 200/7, Bell 107.

• England won the deciding 5th ODI convincingly at the Rose Bowl.
• England 256-6 (50overs) Morgan 107, Collingwood 47, Akhtar 3-40.
• Pakistan 135allout (37overs) K. Akmal 41, Swann 3-26, Broad 3-25.

2010/11 Australia Ashes Tour Squad - Andrew Strauss (capt, Middlesex), Alistair Cook (vice-capt) (Essex), James Anderson (Lancashire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Paul Collingwood (Durham), Steven Davies (wkt) (Surrey), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Monty Panesar (Sussex), Kevin Pietersen (Hampshire), Matt Prior (wkt) Sussex), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), Chris Tremlett (Surrey), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire).

England Performance Programme squad: Jimmy Adams (Hampshire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Danny Briggs (Hampshire), Michael Carberry (Hampshire), Maurice Chambers (Essex), Jade Dernbach (Surrey), Andrew Gale (Yorkshire), James Hildreth (Somerset), Craig Kieswetter (Somerset), Adam Lyth (Yorkshire), Liam Plunkett (Durham), Ajmal Shahzad (Yorkshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), James Taylor (Leicestershire), James Tredwell (Kent), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)

FOOTBALL

• Carling Cup 3rd Round -  Birmingham 3 - 1 Milton Keynes Dons, Brentford 1 - 1 Everton (AET)
  (Brentford win 4-3 on penalties), Burnley 1 - 0 Bolton, Millwall 1 - 2 Ipswich, Peterborough 1 - 3 Swansea, Portsmouth 1 - 2 Leicester, Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham, Sunderland 1 - 2 West Ham, Tottenham 1 - 4 Arsenal (AET), Wolves 4 - 2 Notts County (AET), Aston Villa 3 Blackburn 1, Chelsea 3 Newcastle 4, Scunthorpe 2 Man Utd 5, Wigan 2 Preston 1, Liverpool 2 Northampton 2 (Northampton win 4-2 on pens), West Brom 2 Man City 1

BOXING

• James DeGale stunned the Birmingham crowd at the Magnificent Seven with the 1st Round Stoppage of opponent Carl Dilks.
• Matthew Hall could retire after being stopped in the 6th round by Lukas Konecny to lose his European Light-Middleweight belt.
• Nathan Cleverley defeated Karo Murat in 8 rounds to end Murat's unbeaten run and continue his own.
• "Dellboy" Chisora beat Sam Sexton for the 2nd time in the Heavyweight divison, knocking him out in 9 rounds.
• Enzo Maccarrinelli was fiercely KO'd by two firm left hooks from Alexander Frenkel in a loss that will likely bring an end to "Macca's" career.
• Kell Brook continued to impress as he cut Jennings to cause a 5th Round Stoppage.
• Matt Macklin regained his European Middleweight Title with a stoppage of Shelva Jomardashvili in the 5th Round.