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			<item><title><![CDATA[Root: Headingley ton 'special']]></title><description><![CDATA[Joe Root admits scoring his maiden Test century on his home ground of Headingley was "special."]]></description><link>http://www1.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/8735204/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8735204</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 19:52:32 GMT</pubDate><category>News Story</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/05/128x67/joe-root-jonny-bairstow-england-v-new-zealand-headingley_2950290.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Chapple inspires Lancashire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lancashire skipper Glen Chapple was in impressive form as he took five Hampshire wickets to leave his side 100 runs clear in the LV=County Championship match at Southampton's Ageas Bowl.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_report/0,19822,11066_14044,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8735181</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 19:43:32 GMT</pubDate><category>Report</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/05/128x67/glen-chapple-lancashire-cricket_2939028.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Middlesex bat out Durham draw]]></title><description><![CDATA[Durham's safety-first approach consigned their LV= County Championship Division One clash against Middlesex to a draw on a sunny final day at Chester-le-Street.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_report/0,19822,11066_14145,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8735114</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 19:10:46 GMT</pubDate><category>Report</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/12/08/128x67/denly1_2804983.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Root anchors England recovery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joe Root hit his maiden Test century on his home ground as England ended day two of the second Test against New Zealand on 337-7 at Headingley.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_report/0,19822,11066_13393,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8735108</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 19:06:08 GMT</pubDate><category>Report</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/05/128x67/joe-root-maiden-century-england-new-zealand-d_2950244.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Ton-up pairing rescue Essex]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ben Foakes and James Foster rescued a draw for Essex in their LV=County Championship Division Two contest with Kent at Chelmsford.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_report/0,19822,11066_13949,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8735051</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 18:29:47 GMT</pubDate><category>Report</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/12/08/128x67/foster_2809110.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Worcestershire seal latest win]]></title><description><![CDATA[In-form Worcestershire beat Gloucestershire by 10 wickets to complete back-to-back LV= County Championship Division Two wins.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_report/0,19822,11066_13906,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8734906</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 17:20:13 GMT</pubDate><category>Report</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/04/128x67/alan-richardson-worcestershire-county-championship_2931720.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Arthur voices grounds concern]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yorkshire chief executive Mark Arthur has warned the current number of international grounds in England is "unsustainable".]]></description><link>http://www1.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/8733601/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8733601</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 22:42:00 GMT</pubDate><category>News Story</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/04/128x67/Yorkshire-v-Sussex-Headingley-oa_2927461.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Smith guides Mumbai to victory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dwayne Smith hit a half century as Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals with a ball to spare to reach their second Indian Premier League final.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_report/0,19822,11066_14367,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8733511</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 21:42:12 GMT</pubDate><category>Report</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/04/128x67/DwayneSmith_2935096.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Durham denied by bad weather]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just 18 overs were bowled on the third day of Durham's LV= County Championship match against Middlesex at Chester-le-Street, during which time the hosts moved on to 89-1 in their second innings to lead by 152.]]></description><link>http://www1.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/8733197/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8733197</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 19:12:47 GMT</pubDate><category>News Story</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/05/128x67/mark-stoneman-durham-county-championship_2944036.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Worcestershire take control]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alan Richardson moved his match figures to 11-71 as Worcestershire closed in on victory in their LV= County Championship Division Two with Gloucestershire at New Road.]]></description><link>http://www1.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/8733186/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8733186</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 18:59:41 GMT</pubDate><category>News Story</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/05/128x67/Alan-Richardson-Worcestershire_2946585.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[First century for Agathangelou]]></title><description><![CDATA[Only 25 overs were possible at the Ageas Bowl, though that was still long enough for Lancashire's Cypriot-South African batsman Andrea Agathangelou to complete his maiden century for his adopted county.]]></description><link>http://www1.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/8733146/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8733146</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 18:25:02 GMT</pubDate><category>News Story</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/05/128x67/andrea-agathangelou-lancashire-county-championship_2949693.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Rain a pain at Chelmsford]]></title><description><![CDATA[No play was possible on the third day of the Division Two fixture between Essex and Kent at Chelmsford.]]></description><link>http://www1.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/8733058/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8733058</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 17:39:36 GMT</pubDate><category>News Story</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/03/128x67/seagulls-rain-first-test-new-zealand-england-university-oval-cricket_2910265.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Grace Road match abandoned]]></title><description><![CDATA[Glamorgan's hopes of victory over Leicestershire in their LV= County Championship Division Two game were wrecked by the weather, with only 55 minutes of play possible on the final day at Grace Road.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_report/0,19822,11066_13817,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8733051</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 17:35:54 GMT</pubDate><category>Report</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/05/128x67/cricket-grace-road-leicestershire-rain_2949724.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Disappointment reigns in Leeds]]></title><description><![CDATA[The washout on day one of the second Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley has inflicted further disappointment for Yorkshire.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_reaction/0,19822,11066_13393,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8732975</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:51:55 GMT</pubDate><category>News Story</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/05/128x67/headingley-second-test-england-v-new-zealand_2949694.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[No play possible at Headingley]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rain wiped out the opening day of the second Test between England and New Zealand at a rather soggy Headingley.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_report/0,19822,11066_13393,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8732897</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:16:41 GMT</pubDate><category>Report</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/05/128x67/headingley-second-test-england-v-new-zealand_2949694.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Defeat leaves Tresco ashamed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Somerset captain Marcus Trescothick admits he was embarrassed by his side's capitulation against Sussex earlier this week.]]></description><link>http://www1.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/8732618/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8732618</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:12:04 GMT</pubDate><category>News Story</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/04/128x67/marcus-trescothick-somerset-durham-lv-county-championship-cricket_2930822.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Nottinghamshire win after rain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michael Lumb struck a fine half-century as Nottinghamshire claimed a seven-wicket Duckworth-Lewis victory over Warwickshire in their Yorkshire Bank 40 clash at Edgbaston.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_report/0,19822,11066_14047,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8730825</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:45:06 GMT</pubDate><category>Report</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/12/06/128x67/lumb_2775855.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Dublin draw crushes O'Brien]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kevin O'Brien was left distraught after Ireland were denied a famous one-day victory against Pakistan.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_reaction/0,19822,11066_14425,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8730749</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:37:41 GMT</pubDate><category>News Story</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/05/128x67/KevinO-Brien1024_2949302.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Ireland snatch dramatic tie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kevin O'Brien hit 14 runs off the final over as Ireland's opening one-day international with Pakistan in Dublin was tied on the Duckworth-Lewis method.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/cricket/match_report/0,19822,11066_14425,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">12123_8730712</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:56:50 GMT</pubDate><category>Report</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/05/128x67/mohammad-hafeez-pakistan-ireland_2949275.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
									
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