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Article: Cricket: Financial lift for grassroots no guarantee of joy in India; Jack Bannister on the hope that Lottery funding ultimately betters England's team.(Sport)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- February 13, 2006
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Byline: Jack Bannister
England cricket received a substantial financial boost - a much-needed fillip from National Lottery funding, as the national team flew out of Heathrow yesterday. The party departed literally on a wing and metaphorically on a prayer about their coming 22 days of international cricket in India compressed into six-and-a-half weeks starting on March 1. Excessive heat, spin-friendly pitches and the absence of Ashley Giles will pose almost insuperable obstacles.
Money first. The England and Wales Cricket Board somehow managed to convince ...