Article: Tourists go all out for answers to early tests; At Worcester (first day of three): Worcestershire (31-1) trail South Af rica (287-4 dec) by 256 runs with nine first-innings wickets in hand.

Article: Basic instincts serve Giddins well; Ged Scott hails a ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  April 18, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Surrey's Nadeem Shahid, Giddins established a business selling ... into a new city centre flat, Giddins has truly arrived in Birmingham ... Warwickshire's pre-season tour to South Africa. And, having been followed ... M1 by Brian Lara's taxi, Giddins is understandably full of optimism ...

Article: Giddins out to silence critics; CRICKET: Warwicks star's ...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  March 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ...ED Giddins flew out to ... season tour of South Africa, pounds 7 ... passage for South Africa but was then ... Zealand. But Giddins decided to ... Perhaps Giddins has made it ... failures in South Africa on television ...

Article: Giddins aims to have success taped with four-midable ...
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  March 19, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... But no sooner had Giddins been selected by England ... the winter tour of South Africa. Instead of making ... three of the Tests, Giddins had to suffer along ... themselves in glory in South Africa must have given Giddins hope that he might ...

Article: CRIK: Giddins wants fairy story for Christmas
AAP Sports News (Australia);  August 18, 1999 ;     607 words ... ... 08-18-1999 CRIK: Giddins wants fairy story for ... Christmas trees for Ed Giddins if he fails to make England ... squad for the tour of South Africa this winter. But at least ... not, you do not. And Giddins, 28, is well-prepared ...

Article: Selectors branch out in bringing Giddins through.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 16, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Warwickshire's Ed Giddins is one of three Midlands ... even though a tour to South Africa would mean no participation ... move some of them!" Giddins heard his good news ... all six Tests against South Africa last summer but never ... in action and thought Giddins should be filmed. ...

Article: Cricket: FIRST TEST: ENGLAND v ZIMBABWE AT LORD'S: WE'VE FLIPPIN' ...
The Mirror (London, England);  May 19, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... to mount a fightback. Then Giddins, banned from first-class ... Sussex after his drugs bust, Giddins has had to take the scenic ... Graveney he missed the cut for South Africa last winter because his stamina ... by the way Warwickshire star Giddins tore Zimbabwe's middle order ...

Article: CALL-UP AT LAST FOR GIDDINS CRICKET: County struggle to ...
Evening Mail;  August 16, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... five matches of the South Africa series and then not ... Graveney said in June that Giddins had not been blackballed ... the most of it." Giddins is one of three new ... thiswinter's tour to South Africa. Giddins, who spends his winters ...