{"id":1582,"date":"2011-07-11T10:32:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T10:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvmen.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1582"},"modified":"2011-07-11T10:32:17","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T10:32:17","slug":"robs-round-up-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/robs-round-up-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob&#8217;s Round Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>England\u2019s cricketers came from 2-1 down to beat Sri Lanka 3-2 in the 50-over series between the sides.<\/p>\n<p>New one-day captain Alastair Cook led his charges to a thrilling 16-run win in a tight final game at Old Trafford to seal the series victory.<\/p>\n<p>Many had questioned Cook\u2019s selection as skipper, which saw him recalled to a side he had not played for in more than a year, but he responded with 298 runs in the five-match rubber.<\/p>\n<p>Domestically, the first four quarter-finalists for the Twenty20 Cup have been confirmed as holders Hampshire, last year\u2019s runners-up Somerset, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. The other four will be known by the end of Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>In Formula One, Fernando Alonso won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone to claim Ferrari\u2019s first win of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard took the lead from Sebastain Vettel while the runaway championship leader was in the pits. Vettel finished second, his Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber was third and Lewis Hamilton the leading British competitor in fourth.<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s Luke Donald, Golf\u2019s world number one, warmed up for this week\u2019s Open Championship with victory in a rain-reduced Scottish Open.<\/p>\n<p>After the tournament was cut from 72 to 54 holes, Donald finished on 19 under par \u2013 four shots ahead of Sweden\u2019s Fredrik Andersson in second.<\/p>\n<p>Wigan stayed top of Rugby League\u2019s Super League with a 38-6 victory at Harlequins, but Warrington remained one point behind in second courtesy of a 28-16 win over third-placed Huddersfield.<\/p>\n<p>St Helens took advantage of that result to move a point behind the Giants with a 46-6 triumph at Wakefield. Fifth-placed Catalan Dragons remained level on points with Saints thanks to a 38-18 defeat of Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>Sixth-placed Castleford beat Bradford 34-30 and seventh-placed Hull saw off Salford 52-16. Outside the play-off places Hull KR won 38-10 at Crusaders.<\/p>\n<p>In Football, Tottenham remain determined to keep playmaker Luka Modric although the player has claimed Spurs went back on a promise made last summer when they blocked a move to Chelsea last month.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has again been linked with a move to Barcelona and team-mate Samir Nasri remains subject of a bid from Manchester United. The Gunners have been suggested as rivals to Liverpool for Aston Villa winger Stewart Downing\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/robs-round-up-20\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England\u2019s cricketers came from 2-1 down to beat Sri Lanka 3-2 in the 50-over series between the sides. New one-day captain Alastair Cook led his charges to a thrilling 16-run win in a tight final game at Old Trafford to seal the series victory. 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The 22-year-old, who squandered a similar position in the final round of this year\u2019s Masters, won his first major and set a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"football\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1975,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/robs-round-up-37\/","url_meta":{"origin":1582,"position":4},"title":"Rob&#8217;s Round Up","date":"5 December 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Manchester City kept up their five-point lead in the Premier League table with a 5-1 thrashing of Norwich City thanks to five different scorers. Manchester United stayed second courtesy of a 1-0 win at Aston Villa, defender Phil Jones getting the first goal of his senior career. 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Tournament-favourites India posted a mammoth 338 all out thanks largely to Sachin Tendulkar\u2019s sublime 120, but a one-day international-best 158 from England captain Andrew Strauss put his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Blog\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}