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Bumble's Blog: Graham Onions, County kings and Lancashire Leagues

England's Graham Onions (L) attends a practice session  at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, central England on July 9, 2013, on the eve of the first Ashes cricket test match between England and Australia
Image: At a stretch: could Onions still play for England Down Under?

There's been a lot of talk about Graham Onions this week and I don't think the full story has come out about his omission from the Ashes squad.

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On a similar tack, Accrington professional Ashar Zaidi, who broke our batting record last season, is playing for Sussex again this week. He hit his first ball for six and got a quick-fire 45 at number eight. I think he's tailor-made for County Cricket and I hope Sussex take him on - and if they don't then somebody should. Northamptonshire's Muhammad Azharullah came through the league system and this could be another great story. Not such good news from Accrington's football team so far. We've not had the best start and we're still waiting for our first result, but I'm keeping the faith. As we always say: On Stanley, On.

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