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UP FOR GRABS!
WITH England’s Test summer resuming on Wednesday against Pakistan, the white-ball season has much business to take care of. A bumper Sunday of shortform cricket will see Trent Rockets bidding to become the first franchise to do the double in The...
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DAN GETS ENGLAND NOD TO FACE PAKISTAN
DAN LAWRENCE will bat at No.6 when England take on Pakistan at Headingley after his superb County Championship form for Surrey persuaded the selectors to hand him a recall. In the first Test squad announced since Ben Stokes’ retirement and Joe Root’s...
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PUTTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER
THE ECB have announced that Stephen Fleming will take over from his former New Zealand international teammate Brendon McCullum to become England’s new men’s Test head coach. McCullum continues on in his white-ball role meaning that it’s Kiwi...
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THE KING IS DEAD
Last week saw the passing of Sir Garfield Sobers, arguably the greatest cricketer ever to have played the game. His career, which ended in 1974, was before my time, but I grew up with an appreciation of what a genius he was. He was my dad’s favourite...
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HAVING A BLAST!
NORTHANTS beat Hampshire in a thriller to win their first Vitality Blast title in a decade yesterday. David Willey's side scored just 143 in the semi-final and 169 in the final but their bowlers were quite brilliant – James Sales taking 4-41 in his...
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WE’RE NO.1
ENGLAND completed a stunning 4-0 demolition of India in the T20I series at Utilita Bowl to knock the world champions off their perch and climb to the top of the ICC rankings. Former skipper Jos Buttler returned to form in style, hitting a magnificent...
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T20 ROUND-UP – ALL THE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BLAST REPORTS
AT 15 YEARS and 99 days old, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became India’s youngest ever cricketer, notably breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s men’s team record, as he debuted against England yes His moment was spoiled by Jacob Bethell, however, who hit an unbeaten 76...
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ENGLAND WILT AS KIWIS CLOSE IN ON SERIES WIN
IN A TOPSY-TURVY deciding Test at Trent Bridge, it was New Zealand who reasserted their authority after England had come back strongly on day Two. Bowling the home side out for 354 gave them a lead of 84, which they extended to 204 for the loss of...
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ROOT STANDS FIRM BUT KIWIS COCK-A-HOOP
SOME TIME today, New Zealand will beat England at The Oval to level the series before what will be a decider at Trent Bridge on Thursday. Stand-in captain Joe Root is still there but the home side would need a miraculous – and world record – effort to...
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DANNI'S DELIGHT! Wyatt-Hodge is England's T20 ton star
DANNI Wyatt-Hodge hit T20 World Cup as En on opening night, downing a sub-par Sri Lanka at Edgbaston during a dominant display in which they scored the highest ever total in T20 World Cup cricket. Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt shrugged off her injury...
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ROBBO DOES THE JOB AS ENGLAND CLOSE IN
OLLIE ROBINSON put years of frustration behind him as he showed his enduring qualities on a tricky pitch to propel England towards victory at Lord’s with a first-innings fivefer along with two quick wickets on a third day severely curtailed by rain.
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FREYA’S FIREWORKS
ENGLAND Women continued their promising T20 World Cup preparations after beating India by 26 runs at Bristol to level the three-match series 1-1. Freya Kemp was the star of the show, smashing 39 not out from 13 balls, including 24 from the final over...
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STONE ON A ROLL FOR NOTTS
OLLY STONE'S first five-wicket haul since 2019 put reigning champions Nottinghamshire in a commanding position at Leicester, the injury-hit quick delivering a reminder of his talent.
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AGELESS ANDERSON DOWNS DURHAM
JIMMY ANDERSON, who will be 44 in July, strengthened his position as the country’s leading wicket-taker as he helped Lancashire build a powerful position against their rivals for the second division title.
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SUBS RULE IN DOUBT AS CRITICISM GROWS
ROUND three of the Championship sees just four games taking place but that has not stopped the rumblings and grumblings over the subs rule. At Bristol, a bemused Lancashire were denied the right to bring in Tom Bailey when Ajeet Singh Dale pulled up...
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IT'S HOTTING UP
A HUGE SUMMER AHEAD – LAUREN WINFIELD-HILL & KATYA WITNEY OUTLINE WHAT IS TO COME IN THE WOMEN'S GAME
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ROBBO REMINDER
DAY ONE TOM CLARK took full advantage of being dropped in single figures to make an opening-day century for the second season in a row as visitors Sussex made an impressive 361 after being asked to bat first against promoted Leicestershire. The tall...
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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN THE SUMMER OF 2026
WOMEN’S T20 WORLD CUP England is hosting the Women's T20 World Cup between June 12 and July 5. The hosts are in Group B along with Ireland, Scotland, Sri Lanka, West Indies and reigning champions New Zealand, while Group A consists of Australia,...
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