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• Cook in line for Test call-up as England ask Essex to rest him

  17-04-2025 18:57 via bbc.com
  
  England ask Essex to rest seamer Sam Cook this weekend, putting him in line for an England Test debut.
  
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• Australian cricket community mourns death of batter and Ashes hero Bob Cowper

  11-05-2025 08:02
  
  Cowper was the first Australian to score a triple-century against EnglandGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian cricket is mourning the death of Bob Cowper, whose triple-century remains one of the most revered Ashes innings.Cowper died this weekend, aged 84. Continue reading...
  
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• County cricket day two: Warwickshire’s batters go big against Surrey – as it happened

  10-05-2025 21:16
  
  Ed Barnard and Zen Malik celebrated centuries as Warwickshire put up a first-innings total of 665 against SurreyWhen Abbas played for Hampshire his trousers always used to be slightly too short. The Notts kitman/woman seems to have measured his legs correctly. A magical slip of a man. At the other end Brett Hutton is an old fashioned, underrated, broad of beam tricksy English seamer. A pleasing combination and not easy to face on this pitch.And there is Abbas’s first wicket for Notts! Gubb
  
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• 10 batters retired out - UAE cleverly beat the rain

  10-05-2025 13:07 via bbc.com
  
  United Arab Emirates get clever to beat Qatar and the rain by retiring out 10 batters in the Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier.
  
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• India great Virat Kohli set to call time on Test cricket career before England tour

  10-05-2025 11:30
  
  Rohit Sharma announced Test retirement this weekIndia due to embark on five-Test England tour in JuneVirat Kohli is set to deliver another blow to India’s plans for their imminent tour of England by indicating he wants to retire from Test cricket just days after Rohit Sharma’s decision to stand down, according to reports.Indian media is reporting that the 36-year-old has told the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that he no longer wishes to play the longest format of the g
  
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• Cricket paying the price for being ruled by the big stick, and the big cheque | Barney Ronay

  10-05-2025 09:00
  
  The suspension of the IPL has ramifications for the game worldwide, but it has allowed itself to be too in thrall to the Indian money machineThe thing about always saying yes to the person with the biggest stick is that, in the end, you don’t get to say yes any more. Or no. Or anything else for that matter. The thing about always taking the money is that in the end the money has to be repaid. The thing about aligning all your interests with a single furiously nationalistic political party
  
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• Creating ‘HawkEye’ and goal line tech

  10-05-2025 09:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In 2000, Paul Hawkins turned his cricket passion into innovation by creating the tech
  
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• Rohit Sharma: Indian cricket star who made batting look like art

  10-05-2025 05:53 via bbc.com
  
  One of India's modern-day greats steps away from Test cricket, leaving a significant void.
  
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• Netherlands v Scotland - ODI tri-series scorecard

  10-05-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Latest scorecard from the one-day international tri-series match between the Netherlands and Scotland in Amstelveen.
  
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• England Lion McCann fires up Notts but champions Surrey struggle

  09-05-2025 21:33
  
  Updates from the latest round of Championship matchesMohammad Abbas interview | Email Tanya or post BTLHe may have been due a rest anyway but Latham and Webster in Warks team means no Michael Booth, their second-leading wicket taker (and tormentor of Harry Brook last week). Booth, Zimbabwe born, is qualifying for England but still an overseas player at present.More on the PSL’s shift to the UAE. Continue reading...
  
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• McManus knock keeps Northants in touch with Lancs

  09-05-2025 20:42 via bbc.com
  Lewis McManus hits 53 as Northamptonshire recover from 67-6 to 238 all out before Lancashire end on 133-3.
  
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• PSL postponed indefinitely after UAE plan scrapped

  09-05-2025 20:08 via bbc.com
  The Pakistan Super League is postponed indefinitely, after initial plans to move the tournament to the United Arab Emirates were scrapped.
  
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• McCann hits century as Notts bowled out by Hants

  09-05-2025 19:56 via bbc.com
  Freddie McCann scores a century and Kyle Abbott takes five wickets as Notts are bowled out by Hampshire on day one of their County Championship match.
  
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• Carson leads superb Sussex recovery against Worcs

  09-05-2025 19:54 via bbc.com
  Jack Carson's maiden first-class century helps Sussex recover from 88-6 to post 284 on the opening day against Worcestershire.
  
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• Tribe and Kellaway star for Glamorgan against Kent

  09-05-2025 19:42 via bbc.com
  Career-best innings of 94 from Asa Tribe and 91 not out from Ben Kellaway steer Glamorgan to 389-7 against Kent despite Kashif Ali's four wickets.
  
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• Latham puts Warwickshire on top against Surrey

  09-05-2025 19:41 via bbc.com
  Tom Latham hits an unbeaten 139 as Warwickshire end day one on 36-4 against reigning champions Surrey at Edgbaston.
  
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• Essex & Yorkshire both struggle as wickets tumble

  09-05-2025 19:40 via bbc.com
  Yorkshire collapse to 216 all out before reducing Essex to 27-3 at stumps on day one of their County Championship game.
  
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• Nottinghamshire v Hampshire, Warwickshire v Surrey, and more: county cricket – live

  09-05-2025 19:39
  Updates from the latest round of Championship matchesMohammad Abbas interview | Email Tanya or post BTLHe may have been due a rest anyway but Latham and Webster in Warks team means no Michael Booth, their second-leading wicket taker (and tormentor of Harry Brook last week). Booth, Zimbabwe born, is qualifying for England but still an overseas player at present.More on the PSL’s shift to the UAE. Continue reading...
  
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• England open to hosting IPL after border hostilities prompt suspension

  09-05-2025 18:38
  
  ECB has reached out to BCCI after IPL halted PSL also suspended with UAE unwilling to step in as hostThe England and Wales Cricket Board is open to hosting the remainder of the Indian Premier League in September after escalating cross-border tension between India and Pakistan prompted the suspension of the world’s most lucrative Twenty20 tournament on Friday.In a chaotic 24 hours matches in both the IPL and the Pakistan Super League were cancelled or abandoned, schedules torn up and foreig
  
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• The IPL is a good barometer in India: its suspension shows us how serious this is

  09-05-2025 17:56
  
  The IPL is so closely intertwined with India’s politics that even cricket’s richest tournament could not continue at a time of crisisIt’s not often that two sets of people find themselves in the same situation on either side of one of the world’s most fractious borders.When Friday dawned, amid swirling rumours of missiles wrecking neighbourhoods and falsehoods about pilots being captured, cricketers in India and Pakistan sensed that something was about to give. Continue r
  
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• 'Mood of the nation will decide IPL restart'

  09-05-2025 17:13 via bbc.com
  Any potential resumption of the Indian Premier League would depend on the "mood of the nation", according to former India wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta.
  
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• South Africa appoint Conrad as all-format coach

  09-05-2025 12:36 via bbc.com
  South Africa name Shukri Conrad as their head coach in limited-overs cricket, expanding his role as lead of the Test side.
  
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• IPL cricket suspended amid growing India-Pakistan tensions

  09-05-2025 11:26
  
  ‘It does not look nice playing cricket while country at war’Thursday’s IPL match was abandoned in DharamsalaThe Indian Premier League has been suspended, initially for a week, because of concerns about the security situation in the country amid rising tensions along its border with Pakistan. The news came hours after the decision was taken to relocate the final fixtures in the Pakistan Super League to United Arab Emirates because of safety concerns. Foreign-based players in Ind
  
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• IPL suspended for one week over safety concerns

  09-05-2025 11:21 via bbc.com
  The Indian Premier League is suspended for one week amid the ongoing tensions between India and neighbouring Pakistan.
  
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• Ex-Australia spinner MacGill avoids jail over drug deal

  09-05-2025 09:04 via bbc.com
  Former Australia cricketer Stuart MacGill avoids jail after being found guilty oftaking part in the supply of cocaine.
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: Leeds, Lions, Zhao Xintong, camogie and F1 winners

  09-05-2025 08:30
  Have you been following the big stories in football, rugby, snooker, Formula One, cricket, golf, horse racing and GAA? Continue reading...
  
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• ‘I’m always fighting myself’: Mohammad Abbas on Notts, Pakistan and Guardiola’s hotel room

  09-05-2025 08:30
  The seamer on facing his former club Hampshire this week, family tragedy and his stop-start international career“Yes, this is true,” says Mohammad Abbas, matter-of-factly, during a chat at Trent Bridge. The question concerns the time Manchester City supposedly asked for Pep Guardiola to be billeted in the penthouse at Hampshire’s on-site hotel before a match in Southampton – only to be told a more important guest was in town.“I didn’t know about it at the
  
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• Australian T20 cricket stars try to head home amid Kashmir conflict

  09-05-2025 05:01
  
  Escalating India-Pakistan conflict threatens to postpone IPLSix Australians including David Warner play in PakistanAustralian cricketers playing in India and Pakistan’s T20 competitions face an uncertain time as the conflict increases between the two countries.Australian cricket stars are on the verge of flying home, or to Dubai, as the escalating India-Pakistan conflict threatens to postpone the IPL. Continue reading...
  
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• Kings v Capitals cancelled after floodlight failure

  08-05-2025 21:24 via bbc.com
  The Indian Premier League match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals in Dharamsala is abandoned because of reported floodlight failure.
  
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• England bowler Carse close to Durham return

  08-05-2025 17:25 via bbc.com
  Durham head coach Ryan Campbell hopes to have Brydon Carse fit for the County Championship game with Nottinghamshire next week.
  
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