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• Durham sign NZ star Bates as first overseas player

  09-04-2025 18:14 via bbc.com
  
  New Zealand batter Suzie Bates will play for Durham in the T20 Blast and One-Day Cup in 2025 as their inaugural overseas player.
  
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• Blast from the past: Zimbabwe are finally coming in from the cold

  15-05-2025 20:38
  
  More than 20 years since they suffered on Jimmy Anderson’s famous Test debut, the tourists are backA biting wind swept across Grace Road on Thursday and though the crowd was thin, there was just enough stardust to keep the autograph hunters happy. Andrew Flintoff was perched on the pavilion balcony, while Mark Wood, trying his hand at coaching during his latest injury layoff, patrolled the boundary’s edge with a smile.Out in the middle there were also runs for Josh de Caires, son of
  
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• Ireland name uncapped trio for West Indies games

  14-05-2025 14:52 via bbc.com
  
  Ireland include uncapped trio Cade Carmichael, Tom Mayes and Liam McCarthy in the squad for the ODI series against West Indies later this month.
  
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• Jamie Smith: ‘To win an away Ashes would be every England cricketer’s dream’

  14-05-2025 13:01
  England’s wicketkeeper-batter on the innings that changed his career, the influence of Kevin Pietersen and a huge year of Test cricket ahead“When the pressure’s on,” Jamie Smith says intently on an otherwise languid morning at the Oval, “it definitely gives you more of a focus. You can’t get away from the fact that, when the game is on the line, you want to be the one that takes it on and wins it. Look at some of the best players that have played the game
  
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• Glamorgan sign Australian all-rounder Kerr

  14-05-2025 11:26 via bbc.com
  Glamorgan sign Australian all-rounder Hayden Kerr until the end of July.
  
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• The Spin | Gunnersbury women’s cricket club celebrate hitting historic century

  14-05-2025 11:20
  A gathering at Ealing CC’s second-team ground today will mark 100 years since the formation of a trailblazing clubAt first glance Ealing Cricket Club’s second-team ground – situated off an avenue lined with nondescript 1930s London semis, with the Piccadilly Line clattering away nearby – is not the most obvious place to mark a historic women’s cricket milestone.But for the group of players who will assemble in the small clubhouse tonight for a meeting that is part p
  
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• Scotland v UAE - ODI tri-series scorecard

  14-05-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Latest scorecard from the one-day international tri-series match between Scotland and the United Arab Emirates in Utrecht.
  
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• The heartbeat of a billion - what Kohli meant to India

  14-05-2025 01:16 via bbc.com
  Legendary India batter Virat Kohli announced retirement from international Test cricket on Monday.
  
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• Nat Sciver-Brunt starts England reign but Edwards is power behind throne | Raf Nicholson

  13-05-2025 21:18
  All-rounder’s lack of involvement in selection is signal that head coach will drive new era after Ashes whitewashEngland’s 16-0 whitewash at the hands of Australia earlier this year sparked widespread calls for change. On Tuesday, as the new captain Nat Sciver-Brunt gave her first press conference since she was appointed last month, the curtain finally rose just enough to give the public a tantalising glimpse at a very new-look England setup.Twenty-four hours previously, the head coa
  
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• England expect most players will choose country over IPL for West Indies ODIs

  13-05-2025 19:46
  League playoffs clash with international assignmentButtler, Bethell, Jacks could have allegiances testedEngland expect most of the five Indian Premier League players picked for their one-day international series against West Indies to report for international duty rather than complete the rescheduled tournament.The IPL’s league phase will now conclude on 27 May, two days before England play their opening game against West Indies at Edgbaston, meaning that Jofra Archer and Jamie Overton, wh
  
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• Hampshire defeat Somerset in Women's One-Day Cup

  13-05-2025 19:01 via bbc.com
  Charli Knott hits 64 and takes two wickets as Hampshire beat Somerset by 31 runs on the DLS method in the Women's One-Day Cup.
  
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• Lancashire captain Jennings stands down after bad start

  13-05-2025 16:20 via bbc.com
  Lancashire batter Keaton Jennings stands down from leading them in the County Championship.
  
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• Dottin to miss West Indies tour of England

  13-05-2025 16:16 via bbc.com
  West Indies leave out all-rounder Deandra Dottin from their squad that will tour England in May and June.
  
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• Pope to replace injured Agar for Northants T20 campaign

  13-05-2025 15:14 via bbc.com
  Northants sign Lloyd Pope as a replacement for Ashton Agar after the all-rounder is ruled out of their T20 Blast campaign with injury.
  
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• PSL to resume on Saturday after postponement

  13-05-2025 14:46 via bbc.com
  The Pakistan Super League (PSL) will resume on Saturday 17 May.
  
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• Five IPL players in England ODI squad

  13-05-2025 14:41 via bbc.com
  Five players involved in the Indian Premier League have been named in England's squad for the ODI series against West Indies later this month.
  
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• Why Kohli is India's modern-day Test great

  13-05-2025 13:25 via bbc.com
  Sports producer Joy Bhattacharjya, takes us through what made Kohli's Test career historic.
  
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• County cricket talking points: Notts soar higher as Lancashire sink lower

  13-05-2025 12:44
  Nottinghamshire hammered Hampshire to take a 12-point lead at the top, while Lancashire fell to another bad defeatBy the 99.94 Cricket BlogA second consecutive win – a 366-run evisceration of Hampshire – lifted Nottinghamshire 12 points clear at the top of Division One. Haseeb Hameed’s team are clearly the outstanding team in the Championship with more than a third of the season already gone. Continue reading...
  
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• New Zealand's Hesson is Pakistan white-ball coach

  13-05-2025 12:34 via bbc.com
  Pakistan appoint former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson as their white-ball head coach.
  
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• Beyond the runs: Virat Kohli’s obsessive intensity left indelible mark on Test cricket | Jonathan Liew

  13-05-2025 09:00
  The retiree’s final innings may have been unremarkable but his entire career was a testament to his relentless pursuit of excellence which helped redefine Indian cricketAt dawn on a pale pastel morning in late January, thousands of fans started queueing outside the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Before long the queues turned chaotic. Scuffles broke out. Three people were injured and a police motorcycle was damaged. Armed security personnel were deployed inside and outside the ven
  
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• South Africa pick Rabada for Test Championship final after ban

  13-05-2025 08:53 via bbc.com
  Kagiso Rabada is in South Africa's squad for next month's World Test Championship after completing a ban for recreational drug use.
  
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• 'I was on my last chance' - cricketer's anorexia battle

  13-05-2025 07:30 via bbc.com
  Former Somerset all-rounder Arul Suppiah tells BBC Sport about his battle with anorexia.
  
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• Australia face selection squeeze as squad named for World Test Championship final

  13-05-2025 06:05
  Sam Konstas and Cameron Green among players selected for deciderPat Cummins returns to captain side seeking to defend WTC crownAustralia face a top-order selection squeeze with Sam Konstas and Cameron Green named in the squad for the World Test Championship final against South Africa and tour of the Caribbean that will follow.The reigning WTC champions have included four pace bowlers in the 15-player squad with Pat Cummins returning as captain, while Josh Hazlewood is again under an injury cloud
  
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• Cricket Australia backs players reluctant to return to India with IPL slated to resume

  13-05-2025 03:38
  T20 tournament set to restart amid India-Pakistan ceasefireAustralians to weigh up how delay affects preparations for WTC finalAustralian cricketers will weigh up whether they return to India for the remainder of the Indian Premier League season after the BCCI announced the tournament would resume this weekend during a ceasefire in the conflict between India and Pakistan.The IPL was suspended on Friday night amid heightened tensions between the neighbouring countries and many of the Australians
  
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• England's Jos Buttler could face club-vs-country row after IPL decision

  12-05-2025 23:27 via express.co.uk
  The final 17 matches of the rescheduled Indian Premier League will now be played between May 17 and June 3, meaning some players could face a clash with England duty.
  
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• Essex hold out for draw against Yorkshire

  12-05-2025 20:51 via bbc.com
  Essex bat through the entire final day to draw their Championship game with Yorkshire, with their last-wicket pair at the crease at the end.
  
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• Foakes hits unbeaten century while Sussex see off Worcestershire

  12-05-2025 20:42
  County Championship round reaches its conclusionKohli calls time on Test career | Mail Tanya or post BTL His first of the season, and as elegant and composed as ever, but the only centurion in Surrey’s innings, whereas Warwickshire had three. Surrey 399-9, trail by 266. I wonder if Warwickshire will risk their bowlers again and ask Surrey to follow-on.An early wicket at Hove, where the nightwatchman Ben Allison is gobbled up by Hudson-Prentice. Worcs 120-4, need another 231. The smart mone
  
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• IPL to resume on Saturday after suspension

  12-05-2025 19:27 via bbc.com
  The Indian Premier League (IPL) is making plans to resume, with a revised schedule released in the coming days.
  
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• IPL return date confirmed as suspension ended after India-Pakistan ceasefire

  12-05-2025 19:25 via express.co.uk
  The Indian Premier League is set to resume on Saturday, with 17 remaining games to be held across six venues.
  
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• Broadcast mogul Sanjog Gupta in frame to increase Indian influence at ICC

  12-05-2025 19:23
  Jiostar chief tipped for key role at governing bodyIPL set to resume on Saturday following suspensionIndian influence at the top table of world cricket could be set to increase with Sanjog Gupta, the head of live sport at broadcast giants Jiostar, having emerged as the frontrunner to become the new chief executive of the International Cricket Council.The ICC is looking to fill the role with Geoff Allardice, the incumbent, serving a notice period that runs until the body’s AGM in July. Thre
  
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