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• Zaib hits ton as Northants make Lancashire toil

  11-04-2025 20:17 via bbc.com
  
  Saif Zaib hits an unbeaten 111 as Northants pile up 355-5, having been put in to bat by hosts Lancashire.
  
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• County cricket day four: Somerset beat Essex, Middlesex edge Kent and more – as it happened

  05-05-2025 21:29
  
  James Rew was the hero as Somerset roared back to beat Essex by three wickets at TauntonCook’s first over contains an lbw shout, four leg byes and a single. Tick, tock.If you’re anywhere near Taunton, it’s free for children and a fiver for adults. But hurry up! Continue reading...
  
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• County cricket day four: Somerset beat Essex, Middlesex v Kent and more – live

  05-05-2025 17:07
  Final-day updates from around the groundsWhy not email Tanya with your thoughtsCook’s first over contains an lbw shout, four leg byes and a single. Tick, tock.If you’re anywhere near Taunton, it’s free for children and a fiver for adults. But hurry up! Continue reading...
  
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• County cricket day four: Somerset v Essex, Hants v Durham, Middx v Kent and more

  05-05-2025 14:56
  Final-day updates from around the groundsWhy not email Tanya with your thoughtsCook’s first over contains an lbw shout, four leg byes and a single. Tick, tock.If you’re anywhere near Taunton, it’s free for children and a fiver for adults. But hurry up! Continue reading...
  
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• County cricket day three: Warwickshire beat star-studded Yorkshire

  04-05-2025 20:21
  
  The Bears and Leicestershire secured victories inside three days on another busy weekend of actionAfter pulling a muscle on 99, diving for the line during a quick single, Cox completes his hundred muscling a reverse-sweep before hobbling off to field concerned phonecalls from England. A fabulous hundred. Essex 251-4 and a lead of 312.How is Warwickshire’s chase going? Pretty well, although Hamza Shaikh has just been caught by YJB off new boy Buckingham and Davies lost his off stumps to a s
  
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• Hampshire v Durham, Yorkshire v Warwickshire and more: county cricket – live

  04-05-2025 14:06
  Updates from day three of the latest round of gamesEmail Tanya or comment BTL | Sign up to The SpinAfter pulling a muscle on 99, diving for the line during a quick single, Cox completes his hundred muscling a reverse-sweep before hobbling off to field concerned phonecalls from England. A fabulous hundred. Essex 251-4 and a lead of 312.How is Warwickshire’s chase going? Pretty well, although Hamza Shaikh has just been caught by YJB off new boy Buckingham and Davies lost his off stumps to a
  
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• Shepherd smashes 14-ball 50 in thrilling RCB win

  03-05-2025 20:46 via bbc.com
  
  Romario Shepherd hits the second-fastest half-century in IPL history as Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Chennai Super Kings by just two runs to go top of the table.
  
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• Yorkshire's Root hits 90 as Bears set 185 to win

  03-05-2025 20:26 via bbc.com
  
  England batter Joe Root makes 90 as Yorkshire set Warwickshire 185 to win their County Championship match at Headingley.
  
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• County cricket day two: Joe Root and Zak Crawley in the runs to boost England

  03-05-2025 20:18
  
  Joe Root made a spritely 90 to dig Yorkshire out of a hole, while Zak Crawley was also in the runs for KentFifty on debut for Beau Webster at Headingley, and he lays into his countryman Jordan Buckingham to take Warwickshire into the lead. Warwickshire 215-7, a lead of ten. On this pitch, a lead of fifty or so would be very handy.“Salutations Tanya!” Lovely to hear from you Tim Maitland.
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• Northants' Sanderson shines but Leics on top

  03-05-2025 20:13 via bbc.com
  
  Leicestershire will take a lead of 209 into day three of their County Championship match against Northants.
  
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• Gloucs start well after Lancashire make 450

  03-05-2025 19:57 via bbc.com
  
  Batters dominate between Lancashire and Gloucestershire as the match remains in the balance on day two at Old Trafford.
  
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• Gorvin puts Glamorgan on top against Derbyshire

  03-05-2025 19:48 via bbc.com
  
  Andy Gorvin's four wickets put Glamorgan in control as Derbyshire struggle to 215-7 against Glamorgan, still 216 runs behind
  
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• Batters dominate between Hampshire and Durham

  03-05-2025 19:44 via bbc.com
  
  Batters continue to dominate on the second day of the County Championship Division One match between Hampshire and Durham.
  
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• Cox helps Essex take control at Somerset

  03-05-2025 19:33 via bbc.com
  
  Jordan Cox's unbeaten half-century helps Essex take charge against Somerset on day two at Taunton.
  
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• Bell-Drummond & Crawley lead Kent fightback at Lord's

  03-05-2025 19:19 via bbc.com
  
  Zak Crawley and Daniel Bell-Drummond lead Kent's fightback against Middlesex at Lord's on day two.
  
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• Raza recalled to Zimbabwe squad for England Test

  03-05-2025 17:16 via bbc.com
  
  Zimbabwe recall all-rounder Sikandar Raza for their one-off Test with England.
  
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• Somerset v Essex, Middlesex v Kent, and more: county cricket day two – live

  03-05-2025 16:04
  Championship news, 11am BST start, around the groundsRead the Spin | And you can email Tanya or post BTLFifty on debut for Beau Webster at Headingley, and he lays into his countryman Jordan Buckingham to take Warwickshire into the lead. Warwickshire 215-7, a lead of ten. On this pitch, a lead of fifty or so would be very handy.“Salutations Tanya!” Lovely to hear from you Tim Maitland.
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• Rabada serving provisional ban for positive drug test

  03-05-2025 15:59 via bbc.com
  
  South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada is serving a provisional suspension for testing positive for a recreational drug.
  
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• South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada banned after failing recreational drug test

  03-05-2025 15:46
  
  Pace bowler due to lead attack at Lord’s WTC final in June‘I am deeply sorry to all those that I have let down’The South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has revealed he is serving a provisional suspension after testing positive for a recreational drug. Rabada, who sits second in the International Cricket Council Test bowling rankings, returned home after playing just two matches with Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League last month.The Titans said at the time he had done
  
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• IPL wonderkid Vaibhav Suryavanshi was banned from eating two foods before century aged 14

  03-05-2025 09:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Vaibhav Suryavanshi has risen to stardom in the IPL despite still being only 14.
  
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• Quetta Gladiators v Islamabad United - PSL scorecard

  03-05-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Latest scorecard from the Pakistan Super League match between Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United in Lahore.
  
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• Somerset v Essex, Middlesex v Kent, and more: county cricket day one – as it happened

  02-05-2025 20:29
  
  Joe Root got in a tangle against Warwickshire, while Lancashire’s Marcus Harris dug in at Old TraffordAn interesting read on Cameron Bancroft, the third of the sandpaper gate Australian trio, whose fledgling career never quite recovered in the same way as those of David Warner and Steve Smith.One to keep an eye on as play starts round the grounds. Craig Overton returns after his back spasm. Continue reading...
  
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• Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the 14-year-old sensation with cricket world at his feet

  02-05-2025 18:01
  
  His 35-ball IPL hundred instantly made the young Rajasthan batter one of the most famous people in IndiaLife moves fast in the Indian Premier League, the richest and most popular cricket competition in the world. A fortnight ago Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 14, was a fringe player for the Rajasthan Royals and the youngest of a bunch of teenagers on the books of the league’s 10 teams. On 19 April he made his debut and hit his first ball for six, then, on 28 April, in an hour of incendiary batting,
  
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• 'Runs the currency' as batting decision looms

  02-05-2025 17:00 via bbc.com
  England selector Luke Wright says "runs are the currency" as a decision looms over the batting line-up for marquee series against India and Australia later this year.
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: Liverpool, Lions, Usyk v Dubois and Chelsea

  02-05-2025 16:04
  Have you been following the big news in football, boxing, snooker, motor sport, rugby union and cricket? Continue reading...
  
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• Tennant to become head coach of Ireland's women's team

  02-05-2025 15:21 via bbc.com
  Cricket Ireland announces that Lloyd Tennant will become the new head coach of Ireland's women's team, replacing the outgoing Ed Joyce.
  
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• Transgender women banned from playing women’s cricket in England and Wales

  02-05-2025 13:40
  ECB extends ban to recreational cricket after court rulingTransgender women can play in open and mixed cricketTransgender women will no longer be able to play in competitive women’s and girl’s cricket in England and Wales after a change of policy from the sport’s governing body.Trans women have been banned from the top two tiers of elite women’s cricket since the start of this year, but had been permitted to compete in the women’s game up to and including tier three
  
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• Cricket bans transgender women from playing in women's teams

  02-05-2025 13:39 via express.co.uk
  The England and Wales Cricket Board have announced their decision.
  
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• BBC and ECB agree new four-year rights deal

  02-05-2025 13:18 via bbc.com
  The BBC have agreed a new four-year rights deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board.
  
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• Sam Cook selected for England Test squad as Chris Woakes misses out

  02-05-2025 13:00
  Essex bowler, 27, gets first call-up for Trent Bridge TestFour-day game against Zimbabwe starts on 22 MaySam Cook has been named in the squad for England’s one-off Test against Zimbabwe later in May – reward not only for his excellence in the County Championship but also a commendable, unwavering desire to play the longest format.Aged 27 and having taken a truckload of wickets for Essex at just 19.77 runs apiece, Cook could have been forgiven for wondering if the call would ever come
  
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