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Sam Curran out but Denly in England's squad for first Test against West Indies

Jul 04, 2020

Nine reserves also called up by selectorsJonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali not part of either listEngland have named a 13-man squad for their long-awaited return to Test cricket against the West Indies next week, preferring Joe Denly to the uncapped Dan Lawrence and confirming Dom Bess as number one spinner.

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Boris Johnson backtracks to allow club cricket to resume next weekend

Jul 03, 2020

Prime minister had claimed tea break risks spread of Covid-19Guidelines set to be published for resumption next weekBoris Johnson has performed a remarkable reverse sweep to allow club cricket to return next weekend – just hours after suggesting play would be unable to resume because of the dangers of the traditional tea in the pavilion.

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Will The Public End Up Punch Drunk From Boris Johnson’s Changing Advice?

Jul 03, 2020

Will The Public End Up Punch Drunk From Boris Johnson’s Changing Advice?

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Alzarri Joseph: 'I had to really put a performance out to remember her'

Jul 03, 2020

The young fast bowler, whose mother died last year when he was playing against England in a Test, has a simple aim: to be West Indies’ most successful bowler in history

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Ben Stokes as England captain provides vision of future and memories of the past

Jul 02, 2020

Making the best player captain does not necessarily work but it is just reward for the all-rounder turning his career around

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ECB gives green light for county cricket season to begin on 1 August

Jun 29, 2020

Men’s season to begin on 1 August, formats to be confirmedWomen’s cricket will also be played over the summerThe England and Wales Cricket Board has given a green light for the return of professional domestic cricket but it is not entirely clear where this green light leads.

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England's Stuart Broad trying to find an edge before West Indies Test series

Jun 28, 2020

Opening bowler hoping to counter lack of spectator noise‘I perform at my best when the game is most exciting’Close your eyes and try to imagine some of the great Stuart Broad spells and chances are you’re hearing as well as seeing.

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Pakistan tour of England to go ahead despite positive Covid-19 results

Jun 26, 2020

Pakistan squad will travel to UK on Sunday, ECB confirmsTen out 0f 29 in squad tested positive for coronavirus this weekPakistan have been confirmed as England’s second set of summer tourists despite the raft of positive Covid-19 test results among their squad during the past week

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Women's Sport Has Gone Missing This Summer And We Want It Back

Jun 26, 2020

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Clare Connor to become first female MCC president in its 233-year history

Jun 24, 2020

Former England captain will take up the post next October‘Times have changed since I made my first visit to Lord’s’Clare Connor, a former England captain, has been named as the next president of the Marylebone Cricket Club and will become the first female president in the MCC’s 233-year history.

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England and Wales cricket clubs face 'lost summer' amid lockdown

Jun 24, 2020

Fans and players express disappointment at government’s decision not to lift ban on matches

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Can Boris Johnson’s ‘Bustle Hustle’ Get Britain Through A Downturn?

Jun 23, 2020

Can Boris Johnson’s ‘Bustle Hustle’ Get Britain Through A Downturn?

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Club cricket optimistic despite Boris Johnson saying ball can carry Covid-19

Jun 23, 2020

Prime minister says the ball is a ‘natural vector’ for diseaseECB still hoping recreational cricket can resume in July The England and Wales Cricket Board is confident the recreational season can begin next month despite Boris Johnson’s claim that the ball is a “natural vector” of Covid-19.

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Ashley Giles warns England players isolation bubble will be no holiday camp

Jun 23, 2020

Squad to isolate at Ageas Bowl for West Indies seriesECB cricket director trusts players to follow rulesThirty England cricketers, their coaches and one or two of their bosses are exploring unknown territory.

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Seven more Pakistan squad cricketers test positive for Covid-19

Jun 23, 2020

PCB chief Wasim Khan insists England tour is ‘on track’Total of 10 players from 29-strong squad have tested positivePakistan insist this summer’s tour of England is “very much on track” despite more than a third of their playing squad having tested positive for Covid-19.

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Streams, spinners and bubbles: counties ponder all options for restart

Jun 20, 2020

There are plenty of obstacles ahead but counties are optimistic about a return to action this summer

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Jobs for the boys attitude highights English cricket's failings on race | Barney Ronay

Jun 20, 2020

Those who went on rebel tours to South Africa were welcomed back into the fold in stark contrast to the treatment of their West Indies counterparts who took the Blood Rand

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Surrey's Solanki feels no added pressure as first British Asian head coach

Jun 19, 2020

Only five British Asians among the 118 in men’s senior set-ups‘If my appointment encourages others, then great,’ he saysVikram Solanki may be the first British Asian to be appointed as head coach of an English county but the only pressure he feels is to maintain Surrey’s recent success rather than worry about his status as a trailblazer.

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All cricketers fail but great ones decide it was not their fault | Vic Marks

Jun 18, 2020

Though England’s players will be rusty after a long lay-off the best have enough self-belief to resist any suggestion of frailty

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Fifty-year itch scratched: Glamorgan's Alan Jones gets his England cap at last | Vic Marks

Jun 17, 2020

The classy opening batsman’s one England appearance, in 1970, has finally been recognised in a Zoom ceremony led by Joe Root

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Jonny Bairstow still eager to regain gloves as England Test wicketkeeper

Jun 16, 2020

Bairstow expected to be in 30-man squad for West IndiesEngland to play inter-squad warm-up match at Ageas BowlJonny Bairstow’s desire to keep wicket in Test cricket remains undimmed as England’s selectors finalise what has been dubbed a “behind-closed-doors training group” in the leadup to the West Indies series next month.

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Grenfell Tower Fire: Justice Is Slipping Further Away, Says Survivor Three Years On

Jun 14, 2020

Three years ago, as fire raged in a building all around him, Ed Daffarn collapsed in a black, smoke-logged corridor high up on the 16th floor of Grenfell Tower and believed he was taking his last breaths.

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Fawlty Towers Episode To Be Reinstated

Jun 12, 2020

An episode of classic 1970s sitcom Fawlty Towers is set to be reinstated on UKTV after the streaming service initially removed it because it contains “racial slurs”.

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Lydia Greenway: 'Girls need the right kit, that's why we're doing this'

Jun 12, 2020

Finding equipment that fits correctly has always been a problem for Greenway so she used the time in lockdown to create an online cricket store for women and girls

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Fawlty Towers Episode Removed From UK Streaming Service Over Racial Slurs

Jun 12, 2020

UKTV have removed an episode of Fawlty Towers from its streaming service because it contains racial slurs.

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'It’s just not OK': Jimmy Anderson calls on cricket to raise BAME representation

Jun 11, 2020

Bowler makes plea as he gears up for Test seriesPakistan announce England tour will go aheadFor the first time since the coronavirus outbreak put a stop to professional team sports, Jimmy Anderson has been bowling at a human this week.

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The men in white coats: five cricket umpires explain the craft

Jun 10, 2020

Ian Gould, David Lloyd, David Millns, Michael Gough and Peter Willey on life in the middle

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Sporting silence in the Covid-19 era – a photographer's view | Ryan Pierse

Jun 06, 2020

The NRL is back and the AFL returns this week but sport has changed drastically since the outbreak. Here, Getty Images’ chief photographer Ryan Pierse offers a unique perspective from behind the lens of the post-coronavirus world

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Gruelling football training, the French Open and pigeon racing | Classic YouTube

Jun 04, 2020

This week’s round-up also includes the return of cricket in Guernsey, jockeys interrupted in the sauna and celebrity golf

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Three West Indies players decline to travel for England Test series

Jun 03, 2020

Bravo, Hetmyer and Paul turned down places on tourWest Indies fly out next week for three-match seriesWest Indies have selflessly answered the SOS call from English cricket and will fly out to the UK next week despite three players opting out of the trip because of concerns about the Covid-19 pandemic.

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ECB says it has resources to survive even if summer of cricket cancelled

Jun 02, 2020

Governing body can take worst-case £252m hit this summerECB reveals record £228m turnover for 2019-20 financial yearThe England and Wales Cricket Board has insisted it has sufficient resources to survive the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic – even in a worst‑case scenario where it could lose £252m if no cricket is played this summer.

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The Spin | Little to declare: how BH Lyon tried to pep up county cricket

Jun 02, 2020

Long before the Hundred, Gloucestershire’s captain recognised the need to enliven a ‘dying’ game, through quirky declarations

Who coaches the coach? Ask Andy Flower, Peter Moores and Paul Farbrace in cricket, and Stuart Lancaster, Rob Baxter and Nigel Redman in rugby.

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My favourite game: England v Australia, Fifth Ashes Test in 2009

May 31, 2020

Andrew Flintoff had struggled through his final Test but then he ran out Ricky Ponting and it provided a memory for the ages

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Coronavirus Catch Up: Scientists Warn Virus Spreading 'Too Fast' To Lift Lockdown

May 30, 2020

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England's long list leaves those who failed to make cut beyond consolation | Vic Marks

May 30, 2020

Any player not included in the 55-man group named by selectors has little hope of an international future

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Mutual back scratching between Australia and India leads to pot of gold | Scott Heinrich

May 29, 2020

They might be the fiercest of rivals on the field, but off it the two nations can be the snuggest of bedfellows when it suits them

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England summer plans gather pace with 55 players named in training squad

May 29, 2020

No place for Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett or Jamie PorterDan Lawrence, Will Jacks and Henry Brookes includedEngland’s ambitious plan to stage international cricket in biosecure conditions this summer moved a step closer on Friday when the selectors named 55 players who are now back in training and under consideration.

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England training squad includes 14 uncapped players but no Hales

May 29, 2020

Individual sessions at county venues under ECB guidanceNo place for Liam Plunkett or Alex Hales in 55-man groupEngland have named a bumper 55-man training group, with a host of new and returning faces joining the core squad.Fourteen uncapped players from the county game have been invited to resume work under English and Wales Cricket Board guidance: Dan Lawrence, James Bracey, Phil Salt, Henry Brookes, Brydon Carse, Amar Virdi, Laurie Evans, Will Jacks, Ollie Robinson, Richard Gleeson, Sam Hain, Tom Helm, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Jamie Overton.There are also returns for Pat Brown, Ben Duckett, Liam Livingstone, David Willey and Reece Topley but there is no place for the World Cup winner Liam Plunkett or the out of favour Alex Hales.

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Golden Goal: Dietmar Hamann for Germany v England (2000) | Alex Hess

May 29, 2020

The final goal at the old Wembley marked the end of an era – and the start of the golden generation’s big-stage letdowns

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County cricket may return in August with small socially distanced crowds

May 28, 2020

Plans afoot for reduced County Championship and T20 Blast ECB says fans may be allowed with season running into OctoberHopes for an English county season being staged this summer are on the rise despite the announcement on Thursday that no domestic professional cricket will take place before 1 August because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Covid subs could allow cricket safe return but replacement rules should remain strict | Vic Marks

May 28, 2020

If a player contracts coronavirus he could be isolated and substituted as an extension of the concussion regulations

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Bowlers should be able to swing ball without saliva, says owner of Dukes

May 27, 2020

Dilip Jajodia: “I don’t see swing being a big problem in England”ICC set to ban sue of saliva as safety measureThe owner of the ball manufacturer Dukes says bowlers should still be able to produce swing in England this summer, despite the imminent ban on using saliva.

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Fan ownership would give rugby and football clubs stability, says thinktank

May 26, 2020

Second wave of virus would be major threat to small teams‘Clubs need a different way of running businesses,’ says OnwardThe leading thinktank Onward has called on the government to encourage fans to take a financial stake in rugby and football clubs in order to create sustainability and offer greater protection during times of crisis.

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West Indies back in training with board expected to approve England tour

May 26, 2020

WI board to give 25-man squad green light Squad face fortnight of quarantine at Old TraffordWest Indies have followed England with a return to training before the expected sign-off on Thursday for their three-Test tour.

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The Spin | Stanley Jackson: a batting master, MP and sportsman who bewitched Cardus

May 26, 2020

Celebrated writer’s first Guardian piece as cricket correspondent talks of a largely forgotten FS Jackson innings that prompts a search into a fascinating cricketing life

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Mitchell Starc raises fears of 'boring' cricket during spit-polishing ban

May 26, 2020

ICC to ban use of saliva to shine ball during Covid-19 pandemicStarc urges ICC to ensure contest between bat and ballThe Australia paceman Mitchell Starc has raised concerns that the recommendation of a temporary ban on using saliva to shine the ball could hand batsmen too much of an advantage.

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Harsha Bhogle on lockdown, the IPL and the future of cricket

May 25, 2020

The commentator speaks about Indian culture, his hopes for the women’s game and why he feels blessed every morning

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Year of the batsman: when the sun shone and the runs flowed in 1990

May 22, 2020

A new ball, sweltering heat and some weak bowling produced record-breaking scores in the County Championship

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