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• England open to releasing trio after Ireland clash for key county fixtures

  25-09-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Will Jacks, Jamie Smith and Zak Crawley could double upEngland bidding to wrap up 2-0 ODI series victory in BristolThe final week of the English cricket season could involve players hopping from national duty into the last round of the County Championship, with Will Jacks, Jamie Smith and possibly Zak Crawley having a chance to be released for battles at the top and bottom of Division One.All three are in the squad for the third one-day international against Ireland in Bristol on Tuesday, with C
  
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• County cricket: Kent and Middlesex go into final game battling to stay up

  25-09-2023 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Northamptonshire were relegated after their draw with champions elect Surrey. Who will join them in Division Two?By Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogNorthamptonshire, sitting bottom of the table, needed a win at the Oval; Surrey, sitting top, very much wanted one. And yet a draw was the result – how so? Continue reading...
  
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• Access to cricket in state schools in England and Wales ‘a real problem’

  25-09-2023 15:31 via theguardian.com
  
  ECB sets out formal response to Icec report on discriminationChairman repeats ‘apology to those we have let down’Access to cricket in state schools is “a real problem”, the chief executive of the game in England and Wales has acknowledged, as he set out the game’s initial plans to tackle the systemicdiscrimination identified by an independent commission.Reiterating his aim that cricket should become “the most inclusive sport in England and Wales”, Richar
  
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• India canter to win as Australia’s Cricket World Cup build-up suffers another blow

  24-09-2023 23:27 via theguardian.com
  
  India 399-5; Australia 217 (28.2 of 30 overs) | India lead series 2-099-run defeat is fifth straight ODI loss for AustraliaAustralia’s World Cup preparations are in ruins after they crashed to a calamitous fifth successive one-day international defeat, crushed by India by 99 runs via DLS method at Indore.Set 317 from 33 overs after rain delayed play for 70 minutes during their pursuit of India’s record-breaking 5-399, a late power-hitting rally from Sean Abbott spared some blushes be
  
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• Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final: Southern Vipers beat The Blaze to secure cup double

  24-09-2023 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Southern Vipers beat The Blaze in a low-scoring final to lift the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for the third time at Northampton.
  
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• Southern Vipers chase down Blaze total to win Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy

  24-09-2023 19:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Final: Southern Vipers, 203-5, bt the Blaze, 200-8, by 5 wktsVipers’ Emily Windsor scores unbeaten 57Southern Vipers beat the Blaze by five wickets in the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Northampton on Sunday, chasing down their target of 201 thanks to an unbeaten 57 from Emily Windsor.The run-chase was not without nerves: Blaze’s 19-year-old leg-spinner Josie Groves took three wickets in eight balls immediately after the drinks break to reduce Vipers to 109 for five, inc
  
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• India beat Australia by 99 runs in second ODI international – as it happened

  24-09-2023 18:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Dazzling centuries from Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer as India hand Australia their fifth ODI defeat in a row2nd over: India 14-0 (Shubman Gill 1, Ruturaj Gaikwad 8) Back of a length immediately from Josh Hazlewood, sprinting in with an orange flannel hanging out of the back of his banana trousers. And on the money he remains.Interestingly, or not, depending on the strength of your morning coffee, to add to the link with yesterday’s ODI between England and Ireland and today’s India v
  
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• A late flurry of runs by the tail can’t save Australia from defeat after India knock up 399

  24-09-2023 18:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Dazzling centuries from Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer as India hand Australia their fifth ODI defeat in a row2nd over: India 14-0 (Shubman Gill 1, Ruturaj Gaikwad 8) Back of a length immediately from Josh Hazlewood, sprinting in with an orange flannel hanging out of the back of his banana trousers. And on the money he remains.Interestingly, or not, depending on the strength of your morning coffee, to add to the link with yesterday’s ODI between England and Ireland and today’s India v
  
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• India set Australia a target of 400 to win second ODI – live

  24-09-2023 15:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the World Cup warmup in IndoreAny thoughts? Email Geoff here.2nd over: India 14-0 (Shubman Gill 1, Ruturaj Gaikwad 8) Back of a length immediately from Josh Hazlewood, sprinting in with an orange flannel hanging out of the back of his banana trousers. And on the money he remains.Interestingly, or not, depending on the strength of your morning coffee, to add to the link with yesterday’s ODI between England and Ireland and today’s India v Australia warm-up ,Ruturaj Gaikwad
  
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• Jacks and Hain shine as rejigged England clinch ODI against Ireland

  23-09-2023 20:48 via theguardian.com
  
  2nd ODI: England, 334-8, beat Ireland, 286, by 48 runsJacks hits 94 and Hain 89 in impressive debutsFigures of three for 66 may not immediately leap off the page but for George Scrimshaw, one of four debutants in a second-string England side that defeated Ireland at Trent Bridge, that wickets column will have meant the world.Presented with his cap before play by Dominic Cork, the last Derbyshire cricketer to represent England, the wiry 25-year-old looked like he wanted the ground to swallow him
  
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• Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed lead England cruise past Ireland in second ODI –as it happened

  23-09-2023 20:01 via theguardian.com
  
  The hosts cantered to a 48-run victory thanks to 94 from Will Jacks and 89 from Sam Hain, before Rehan Ahmed took four for 543rd over: England 35-0 (Salt 16, Jacks 16) Adair finds a line that Jacks can’t hit for four, but sadly it’s down leg and he keeps having to rebowl them. Finally Jacks hits his second/fourth ball past extra cover for three, and Salt his third/fifth ball down the ground for four, and his fifth/eighth ball similarly for similar.“I write to you confused,&rdqu
  
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• England v Ireland: Will Jacks' 94 helps England to victory over Ireland

  23-09-2023 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England opener Will Jacks makes 94 as the hosts beat Ireland by 48 runs in the second ODI at Trent Bridge to go 1-0 up in the three-match series.
  
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• England v Ireland: Jacks, Hain and Ahmed star in Trent Bridge win

  23-09-2023 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An experimental England side eventually defeat Ireland in the second one-day international at Trent Bridge.
  
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• Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed lead England cruise past Ireland in second ODI – live reaction

  23-09-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The hosts cantered to a 48-run victory thanks to 94 from Will Jacks and 89 from Sam Hain, before Rehan Ahmed took four for 543rd over: England 35-0 (Salt 16, Jacks 16) Adair finds a line that Jacks can’t hit for four, but sadly it’s down leg and he keeps having to rebowl them. Finally Jacks hits his second/fourth ball past extra cover for three, and Salt his third/fifth ball down the ground for four, and his fifth/eighth ball similarly for similar.“I write to you confused,&rdqu
  
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• England v Ireland: George Scrimshaw gets debut wicket after nightmare start

  23-09-2023 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England debutant George Scrimshaw bowls six no balls in his first two overs, but ends his second over with his maiden wicket.
  
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• England v Ireland: Hosts' captain Zak Crawley out for second-ball duck

  23-09-2023 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as England captain Zak Crawley is dismissed for a second-ball duck by Ireland's Craig Young in the second ODI at Trent Bridge.
  
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• England v Ireland: second men’s one-day international – live

  23-09-2023 11:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Second ODI at Trent Bridge; first one washed out by rainGet in touch! Email Simon about the game or tweet/X himThis second ODI is the first outing for England’s second string, the first ODI having been rained off in midweek, though the previews describing them as the next generation seem a bit much given the squad’s average age, skewed as it is by the presence of 19-year-old Rehan Ahmed. Still, there are places likely to become up for grabs pretty soon in a senior white-ball side tha
  
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• County cricket: Surrey v Northants, Essex v Hampshire, and more – as it happened

  22-09-2023 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Surrey closed in on another County Championship title after their main rivals Essex were beaten by HampshireAnd lo, a second wicket at Taunton, Muyeye joins the pavilion huddle. One for the soon-to-be-gone Jack Brooks. At Grace Road, Yorkshire have lost the nightwatchman, Ben Coad, but things not looking too pretty for Leicestershire: Masood and Lyth are both immovable force and unstoppable object.While at Chelmsford, Hampshire are all out. A sixth for Simon Harmer, as Prest tries to hit him out
  
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• County Championship: Sam Robson hits ton for Middlesex but cannot prevent Warwickshire victory

  22-09-2023 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sam Robson hits only Middlesex's second Championship century of 2023 but cannot prevent Warwickshire recording a sixth win of the season.
  
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• Australia’s slump continues as India cruise home by five wickets in first ODI

  22-09-2023 19:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Batters never got on top as they posted 276Shubman Gill hit 74 to set hosts on their wayAustralia’s form slump in the lead up to the World Cup has continued with a five-wicket loss to India in the first one-day international at Mohali.After paceman Mohammed Shami’s career-best 5-51 restricted Australia to 276, India reached the victory target with eight balls to spare at Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium on Friday (Saturday AEST). Continue reading...
  
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• County Championship: Hampshire beat Essex in final-over drama

  22-09-2023 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Essex's title hopes are dented as Liam Dawson hits 119 as Hampshire chase a target of 267 and win with five balls to spare.
  
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• County Championship: Surrey lead table for final round after draw relegates Northants

  22-09-2023 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surrey will head into the final round of the County Championship with a 20-point lead at the top after a draw which relegates Northants.
  
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• India beat Australia in first one-day international – as it happened

  22-09-2023 18:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Mohammed Shami took five wickets and four Indian batters made half-centuries as they cruised to a five-wicket win over Australia1st over: Australia 5-1 (Warner 1, Smith 1) Marsh and Warner opening today, Marsh looking for a strong start after a good series for him in South Africa. Shami takes the new ball for India. Marsh starts safely, playing a straight bat to the first ball. He drives the second ball through deep backward point for four and the first boundary of the match. But the next ball s
  
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• India beat Australia in first one-day international – live

  22-09-2023 18:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the World Cup warmup at Mohali StadiumAny thoughts? Email or tweet @Jimbo_Cricket1st over: Australia 5-1 (Warner 1, Smith 1) Marsh and Warner opening today, Marsh looking for a strong start after a good series for him in South Africa. Shami takes the new ball for India. Marsh starts safely, playing a straight bat to the first ball. He drives the second ball through deep backward point for four and the first boundary of the match. But the next ball sees Marsh out and Smith comes to t
  
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• Ben Duckett looking to nudge England selectors with World Cup looming

  22-09-2023 17:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Duckett is vice-captain against Ireland at Trent Bridge28-year-old excited by possible central contractEngland’s looming World Cup defence in India will see a gaggle of players sit in reserve back home and it may just be that Ben Duckett is the best fit to jump on a plane should a batter go down injured during the tournament.An option anywhere in the top seven and armed with an array of sweeps and reverse sweeps, the 28-year-old would offer Jos Buttler and the management excellent flexibil
  
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• County Championship: Notts edge towards safety as Lancs game abandoned as a draw

  22-09-2023 15:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nottinghamshire edge towards Division One safety after their rain-ruined match with Lancashire at Old Trafford ends in a draw.
  
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• Mitchell Stanley: Lancashire sign Worcestershire pace bowler on one-year deal

  22-09-2023 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lancashire sign Worcestershire fast bowler Mitchell Stanley for the 2024 season.
  
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• Gareth Berg: Northamptonshire all-rounder to end 16-year professional career

  22-09-2023 12:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northamptonshire and Italy all-rounder Gareth Berg calls time on his 16-year professional career.
  
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• Sue Redfern to become first female umpire in County Championship

  22-09-2023 11:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sue Redfern is to become the first female umpire to stand in a men's first-class match in England and Wales.
  
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• County cricket: Surrey v Northants, Essex v Hampshire and more – live

  22-09-2023 10:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from around the grounds in the penultimate roundGet in touch! Contact Tanya by email, tweet her or comment BTLChelmsford: Essex 447-9 dec v Hampshire 322-8 Continue reading...
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Pakistan's Naseem Shah ruled out with shoulder injury

  22-09-2023 10:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pace bowler Naseem Shah is ruled out of Pakistan's squad for the 50-over World Cup in India because of a shoulder injury.
  
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• County Championship: Pick your team of the 2023 season

  22-09-2023 10:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Who has impressed you in the County Championship this summer? Pick your team of the 2023 season using our selector.
  
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• County Championship: Durham earn enough points to seal Division Two title

  21-09-2023 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Durham bowl out Worcestershire and earn enough bonus points to secure the County Championship Division Two title.
  
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• Durham crowned Div Two champions as but Essex frustrated: county cricket – as it happened

  21-09-2023 20:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Tom Prest’s hundred held up Essex on a day when the leaders Surrey faltered while Durham clinched the Second Division titleRhodes’ patient work is rewarded with his first hunded of the season. Despite the best efforts of Tim Murtagh, Warwickshire are pulling away:a lead of 116.Here come Burns and Sibley -with only two days left they need to get a wriggle on for the win. At Chelmsford, Simon Harmer has been brought into the attack. Hampshire 15-0. Continue reading...
  
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• Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: The Blaze beat South East Stars to reach final

  21-09-2023 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Blaze beat South East Stars in a rain-reduced Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy eliminator to reach the final,
  
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• County Championship: Tom Prest century saves Hampshire from follow-on against Essex

  21-09-2023 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Prest hits a maiden first-class century as Hampshire reach 322-8 at the close against Essex, 125 behind.
  
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• Anrich Nortje: Pace bowler ruled out of South Africa's Cricket World Cup squad

  21-09-2023 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Africa fast bowlers Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala have both been ruled out of the Cricket World Cup in India.
  
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• Quinton de Kock refused to take knee due to Cricket South Africa's 'interference'

  21-09-2023 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Africa wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock explains why he refused to take the knee at the 2021 T20 World Cup.
  
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• Jason Roy opts out of Ireland ODIs and could end England career

  21-09-2023 13:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Opener may have played final game for England after decisionEngland add Kohler-Cadmore to squad for Ireland ODIsJason Roy may have played his final game for England after turning down the chance to feature against Ireland in the last two one-day internationals of the summer.Roy was dropped from the World Cup squad after a combination of back spasms and Dawid Malan’s glowing form saw him pushed out of the likely starting XI and Harry Brook take his place on the bench. But he still had the c
  
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• Jason Roy turns down England call-up, Tom Kohler-Cadmore added to squad

  21-09-2023 12:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jason Roy turns down the chance to play in the remainder of England's one-day series against Ireland, with Tom-Kohler Cadmore called up instead.
  
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• Root misses England tune-up chance after infuriating ODI abandonment

  20-09-2023 20:19 via theguardian.com
  
  First ODI v Ireland abandoned due to wet Headingley outfieldRoot now must wait for two World Cup warm-ups in IndiaJoe Root saw his bid to have one final hit before England’s World Cup departure thwarted by a sodden outfield and what proved a maddening abandonment at Headingley.Boos rang around the ground when the first one-day international against Ireland was called off at 4.50pm without a ball bowled. It had not rained for more than two hours by this stage but sections of the outfield &n
  
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• Surrey looking over shoulders at Essex amid rain: county cricket – as it happened

  20-09-2023 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Matt Critchley fell one run short of his third Championship century of the season before title contenders Essex declared against HampshireWatch Karun Nair reach a memorable hundred at the Oval Continue reading...
  
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• England v Ireland: first men’s cricket ODl abandoned after heavy rainfall – as it didn’t happen

  20-09-2023 18:12 via theguardian.com
  
  The first match of the series at Headingley was abandoned due to a saturated outfield following heavy earlier rainGreetings from Headingley, where it’s a pretty bleak scene. Can’t help but wonder whether Joe Root should have looked at the weather forecast when put his name forward for this match over the weekend. There’s still two warm-ups in India before the World Cup starts and given the lurch in conditions, can’t see masses of value in it for him today, no disrespect t
  
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• England v Ireland: first men’s cricket ODl abandoned after heavy rainfall – live

  20-09-2023 17:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the first match in the series, at HeadingleyGet in touch: email Tom or tweet @tomdaviesE17Greetings from Headingley, where it’s a pretty bleak scene. Can’t help but wonder whether Joe Root should have looked at the weather forecast when put his name forward for this match over the weekend. There’s still two warm-ups in India before the World Cup starts and given the lurch in conditions, can’t see masses of value in it for him today, no disrespect to Ireland e
  
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• England v Ireland: start of first men’s cricket ODl delayed by rain – live

  20-09-2023 13:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the first match in the series, at HeadingleyGet in touch: contact Rob here with your thoughtsWe will get cricket today, I promise. It might end up being a Thirty30 game, something like that. While you wait, here’s Ali Martin’s series preview.There is some cricket going on in the County Championship, and you can follow updates here. Continue reading...
  
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• England v Ireland: first men’s cricket one-day international – live

  20-09-2023 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the first match in the series, at HeadingleyGet in touch: contact Rob here with your thoughtsLet’s not pretend this isn’t a bit weird. England start their defence of the World Cup in a fortnight, and their C team (plus Joe Root) is playing an ODI series against Ireland. But you don’t have to reach too far to take the positives. Watching young people make their way in the world, unencumbered by the inevitability of infirmity and death, is good for the soul, and both
  
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• Surrey v Northamptonshire, Essex v Hampshire, and more: county cricket – live

  20-09-2023 10:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from day two of the latest round of matchesContact Tanya by email, tweet her or comment BTLRain spilled over the country, like a badly kept secret. But it wasn’t enough to stop games fizzing into life in the Championship’s penultimate round.Leicestershire, powered by victory in the One-Day Cup, and needing a win to stay in the promotion hunt, reduced Yorkshire to 155 for 9 at Grace Road, with four wickets to Will Davis. Finlay Bean top-scored with 40, passing 1,000 runs for t
  
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• The Spin | ‘We play as one’: Bas de Leede on Total Cricket, Cruyff and the World Cup

  20-09-2023 10:34 via theguardian.com
  
  All-rounder praised by Durham’s director of cricket was instrumental in his country qualifying for India in OctoberBas de Leede stands in the middle of Himbleton cricket club, glowing in September’s last-gasp evening light. He has been driven there by Sam the photographer, who took one look at the Premier Inn off the M5 where De Leede was staying with Durham, and sought something more rustic.The next day, he’s at a rainy New Road, part of the vibrant Durham side who have storme
  
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• County cricket: Leicestershire rip through Yorkshire to stay in promotion hunt – as it happened

  19-09-2023 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Will Davis took four wickets to reduce Yorkshire to 155 for 9, while Worcestershire made a bright start against DurhamNo play anywhere in fact, except in the big two Division One games, at The Oval and Chelmsford.It’s now raining at New Road, the leaves on the old horse chestnut yellowing by the hospitality tent. Continue reading...
  
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• County Championship: Oliver Hannon-Dalby takes five wickets as Bears edge day one at Lord's

  19-09-2023 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In-form Oliver Hannon-Dalby takes 5-29 as Warwickshire edge first day spoils against Division One strugglers Middlesex at Lord's.
  
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