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• ‘It’s my dream’: Jacob Bethell on his hopes to play Test cricket for England

  03-10-2024 13:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Impressive Blast and Hundred batter speaks outPlayer in limited-overs squad to tour the CaribbeanA white-ball homecoming awaits Jacob Bethell but the England newcomer has outlined what “has always been” his dream: to play Test cricket.It is a refrain heard from most cricketers but carries weight when spoken by a 20-year-old thriving in the lucrative shorter forms. Bethell, who was born and raised in Barbados, has been named in the limited-overs squad to tour the Caribbean in October
  
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• Chris Woakes: ‘Yes, I need to get better away from home. But my home record is bloody good’

  03-10-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  New leader of England’s Test attack is ready for the challenge of Pakistan after show of faith from Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes“It was after the Oval Test and Baz came over and said: ‘You’re in. You’ve had a great summer in terms of stepping up to lead the attack and I want your experience. I feel you can have a really positive impact on the other players, on and off the field. I can’t guarantee selection but we want you to fulfil that role for us this win
  
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• ‘She’s the brave one’: Alec Stewart eases Surrey workload to help care for his wife

  03-10-2024 10:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Former England captain to end spell as director of cricket Wife Lynn has had secondary breast cancer for 12 yearsAlec Stewart’s new role as high-performance cricket adviser at Surrey will significantly reduce his workload as he focuses on caring for his wife during her ongoing battle with cancer.The former England captain will end an 11-year spell as the club’s director of cricket at the end of the year in order to spend more time with his family. Continue reading...
  
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• Jafer Chohan a surprise inclusion for England’s white-ball tour to West Indies

  02-10-2024 19:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Spinner is a graduate of South Asian Cricket AcademyChohan is first SACA player named in any England squadYorkshire’s Jafer Chohan has received his first international call-up for England, with the leg-spinner a surprise inclusion on the white-ball tour of the Caribbean in October and November.
  Chohan’s selection is another note of success for the South Asian Cricket Academy (SACA): he is the programme’s first player to be named in an England squad. Warwickshire’s Dan Mou
  
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• Women’s T20 World Cup: England lose data edge but still hope to excel | Raf Nicholson

  02-10-2024 17:09 via theguardian.com
  
  The tournament’s late move from Bangladesh to the UAE has meant a year of preparation has gone down the drainEver had one of those nightmares where you study your socks off for an exam but when you show up to sit it, the paper in front of you isn’t the one you revised for? If so, you’ll have some sympathy with England’s predicament before the Women’s T20 World Cup which starts on Thursday: not in Bangladesh, as originally intended, but in the UAE.Twelve months ago,
  
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• Middlesex’s long-term future at Lord’s in doubt after failing to extend deal

  02-10-2024 13:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Tenancy agreement with MCC due to expire this yearCounty have played at ground since 1864Middlesex’s future at Lord’s is in doubt with the club failing to secure a long-term extension of a tenancy agreement with the MCC that expires this year. After months of negotiations with the ground’s owners, Middlesex are close to agreeing a 12-month contract that will ensure most of their matches are played at the home of cricket next summer, but the club’s long-term future is unce
  
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• Middlesex’s future at Lord’s in doubt after failing to agree long-term deal

  02-10-2024 13:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Tenancy agreement with MCC due to expire this yearCounty have played at ground since 1864Middlesex’s future at Lord’s is in doubt with the club failing to secure a long-term extension of a tenancy agreement with the MCC that expires this year. After months of talks with the ground’s owners, Middlesex are close to agreeing a 12-month contract that will ensure most of their matches are played at the home of cricket next summer, but the club’s long-term future is uncertain.T
  
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• The Spin | County Championship 2024 awards: the final word on the season

  02-10-2024 11:07 via theguardian.com
  Surrey won Division One yet again, but more counties get a look-in – for reasons great and farcical – in these awardsThe 2024 County Championship season dribbled to an end on Sunday afternoon, handshakes taken as early as was polite, while the autumn roared in. It was the longest Championship season on record – stretching from 5 April to 29 September – finishing with the favourites, Surrey, easing to victory with one round to go and Sussex winning Division Two on the fina
  
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• The team spirit in the sky for D'Oliveira's Pears

  01-10-2024 16:10 via bbc.com
  
  Worcestershire captain Brett D'Olivieira highlights the Josh Baker factor as part of the 'team spirit' that inspired the Pears' season.
  
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• Robinson sets sights on Ashes tour next year

  01-10-2024 16:04 via bbc.com
  
  Sussex's Ollie Robinson has his sights set on a return to Test cricket for England and an Ashes series victory in Australia next year.
  
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• Adair 'reaping dividends' for hard work - Stirling

  01-10-2024 15:53 via bbc.com
  
  Ireland captain Paul Stirling says Ross Adair's improvement is "really exciting" after the opener hit a superb maiden T20 century in Sunday's victory over South Africa in Abu Dhabi.
  
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• England opener Crawley extends Kent contract

  01-10-2024 13:40 via bbc.com
  
  England opener Zak Crawley signs a contract extension with Kent until the end of the 2025 season.
  
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• Teenage seamer Moore signs new Derbyshire deal

  01-10-2024 11:56 via bbc.com
  
  Derbyshire fast-bowling prospect Harry Moore is staying at the club until at least 2027 after signing a new three-year contract.
  
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• Record-breaking India beat Bangladesh to seal series

  01-10-2024 11:48 via bbc.com
  
  India complete a remarkable seven-wicket win over Bangladesh on the final day of a rain-hit second Test to seal a 2-0 series victory.
  
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• Season 'disappointing' despite trophy - Alleyne

  01-10-2024 11:13 via bbc.com
  
  Gloucestershire head coach Mark Alleyne says the club's season has been "massively disappointing" despite winning the T20 Blast.
  
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• Your essential guide to the ICC Women's T20 World Cup

  01-10-2024 09:59 via bbc.com
  
  The Women's T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates starts on 3 October - here's everything you need to know about the ninth edition.
  
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• Adam Hollioake: ‘I walked out on cricket 20 years ago. I want to be back’

  01-10-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Former Surrey skipper is back at the Oval, coaching and leaning on his experience of grief to help a club in mourningBy Melinda Farrell for Wisden Cricket MonthlyAdam Hollioake, mischief never far from the surface, offers a classic one-two combination to the question of why Surrey are so successful. “Because we’re the best. And the most humble.”He breaks into his laconic, deep-throated chuckle. It’s good to hear him laugh in the midst of a summer marked by a tragedy which
  
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• Hampshire owners have Southern Brave 'intention'

  30-09-2024 19:47 via bbc.com
  
  After completing their takeover of Hampshire, GMR Group aim to take control of Hundred franchise Southern Brave, says Rod Bransgrove.
  
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• Remodelled Bell adds extra pace and swing

  30-09-2024 18:20 via bbc.com
  
  England fast bowler Lauren Bell explains how she has managed to add extra pace and swing as a result of remodelling her bowling action.
  
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• ‘Game changer’ Phoebe Litchfield rediscovers the fun – and form follows | Nicole Jeffery

  30-09-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Fatigue eroded the explosive young Australia batter’s form earlier this year but a break has her in good shape heading into the T20 World CupHere is a story that says a lot about cricket’s next generation star, Phoebe Litchfield.When she was 16 and a relative newcomer to the Sydney Thunder in the WBBL, Litchfield decided to play a prank on a newly-arrived “rookie” on the team, who happened to be the England captain Heather Knight. Continue reading...
  
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• Lancs need experience to bounce back - Benkenstein

  30-09-2024 16:06 via bbc.com
  
  Lancashire head coach Dale Benkenstein says the team needs more experience to fight for promotion back to Division One next year.
  
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• England head for Pakistan hoping to remain ‘unscathed’ by packed schedule

  30-09-2024 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Test squad fly out just two days after ODI series endsFirst of three Tests in Pakistan starts on 7 OctoberMarcus Trescothick hopes England emerge from a sardine-tin start to the winter “unscathed” as he and seven players bounce from a cold, damp one-day series defeat against Australia straight into the 40C heat of Pakistan.The Test squad departs for Multan on Tuesday just 48 hours after the 50-over decider in Bristol on Sunday, with Trescothick, the interim head coach for this side b
  
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• Hampshire agree 'dream' takeover by IPL group

  30-09-2024 15:02 via bbc.com
  
  Delhi Capitals co-owners The GMR Group complete a takeover of County Championship club Hampshire.
  
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• Delhi Capitals owner buys majority stake in Hampshire CCC for £120m

  30-09-2024 14:43 via theguardian.com
  Historic deal creates first foreign-owned cricket countyHampshire chair ‘absolutely certain’ others will followRod Bransgrove, Hampshire’s chairman, has hailed a “landmark” £120m deal to sell the club to the owners of the IPL’s Delhi Capitals and has predicted other counties will follow suit.The deal makes GMR Group the first overseas owners of an English county cricket team. Bransgrove is confident they will not be the last. “This is a landmark oc
  
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• Outgoing Gibson proud of fixing 'broken' Yorkshire

  30-09-2024 13:44 via bbc.com
  
  Yorkshire head coach Ottis Gibson leaves after three seasons, having guided the county back into Division One of the County Championship.
  
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• Worcestershire retire Baker's shirt number 33

  30-09-2024 13:05 via bbc.com
  
  Worcestershire retire the shirt number 33 - worn by Josh Baker - in tribute to the left-arm spinner who passed away in May aged 20.
  
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• County cricket talking points: joy at Glamorgan and Yorkshire as season slips away

  30-09-2024 13:05 via theguardian.com
  Yorkshire replace Lancashire in Division One of the Championship, with Glamorgan winning the One-Day CupBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogEven the weather gods seemed irritated by the scheduling of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup Final, rained off on the Sunday and held over to the reserve day, a miserable, back-to-school, Monday if ever there was one. Continue reading...
  
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• Somerset must develop 'mental robustness' - Kerr

  30-09-2024 11:21 via bbc.com
  
  Somerset need "mental robustness" says head coach Jason Kerr, after they end 2024 with four losses in all competitions.
  
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• Bears must draw breath and stay strong - Robinson

  30-09-2024 10:44 via bbc.com
  
  Warwickshire head coach Mark Robinson says his team need to "draw breath and come back strong" after a "difficult" season at Edgbaston.
  
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• Australia learned lessons on white-ball tour of England – for good and ill | Geoff Lemon

  30-09-2024 06:49 via theguardian.com
  The touring side acquired useful knowledge over the course of the T20 and ODI series but failed to find out more about some newer playersIn the end, it was a strange way to end a strange white-ball tour. Steve Smith captaining a one-day match in Bristol in place of Mitchell Marsh, who was captaining in place of Pat Cummins, but whose previous absence in a T20 had been filled by Travis Head. Matt Short replacing Marsh as opener, having been replaced by Marsh a match earlier, after replacing Marsh
  
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• Australia gear up for Women’s T20 World Cup defence with win over England

  30-09-2024 00:27 via theguardian.com
  Australia 163-6; England 129 (19.4 overs) | Australia win by 33 runsBeth Mooney hits 30-ball half century to set platform for victoryAustralia warmed up for the defence of their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup crown with a 33-run victory over England. Beth Mooney grabbed a half-century as Australia came out on top in Dubai, a good sign as they look to make it four consecutive titles in this tournament.Having been put into bat, the Australians made 162-6 from their 20 overs with Beth Mooney givin
  
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• The five issues facing McCullum as England's white-ball coach

  29-09-2024 22:09 via bbc.com
  
  Captaincy, the future of Ben Stokes and Joe Root, the openers and the other issues facing Brendon McCullum as England's incoming white-ball coach.
  
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• Ireland record maiden T20 win over South Africa

  29-09-2024 21:41 via bbc.com
  
  Mark Adair hits a century as Ireland record their first T20 international win over South Africa at the seventh attempt.
  
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• Worcestershire’s Leach bows out on a high while Yorkshire batters feast – as it happened

  29-09-2024 21:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Surrey and Sussex received their divisional winners’ trophies while Worcestershire’s Joe Leach said farewell and Yorkshire topped 700And another – Roderick run out inelegantly. Worcs 26-3.This country diary has an end of season elegiac feel. Continue reading...
  
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• England lose to Australia in T20 World Cup warm-up

  29-09-2024 19:45 via bbc.com
  
  England are beaten by defending champions Australia in their first Women's T20 World Cup warm-up.
  
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• Australia beat England by 49 runs (DLS) to win fifth men’s ODI and series – as it happened

  29-09-2024 19:39 via theguardian.com
  
  England collapsed after a spectacular start with the bat as Australia won the ODI series decider on a rainy day in Bristol2nd over: England 17-0 (Salt 16, Duckett 1) Ben Duckett gets off the mark less flamboyantly, with a nudge to leg for a single off Hazlewood. Salt is beaten again, perilously close to the off bail, as Hazlewood finds a classic length and some movement off the seam. But Salt hits back with a lofted square drive. He already has four fours, which is one more than ten of the Aussi
  
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• Australia beat misfiring England and the rain to seal ODI series victory in Bristol

  29-09-2024 19:34 via theguardian.com
  5th ODI: Australia, 165-2, bt England, 309, by 49 runs (DLS)England collapse from 202-2 to 309 all outDespite a spot of time-wasting towards the end, the rain arrived three minutes too late to rescue ­England. Australia were ahead on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern calculations when it came and, with just enough overs bowled to ensure a result, the ­tourists went on to claim a 3-2 series win and snuff out any debate about the moral victors of this one.Rebooted before the first game between the
  
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• Australia beat England by 49 runs (DLS) to win fifth men’s ODI and series – live

  29-09-2024 18:58 via theguardian.com
  England collapsed after a spectacular start with the bat as Australia won the ODI series decider on a rainy day in Bristol2nd over: England 17-0 (Salt 16, Duckett 1) Ben Duckett gets off the mark less flamboyantly, with a nudge to leg for a single off Hazlewood. Salt is beaten again, perilously close to the off bail, as Hazlewood finds a classic length and some movement off the seam. But Salt hits back with a lofted square drive. He already has four fours, which is one more than ten of the Aussi
  
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• Short smashes 'monstrous' six out of ground

  29-09-2024 18:29 via bbc.com
  
  Watch Australia's Matthew Short smash a stunning six off England bowler Matthew Potts in the fifth ODI at Bristol.
  
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• 'It's a haymaker!' - Duckett hits century against Australia

  29-09-2024 17:56 via bbc.com
  
  Watch the best shots from England's Ben Duckett after reaching a century from 86 balls in the fifth ODI against Australia at Bristol.
  
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• England set Australia 310 to win fifth men’s ODI and series – live

  29-09-2024 16:05 via theguardian.com
  Live updates from final ODI of series in Bristol, tied 2-2England’s female cricketers land 30% pay rises | Mail Rob2nd over: England 17-0 (Salt 16, Duckett 1) Ben Duckett gets off the mark less flamboyantly, with a nudge to leg for a single off Hazlewood. Salt is beaten again, perilously close to the off bail, as Hazlewood finds a classic length and some movement off the seam. But Salt hits back with a lofted square drive. He already has four fours, which is one more than ten of the Aussie
  
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• Watch: Brook smashes three sixes in over

  29-09-2024 14:44 via bbc.com
  
  Watch the moment England captain Harry Brook hits three brilliant sixes in an over off Adam Zampa during the fifth ODI against Australia.
  
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• Worcestershire v Lancashire, Essex v Surrey: county cricket final day – live

  29-09-2024 13:41 via theguardian.com
  Latest from around the grounds on final day of the seasonShare your thoughts with Tanya via emailAnd another – Roderick run out inelegantly. Worcs 26-3.This country diary has an end of season elegiac feel. Continue reading...
  
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• England v Australia: fifth and decisive men’s cricket one-day international – live

  29-09-2024 13:40 via theguardian.com
  Live updates from final ODI of series in Bristol, tied 2-2England’s female cricketers land 30% pay rises | Mail Tim2nd over: England 17-0 (Salt 16, Duckett 1) Ben Duckett gets off the mark less flamboyantly, with a nudge to leg for a single off Hazlewood. Salt is beaten again, perilously close to the off bail, as Hazlewood finds a classic length and some movement off the seam. But Salt hits back with a lofted square drive. He already has four fours, which is one more than ten of the Aussie
  
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• 'What a delivery!' - England's Jacks bowled for a duck

  29-09-2024 13:15 via bbc.com
  
  Watch England's Will Jacks departs for a four-ball duck after being bowled by Aaron Hardie during the fifth ODI against Australia in Bristol.
  
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• Players who withdraw from IPL to be banned for two years

  29-09-2024 13:02 via bbc.com
  
  Players who pull out of the IPL at short notice will be banned from taking part in the following two seasons in a new rule introduced to the T20 league.
  
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• Pakistan have high hopes Test series with England will help calm the chaos

  29-09-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Poor performances and turbulence at the PCB have left the team desperate to follow their visitors’ comeback exampleWhen the imminent Test series against England was described as “a momentous occasion for Pakistan cricket” by the team’s coach, Jason Gillespie, he was not being hyperbolic. The players will gather in Multan on Monday desperate not just to win three games of cricket, but to cast off the stench of chaos and crisis that is hanging over them with ever-increasing
  
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• The best photos from the summer of cricket

  29-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As another summer of cricket in the UK comes to the end, BBC Sport work with Getty Images to pick the best images from the past few months.
  
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• Lancashire relegated as Yorkshire seal promotion: county cricket – as it happened

  28-09-2024 20:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Lancashire’s fate was sealed against Worcestershire at New Road while Yorkshire booked their top-tier returnAs Essex toy with the Champs, 232-1; Somerset have a lead of 110 thanks to some biffing from Gregory; Alex Lees is flaying Kent around, Durham 136-1; and Notts fail to collect a fifth batting point but pile on the runs 438-8.A guard of honour for Joe Leach by his teammates, the sun burning down with autumnal vigour, the cathedral smiling. But the first wicket comes not in Leach&rsquo
  
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• Budinger makes career-best against Derbyshire

  28-09-2024 20:13 via bbc.com
  
  Sol Budinger scores a career-best 87 as Leicestershire reach 264-8 on day three of their rain-hit Championship game against Derbyshire.
  
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