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• Charlotte Edwards: Former England captain named Hampshire director of women's cricket

  16-04-2018 20:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Former England captain Charlotte Edwards is appointed as Hampshire's new director of women's cricket.
  
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• County Championship: David Wiese hits century as Sussex draw with Warwickshire

  16-04-2018 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Sussex's South African David Wiese makes the first Championship century of 2018 to help his side draw with Warwickshire.
  
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• County cricket: Yorkshire v Essex washed out as Notts beat Lancs – as it happened

  16-04-2018 18:29 via theguardian.com
  Play was abandoned at Headingley without a ball being bowled but Nottinghamshire beat Lancashire by six wickets as Sussex drew at WarwickshireEssex gripe after four-day Headingley washout5.29pm BST And it is all over at Edgbaston too: Match drawn.So here is your final scoreboard for the round: 5.09pm BST And Warwickshire go into the lead! 79/3. Handshakes soonish? 5.05pm BST Apropos of nothing at all, check out who are coming to Canterbury in the summer. My second ever gig, behind Tanita Tikaram
  
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• Former Middlesex fast bowler in immigration limbo for seven years

  16-04-2018 17:43 via theguardian.com
  Richard Stewart came to the UK in 1955 and paid taxes for five decades but is having problems getting a British passportRichard Stewart was 10 when he moved from Jamaica to London in 1955 to live with his older sister, who was working in the UK as a nurse. His skills as a fast bowler were spotted when he was at school, and in 1966 he was signed up to play cricket for Middlesex.More than 50 years later, Stewart is facing problems with his immigration status because he does not have a British pass
  
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• IPL 2018 LIVE stream: Watch Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils online and on TV

  16-04-2018 17:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS face Delhi Daredevils in the IPL today - so how can you watch it live?
  
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• Essex gripe after four-day Headingley washout of Yorkshire game

  16-04-2018 16:28 via theguardian.com
  • ‘We haven’t seen any work, no Super Sopper, no forking’
  • Yorkshire say machinery would have made conditions worseRyan ten Doeschate has criticised Yorkshire’s lack of action after the opening match in Essex’s defence of the County Championship was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Monday – the first four-day washout in history at Headingley.The Essex captain bemoaned the fact there had not been any work done on the problem area of the Headi
  
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• Ben Stokes: ‘I lived every moment of the Ashes ... I was just as gutted’ | Ali Martin

  16-04-2018 14:59 via theguardian.com
  The England all-rounder recalls his emotional England return after missing the series defeat in Australia, and explains why playing in the IPL is not about the moneyIt’s 6pm at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. A drowsy sun has already slunk below the stands, kites glide overhead and after three hours of intense training in the heat, where he has batted twice, thundered in with the ball for the first time in weeks and stayed late to work on his flying boundary catches, Ben Stokes strol
  
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• County Championship: Promoted Worcestershire well beaten by Hampshire

  16-04-2018 14:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Hampshire pacemen Kyle Abbott and Fidel Edwards bowl out Worcestershire as they win by 196 runs at Southampton.
  
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• County Championship: Gloucestershire beat Kent by five wickets

  16-04-2018 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Gloucestershire score the 47 runs needed to beat Kent by five wickets, despite a mini-collapse at Canterbury.
  
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• Notts win after skittling Lancashire for 73

  16-04-2018 14:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Nottinghamshire beat Lancashire on their return to Division One following an incredible morning session at Old Trafford.
  
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• County cricket: Yorks v Essex washed out, Lancs v Notts and more – live!

  16-04-2018 13:36 via theguardian.com
  Brilliance of Harris drives Middlesex to win over NorthantsSign up to The Spin and get our weekly cricket emailAnd feel free to email Tanya or tweet @tjaldred 12.36pm BST And a suggestion from Neil Harris:If the weather makes fixtures such a lottery in April. Why not have the first two fixtures as the home and away reverse. That way the two teams involved get two tickets to the lottery, 1 home, 1 away #countycricket @tjaldred 12.34pm BST In the two remaining matches... at Southampton Worcestersh
  
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• Yorkshire and Essex abandoned without ball bowled

  16-04-2018 12:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Yorkshire and Essex's County Championship match at Headingley is abandoned without a ball bowled because of a wet outfield.
  
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