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• Somerset’s Steve Davies and Jack Leach fend off Matt Parkinson for draw

  07-05-2018 21:27
  • Lancashire leg-spinner’s career-best fails to force win
  • Notts go top of First Division with win over HampshireOn a scorching day in Manchester, as the swifts arrived from the south, Somerset batted all day until the teams shook hands at ten to five. There was a fifty for Steve Davies and an unbeaten 66 for Jack Leach – his highest first‑class score – as Somerset overcame a post-lunch quiver to finish on 269 for eight declared.There were five w
  
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• County cricket: Durham record historic win over Leics, Notts beat Hants – as it happened

  07-05-2018 19:25
  Durham won their first ever Championship game having followed on after a remarkable turnaround against Leicestershire 8.44pm BSTRelated: Somerset’s Steve Davies and Jack Leach fend off Matt Parkinson for draw7.30pm BST Close of play round-upDivision one 6.11pm BST High five! Dab! Floss! or whatever it is the kids are doing now, to Durham. What a cracking end to another fascinating four days of cricket. Thanks for reading - time for a well-deserved sundowner and something salty in the sun w
  
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• Durham beat Leicestershire after following on

  07-05-2018 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  James Weighell's 7-32 helps Durham beat Leicestershire and win after following-on for the first time ever in the Championship.
  
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• Six wickets for Surrey teenager Virdi in draw with Worcestershire

  07-05-2018 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Worcestershire avoid defeat for the first time this season after Surrey's teenage spinner Amar Virdi takes 6-105.
  
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• Leach best helps Somerset to draw at Lancashire

  07-05-2018 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Jack Leach scores a career-best 66 to help Somerset to a draw on the final day against Lancashire at Old Trafford.
  
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• Amla's ton in vain as Championship leaders Notts beat Hampshire

  07-05-2018 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Leaders Nottinghamshire clinch a third win in four Division One games, despite Hashim Amla's century for Hampshire.
  
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• Pakistan v Northamptonshire: Tourists secure nine-wicket victory

  07-05-2018 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Imam ul-Haq and Haris Sohail hit unbeaten half-centuries to guide Pakistan to a nine-wicket victory over Northamptonshire on the final day of their second tour match.
  
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• Brown steers Sussex to victory over Middlesex at Hove

  07-05-2018 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Sussex skipper Ben Brown makes an unbeaten 65 to see his side to a three-wicket win over Middlesex at Hove.
  
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• County cricket: Lancs v Somerset, Notts v Hampshire and more - live!

  07-05-2018 13:49
  Follow live updates from the final day of Championship gamesNottinghamshire set Hampshire 469 to winFeel free to email your thoughts to Tanya here 12.49pm BST And as I send that Durham lose a third, Clark for 25, and Sussex a fourth, van Zyl for 45 and GOSH! a fifth. Luke Wright c and b Cartwright for a duck. Sussex 125 for 5: 105 to win.12.43pm BST Hampshire are wobbling:161 for 5 - Amla 40 not out but Rossouw c Wessels b Broad 7 - need 308 more to win. Sussex were cruising but just lost Briggs
  
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• IPL 2018 table LIVE: Latest points as the Sunrisers Hyderabad go top again

  07-05-2018 08:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE IPL is the most lucrative cricket tournament in the world and will see the eight franchises play each other twice to determine who will finish top of the table in its preliminary stages.
  
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