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• Championship round-up: Ollie Pope century helps Surrey keep faith

  11-05-2018 21:40
  • Young batsman turned match round against Yorkshire
  • Lancashire dismiss Division One leaders Notts for 133In the youngster Ollie Pope Surrey have a batsman to watch. The 20-year-old scored his third hundred in 10 first-class matches to turn day one against Yorkshire on its head following a sticky start on an unusually green-tinged pitch.At 69 for four and 162 for six either side of lunch Surrey were struggling after Joe Root’s decision to let the toss go uncontested and bowl fi
  
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• IPL: Jos Buttler hits highest T20 score as Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai

  11-05-2018 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  England's Jos Buttler hits his highest Twenty20 score to help Rajasthan Royals to victory in the Indian Premier League.
  
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• England Test hopeful Gubbins shines for Middlesex

  11-05-2018 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  England Test hopeful Nick Gubbins is out for 99 as Gloucestershire take three late wickets to threaten Middlesex's dominance.
  
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• 'I had to do my GSCEs in prison' - how an ex-convict is using cricket to educate children

  11-05-2018 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Tanayah Sam tells BBC Sport how he uses cricket as a way to help educate children away from a life of crime.
  
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• 'I had to do my GCSEs in prison' - how an ex-convict is using cricket to educate children

  11-05-2018 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Tanayah Sam tells BBC Sport how he uses cricket as a way to help educate children away from a life of crime.
  
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• County cricket: Surrey v Yorkshire, Somerset v Hampshire and more – as it happened

  11-05-2018 19:50
  The leaders Nottinghamshire were skittled by Lancashire while the in-form Ollie Pope hit another century for Surrey on the first day of the latest round of matches 6.49pm BST Here are your scores on the doors at stumps:Division One: 5.51pm BST Play has just been abandoned for the day at Taunton with Hampshire 198 for eight. It’s hard to assess the worth of that score. But I’m fairly sure that Somerset will be relieved since they bowled so poorly in the first session before Tom Abell&
  
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• County Championship: Glamorgan bowlers on top at Leicester

  11-05-2018 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Glamorgan dominate day one at Leicester, reaching 82-0 after bowling the home side out for 191 despite Neil Dexter's 87.
  
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• Seamers put Lancashire in control at Trent Bridge

  11-05-2018 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Lancashire bowl out County Championship leaders Nottinghamshire for 133, before closing on 157-4 at Trent Bridge.
  
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• County Championship: Matt Henry strikes late for Kent against Sussex at Canterbury

  11-05-2018 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Kent fast bowler Matt Henry takes 3-24 as Sussex finish day one at Canterbury 69-4 in reply to the hosts' 215.
  
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• County Championship: Wayne Madsen puts Derbyshire on top against Durham

  11-05-2018 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Derbyshire recover from a cluster of wickets after lunch to end the first day of their Championship game with Durham on top.
  
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• County Championship: Worcestershire bowl Essex out for 177 on day one

  11-05-2018 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  England's Alastair Cook top-scores with 37 but Essex are bowled out cheaply by Worcestershire on day one at New Road.
  
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• Crook and Bracewell rescue Northants against Bears

  11-05-2018 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Steven Crook and Doug Bracewell's eighth-wicket stand of 122 keeps Northamptonshire in contention on day one at Edgbaston.
  
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• Pope century gives Surrey the edge over Yorkshire

  11-05-2018 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Ollie Pope's unbeaten century helps Surrey take the edge against Yorkshire on day one of their County Championship match.
  
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• Abell's wickets give Somerset advantage against Hampshire

  11-05-2018 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Somerset captain Tom Abell takes 3-18 to help reduce Hampshire to 198-8 on a rain-affected first day at Taunton.
  
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• Ireland lose £75,000 after historic first day of Test cricket is washed out

  11-05-2018 18:01
  • Not even a coin toss for Test against Pakistan
  • Ireland chief executive calls Test cricket a ‘loss leader’After years of waiting, nothing came. Ireland’s first day of Test cricket, against Pakistan, was a washout. It passed without even so much as a coin toss to watch. The players skulked around in the pavilion, the groundstaff scurried around the outfield, the crowd huddled in the bars, and the Super Soppers turned lazy circles around the covers. Related: Ireland
  
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• Ireland v Pakistan: Raining on Ireland's Test parade

  11-05-2018 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The first day of Ireland's long-awaited Test debut is rained off without a ball being played.
  
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• Jason Gillespie: Australia in 'safe hands' with Justin Langer as head coach

  11-05-2018 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Jason Gillespie says new Australia head coach Justin Langer is the perfect choice to rebuild the team's tarnished reputation.
  
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• Ireland v Pakistan: Day one of inaugural Test rained off

  11-05-2018 16:50 via bbc.co.uk
  No play is possible on day one of Ireland's inaugural Test against Pakistan because of persistent rain and strong winds in Dublin.
  
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• Losing my cricket religion but can novelty of baseball fill the gap? | Matthew Engel

  11-05-2018 16:45
  As Britain’s summer sport continues its slump from sublime to ridiculous, the narrative and brevity of its US cousin increases in appealA sporting series of astonishing power, passion, tension and intensity was played out in New York this week. Baseball’s great traditional rivals, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, played three games that each swung violently. Finally – while Britain slept on Friday morning – the Sox, having lost two, clung on breathlessly for a con
  
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• County cricket: Surrey v Yorkshire, Somerset v Hampshire and more – live!

  11-05-2018 12:03
  Join our team of writers for updates from around the grounds on day one of the fifth round of Championship matchesSign up for The Spin, our weekly cricket emailWeekly talking points: Notts are threatening to emulate Essex11.03am BST Bit of a surprise here, as Yorkshire opt for an uncontested toss and elect to bowl first. As expected, Alex Lees has come into their team in place of Gary Ballance, while Josh Shaw has come in for the injured Ben Coad, who misses out with an ankle problem. Dean Elgar
  
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• Broad beats six million players in fantasy football game

  11-05-2018 08:13 via bbc.co.uk
  England cricketer Stuart Broad tops the Fantasy Premier League table for the week, beating almost six million players from around the world.
  
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• Ricky Ponting to become face of Australia's free-to-air cricket coverage

  11-05-2018 03:09
  Former Test captain signs deal with Seven NetworkSeven will show Test matches and most Big Bash gamesRicky Ponting has signed a deal with the Seven Network to be the face of their new cricket coverage.
  It is understood the deal will still allow Ponting, who is currently in India coaching the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League, to fit coaching around his commentary commitments.Related: Australia captain Tim Paine expects hostile crowds in EnglandContinue reading...
  
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