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• Azhar shines in final Pakistan warm-up before England Test

  20-05-2018 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Azhar Ali top scores as Pakistan draw with Leicestershire in their final game before this summer's two-match Test series in England.
  
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• Defending champions Mumbai Indians miss out on IPL play-offs

  20-05-2018 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Defending champions Mumbai Indians fail to reach the play-off stage of the Indian Premier League after defeat by Delhi Daredevils.
  
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• Pakistan and blunted Mohammad Abbas toil to draw with Leicestershire

  20-05-2018 20:33
  • Pakistan 321-9dec, Leics 226-6, match drawn
  • Mohammad Amir absent from warm-up for England TestsAs preparations for their forthcoming two-Test series against England go, taking three wickets in the first 72 overs against what amounted to a county second XI is unlikely to fill Pakistan with confidence.It is true that their main strike bowler, Mohammad Amir, was unavailable, protecting the recurring knee injury which forced him to leave the field in the Test against Ireland last 
  
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• Azhar Ali says Pakistan attack can hurt England in first Test

  20-05-2018 20:33
  • Pakistan 321-9dec, Leics 226-6, match drawn
  • Mohammad Amir absent from warm-up for England TestsWith Pakistan getting ready for the first Test on Thursday Azhar Ali believes they can take 20 England wickets at Lord’s.The opener, who hit 73 on Saturday, said: “Good bowlers always take advantage of early-summer conditions and we have good bowlers.” He added: “That’s the way we’re thinking. We want to play attacking cricket, we want to take 20 wicket
  
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• One-Day Cup: Northants beat Nottinghamshire by 49 runs

  20-05-2018 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  One-Day Cup holders Notts Outlaws suffer their first white-ball defeat of 2018 as they are beaten by Northamptonshire.
  
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• One-Day Cup: Hildreth best earns Somerset win over Glamorgan

  20-05-2018 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  James Hildreth hits a career-best 159 as Somerset beat Glamorgan by 83 runs to earn their second One-Day Cup win.
  
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• One-Day Cup: Jeetan Patel stars as Bears beat Yorkshire at Headingley

  20-05-2018 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Warwickshire skipper Jeetan Patel takes four wickets as the Bears beat Yorkshire in the One-Day Cup at Headingley.
  
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• One-Day Cup: Paul Stirling leads Middlesex to win over Kent

  20-05-2018 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Paul Stirling hits a century as Middlesex beat Kent by 70 runs to register their first One-Day Cup win of 2018.
  
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• One-Day Cup: Alex Davies hits first one-day century as Lancashire hammer Durham

  20-05-2018 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Alex Davies hits his first one-day century as Lancashire beat Durham by 192 runs in Manchester.
  
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• Dom Bess is fresh-faced but will not be wide-eyed in first Test for England

  20-05-2018 16:00
  Bess is set to make his Test debut against Pakistan at Lord’s but his old mentors insist the 20-year-old will ‘just get on with it’The rise of Dom Bess has been staggeringly swift. On Thursday, if the sun keeps shining, he will, at the age of 20, become a Test cricketer after playing only 16 first-class matches in his life. Yet two or three weeks ago he was pondering whether it might be a good idea to see if he could go out on loan from Somerset as there was little incentive fo
  
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• England v Pakistan can be the healthy distraction the ECB so craves

  20-05-2018 11:00
  English cricket may be in a state of flux (or crisis), but the visits of Pakistan, India and Australia should provide genuine exhilaration on the international stage this summerCome Thursday there will be that unique hum of excited conversation around the stands at Lord’s. The ground will look a picture, the sun should be shining and when the two decorously blazered captains make their way to the middle for the toss all will seem well with the cricketing world. This may be a veneer of cont
  
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• IPL 2018 DD vs MI LIVE stream: How to watch Indian Premier League online

  20-05-2018 09:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE IPL is reaching the crunch stage with only one playoff places up for grabs - so how can you watch today's action?
  
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• Ireland’s test of character leaves Kevin O’Brien confident they can compete | Andy Bull

  20-05-2018 09:30
  Century-maker proud of team’s grit in first five-dayer against Pakistan but says new blood is needed to cement progressThe O’Brien boys used to play at the Ashes in the back garden. During the summer they would stage long one-on-one Test matches, each always taking the same part. Back then Niall was a batsman whose hero was Steve Waugh, so he would be Australia, and Kevin was a bowler who idolised Darren Gough, so he’d be England. “That’s where I learned the game, i
  
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• Eight killed in bomb attack on cricket match in Afghanistan

  20-05-2018 05:05
  Dozens also injured after four blasts at a stadium in Jalalabad, with two explosions apparently aimed at people fleeing the first bombsEight people have been killed and dozens more wounded by multiple explosions at a cricket match in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, officials said. The blasts occurred after evening prayers on Friday at a football stadium that was hosting a cricket match at the start of the holy month of Ramadan, Sohrab Qaderi, a member of the provincial council, said.Relate
  
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• Dom Bess learns from Graeme Swann as he continues to impress for Somerset

  20-05-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  THEIR careers may have developed at a contrasting pace but Dom Bess plans to waste no time in tapping into the expertise of Graeme Swann at Lord’s this week.
  
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