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• Pakistan's Babar to miss rest of series with broken wrist

  25-05-2018 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Pakistan batsman Babar Azam is ruled out of the rest of the two-match series against England after breaking a wrist.
  
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• Indian Premier League: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Kolkata Knight Riders to reach IPL final

  25-05-2018 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  All-rounder Rashid Khan helps Hyderabad to a 13-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders and a place in Sunday's Indian Premier League final.
  
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• One-Day Cup: Varun Chopra's century helps Essex beat Somerset for second victory

  25-05-2018 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Essex opener Varun Chopra hits his one-day best 160 to help beat Somerset comfortably at Chelmsford.
  
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• England’s dropped catches not down to lack of training, says Jonny Bairstow

  25-05-2018 21:48 via theguardian.com
  • England dropped five chances on day two at Lord’s
  • ‘It’s not from practice. You’ve seen how much we have done’The tally of missed chances mounted up for England on the second day at Lord’s but a slightly prickly Jonny Bairstow was adamant after stumps that the five to go to ground during Pakistan’s first innings reply is not for a lack of effort in training.Joe Root’s side need a hugely improved second showing with the bat to retain an
  
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• England v Pakistan: Michael Vaughan questions Trevor Bayliss' tactics

  25-05-2018 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  England's problems against Pakistan at Lord's are "not doing a great deal" for coach Trevor Bayliss, says former captain Michael Vaughan.
  
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• Pint-sized TMS: England v Pakistan - Tourists take control of first Test at Lord's

  25-05-2018 20:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Pakistan close day two of the first Test against England at Lord's on 350-8 for a commanding lead of 166.
  
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• Absence of swing leaves Anderson and Broad as baffled as the scientists | Andy Bull

  25-05-2018 20:20 via theguardian.com
  Conditions looked perfect for the ball to dart around at Lord’s but England had to rely on the short ball for successNo one really knows why a cricket ball swings. It is a problem that foxes the finest scientific minds, as much of a conundrum as the true size of the universe, the life-span of a proton and quite why James Hildreth has never been picked for England.Oh, the mechanics of the movement are clear enough. That is all to do with what they call laminar flow, the way the air passes o
  
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• England v Pakistan: first Test, day two – as it happened

  25-05-2018 20:17 via theguardian.com
  Pakistan ended the second day at Lord’s with a 166-run lead and two first-innings wickets in hand 7.37pm BST Andy Bull on England’s swing problem: Related: Absence of swing leaves Anderson and Broad as baffled as the scientists | Andy Bull7.17pm BST News on Andrew Strauss’s temporary replacement: Related: Andy Flower will have wide-ranging roles as he stands in for Andrew Strauss6.49pm BST Here’s a quick bit of Mark Wood reaction, by way of parting gift:It was hard toil f
  
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• One-Day Cup: Derbyshire beat Leicestershire by five runs

  25-05-2018 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Derbyshire beat Leicestershire by five runs after a thrilling finish to a rain-affected One-Day Cup contest.
  
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• One-Day Cup: Denly stars as Kent beat Glamorgan by four wickets

  25-05-2018 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Kent captain Joe Denly hits 150 not out and claims four wickets as Kent beat Glamorgan in the One-Day Cup.
  
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• Pakistan batsmen build healthy Lord’s lead against frustrated England attack

  25-05-2018 19:44 via theguardian.com
  • England 184; Pakistan 350-8
  • Babar Azam top-scores with 68 but forced off injuredOn a grey day at Lord’s the situation grew grimmer for the home side. The pattern of the game was sustained as Pakistan outplayed England by dint of solid, unspectacular, old-fashioned virtues. This is not how Pakistan are supposed to prevail. In the past the inspired, stream of consciousness cricket of Waqar and Wasim, Mushtaq and Qadir, and Anwar and Inzamam has enthralled and intimidated, depen
  
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• Patient Pakistan punish sloppy England - report & highlights

  25-05-2018 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Pakistan take a firm grip on the first Test against England by reaching 350-8 - a lead of 166 - on the second day at Lord's.
  
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• One-Day Cup: Middlesex beat Sussex after Paul Stirling century

  25-05-2018 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Paul Stirling hits his second century in six days as Middlesex beat Sussex by 74 runs at Hove in the One-Day Cup.
  
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• One-Day Cup: Durham beat Worcestershire on DLS method

  25-05-2018 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Durham beat Worcestershire via the DLS method, despite totalling only 209 in a rain-hit game at Gosforth.
  
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• One-Day Cup: Lancashire-Warwickshire group game abandoned in Blackpool

  25-05-2018 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Only 50 balls are bowled in Blackpool as Lancashire's One-Day Cup group game with Warwickshire is abandoned.
  
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• Andy Flower will have wide-ranging roles as he stands in for Andrew Strauss

  25-05-2018 17:45 via theguardian.com
  • Flower will attend England selection meetings this summer
  • ‘I will be taking a back seat, asking challenging questions’Andy Flower will sit in on England selection meetings and be involved in the recruitment of Ed Smith’s deputy after taking over as the national team’s cricket director for the summer.The former England head coach, who has replaced Andrew Strauss while he takes a spell of leave as his wife, Ruth, has cancer treatment, will also head player dis
  
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• One-Day Cup: Gloucestershire v Hampshire group game rained off in Bristol

  25-05-2018 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Gloucestershire's day-night One-Day Cup game against Hampshire is washed out in Bristol without a ball being bowled.
  
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• 'Domestic structure hampers England's Test side'

  25-05-2018 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The structure of domestic cricket hampers England's chances of winning Tests away from home, says acting director of cricket Andy Flower.
  
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• One-Day Cup: Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire abandoned without any play

  25-05-2018 16:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Yorkshire's One-Day Cup game against Notts is abandoned without any play because of rain at Headingley.
  
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• England v Pakistan: Ben Stokes dismisses Asad Shafiq for 59

  25-05-2018 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Ben Stokes dismisses Asad Shafiq for 59 as England look to make inroads during the afternoon session on day two of the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's.
  
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• Ex-England opener Carberry 'relieved of Leicestershire captaincy'

  25-05-2018 15:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Paul Horton is named Leicestershire captain after ex-England opener Michael Carberry is relieved of the role.
  
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• England v Pakistan: Mark Wood removes Haris Sohail

  25-05-2018 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Mark Wood dismisses Haris Sohail for 39 as England struggle to take wickets on the second morning of the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's.
  
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• A rookie’s day out at Lord’s: is cricket best appreciated slowly? | Amy Lawrence

  25-05-2018 12:45 via theguardian.com
  As a self-confessed cricket agnostic, something simpler to understand appeals but I’m in the minority among Test fans in the Edrich Stand for England v PakistanNeehan Khaunte is into the final few hours of a family holiday in London, and best has unquestionably been saved til last. This 13-year-old from Goa cannot believe where he is, and what he is watching. Wearing an England cricket shirt, he is sitting in the lower tier of the Edrich Stand at Lord’s, his face fixed in a beatific
  
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• Steve Smith & David Warner: Banned Australia pair set to play in Canadian league

  25-05-2018 09:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Australia captain Steve Smith will return to cricket as a marquee player at the Global T20 Canada league, with David Warner also expected to play.
  
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• Steve Smith to return to cricket in Canadian T20 tournament

  25-05-2018 02:10 via theguardian.com
  Former Australia captain named as marquee playerGlobal T20 Canada begins next monthSteve Smith’s comeback to cricket has begun, with the suspended former Australia skipper named as a marquee player in Canada’s T20 league, where he will join fellow international stars, including Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi in the six-team tournament beginning on 28 June. Related: Former Australia captain Belinda Clark gets influential ICC roleContinue reading...
  
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