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• Bright lights of Test cricket reveal contrasting paths of Lathwell and Bess | Andy Bull

  05-06-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Two Devonshire cricketers who made their Test debuts 25 years apart have intertwined stories but very different first experiences of international cricketSome shots linger, so that years later you can still see their shape, hear their sound, when about everything else has faded. Mark Lathwell hit a lot of those in his early years. There’s one in particular his old team-mate Neil Burns can still see, from the summer of 1992. A pull off Courtney Walsh that “disappeared like a tracer bu
  
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• Neville Southall as a source of hope | Brief letters

  05-06-2018 18:18 via theguardian.com
  Manchester town hall | Funeral ads | Atheist appeals to God | Neville Southall | Dom BessWhile I am broadly in agreement with Simon Jenkins about the government getting it wrong on urban renewal in the regions (Relocating a few TV execs won’t revive our northern cities, 1 June), he is out of touch himself when he suggests that ministers could commandeer Manchester town hall while the Palace of Westminster is refurbished. Our town hall is itself being refurbished and won’t reopen unti
  
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• The Spin | In the footsteps of their ancestors: Aboriginal XI begin celebratory tour | Tanya Aldred

  05-06-2018 15:39 via theguardian.com
  Attitudes have changed since the first Indigenous team arrived on these shores from Australia in 1868 and the tour that began at Arundel now contains internationals and a women’s teamWhen Australia’s first cricketing tourists arrived on these shores in 1868, the English media were less than welcoming. The Times described the tourists as “the conquered natives of a convict colony” and a “travestie upon cricketing at Lord’s”. The Daily Telegraph expressed
  
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• Afghanistan vs Bangladesh LIVE stream: How to watch second T20 online

  05-06-2018 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  AFGHANISTAN will look to seal the series against Bangladesh today as they contest the second T20 and here’s how you can watch the action.
  
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• County cricket talking points: Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott roll back the years

  05-06-2018 13:19 via theguardian.com
  Ian Bell hit an unbeaten 145 before his Warwickshire team-mate Jonathan Trott went one better with two centuries in three daysBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket Blog
  Warwickshire joined Worcestershire at the top of the North Group, the Bears and the Pears enjoying a good competition. After Jeetan Patel’s men had allowed Durham to recover from 54-3 after 15 overs to set a target of 300, thanks to centuries from Michael Richardson and Will Smith, they knew that a decent batting effort away
  
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• Bold choices and a change of mood: how Ed Smith has performed so far

  05-06-2018 12:20 via theguardian.com
  England’s new national selector has made a positive start with a modest reboot but being ruthless when requiredVictory, and clarity Ed Smith’s first Test in charge left him badly needing a win in the second match. He helped secure it by keeping faith with 10 of his first XI while showing a necessary ruthlessness by dropping Mark Stoneman (just as he had with James Vince). “Mark,” Smith said, “has experienced a disappointing start to the season and had a difficult Te
  
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• England cricket quiz: Can you name England's Test wicket takers from 2015-2018?

  05-06-2018 07:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Following England's convincing win against Pakistan in the second Test, take this quiz to see how well you remember England's Test wicket-takers since 2015.
  
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• Terrible one week, brilliant the next - why are England so inconsistent?

  05-06-2018 07:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Terrible one week, brilliant the next, it has become impossible to predict the form of England's Test side. Simon Hughes, the Analyst, assesses why.
  
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• Australian cricketers push for Indigenous Big Bash round

  05-06-2018 06:42 via theguardian.com
  D’Arcy Short and Dan Christian keen on conceptBBL does not have a specific round, unlike AFL and NRLAustralia’s leading Indigenous cricketers are pushing for their cultures to be celebrated during a stretch of the Big Bash League. D’Arcy Short, who is poised to make his ODI debut this month, and Dan Christian, currently in England as part of the squad marking the 150th anniversary of the 1868 Aboriginal team that toured the UK, are among those to have discussed the concept. Rel
  
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• Jos Buttler insists he can juggle Test and T20 cricket after impressive England display

  05-06-2018 01:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  JOS BUTTLER is confident he can juggle his resurgent Test career with commitments as a globe-trotting T20 superstar.
  
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