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• 'Cut the bull out and pick your best players' - Botham supports Rashid call-up

  27-07-2018 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Sir Ian Botham backs leg-spinner Adil Rashid's inclusion in England's Test squad to play India this summer.
  
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• Kohler-Cadmore fires Yorkshire to victory over Bears

  27-07-2018 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch highlights of Tom Kohler-Cadmore's fantastic innings as he helps Yorkshire to a 31-run victory over the Birmingham Bears in the T20 Blast at Headingley.
  
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• Rashid plays in Yorkshire win, Guptill hits 35-ball ton - T20 Blast round-up

  27-07-2018 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  England spinner Adil Rashid takes 1-19 to help Yorkshire win a rain-affected T20 Blast match with Birmingham Bears.
  
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• India plans for Test series disrupted as Shikhar Dhawan gets second duck

  27-07-2018 19:18
  • India 395 and 89-2; Essex 359-8 dec
  • KL Rahul likely to replace opener in first Test against EnglandIndia’s plans for next week’s first Test against England have been disrupted by concerns over the form of Shikhar Dhawan after the opener was dismissed for a second duck in this warm-up match against Essex. Dhawan was expected to partner Murali Vijay at the top of the order for the start of the five-Test series at Edgbaston before he returned a pair in this drawn three-day
  
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• Jonny Bairstow: Yorkshire will be chuffed at Adil Rashid’s Test call-up

  27-07-2018 19:00
  • Leg spinner voices doubt over Headingley future after furore
  • ‘If they don’t see value in me, I have to think about the future’Jonny Bairstow believes the Yorkshire hierarchy will be secretly “chuffed” at Adil Rashid’s Test call-up despite the leg spinner accusing them of being disrespectful towards him in their public response to the news.Rashid’s return for Wednesday’s series opener with India highlighted the current impasse that has
  
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• Diamonds implode chasing Thunder's 135 target

  27-07-2018 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch highlights as Yorkshire Diamonds' batting line-up collapses chasing the 135 target set by Lancashire Thunder at Headingley.
  
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• India's batting concerns highlighted by Essex

  27-07-2018 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  The India top order fails to shine as rain ends their tour match with Essex shortly after tea on the final day at Chelmsford.
  
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• Lancashire Thunder get first KSL win in nearly two years

  27-07-2018 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Lancashire Thunder claim their first Kia Super League win since August 2016 by beating Yorkshire Diamonds at Headingley.
  
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• Parliament Boycott could be a winner | Brief letters

  27-07-2018 17:41
  Dad’s Army | Cricketing leaders | Heatwave | Morris Minors | Collective name for SantasHuw Wheldon, then MD of BBC, confessed that, at a rehearsal of Dad’s Army (Mark Lawson, 25 July) he knew that “we had a disaster on our hands”. At the coffee break, all was revealed. Huw had assumed John Le Mesurier (tall and languid) was to be the officer and Arthur Lowe (short and bouncy) the sergeant. The opposite was, of course, the essential joke. Comedy is a serious business.
  John
  
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• From Imran Khan to George Weah - seven sports stars who became politicians

  27-07-2018 17:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Former cricketer Imran Khan has won Pakistan's general election, but which other sports stars have switched careers to politics?
  
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• Inner-city cricket: meet the devotees nurturing the game’s grassroots

  27-07-2018 16:49
  Amateur cricket faces an uncertain future but amid the disquiet there are reasons to remain optimistic“Will this actually do anything?” It is a sincere question posed by a senior member of the Lutonians Cricket Club but one that contains so much exasperation it may as well be rhetorical. Theirs is a story trying to avoid a bitter ending.Originally a cricket club associated with Vauxhall Motors, the closing of the factory 20 years ago meant that if members wanted to keep playing, they
  
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• Public must be told true reasons for Adil Rashid’s differences with Yorkshire | Jason Gillespie

  27-07-2018 16:47
  Rashid’s decision to play red-ball cricket for England but not his county has caused a stink and now we should be informed exactly what is behind this standoffAdil Rashid’s selection by England for the first Test with India has caused one hell of a stink. But until he and Yorkshire go public on the true reasons why he currently does not want to play four-day cricket for the club, so much of the criticism flying around will be ill-informed.Because let’s be honest, it’s pre
  
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• Vaughan comments on England Test selection are stupid - Rashid

  27-07-2018 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  England spinner Adil Rashid says former captain Michael Vaughan's comments about his selection for the Test team "do not matter".
  
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• 'Can I wear a mankini instead?' - Lord's relaxes dress code for T20 Blast match

  27-07-2018 12:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Lord's relaxes its typically strict dress code for the T20 Blast match between Middlesex and Hampshire - and it caused quite a stir.
  
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• Australia coach Justin Langer handed sweeping selection powers

  27-07-2018 02:06
  Langer joins Greg Chappell and Trevor Hohns on panelMark Waugh, who resigned in May, not replaced New Australian cricket coach Justin Langer has been handed sweeping powers in a shake-up of the selection panel.Langer will join Greg Chappell and Trevor Hohns on the full-time selection panel with Mark Waugh, who resigned in May, not being replaced. Related: Banned Steve Smith still rated world's best batsman by ICCContinue reading...
  
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• England cricket news: Yorkshire SLAM England selectors over Adil Rashid call up

  27-07-2018 01:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  YORKSHIRE have slammed England’s decision to hand Adil Rashid a Test recall, insisting the controversial move delivers a blow to the county game.
  
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