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• T20 Blast: Fan celebrates brilliant crowd catch as Glamorgan beat Surrey

  31-07-2018 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  A fan takes a brilliant crowd catch from Craig Meschede's six as Glamorgan chase chase down 195 to beat Surrey by four wickets in the T20 Blast at The Oval.
  
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• Carlson stars in Glamorgan victory - round-up & videos

  31-07-2018 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Youngster Kiran Carlson scores his maiden T20 half-century as Glamorgan beat Surrey while Yorkshire cruise past Leicestershire.
  
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• T20 Blast: Glamorgan's Aneurin Donald gifts Surrey boundary with 'horror fielding'

  31-07-2018 21:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Glamorgan's Aneurin Donald allows the ball to slip through his hands and legs to gift Surrey a boundary on the last ball of their T20 Blast innings at The Oval.
  
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• India's Virat Kohli says he has nothing to prove in England Test series – video

  31-07-2018 21:16
  Virat Kohli brushed off talk of having to prove his batting ability on English soil in the five-match test series starting at Edgbaston. The India captain struggled to make an impact when he last toured England in 2014, scoring 134 runs in 10 innings, but has since emerged as one of the most reliable batsmen in the world across all three formats of the game. ‘I’m not in a frame of mind to prove myself in any country, I just want to perform for the team,’ the 29-year-old told a
  
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• England v India: Joe Root calls backlash against Adil Rashid ‘unfair’ – video

  31-07-2018 21:16
  Joe Root hopes he is inheriting the Test-match skills of Adil Rashid at the perfect time. The England captain confirmed his fellow Yorkshireman will be the sole spinner to take on India in the first Test at Edgbaston on Wednesday. Root spelled out too that, contrary to some rumblings, he needed no persuading about Rashid's recall.He believes the furore in some quarters over Rashid's selection – despite his current white-ball only status – has been misplaced. "In terms
  
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• Jos Buttler’s star continues to rise with promotion to Test vice-captaincy

  31-07-2018 20:52
  • England opt to replace Jimmy Anderson for India series
  • Joe Root hoping to tap into ODI success in longer formatAt the start of the summer Jos Buttler was plying his trade in the Indian Premier League and one of England’s most gifted batsmen appeared to be locked into the gilded cage of white-ball specialism despite still harbouring hopes of a Test return.But with the national selector, Ed Smith, granting this wish for the two-match series against Pakistan, in a bold move that
  
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• More drama for Thunder as Storm stay top - Women's Super League highlights & round-up

  31-07-2018 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Lancashire Thunder earn another dramatic win as the top three all register victories in the Kia Super League.
  
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• England look to Adil Rashid for fast start in defining India Test series | Vic Marks

  31-07-2018 19:40
  Rashid has been chosen ahead of Moeen but the absence of his spin partner will make the Yorkshireman’s task trickier against Kohli’s world No 1 sideThe five Test series against India condensed into little more than six weeks will determine whether this is an annus horribilis or mirabilis for England. The drawn Test series against Pakistan was a disappointment although it was countered by ODI victories against Australia and India. But this is what will define England’s summer.Bo
  
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• Watch: Thunder claim thrilling win over Stars

  31-07-2018 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Lancashire Thunder edge a dramatic Women's Super League match against Surrey Stars at The Oval as Harmanpreet Kaur hits a six to seal victory with just one ball remaining.
  
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• Adil Rashid: Joe Root feels criticism of England spinner is 'slightly unfair'

  31-07-2018 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Captain Joe Root says Adil Rashid provides England with a "great attacking option" for the first Test against India, and that criticism of the spinner is "slightly unfair".
  
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• Virat Kohli: India captain does not feel need to prove himself against England

  31-07-2018 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  India captain Virat Kohli says he is focused on his team's prospects rather than his own form ahead of the first Test on Wednesday.
  
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• Rashid named in England team for first Test against India

  31-07-2018 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Adil Rashid is the only spin bowler in England's team to face India in the first Test at Edgbaston on Wednesday.
  
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• Here's an England XI to beat the all-time best chosen by the ECB's panel | The Spin

  31-07-2018 14:59
  Side chosen by 6,000 voters is no more than a hybrid, with three current players from a middling England team, two recent ones, and three Sky punditsWe cricket fans love a good selection, whether it’s Tom Graveney, summoned at 39 to have the time of his life, or Jos Buttler, flying in from the IPL to give today’s England more flair. We secretly love a bad selection too, as it gives us the chance to moan and mansplain. This summer, the process has become livelier still under a new sel
  
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• Joe Root confident he will get best out of Adil Rashid for England

  31-07-2018 14:14
  Rashid selected in team but no place for Moeen AliJos Buttler to become England’s new vice-captain
  Joe Root has backed himself to unlock Adil Rashid’s match-winning potential in Test cricket and expects his England side to deliver a significant statement in their series against the world’s No1 side, India, this summer.Rashid’s call-up for England’s 1,000th men’s Test match at Edgbaston has polarised opinion over the past week due to his refusal to play four-da
  
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• England pick Adil Rashid to face India in first Test – and leave out Moeen Ali

  31-07-2018 14:14
  Rashid to play as lone spinner in Edgbaston TestJos Buttler to become England’s new vice-captain
  Adil Rashid will play as the lone spinner for England in the first Test against India at Edgbaston, with Moeen Ali left out of the starting XI, the England and Wales Cricket Board has announced. Rashid, who was a controversial selection for the 13-man squad given he only plays white-ball and not four-day cricket for his county, Yorkshire, has been given the nod after England viewed the Edgbasto
  
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• Spirit of détente breaks out as England prepare for Test series with India

  31-07-2018 13:16
  Recent visits have been mired in controversy but Virat Kohli’s team will play four Tests and hopes are high for a return of the sporting values that once characterised the tourThe Maharajah of Porbandar was a better captain than batsman, a fact that, it has to be said, had very little to do with his leadership. The Maharajah was India’s leader on their very first Test tour of England, back in 1932.When it was over, the joke was that he’d bought more Rolls-Royces than he scored
  
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• Rashid's England return 'a stab in the chest' for county game

  31-07-2018 08:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Former England captain Michael Vaughan says Adil Rashid's Test return is a "stab in the chest" for county cricket.
  
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• England vs India: Alastair Cook backs Adil Rashid for Test series - 'he has MATURED'

  31-07-2018 01:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  ALASTAIR COOK has backed Adil Rashid to handle the pressure of a controversial return to red-ball cricket insisting he has “matured and improved” since his last Test.
  
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• England's greatest Test - which match did you pick as the best?

  31-07-2018 00:00 via bbc.co.uk
  As England prepare to play their 1,000th Test, which match did BBC Sport readers vote the greatest of all time?
  
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