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• T20 Blast: Tom Moores' back-to-back sixes seal knockout win for Notts

  17-08-2018 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Tom Moores hits back-to-back sixes to send Notts through to the T20 Blast quarter-finals after victory over Yorkshire at Headingley.
  
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• T20 Blast: Umpire Neil Bainton takes a tumble during the match between Yorkshire and Notts

  17-08-2018 20:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch umpire Neil Bainton take a comedic fall during the T20 Blast match between Yorkshire and Notts.
  
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• Curran makes way for Stokes but England set for more of the same | Vic Marks

  17-08-2018 19:57
  The spotlight will be on the all-rounder at Trent Bridge, where swing and England’s fine record mean the third Test and series against India may be wrapped up before WednesdayTrent Bridge, some green grass, a first autumnal chill in the air plus the sudden appearance of news reporters who seldom show so much interest in Test cricket.Everyone knows what to expect. Ben Stokes’s every move, every grimace and smile will be minutely monitored; so, too, the reception he receives when he co
  
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• Virat Kohli says India must show fight to save the series at Trent Bridge

  17-08-2018 18:31
  • India captain says batting must improve with side 2-0 down
  • Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant may come into starting XIThe joke going around Lord’s last week was that Virat Kohli’s struggles with a bad back were the result of having to carry the Indian batting lineup. After all, their chief problem across the two Tests to date has not been hard to diagnose, with the next highest score after Kohli’s 149 and 51 at Edgbaston an unbeaten 33 from their No 8, Ravi Ash
  
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• Joe Root: 'You don't want to leave someone like Ben Stokes out' – video

  17-08-2018 17:45
  Ben Stokes has been recalled to face India in the third Test at Trent Bridge. England’s Joe Root explained that it was one of his ‘most difficult decisions’ as captain. Sam Curran is omitted from the side Continue reading...
  
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• The Ben Stokes affair: a dismal tale of power without responsibility | Barney Ronay

  17-08-2018 16:51
  No English cricketer has got so rich so fast but the all-rounder’s figures do not add up to a career as successful as it should beA few months ago a study was published warning against the use of hand dryers in public lavatories because of the high density of airborne human waste particles. Turning on a hand dryer hugely accelerates the rate at which these circulate the room. So, to take a topical example, when Madonna lingers sensually over the jet from a hot-air dryer in the iconic video
  
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• Ben Stokes back for England v India in one of Root’s ‘most difficult selections’

  17-08-2018 14:11
  • All-rounder back for third Test of five-match series• Sam Curran makes way and ‘wasn’t delighted’ when toldJoe Root restored Ben Stokes for the third Test with India after a one-on-one meeting that convinced him the talismanic all-rounder is now ready to put recent legal troubles behind him and get back to performing on the field. Related: Virat Kohli says India must show fight to save the series at Trent Bridge Not since 13 August 1955 has a Test in England started
  
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• Ben Stokes back for England v India in one of Root’s ‘most difficult decisions’

  17-08-2018 14:11
  • All-rounder back for third match of series at Trent Bridge
  • Sam Curran makes way in team despite strong displaysBen Stokes has been recalled to the England team facing India in the third Test at Trent Bridge, captain Joe Root confirmed.Stokes joined up with his teammates after the jury at Bristol crown court on Tuesday delivered a unanimous verdict of not guilty over his charge for affray. Stokes was cleared of wrongdoing, along with co-defendant Ryan Ali, nearly 11 months on from t
  
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• Smriti Mandhana: ‘I’m lucky. If I get or don’t get runs, I’m just trying to enjoy my cricket’

  17-08-2018 13:42
  India’s star batter quickly put the disappointment of last year’s World Cup final defeat by England behind her and is lighting up this season’s Kia Super League with Western StormFour years ago Smriti Mandhana was a bespectacled 18-year-old embarking on her first tour of England. Nobody knew her name. Now, having become the first Indian to play in the Kia Super League, she is the story of the tournament. Related: How life has changed for England’s women one year after Wor
  
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• Ben Stokes brought back in for his own wellbeing, says Bayliss – video

  17-08-2018 13:04
  England head coach Trevor Bayliss expects Ben Stokes to issue a public apology after he was cleared of affray. Speaking ahead of Saturday’s third Test against India Bayliss added the decision was made for Stokes’s wellbeingTrevor Bayliss expects Ben Stokes to issue public apology over Bristol brawl Continue reading...
  
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• Durham sign banned Australia opener Cameron Bancroft for 2019 season

  17-08-2018 12:36
  • Batsman involved in ball-tampering scandal in South Africa• ‘I am grateful for the opportunity and I can’t wait to get over’Durham have signed Cameron Bancroft, the ball-tampering opening batsman who received a nine-month domestic ban by Cricket Australia this year.Bancroft, who will join as their overseas player for 2019, was found guilty of attempting to manipulate the condition of the ball on day three of the third Test against South Africa on 24 March. Related:
  
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• Durham on the defensive after signing Cameron Bancroft for 2019 season

  17-08-2018 12:36
  • Chief executive says Australian is ‘an outstanding young man’• Bancroft serving ban for role in ball-tampering scandalThe Durham chief executive, Tim Bostock, has insisted the club has signed “an outstanding young man” after handing the disgraced Australia batsman Cameron Bancroft a chance to rehabilitate himself.The 25-year-old Bancroft, who is serving a nine-month domestic ban from Cricket Australia for his involvement in the ball-tampering scandal in South
  
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• Angela Williamson to take Cricket Australia dismissal to federal court

  17-08-2018 07:22
  CA says Williamson, who was fired after campaigning for abortion services, rejected new job The high-profile case of a woman sacked by Cricket Australia after she used social media to criticise the Tasmanian government over a lack of abortion services is headed to court, her lawyer says.Kamal Farouque of Maurice Blackburn said Angela Williamson would take her fight to the federal court after a conciliation hearing at the Fair Work Commission on Friday failed. Related: Cricket Australia accused o
  
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