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• Six years of change leave England with a big post-Cook hole to fill | Andy Bull

  04-09-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  The failure to find a partner for Alastair Cook after the retirement of Andrew Strauss means it is hard to know who will be the next pair to open for England in TestsThere is going to be a hole in the England Test team this winter and, since it is over 12,000 runs deep, it will take some filling. That is about 15% of all the team’s runs in the 12 years since Alastair Cook made his debut. After all that time his retirement feels like the ravens leaving the Tower. Everything is going to be t
  
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• County cricket roundup: Lancashire fall to Leach as Slater hits ton for Notts – as it happened

  04-09-2018 22:55 via theguardian.com
  Lancashire are in deep trouble in Division One against Somerset while Ben Stater’s 109 has Yorkshire struggling at Trent Bridge 9.55pm BST Lancashire are in deep trouble in Division One of the County Championship against Somerset at Taunton after again failing to fire with the bat.The England hopeful Jack Leach took five for 28 as the visitors were skittled for 99 on the first day. Somerset did initially struggle in reply, slipping to 97 for seven at one point, but a spirited unbeaten 64 f
  
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• Surrey’s Rory Burns hits 90 at Essex to give England selectors reminder

  04-09-2018 22:25 via theguardian.com
  • Surrey 256-4 v Essex
  • Batsman passes 1,000 runs a day after Alastair Cook’s decisionThe timing of Rory Burns, as it has been all season, was perfect as he became the first batsman this summer to pass 1,000 County Championship runs the a day after Alastair Cook announced his impending retirement from international cricket.Cook’s departure after this week’s final Test against India at the Oval will leave a chasm at the top of England’s order. No one will surely
  
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• County Championship: Bears rally against Durham with Jonathan Trott half-century

  04-09-2018 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Jonathan Trott makes an unbeaten 67 for Warwickshire on a truncated first day against Durham at Edgbaston.
  
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• County Championship: Billy Godleman rescues Derbyshire against Glamorgan

  04-09-2018 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Derbyshire captain Billy Godleman scores 95 as his side are bowled out for 251 by Glamorgan, who reach 20-0 at the close of day one.
  
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• Worcestershire slump after Barnard wickets

  04-09-2018 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Worcestershire slump to 68-4 against Hampshire after all-rounder Ed Barnard takes 6-50 in bowling out the visitors for 191.
  
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• Henry's 6-31 sees Kent roar back against Northants

  04-09-2018 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Matt Henry takes 6-31 to claw Kent back into contention against Northants as wickets tumble at Canterbury.
  
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• Notts newcomers Slater & Duckett shine against Yorkshire

  04-09-2018 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Ben Slater makes 109 and Ben Duckett hits 80 as Nottinghamshire reach 332-7 on day one against Yorkshire.
  
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• County Championship: 22 Somerset & Lancashire wickets fall on eventful first day

  04-09-2018 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Jack Leach takes seven of the 22 wickets to fall on day one at Taunton, where Somerset take command against Lancashire.
  
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• Burns' 90 puts leaders Surrey in charge against Essex

  04-09-2018 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Surrey captain Rory Burns passes 1,000 runs for the season to put the Division One leaders on top against holders Essex.
  
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• Alastair Cook set to sign new three-year Essex deal: county cricket – live!

  04-09-2018 17:30 via theguardian.com
  Updates from around the county groundsGet in touch with Chris on Twitter or below the lineVic Marks pays tribute to Alastair CookCounty cricket talking points: Surrey sniff title 4.28pm BST Surrey have 200 on the board at Chelmsford but have lost their third wicket, Dean Elgar bowled for 75 by spinner Simon Harmer. It’s still advantage the leaders you’d think but the reigning champions are showing some fight.That’s a characteristic Lancashire are showing plenty of too having ov
  
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• Virat Kohli and the greatest batting performances in a losing cause | The Spin

  04-09-2018 14:22 via theguardian.com
  It’s not unusual for a batsman to sit astride a series, atop a pile of runs, but it is unusual for them to do so from a losing positionOf all the records that Don Bradman holds, his dominance of the 1930 Ashes series is up there with the most unbreakable. That year Bradman scored 974 runs in five Tests, at an average of 139.14. That’s more than double the total of the next highest scorer, Herbert Sutcliffe, who got a piffling 436 at 87.2. And who knows how many runs Bradman would hav
  
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• England opt against new opener in squad for fifth Test with India

  04-09-2018 13:29 via theguardian.com
  • Chris Woakes and Ollie Pope named in party for the Oval
  • England openers unchanged despite Alastair Cook retirementEngland have resisted the temptation to blood a new opener in the final Test of the summer against India at the Oval despite the imminent retirement of Alastair Cook.It was thought that the selectors could have called up a possible successor to Cook, for whom the match will be his 161st and final Test, to assimilate them into the squad ahead of the winter tours of Sri L
  
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• England retain same batsmen for final Test against India

  04-09-2018 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  England keep faith with the same batsmen for the final Test against India, in what will be Alastair Cook's last international game.
  
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• County cricket: Essex v Surrey, Somerset v Lancashire and more – live!

  04-09-2018 12:24 via theguardian.com
  Updates from around the county groundsGet in touch with Chris on Twitter or below the lineVic Marks pays tribute to Alastair CookCounty cricket talking points: Surrey sniff title 11.24am BST England selector James Taylor has just turned up at Chelmsford and he appears to be keeping a keen eye on Rory Burns, who is currently 20 not out alongside Dean Elgar.Burns appears the frontrunner to replace Alastair Cook this winter and just a reminder England’s squad for the final Test against India
  
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• Alastair Cook had the will to harvest runs and stay at the top for years | Andy Bull

  04-09-2018 10:05 via theguardian.com
  Former England captain applied himself to run accumulation leading to brilliant performances in India and AustraliaThe very first ball Alastair Cook faced in Test cricket was short, wide and outside off. Of course he left it alone. He refused to play at either of the second and third, too. But the fourth he flicked to short-leg, the fifth he blocked and the sixth, which was short, he pulled fine for his first four runs. Already then, in those six balls, he showed the rudiments of the method that
  
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• What made 'super man' Cook an icon - and is he irreplaceable?

  04-09-2018 00:53 via bbc.co.uk
  England's highest Test run-scorer Alastair Cook will retire as "beacon for his sport", says former captain Graham Gooch.
  
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