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• Alastair Cook ready for England ‘mourning period’ but rules out return

  05-09-2018 23:00
  • Retiring opener insists he will not be tempted back to Tests
  • Cook: ‘It’s final – I’ve done my bit for England’Alastair Cook expects to enter a period of mourning once his Test career comes to an end at the Oval but the opener has already ruled out being talked back into the whites of his country in future, insisting: “I have done my bit.”Speaking before his 161st and final Test starting on Friday, a match in which Joe Root’s side will
  
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• Lancashire snatch tie with Somerset in County Championship thriller

  05-09-2018 21:15
  • Pitch under fire as Maharaj and Onions skittle Somerset for 77
  • Rikki Clarke puts leaders Surrey on top against EssexIn an improbable 18-wicket, jaw-clencher of a day at Taunton, the game between Lancashire and Somerset ended in a tie just after tea. With Somerset 77 for eight and scores level, first Dom Bess was stumped, unable to resist the call of the big shot, then Jack Leach was caught at deep-midwicket, from a desperate swipe off Keshav Maharaj. It was the first championship m
  
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• County cricket: Somerset thriller with Lancashire ends in tie – as it happened

  05-09-2018 21:14
  A sensational match ended in a tie at Taunton but questions will be asked about the pitch, while Kyle Abbott took a hat-trick for Hampshire 8.24pm BSTRelated: Lancashire snatch tie with Somerset in County Championship thriller8.14pm BST Lancashire 99 (M J Leach 5-28) & 170 (S J Croft 51, M J Leach 7-74)
  v Somerset 192 (L Gregory 64 no, K A Maharaj 4-65)
  & 77 (K A Maharaj 7-37)
  Somerset (11pts) tied with Lancashire (11pts) 7.43pm BST Have more wickets fallen in a Championship day? Probabl
  
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• County cricket: Somerset thriller with Lancashire ends in tie – live!

  05-09-2018 17:49
  Keep up with all the action across both divisionsAndy Bull: England with a big post-Cook hole to fillYou can email Tanya, tweet her, or leave a comment 4.49pm BST And in other news, typically lovely piece on Alastair Cook by Vic and nice BBC radio interview where Cook says how important it is for him to play well for Essex over the next three years. Also this: “Clearly the responsibility for the people in charge is to protect Test cricket as it is very special” Related: Alastair Cook
  
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• Alastair Cook - Cricket has changed for the better

  05-09-2018 17:17 via bbc.co.uk
  England's all-time leading Test run scorer Alastair Cook says cricket has "changed for the better" since he started playing the game.
  
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• Sam Curran draws IPL interest after England heroics against India

  05-09-2018 16:04
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore among teams linked to Curran
  • All-rounder’s decision may depend on World Cup prospectsSam Curran’s stunning emergence for England this summer has attracted a raft of interest among the Indian Premier League’s cash-rich teams and the question now is whether the Surrey all-rounder puts himself forward for next year’s auction.A number of franchises – including Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore – are understoo
  
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• Cook signs new three-year Essex deal after England retirement

  05-09-2018 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Alastair Cook signs a new three-year contract with Essex after announcing his retirement from England duty.
  
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• Alastair Cook: England opener 'cried' as he told team-mates of retirement

  05-09-2018 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Alastair Cook says he cried as he told the England team he was retiring from international cricket, a decision he had been considering for six months.
  
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• Quiz: Can you name England's 25 Test players in the past year?

  05-09-2018 10:20 via bbc.co.uk
  England have made plenty of changes to their Test team in the past 12 months. How many players can you remember?
  
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• Quiz: Can you name England's 25 Test players in past year?

  05-09-2018 10:20 via bbc.co.uk
  England have made plenty of changes to their Test team in the past 12 months. How many players can you remember?
  
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