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• Alastair Cook says ‘dreams come true’ after 33rd and final Test century

  10-09-2018 21:42
  • Cook makes 147 in fifth Test against India
  • ‘To top it off with a score here is just incredible’In the end there was time for one last Chef special. On an emotional fourth day at the Kia Oval one of England’s greatest cricketers, Alastair Cook, signed off from his record-breaking international career with a 33rd Test century that proved to him dreams can come true.It could not have been scripted better. With 15 minutes to go before lunch Cook reached three figures
  
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• 'It's been an 18-month process' - Cook reflects on retirement after Oval ton

  10-09-2018 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Alastair Cook says his retirement from international cricket has been an "18-month process" after he ended his Test batting career with a century.
  
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• A Viking farewell for Alastair Cook, England’s unflashy seducer of the crowds | Barney Ronay

  10-09-2018 21:24
  Alastair Cook is a genuine sporting great, a genius at the hard art of unshowy resistance – it is hard to think of another English player who has had a goodbye quite like thisIn France they call it an English Goodbye, the kind of goodbye where a guest at a party slips off discreetly without saying a word to avoid the protracted business of hugs and kisses and handshakes. On a still September day in south-east London Alastair Cook was offered whatever the opposite of this is, the English To
  
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• Jimmy Anderson stops just short of stealing Alastair Cook’s limelight | Andy Bull

  10-09-2018 20:46
  The old conjurer’s two wickets against India tied him with Glenn McGrath in the pantheon but his time will comeAfter 15 years and 30,000 balls, two of the last three wickets Jimmy Anderson needed came in a rush. Late on Monday afternoon, he took two in four balls, and drew up level alongside Glenn McGrath on the all-time list, with 563 altogether. The two of them are equal, now, for at least these few hours, as the most successful fast bowlers in the history of Test cricket. Soon enou
  
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• England v India highlights: Alastair Cook hits century and James Anderson equals Glenn McGrath record

  10-09-2018 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  England take complete control of the fifth Test against India on a remarkable fourth day at The Oval.
  
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• County Championship: Hughes impresses but Northants fight back against Derbyshire

  10-09-2018 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Strugglers Northants recover from two poor sessions to end day one on a high at home to Derbyshire.
  
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• County cricket: Somerset slip up at Hants, Lancs on top of Yorks – as it happened

  10-09-2018 20:18
  Worcestershire 288-6 at close of play against title-chasing Surrey, Lancashire 105 for 0 after Yorkshire are all out for 209 8.39pm BST Mid-September: long shadows, short days – and a jangle of wickets. A very loud jangle – a racket perhaps – 116 in all – during a day of hapless batting, swing and nip around the shires. With only three rounds left in this year’s County Championship, points means prizes. In the Roses relegation battle at Headingley, Tom Kohler-Cadmor
  
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• County cricket: Somerset slip up at Hants, Lancs on top of Yorks

  10-09-2018 20:18
  Worcestershire 288-6 at close of play against title-chasing Surrey, Lancashire 105 for 0 after Yorkshire are all out for 209 7.58pm BST Division OneYorkshire 209 all out;Lancashire 105/0
  Somerset, 106 all out; Hampshire 142/9
  Nottinghamshire 177 all out; Essex 133/5
  Worcestershire 288/6; Surrey 7.18pm BST Well, what a day was that - 116 wickets (some sort of record?) and just the two centuries - Dom Sibley, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, raise your bats. Somerset’s slip-up at The Ageas Bowl puts the
  
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• County Championship: Dom Sibley ton helps Warwickshire outplay Leicestershire

  10-09-2018 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Warwickshire vice-captain Dom Sibley hits 106 as the Bears bowl out Leicestershire for 100, then reach 190-3.
  
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• County Championship: Notts fight back after poor start against Essex

  10-09-2018 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Nottinghamshire fight back against Essex after being bowled out for 177 on day one at Trent Bridge.
  
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• Alastair Cook makes farewell century as England take control of fifth Test

  10-09-2018 19:50
  • Fifth Test, day four: England 332 & 423-8dec; India 292 & 58-3
  • Anderson draws level with Glenn McGrath on 563 Test wicketsThe Oval was the place to be. For those who crave records, and cricket fans tend to like them, they came and went with the frequency of ticket touts on the Harleyford Road; for those who like a touch of melodrama there was the fall of three wickets in the final session in the space of six balls at the start of India’s final innings of the tour. Two
  
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• County Championship: Somerset stumble against Hampshire

  10-09-2018 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Nineteen wickets fall as Hampshire edge day one against Somerset, who see their slim hopes of a first title fade further.
  
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• Cook, Anderson & Root put England in control on historic day at The Oval

  10-09-2018 19:24 via bbc.co.uk
  England take complete control of the fifth Test against India on an astonishing fourth day at The Oval, thanks to Alastair Cook and James Anderson.
  
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• County Championship: Kent edge into first-innings lead over Middlesex

  10-09-2018 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Darren Stevens shines with bat and ball as Kent edge into a first-innings lead against Middlesex at Lord's.
  
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• England v India: Cook hits farewell hundred in fifth Test – as it happened

  10-09-2018 19:13
  Alastair Cook makes 147 in final Test innings before Jimmy Anderson leaves India in trouble chasing 464 with a day to play 6.53pm BST Vic Marks’s report from the Oval: Related: Alastair Cook makes farewell century as England take control of fifth Test6.13pm BST The end of a magical day for England. It has all been said: they couldn’t have scripted it better. Cook was superb from the moment he walked out this morning, completing a classy century in his final Test innings. Root joined
  
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• County Championship: Payne and Miles put Glos on top v Glamorgan

  10-09-2018 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Gloucestershire seamers Craig Miles and David Payne shoot Glamorgan out for just 137 in Cardiff, with the visitors reaching 133-5 in reply.
  
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• County Championship: Worcestershire resist against title-chasing Surrey

  10-09-2018 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Ross Whiteley makes 91 as Worcestershire reach 288-6 on the opening day against leaders Surrey at New Road.
  
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• County Championship: Lancashire dominate despite Tom Kohler-Cadmore century

  10-09-2018 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Lancashire bowl out Yorkshire for 209 in the Roses match at Headingley despite Tom Kohler-Cadmore's unbeaten 105.
  
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• England v India: Virat Kohli dismissed for a golden duck by Stuart Broad

  10-09-2018 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Virat Kohli is out for a golden duck, edging behind a Stuart Broad delivery as India lose three early wickets chasing 464 to beat England in the fifth Test at The Oval.
  
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• County Championship: Sussex dominate despite rain-shortened day against Durham

  10-09-2018 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Sussex reduce Durham to 92-7 despite only 27.3 overs being possible because of rain on day one at the Riverside.
  
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• Watch: 'India are queuing up to say well done'

  10-09-2018 16:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch the moment Alastair Cook is dismissed for 147 and leaves the ground to a standing ovation in the fifth Test against India at The Oval.
  
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• Alastair Cook makes farewell century in fifth England v India Test – live!

  10-09-2018 15:57
  County cricket – live! Join Tanya Aldred for the latest
  The Spin: sign up and get our weekly cricket emailAnd feel free to email your thoughts to Rob 2.57pm BST 94th over: England 321-2 (Cook 147, Root 125) Another nasty delivery, this time from Jadeja, hits the elbow of Cook en route to leg slip. Jadeja thought it was off the glove; it wasn’t. This pitch is now a bit of a bunsen. 2.54pm BST 93rd over: England 319-2 (Cook 146, Root 124) Vihari gets one to kick nastily at Root, who ta
  
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• England v India: How many of Alastair Cook’s Test opening partners can you name?

  10-09-2018 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  As Alastair Cook calls time on an incredible international Test career with England, how many of his Test opening partners can you name?
  
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• Foraging pigs and a departing Cook: Monday's best photos

  10-09-2018 15:32
  The Guardian’s picture editors bring you photo highlights from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Alastair Cook reaches century in his final Test innings

  10-09-2018 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch the moment Alastair Cook reaches a century in bizarre circumstances during his final innings before retiring from international cricket.
  
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• Alastair Cook brings up CENTURY in last Test in most BIZARRE way you will EVER see

  10-09-2018 13:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  ALASTAIR COOK brought up a century in his final Test in the most bizarre way possible today - after benefiting from five overthrows!
  
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• England v India: Alastair Cook closes on farewell century in fifth Test – live!

  10-09-2018 13:15
  County cricket – live! Join Tanya Aldred for the latest
  The Spin: sign up and get our weekly cricket emailAnd feel free to email your thoughts to Rob 12.15pm BST 61st over: England 188-2 (Cook 78, Root 67) Cook, beaten earlier in the over by Shami, waves a single to move to within 22 OF A CENTURY IN HIS FINAL TEST OH MY GOD IT’S JUST DAWNED ON ME HOW CLOSE HE IS I CAN’T BREATHEICAN’TEFFINGBREATHE.Root, meantime, pulls Shami for four to move to his favourite number. 12.10p
  
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• County cricket: Middlesex v Kent, Worcs v Surrey and more – live!

  10-09-2018 13:07
  County cricket talking points: prepare for epic relegation battleEngland v India: fifth Test, day four – live! Follow our OBO reportAnd you can email Tanya, tweet @tjaldred or post below the line 12.07pm BST Middlesex lose another, alas Malan, for 16, a second for Stevens. Middx: 69/4. And some lovely news about Rahul Dravid - Matt Henry’s rival as Kent’s favourite ever overseas player?Wonderful to read of how Hanuma Vihari called Rahul Dravid the day before his debut. That is
  
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• Alastair Cook mocked by Jimmy Anderson in brilliant ‘off-camera’ footage you MUST see

  10-09-2018 12:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  ALASTAIR COOK has been mocked by Jimmy Anderson in hilarious ‘off-camera’ footage that you simply MUST see.
  
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• England v India: Alastair Cook reaches half-century in his final Test innings

  10-09-2018 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Alastair Cook reaches a half-century against India with a four in his final Test match before international retirement.
  
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• County cricket talking points: prepare for an epic relegation battle

  10-09-2018 11:49
  With just three rounds of fixtures to play in Division One, six of the eight teams are fighting to stay upBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogSomerset need one run to keep their title hopes alive; Lancashire need two wickets to help them with their fight against relegation. “Bill Beaumont. What happened next?” It had been an extraordinary match played on a pitch that attracted some strong words from Paul Allot, Lancashire’s director of cricket (not an entirely disintereste
  
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• England v India: fifth Test, day four – live!

  10-09-2018 11:00
  Alastair Cook begins day at crease in final England inningsThe Spin: sign up and get our weekly cricket emailAnd feel free to email your thoughts to Rob 9.10am BST Morning! Great sportsmen write their own scripts - but they rarely have much say in the final scene. Donald Bradman, Muhammad Ali, Phil Taylor and Usain Bolt are among those whose goodbyes were accompanied by the unfamilar sensations of anticlimax and relative failure. The sporting gods are cold, hard, captain-of-industry types. They
  
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