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• Ten-team top tier for restructured County Championship

  31-10-2018 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The County Championship will see three teams promoted and one relegated next year to create a 10-team top tier from 2020.
  
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• Sri Lanka bowling coach Zoysa charged with match-fixing

  31-10-2018 14:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Sri Lanka bowling coach Nuwan Zoysa is charged with match-fixing by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
  
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• Jos Buttler ‘feared the worst’ after Sri Lankan fielder hit on head by ball

  31-10-2018 14:39
  • Pathum Nissanka hospitalised after being hit on helmet by ball
  • Sri Lanka Board XI 392-9 dec: England 365-7. Match drawnThese contests – to use a euphemism for the cricket on show at the Nondescripts ground – are always messy, disjointed affairs and that was most certainly the case on Wednesday. With each side playing a minimum of 14 players there is no meaningful outcome to a match that is denied any status. So Joe Root did not hit his 24th first-class century here even
  
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• Jos Buttler ‘feared the worst’ after shot hit Sri Lankan fielder on the head

  31-10-2018 14:39
  • Pathum Nissanka taken to hospital after ball struck helmet
  • Sri Lanka Board XI 392-9 dec: England 365-7. Match drawnThese contests – to use a euphemism for the cricket on show at the Nondescripts ground – are always messy, disjointed affairs and that was most certainly the case on Wednesday. With each side playing a minimum of 14 players there is no meaningful outcome to a match that is denied any status. So Joe Root did not hit his 24th first-class century here even tho
  
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• Matt Walker: Kent head coach signs two-year contract extension

  31-10-2018 14:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Kent head coach Matt Walker signs a two-year contract extension with the newly promoted Division One side.
  
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• I feared worst over Nissanka head injury - Buttler

  31-10-2018 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  England's Jos Buttler says he "feared the worst" when Sri Lanka fielder Pathum Nissanka was struck on the helmet by his shot.
  
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• Sri Lanka v England: Joe Root scored century but Ben Stokes and Pathum Nissanka injured in warm-up

  31-10-2018 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  England captain Joe Root scores a century on the second and final day of England's warm-up match in Colombo.
  
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• Matt Parkinson: Lancashire leg-spinner out of England Lions' tour of the UAE

  31-10-2018 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Lancashire leg-spinner Matt Parkinson will miss England Lions' tour of the UAE with a stress fracture in his back.
  
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• England cricket scare as Sri Lankan knocked out and STRETCHERED off in horror incident

  31-10-2018 13:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  A SRI LANKAN cricketer has been stretchered off the pitch and rushed to hospital after a horror incident in an England warm-up match.
  
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• Full-strength South Africa stunned by Prime Minister's XI

  31-10-2018 10:22
  South Africa 173; PM’s XI 174-6 (36.3 overs)George Bailey guides hosts home with unbeaten 51South Africa’s tour of Australia started poorly as they were beaten by four wickets by a Prime Minister’s XI that had just three players with international experience.Dismissed for just 173 after winning the toss and batting first, the Proteas were beaten inside 37 overs in the field as captain George Bailey and youngster Josh Phillipe helped the hosts to victory. Related: Should Smith a
  
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