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• Cook joins BBC for England's tour of West Indies

  31-12-2018 13:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Former England captain Alastair Cook joins the BBC Radio 5 live team covering England's tour of the West Indies starting in January.
  
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• Three memories of cricket in 2018 | Gary Naylor

  31-12-2018 12:52
  Following on from previous reminiscences in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, Gary chooses some moments to savour from 2018 By Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket Blog“KohliCam” is almost a thing these days – the camera zooming in on that most expressive of faces, channeling that firecracker of energy, that bountiful source of clicks. He knows it, we know it, his sponsors know it. But, sometimes, true authenticity peeks out from beneath the glamorous veneer. Related: Test sensation, ove
  
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• 'I just count money, that’s all I do': the sporting quotes of 2018

  31-12-2018 11:30
  From Australia’s sandpaper storm to some impressive popularity contests, via José Mourinho and worm denial5 January: “We have money for sardines and I’m thinking lobster. I will do my best to try and bring in the best players. I will look to the lobsters and sea bass, but if not we must buy sardines. But sometimes the sardines can win games” – Perhaps, Carlos Carvalhal, but they couldn’t keep Swansea in the Premier League.Related: The alternative sport
  
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• England's Ecclestone wins Emerging Player of Year award

  31-12-2018 10:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Sophie Ecclestone is named ICC Emerging Player of the Year, while Tammy Beaumont and Nat Sciver also feature in the Teams of the Year.
  
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• Tom Jenkins’s best sports photos of 2018

  31-12-2018 10:00
  The Guardian and Observer sport photographer Tom Jenkins selects his favourite images from the thousands of frames that he shot during 2018 and recalls the stories behind them20mm lens 1/2000 f4 ISO 3200 Continue reading...
  
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• 2019, World Cup fever No 1: day of reckoning for England’s four-year plan | Simon Burnton

  31-12-2018 10:00
  Much has changed since the debacle of 2015, not least the settling on two spinners who can help control a gameWith a home World Cup swiftly followed by a home Ashes series the summer of 2019 has the potential to rival the greatest in the history of the English game and also to be among its most crushing disappointments.The home side are the favourites to win both competitions and the England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive, Tom Harrison, has declared himself “giddy with excitement&
  
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• Justin Langer says Australian cricket makes him feel like 'soap opera director'

  31-12-2018 04:17
  National coach laments ‘distraction’ of past week
  Says coaching is about ‘looking after people’As speculation swirls and debate becomes increasingly divisive regarding the Cape Town trio in Australia’s ball-tampering scandal, Justin Langer feels like the “director of a soap opera”.The national coach has previously referred to Australian cricket as a dysfunctional family and the past week, in which Cameron Bancroft and Steve Smith’s interviews promp
  
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