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• England in West Indies: Alastair Cook says tourists 'still in the game'

  31-01-2019 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  England must show "character" after being bowled out for 187 by West Indies in the second Test, says former captain Alastair Cook.
  
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• Moeen Ali rescues England after another collapse against West Indies

  31-01-2019 23:19
  • Second Test, day one: England 187, West Indies 30-0
  • Bairstow hits 52 and Moeen 60; Roach takes 4-30England left the field on a sunkissed evening frustrated and aware that the series could be decided here in Antigua. On a surprisingly spicy surface upon which the tourists had been dismissed for 187, they had bowled 21 overs and the West Indies openers were still intact. The bat had been beaten frequently, especially when the recalled Stuart Broad was bowling, but no edges were forth
  
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• England in West Indies: Tourists bowled out for 187 in second Test

  31-01-2019 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  England collapse once again to be dismissed for 187 on day one of the second Test against West Indies in Antigua.
  
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• West Indies bowl England out for 187: second Test, day one – live reaction!

  31-01-2019 22:53
  West Indies took control of the second Test in Antigua after their bowlers roughed up the England batsmen on a very lively pitch 9.50pm GMT Jonny Bairstow is having a chat on Sky Sports “Batting was tough, that was pretty evident. There was a lot of uneven bounce and it was very challenging. There were two different grass types on the pitch - there’s either a ridge there or it’s something to do with the grass, and that’s why the bounce was variable.9.42pm GMTRelated: Wild
  
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• West Indies bowl England out for 187: second Test, day one – as it happened

  31-01-2019 22:53
  West Indies took control of the second Test in Antigua after their bowlers roughed up the England batsmen on a very lively pitchRead Vic Marks’s report of day oneAli Martin: Wild card wicket puts England in a tangle 10.21pm GMTRelated: Moeen Ali rescues England after another collapse against West Indies9.50pm GMT Jonny Bairstow is having a chat on Sky Sports “Batting was tough, that was pretty evident. There was a lot of uneven bounce and it was very challenging. There were two diffe
  
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• Wild card wicket puts England in a tangle as West Indies flip expectations | Ali Martin

  31-01-2019 22:37
  With some expecting the groundsman in Anitigua to prepare a road, West Indies instead seized the initiative - with the help of the weather - to put England on the back footThere was a mildly patronising theory doing the rounds after West Indies went 1-0 up in Barbados that the call would go out to the groundstaff of Antigua and St Lucia with instructions to kill the pitches; that somehow the best chance for Jason Holder’s side to regain the Wisden Trophy was to protect their lead with draw
  
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• When Clive Lloyd lit up the Garrick Club | Letters

  31-01-2019 19:30
  Mike Stein and Michael Henderson respond to Richard Williams’ article following the West Indies’ crushing defeat of England in the first Test in BarbadosRichard Williams is right – “the result in Bridgetown will bring a light to the eye of anyone who thinks a strong West Indies team is important to the overall health of Test cricket” (Back to the future, 29 January). However, it is not, as Williams asserts, that “the way that the game is being run in the Carib
  
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• West Indies v England: second Test, day one – live!

  31-01-2019 15:53
  Updates from day one at Sir Vivian Richards StadiumThe Spin: sign up now for our weekly cricket emailEmail Daniel with your thoughts or tweet @DanielHarris 2.53pm GMT 10th over: England 17-2 (Bairstow 6, Root 1) Looking at the wicket again, that’s nerves, pure and simple. It was a terrible ball pleading to be clumped, but Denly forgot to move his feet and just stretched in desperation. Anyway, more of the same causes more mayham when Root chased outside off with both feet off the ground -
  
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• Mir Hamza: Pakistan seamer agrees to play nine first-class games for Sussex in 2019

  31-01-2019 10:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Pakistan seamer Mir Hamza agrees a two-month deal with County Championship Division Two club Sussex.
  
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