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• Joe Root remains for England’s T20s but Moeen Ali and Buttler will head home

  26-02-2019 20:28
  • I don’t want to miss out on opportunities, says Test captain
  • Hopes high for fourth ODI with West Indies on WednesdayThere are many who believe Joe Root, as captain of England’s Test side and the keystone of a trailblazing one-day batting lineup, should shelve his Twenty20 ambitions in order to focus on his strengths and reduce his workload. Root, however, is not one of them.Speaking on the eve of Wednesday’s fourth one-day international against West Indies in Gren
  
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• Duanne Olivier aborts Test career with South Africa to sign for Yorkshire

  26-02-2019 19:26
  • Right-arm quick lands three-year deal as a Kolpak player
  • This is not good news for the global game, says Cricket SADuanne Olivier has been flying of late. In his last five Tests the South African fast bowler has taken 31 wickets at 17 runs apiece, including 11 against Pakistan at Pretoria during December. He has just broken into the top 20 of the Test rankings and made his one-day international debut at the start of a year that brings with it the carrot of a World Cup in England.Bu
  
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• Sir Alastair Cook: Knighthood is a perfect bookend to magical career

  26-02-2019 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Former England cricket captain Sir Alastair Cook says receiving a knighthood is a "great ending to a magical 12 years".
  
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• Ex-Sri Lanka captain Jayasuriya banned from cricket for two years

  26-02-2019 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Ex-Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya is banned from cricket for two years after admitting two breaches of the ICC's anti-corruption code.
  
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• Duanne Olivier: Yorkshire sign South Africa fast bowler on three-year Kolpak deal

  26-02-2019 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Yorkshire sign South Africa fast bowler Duanne Olivier on a three-year Kolpak deal, putting his international career on hold.
  
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• Sophie Ecclestone: England spinner out of India and Sri Lanka tour with broken hand

  26-02-2019 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  England women's spinner Sophie Ecclestone is ruled out of the tour of India and trip to Sri Lanka with a broken hand.
  
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• Sanath Jayasuriya banned for two years in cricket corruption investigation

  26-02-2019 13:54
  • Former Sri Lankan captain suspended from all cricket activity
  • Jayasuriya accused of failing to cooperate with investigationSanath Jayasuriya has been banned from all cricket for two years after admitting breaching two counts of the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption code. Related: The Spin | From Bradman to Hetmyer, the best writers’ judgment stands out – mostlyContinue reading...
  
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• The Spin | From Bradman to Hetmyer, the best writers’ judgment stands out – mostly

  26-02-2019 12:22
  Be it Cardus introducing Bradman, Blofeld on Botham or Selvey singling out Tendulkar, one of the game’s thrills is spotting rising talent, but we don’t always get it right“It is curious,” Neville Cardus wrote in this newspaper in December 1928, “how the sense of style and class will make itself felt even through a cable read thousands of miles from the spot.”This, in the end, is perhaps the most important job of the cricket writer, and what makes reporting mor
  
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• England must stop moments of madness to win World Cup - Vaughan

  26-02-2019 00:45 via bbc.co.uk
  England's one-day side need to stop having "moments of madness" if they are to win the World Cup this summer, says former captain Michael Vaughan.
  
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