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• Afghanistan: Asghar Afghan loses captaincy as Rashid Khan, Gulbadin Naib & Rahmat Shah step up

  05-04-2019 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Afghanistan take the captaincy away from Asghar Afghan, naming different skippers in each of the three international formats.
  
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• IPL: Andre Russell's 13-ball 48 helps Kolkata to remarkable victory

  05-04-2019 22:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Andre Russell hits a 13-ball 48 as Kolkata Knight Riders score 53 in the last three overs to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets.
  
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• Haseeb Hameed excels and County Championship begins – as it happened

  05-04-2019 20:34
  Haseeb Hameed boosted his chances of an England recall with an unbeaten double century for Lancashire against Loughborough University 7.47pm BSTRelated: Joe Clarke charms his way to a century on Nottinghamshire debut7.34pm BST Haseeb Hameed gave England’s selectors a timely reminder of his talents as the 22-year-old struck an unbeaten double century on the first day of Lancashire’s match against Loughborough University. Hameed, who made his last Test appearances against India in Nove
  
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• County cricket: Haseeb Hameed excels on opening day of season – as it happened

  05-04-2019 20:34
  Haseeb Hameed boosted his chances of an England recall with an unbeaten double century for Lancashire against Loughborough University 7.34pm BST Haseeb Hameed gave England’s selectors a timely reminder of his talents as the 22-year-old struck an unbeaten double century on the first day of Lancashire’s match against Loughborough University. Hameed, who made his last Test appearances against India in November, has struggled to replicate that form over the past two seasons but was at th
  
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• Joe Clarke charms his way to a century on Nottinghamshire debut

  05-04-2019 20:04
  • Nottinghamshire 324-5 v Yorkshire
  • Batsman catches the eye on 109 not out as Yorkshire struggleA fair wind blew across the stands at Trent Bridge. An anorak and hood kind of wind, with an early April nip, on a very first day of the County Championship kind of day.In the stands 2,387 hardy souls watched, mostly scattered around the white seats in twos or singles, dark pegs in a game of mastermind. Well before 10am they had breakfasted at the friendly Wetherspoons buffet and were circ
  
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• County Championship: Derbyshire claim late Durham wickets after top-order collapse

  05-04-2019 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Derbyshire fight back with the ball late on against Durham after a top-order collapse with the bat.
  
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• County Championship: Northants pass 300 against Middlesex on opening day

  05-04-2019 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Northamptonshire start the new County Championship campaign with a resilient batting effort to frustrate Middlesex.
  
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• County Championship: Sussex and Leicestershire finely balanced as wickets tumble at Hove

  05-04-2019 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Fifteen wickets fall on a captivating first day at Hove as Leicestershire stumble to 131-5 in reply to Sussex's 173 all out.
  
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• Notts' Clarke scores first ton of Championship season

  05-04-2019 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Joe Clarke's superb century helps Nottinghamshire to 324-5 on the first day of their season opener against Yorkshire.
  
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• Hampshire batsmen dominate against Essex

  05-04-2019 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Hampshire end the first day of the 2019 County Championship season in command against Essex as their batsmen dominate.
  
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• Middlesex sign New Zealand's Taylor for One-Day Cup

  05-04-2019 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor will join Middlesex for most of their One-Day Cup campaign later this month.
  
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• County Championship: Somerset v Kent day one abandoned without play

  05-04-2019 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Day one of Somerset and Kent's first game of the 2019 County Championship season is abandoned without a ball bowled.
  
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• County cricket: updates from the opening day of the season – live!

  05-04-2019 12:40
  Updates from the County Championship’s season-openersYou can email Tanya here or tweet her hereAli Martin: county season ushers in mother of all summersCounty Championship team-by-team guide 11.40am BST Apologies all, I too had missed the fact that Cameron Bancroft is not in fact at Durham as he was refused permission by Western Australia and Cricket Australia to miss their end-of-season dinner.It has clouded over at Trent Bridge, with Slater and Duckett ticking the scoreboard over to 38 f
  
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