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• Wright's 166 sets up Sussex win over Middlesex

  27-04-2019 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Luke Wright hits 166, his highest limited-overs score, as Sussex beat Middlesex by 122 runs in the One-Day Cup at Lord's.
  
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• Alex Hales and Jofra Archer in focus as England prepare for World Cup

  27-04-2019 11:59
  One must pick himself up and the other is flying high but it is to be hoped that both can justify inclusion in the squadEngland’s preparations for the World Cup have been silky smooth for the past two years, during which a settled side with a very good captain, audacious batsmen and tenacious bowlers who have learned to keep their heads high even when the ball has just disappeared over the boundary have become the best in the world, according to the ICC rankings.But now with the start of t
  
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• Maunder and Bess offer cautionary tale but could yet triumph in sequel | Robert Kitson

  27-04-2019 09:00
  The Devon school friends played rugby union and cricket respectively for England before turning 21 but they are now not even regular starters for their clubs Exeter and SomersetOccasionally professional sport throws up a story that is heartwarming and cautionary in equal handfuls. This one involves two schoolboy friends from Devon who played cricket and rugby respectively for England before their 21st birthdays, only to find that meteoric rises can morph into rapid descents. There remains plenty
  
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• End of county cricket age groups is another blow for grassroots sport | Barney Ronay

  27-04-2019 09:00
  The genuine grassroots, casual, amateur sport, has been terribly neglected – all professional sports should fight this declineThis is a column about children’s sport, the commodification of play and the exclusion of some sections of the population from structures that allow it to take place.A bit further down the page it contains exclusively sourced information about some informal advice being offered by the England and Wales Cricket Board to counties about the continued existence of
  
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