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• England’s Mark Wood confident he will be fit for Cricket World Cup

  26-05-2019 21:31
  • Fast bowler left the field early on Saturday
  • Initial results of scan on left foot were positiveThe England fast bowler Mark Wood is confident he will be fit to take part in the Cricket World Cup after an anxious weekend. Wood pulled up sore after one ball of his fourth over during the warm-up match against Australia at Southampton on Saturday and immediately left the field with discomfort in his left foot. Wood’s left ankle has been the subject of three operations in recent y
  
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• Gareth Batty’s guide to the Cricket World Cup grounds

  26-05-2019 19:03
  The former England spinner on varied venues from batting paradise Taunton to traditional Lord’sThe changing rooms are massive, so nobody’s going to be disappointed by the facilities, and the wicket is generally very good. Out of all the grounds in England it can be kind to the spin bowler, with proper turn and bounce – but English turn and bounce, rather than the lower and slower turn you can get on the subcontinent. After the recent redevelopment it now feels like a proper are
  
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• Tepid feeling envelops England’s warmup as red-hot Afghans await | Geoff Lemon

  26-05-2019 15:56
  Team with no selection issues but plenty of injury worries find themselves in a no-win situation with the World Cup loomingWarmup matches are a curious creation. With days until the Cricket World Cup, England played Australia on Saturday to lose by a dozen runs, then will suit up against Afghanistan on Monday. Both are unofficial matches that will never be reflected in international annals. These matches lack validity, but their existence implies they have value.That’s true for teams worki
  
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• England have nothing to gain and plenty to lose in final warmups | Geoff Lemon

  26-05-2019 15:56
  Team with no selection issues but plenty of injury worries find themselves in a no-win situation with the World Cup loomingWarmup matches are a curious creation. With days until the World Cup, England played Australia on Saturday – losing by a dozen runs – then will suit up against Afghanistan on Monday. Both are unofficial matches that will never be reflected in international annals. These matches lack validity, but their existence implies they have value.That’s true for teams
  
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• England have nothing to gain and plenty to lose in final warm-ups | Geoff Lemon

  26-05-2019 15:56
  Team with no selection issues but plenty of injury worries find themselves in a no-win situation with the World Cup loomingWarmup matches are a curious creation. With days until the Cricket World Cup, England played Australia on Saturday to lose by a dozen runs, then will suit up against Afghanistan on Monday. Both are unofficial matches that will never be reflected in international annals. These matches lack validity, but their existence implies they have value.That’s true for teams worki
  
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• Pakistan World Cup guide: gameplan, key player and prediction

  26-05-2019 15:00
  Despite a run of defeats in 50-over games, there are reasons for optimism – not least the form of batsman Babar Azam and previous success in EnglandAhead of the World Cup, in one white ball cricket format – ODIs – Pakistan have not played well lately; in white ball cricket’s shorter format – T20s – they have been the No 1 team for well over a year now. Somehow the loss of 10 consecutive official ODIs does not feel as bad as it should as the team has hardly pla
  
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• Somerset's Banton compared to Buttler after One-Day Cup win

  26-05-2019 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Captain Tom Abell says Tom Banton is the latest off Somerset's production line that also nurtured Jos Buttler and Craig Kieswetter.
  
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• The making of Eoin Morgan: ‘You got a sense he was something special’

  26-05-2019 10:00
  England’s captain is taking them to the World Cup. Those who know him describe a single-minded, inspirational leader“Here’s a story,” says Paul Farbrace. It is from a one-day game at Trent Bridge in 2015, when he was England’s stand-in head coach. “New Zealand had made 349. In the old days we’d have had no chance but Hales and Roy got us off to this great start, and now we’re 90-something for none. So we need 260 off 40 overs, and all we really nee
  
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• 'Ice-breakers for that awkward family function' - a bluffers' guide to the World Cup

  26-05-2019 07:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Comedian Andy Zaltzman gives his unique perspective on the runners and riders of the Cricket World Cup.
  
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• 'Ice-breakers for that awkward family function' - a bluffers' guide to the Cricket World Cup

  26-05-2019 07:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Comedian Andy Zaltzman gives his unique perspective on the runners and riders of the Cricket World Cup.
  
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• Andy Zaltzman's bluffers' guide to the Cricket World Cup

  26-05-2019 07:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Comedian Andy Zaltzman gives his unique perspective on the runners and riders of the Cricket World Cup.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Herschelle Gibbs' sensational six sixes record in 2007

  26-05-2019 07:31 via bbc.co.uk
  South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs lights up the 2007 Cricket World Cup as the first man to hit six sixes in an over in a one-day international.
  
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