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• India & West Indies win World Cup warm-up games

  28-05-2019 21:01 via bbc.co.uk
  India thrash Bangladesh and West Indies score 421 in a crushing win over New Zealand in World Cup warm-up matches.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: India & West Indies win warm-up games

  28-05-2019 21:01 via bbc.co.uk
  India thrash Bangladesh and West Indies score 421 in a crushing win over New Zealand in World Cup warm-up matches.
  
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• County cricket: Surrey collapse at Edgbaston, Cheltenham pitch woes

  28-05-2019 20:41
  Kent all out for 182 at Chelmsford, Dawid Malan scores a century for Middlesex at New Road 7.41pm BST Surrey suffered a severe case of the mid-order collapses at Edgbaston, losing three wickets in an over as the unfatigueable Jeetan Patel wrought out Dean Elgar, Ryan Patel and Will Jacks. Their four-duck innings finished on 188, Ben Foakes 57 not out; Patel four for 53. Warwickshire were 26 without loss at the close, a lead of 131.Kent’s batting struggled to put one foot in front of the ot
  
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• County Championship: Leicestershire face tricky chase to beat Derbyshire

  28-05-2019 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Leicestershire will face a difficult run chase to beat Derbyshire after another low-scoring day at Grace Road.
  
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• Boos, hairbands and Cricket World Cup predictions – The Spin podcast

  28-05-2019 20:23
  Emma John is joined by Vic Marks, Geoff Lemon and Sonali Shah to look back at a busy weekend of cricket and look ahead with their predictions for the big hitters of the Cricket World CupEmma doesn’t like the fact that England are favourites for the World Cup. Having lived through decades of disappointment, the idea of being told they’re going to win makes her uncomfortable. Nonetheless she’ll be asking her panel (and a Magic 8 Ball) for their tournament predictions.After Austra
  
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• County Championship: Hampshire claim handy first-innings lead over Yorkshire

  28-05-2019 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Half-centuries from Sam Northeast and James Fuller help Hampshire earn a 54-run first-innings lead over Yorkshire.
  
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• County Championship: Jeetan Patel's 4-53 puts Bears on top after bowling out Surrey

  28-05-2019 20:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Warwickshire skipper Jeetan Patel bowls unchanged for 31 overs to take 4-53 as county champions Surrey struggle at Edgbaston.
  
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• County Championship: Dawid Malan century puts Middlesex in control at New Road

  28-05-2019 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Middlesex captain Dawid Malan's superb hundred puts his side firmly in the driving seat against Worcestershire.
  
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• County Championship: Essex bowl out Kent for 182 to take control

  28-05-2019 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Essex take control of their County Championship game against Kent on day two with a fine bowling performance.
  
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• England fans have not seen me at my best - Archer

  28-05-2019 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  England fast bowler Jofra Archer says the supporters have yet to see him at his best as he prepares for Thursday's World Cup opener against South Africa.
  
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• Will anyone stop England? World Cup predictions

  28-05-2019 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Pundits, former players, commentators and journalists pick the World Cup semi-finalists and eventual winners.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Will anyone stop England? World Cup predictions

  28-05-2019 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Pundits, former players, commentators and journalists pick the World Cup semi-finalists and eventual winners.
  
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• Dale Steyn out of South Africa’s World Cup opener against England

  28-05-2019 18:04
  • Shoulder injury rules fast bowler out of Oval match
  • England’s Adil Rashid ‘verging on fully fit’England have dodged a meeting with Dale Steyn in the World Cup opener at the Oval on Thursday after the South Africa fast bowler was ruled out with a shoulder injury.Dale was always touch and go to be ready, having withdrawn from the Indian Premier League last month with inflammation in the problem area that required surgery in 2016 and has since dogged his career. Rela
  
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• South Africa coach Gibson 'happy to be linked with England job'

  28-05-2019 15:50 via bbc.co.uk
  South Africa coach Ottis Gibson says he is happy to be talked about as a replacement for England's Trevor Bayliss.
  
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• Ottis Gibson: South Africa coach 'happy to be talked of' as Trevor Bayliss replacement

  28-05-2019 15:50 via bbc.co.uk
  South Africa coach Ottis Gibson says he is happy to be talked about as a replacement for England's Trevor Bayliss.
  
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• Will Virat Kohli’s stunning wife Anushka Sharma be at World Cup? She is HELPING the team

  28-05-2019 13:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  VIRAT KOHLI has revealed that his wife, Anushka Sharma, has helped the India cricket team as they prepare for the World Cup. Will the Bollywood actress be in the UK for Kohli’s matches?
  
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• The Spin | A brief history of the Cricket World Cup

  28-05-2019 13:16
  From its humble beginning in 1966, the tournament’s history is filled with English despair and southern hemisphere triumph
  • The Spin: listen and subscribe to our brand new podcastIn March 1966 Rothman’s and the influential agent Bagenal Harvey announce that a three-game “World Cup” will be held in September, to be contested by England, West Indies – that summer’s tourists – and an all-star Rest of the World XI to be led by the Australia captain, Bo
  
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• Sri Lanka Cricket World Cup guide: gameplan, key player and prediction

  28-05-2019 13:00
  Having lost 24 of their last 28 completed ODIs, expectations are low and prospects are bleakTheir captain has scored all of 267 one-day international runs, their best player is a grumpy 35-year-old fast bowler, their top order is fragile, their spin stocks are thin, their fielding is frequently comical and their coach was fearing for his job only months ago. Have any previous champions ever arrived at a World Cup in such disarray as Sri Lanka?Having lost 24 of the last 28 ODIs they have complete
  
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• Joe Denly: England World Cup omission won't leave Kent batsman 'moping around'

  28-05-2019 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Kent's Joe Denly says he won't be 'moping around' after he was left out of England's World Cup squad.
  
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• County cricket: Yorkshire v Hampshire and more – live!

  28-05-2019 12:05
  Live updates from day one of the latest round of gamesJason Holder: ‘We can bring people of West Indies closer’And get in touch BTL, via email or tweet @tjaldred 11.05am BST There’s a delayed start at Edgbaston due to rain and at Cheltenham (I’ll try and get it right this time) due to leaking covers. Here is the umpire’s eye view: 10.56am BST Yorkshire v Hampshire: Yorks 181 (Kohler-Canmore 45; F Edwards 5-49); Hampshire 14-1 10.43am BST RIP Les McFarlaneA lovely li
  
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• Why England should win the World Cup

  28-05-2019 10:12 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport analyses the key reasons why England are favourites to win the World Cup on home soil this summer.
  
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• Why England are favourites for the Cricket World Cup - and who might stop them

  28-05-2019 10:12 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport analyses the key reasons why England are favourites to win the World Cup on home soil this summer.
  
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• Kent win Women's County Championship title

  28-05-2019 10:10 via bbc.co.uk
  England opener Tammy Beaumont captains Kent to the Women's County Championship title.
  
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• Cricket Wolrd Cup 2019: Lasith Malinga takes four wickets in four balls for Sri Lanka in 2007

  28-05-2019 07:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga takes four wickets in four balls as South Africa needed four runs with five wickets remaining during their group game at the 2007 World Cup.
  
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