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• Sodden World Cup opening ceremony puts anticipation in deep freeze | Andy Bull

  29-05-2019 21:49
  The curtain-raiser to this summer’s cricket showpiece took place in miserable conditions in front of a small, drenched crowdOf course it rained. A cold, steady, dispiriting drizzle immediately familiar to anyone who has ever weathered an English summer. It made the World Cup opening ceremony feel a little dreary, damp and miserable, hard as the headline acts, Loryn and Rudimental, tried to pretend otherwise.They were performing the tournament’s official song, Stand By, which is suffi
  
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• Supporters angry over delays in receiving Cricket World Cup tickets

  29-05-2019 20:24
  • Organisers play down fears
  • Dozens of fans vent their furyCricket World Cup organisers have played down complaints from fans who have failed to receive their match tickets, saying the problem is “absolutely normal” for major events and would be addressed.Fans were told to expect delivery six weeks before their match when they bought their tickets. But dozens of supporters expressed anger on social media after their tickets failed to show up. Related: Cricket World Cup 20
  
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• Australia have a lot to do if they are to prove English thesis that success is in DNA | Geoff Lemon

  29-05-2019 20:00
  This is a happier and better functioning team but to beat the best week after week at the World Cup will be difficultIn England as the World Cup’s opening day finally pulls into view, there’s a very strong narrative about Australia “peaking at the right time”. That’s presumably being replicated in Australian media outlets. To English minds, recent history is irrelevant because Australians are born knowing how to win. Australian minds don’t tend to disagree.Tal
  
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• Eoin Morgan warns England against ‘blind belief’ as World Cup bid begins

  29-05-2019 19:20
  • England take on South Africa in opening game on Thursday
  • Faf du Plessis confident Rabada can capitalise on the occasionEoin Morgan has warned his England players that “blind belief” will not be enough to claim World Cup success this summer, with the captain eyeing a win by any means possible – rather than a statement of intent – against South Africa on Thursday.Four years of trailblazing one-day cricket will finally come to a head over the next six and a hal
  
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• Eoin Morgan keeps it low key as England prepare for opener with South Africa

  29-05-2019 19:00
  • We’re going into World Cup with eyes wide open, captain adds
  • Faf du Plessis confident Rabada can capitalise on the occasionEoin Morgan has warned his England players that “blind belief” will not be enough to claim World Cup success this summer, with the captain eyeing a win by any means possible – rather than a statement of intent – against South Africa on Thursday.Four years of trailblazing one-day cricket will finally come to a head over the next six
  
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• County cricket: Yorkshire v Hants, frustration at Cheltenham – as it happened

  29-05-2019 18:11
  Updates from the latest round of Championship matchesThe Spin podcast: boos, hairbands and World Cup predictionsYou can email Graham, tweet him here or get in touch BTL 6.01pm BST Thanks for reading and commenting today. Graham will post his round-up of today’s action later this evening and will be back in the hot seat tomorrow. Bye 5.11pm BST A few more close of plays. They’re now off at Edgbaston, Hove and Grace Road, but they are underway at New Road between Middlesex and Worceste
  
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• County cricket: Cook puts Essex in control against Kent – as it happened

  29-05-2019 18:11
  Alastair Cook added 90 to his first-innings 125 at Chelmsford, while Gary Ballance helped Yorkshire fight back against Hampshire 7.24pm BST Alastair Cook fell 10 short of posting two centuries in a first-class match for the first time as Essex put themselves into a winning position against Kent at Chelmsford.On Monday’s first day, Cook compiled a near five-and-a-half-hour 125 and added a third-day 90, the feature of Essex’s second-innings 181 for six, a lead of 312. Kent fought hard
  
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• England open World Cup with a tasty starter, with a feast of cricket ahead | Vic Marks

  29-05-2019 17:20
  An opening win for the home side would set the tournament alight, but England risk exposing a rusty lower order“The World’s Greatest Cricket Celebration”, declares the mammoth sign under the scoreboard and it all starts at 10.30am at the Oval on Thursday. We can forget all the fluff now: the injury scares that sometimes amount to little more than a broken fingernail; the agonising over which team will be the dark horses, which players the unlikely heroes (perhaps they will be J
  
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• Cricket World Cup 2019: a quick guide to this year's tournament – video

  29-05-2019 15:38
  Eoin Morgan's England side go into the 2019 Cricket World Cup as favourites and are hoping to fend off the other nine teams looking to be crowned champions. Here's a quick video guide to this year's tournamentCricket World Cup 2019: Guardian writers’ predictions
  Boos, hairbands and Cricket World Cup predictions – The Spin podcastContinue reading...
  
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• County cricket: Yorkshire v Hants, frustration at Cheltenham – live!

  29-05-2019 12:49
  Updates from the latest round of Championship matchesThe Spin podcast: boos, hairbands and World Cup predictionsYou can email Graham, tweet him here or get in touch BTL 11.49am BST We were chatting in the Headingley press box yesterday about Henry Olonga’s recent appearance on the Australian Voice and I’ve come across this little gem with a Yorkshire connection. Enter Michael Bevan and his daughter Liv...11.34am BST A second wicket at Headingley, with Adam Lyth also falling caught at
  
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• Cricket World Cup 2019: Guardian writers’ predictions

  29-05-2019 11:55
  Victory for England, fireworks from Chris Gayle and a Sri Lankan meltdown: our pundits set out their forecasts for a month and a half of ODIsVic Marks Australia. England may have the batsmen but Australia, if they’re fit and firing, have the bowlers in Starc and Cummins, plus a highly motivated Warner and Smith. Two other reasons: they have won five out of 11 World Cups. I’m usually wrong. Related: Boos, hairbands and Cricket World Cup predictions – The Spin podcastRelated: Wes
  
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• West Indies Cricket World Cup guide: gameplan, key player and prediction

  29-05-2019 10:48
  Their last World Cup triumph was 40 years ago but don’t write them off – Jason Holder leads a team able to shock the worldThere was little to lure West Indian fans to the cricket in recent times. On the field performances were discouraging; flashes here and there, but mostly it was dispiriting. Events off the field were malignant; the administrative body had become entrenched in a battle over ownership of the players and the right to control the game’s fortunes and the feuding
  
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• 'World Cup opener can't come quickly enough - we're ready to put on a show'

  29-05-2019 10:43 via bbc.co.uk
  England pace bowler Mark Wood reveals which team-mate is always playing pranks and who has Mario Kart in his bedroom.
  
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• Mark Wood's World Cup build-up: Mario Kart, beard trims & nervous phone calls

  29-05-2019 10:43 via bbc.co.uk
  England pace bowler Mark Wood reveals which team-mate is always playing pranks and who has Mario Kart in his bedroom.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Five massive sixes from previous tournaments

  29-05-2019 09:12 via bbc.co.uk
  With one day to go until the Cricket World Cup starts, watch five massive sixes from previous tournaments.
  
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