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• England v West Indies: Hosts complete series whitewash with 135-run win

  13-06-2019 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  England complete a 3-0 series whitewash over West Indies with a 135-run victory in a rain-affected third match of their one-day international series.
  
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• Amy Jones strikes again as England wrap up clean sweep over West Indies

  13-06-2019 23:12
  • England 258-4; West Indies 131
  • Jones named player of series after top-scoringThe rain that has dogged the men’s World Cup miraculously stayed away from Chelmsford todayon Thursday long enough to allow England Women to clean sweep West Indies in their ODI series, with the hosts winning the reduced 39-overs a side contest by 135 runs (D/L method).Amy Jones did the double, taking home the player of the match and series awards after she top-scored with 80; while Heather Knight ro
  
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• Cricket World Cup final could yet be shown on free-to-air platform

  13-06-2019 23:00
  • Sky executives understood to be considering one-off move
  • Options include online streaming of Lord’s final on 14 JulyThe Cricket World Cup final could yet be shown on a free-to-air platform in the UK, with the rights holder, Sky, understood to be considering making the match available to non-subscribers in a one-off move.A debate has raged about the tournament’s visibility to the wider public, not least after viewing figures showed England’s win against Scotland in
  
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• England v West Indies: Heather Knight smashes 40 from 19 balls in ODI win

  13-06-2019 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Captain Heather Knight smashes a string of boundaries as England complete a 3-0 whitewash over West Indies in the final match of their one-day international series.
  
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• England v West Indies: Hayley Williams caught by Fran Wilson

  13-06-2019 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  West Indies' Hayley Matthews is caught "brilliantly" by England's Fran Wilson in the third women's one-day international at Chelmsford.
  
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• England captain Eoin Morgan gives Jofra Archer advice ahead of West Indies World Cup clash

  13-06-2019 20:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  EOIN MORGAN believes Jofra Archer can take potentially conflicting emotions in his stride as he faces former team-mates from West Indies in an England shirt for the first time today.
  
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• Cricket World Cup’s summer dream is turning into a washout nightmare | Adam Collins

  13-06-2019 20:01
  There have been brilliant moments but, with the tournament’s fourth drenched game, England’s summer isn’t playing fair“What keeps you up at night is the weather or terror attacks,” a senior member of the Cricket World Cup staff told me a few weeks before the tournament. “Everything has been so well planned. If there are no security issues and the weather is right it should be brilliant.”When the World Cup has flourished, it has been brilliant. Take the g
  
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• County cricket: Somerset beat Kent, Surrey draw with Yorkshire and more – as it happened

  13-06-2019 20:00
  Somerset gain their fifth victory of the season as Billy Godleman scored a career-best 211 for Derbyshire 8.07pm BST With a whizz-bang momentum, Somerset extended their lead at the top of the Championship table to 26 points. After sitting inside for two days and a session, a window of dry arrived at Canterbury, only for Kent to lose their last eight wickets in 46 minutes and 62 balls. Lewis Gregory, who had warmed up with six for 32 in the first innings, added five for 21 in the second, to finis
  
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• County cricket: Somerset beat Kent, Surrey draw with Yorkshire

  13-06-2019 20:00
  Somerset gain their fifth victory of the season as Billy Godleman scored a career-best 211 for Derbyshire 8.07pm BST With a whizz-bang momentum, Somerset extended their lead at the top of the Championship table to 26 points. After sitting inside for two days and a session, a window of dry arrived at Canterbury, only for Kent to lose their last eight wickets in 46 minutes and 62 balls. Lewis Gregory, who had warmed up with six for 32 in the first innings, added five for 21 in the second, to finis
  
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• Cricket World Cup: What to do about the rain?

  13-06-2019 19:47 via bbc.co.uk
  After a fourth World Cup match is abandoned due to rain, are there any feasible solutions or do we just have to write it off as bad luck?
  
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• Jofra Archer will benefit from facing West Indies with England, says Morgan

  13-06-2019 19:39
  • ‘It is a moment where you reaffirm your decision’, says Morgan
  • Pace bowler won under-19 caps for West Indies in 2013Eoin Morgan expects Friday’s World Cup encounter between England and West Indies will reaffirm Jofra Archer’s decision to switch sides, having himself experienced the “different” feeling of meeting former teammates on the global stage.Archer, 24, won three caps for West Indies Under-19s in 2013 before moving to England and – f
  
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• County cricket: Somerset beat Kent, Surrey draw with Yorkshire and more – live!

  13-06-2019 18:01
  Keep up with all the action from around the county groundsMoeen back from daughter’s birth and ready to face West IndiesFeel free post BTL, email Tanya or to tweet @tjaldred 5.01pm BST And they shake hands here at Guildford. Huge congratulations to the groundstaff who got this game going after torrential rain at various points during the day. 4.38pm BST They’re back on at Guildford, with 26.3 overs left. 4.28pm BST I’m going to write up now, but just to let you know that Godlem
  
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• Chris Gayle may not be biggest of England’s problems against Windies | Vic Marks

  13-06-2019 17:36
  The size of the Hampshire Bowl combined with West Indies’ short-ball bowling could make it tough for England’s batsmenA big game on a big ground against some big blokes. At the Hampshire Bowl – as it is called throughout the World Cup – England meet West Indies and the sixes have to come off the middle of the bat, which satisfies our sense of justice. This ground can boast one of the largest playing surfaces for international cricket in the country now the Oval and the Co
  
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• Virat Kohli on India v Pakistan after New Zealand game abandoned

  13-06-2019 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  India versus New Zealand becomes the latest match in the Cricket World Cup to be affected by the weather.
  
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• India v New Zealand: Cricket World Cup – as it didn't happen

  13-06-2019 16:45
  India and New Zealand were left frustrated as persistent rain at Trent Bridge forced another abandonmentHow they stand: the latest World Cup tableCounty cricket – follow all the latest news 4.43pm BST Vic Marks sets up England v West Indies: Related: England need patience to avoid being bowled over by West Indies | Vic Marks3.33pm BST I’m getting some more emails coming in, but can I really keep going after the brilliance below? I feel like this is the natural place to let this lovel
  
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• County cricket: Surrey v Yorkshire, Somerset beat Kent and more – live!

  13-06-2019 16:39
  Keep up with all the action from around the county groundsMoeen back from daughter’s birth and ready to face West IndiesFeel free post BTL, email Tanya or to tweet @tjaldred 3.39pm BST A fantastic catch, that I missed, while looking up Linden Lee by The Full English as recommended by Paul Edwards. Yorkshire all out 148, following-on and we’re all destined to sit in this damp, damp tent for a while longer. Yorkshire trail by 165, having lost all their wickets for 97 runs.Morkel 4 for
  
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• India v New Zealand: match abandoned due to rain – reaction!

  13-06-2019 16:33
  Cricket World Cup 2019 updates from Trent BridgeHow they stand: the latest World Cup tableCounty cricket – live! Follow all the latest newsFeel free to email Geoff or to tweet: @GeoffLemonSport 3.33pm BST I’m getting some more emails coming in, but can I really keep going after the brilliance below? I feel like this is the natural place to let this lovely rain-soaked day come to rest. Inspection: the dream within the dream. 3.23pm BST And I’ve got to give points for competing t
  
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• Cricket World Cup stats: Table, leading run-scorers & top wicket-takers

  13-06-2019 16:11 via bbc.co.uk
  The latest standings, leading run-scorers, top wicket-takers and other statistics from the World Cup.
  
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• India v New Zealand: rain delay at Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  13-06-2019 13:41
  Cricket World Cup 2019 updates from Trent BridgeCounty cricket – live! Follow all the latest newsFeel free to email Adam or to tweet: @collinsadam 12.41pm BST I must say, your emails today are outstanding. There are a lot of them, so please don’t be angry with me if they don’t all get the attention they deserve. “Any mathematicians out there?” asks Ian Forth. “Is a compressed game likely to have a disproportionate effect on a net run rate?” 12.32pm BST M
  
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• Cricket 19 review – exemplary sports sim steps up to the crease

  13-06-2019 11:45
  PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC; Big Ant Studios/Maximum Games
  Delivering all the funky play any bowler or batsman could desire, this virtual leather-on-willow is the best cricket game yetGamers rarely get to hear the thwack of virtual leather on willow these days. But in the midst of a huge summer for cricket in the UK, with the World Cup followed by an Ashes series, Australian developer Big Ant Studios has stepped into the breach.Cricket 19 has a great career mode that lets you work your way up fr
  
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• India v Pakistan, Boris Johnson's street rugby and US Open memories

  13-06-2019 11:16
  This week’s roundup also features a goalkeeper’s calamitous loss of focus, USA goal gluts and office chair racing1) There’s no doubt what the most watched Cricket World Cup match will be this weekend (if the rain holds off): India v Pakistan excites passions like few other sporting contests, and it will offer Virat Kohli’s side a chance to atone for their Champions Trophy final defeat in 2017. India have fonder memories of meeting Pakistan in recent World Cups, however, b
  
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• India v New Zealand: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  13-06-2019 10:43
  Cricket World Cup 2019 updates from Trent BridgeCounty cricket – live! Follow all the latest newsFeel free to email Adam or to tweet: @collinsadam 9.43am BST Will there be cricket? When I arrived here last night in the motor home that took me from Taunton to Nottingham, we didn’t think so. It was torrential. It was biblical. It was not fit for the sport we love. However, despite mizzle and drizzle and all the rest over the last couple of hours, it hasn’t poured. There’s a
  
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• Cricket World Cup: England star Moeen Ali makes speedy dash to be ready for West Indies

  13-06-2019 01:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  MOEEN ALI is making the dash from the maternity ward to the south coast in order to grab back his World Cup place.
  
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