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• Wind of change for West Indies as Chris Gayle gradually blows out | Andy Bull

  14-06-2019 19:48
  In two decades playing against England, the opening batsman has rarely faced a bowler as quick as Jofra ArcherAccording to the official statistics Chris Gayle is 188cm tall. These days, when he bends down to touch his toes he seems to feel every last one of them. Gayle made a dip in their direction right before he stepped over the boundary rope at the Hampshire Bowl on Friday, the idle stretch of a man only lately out of bed and getting ready for the day ahead. It was his last half-hearted gestu
  
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• Eoin Morgan says injuries in win over West Indies are no cause for panic

  14-06-2019 19:27
  • Morgan and Jason Roy are England doubts to face Afghanistan
  • ‘It’s a worry but we’re not at panic stations,’ Morgan saysEoin Morgan insisted it was not a case of “panic stations” despite injuries to himself and Jason Roy taking the gloss off England’s comfortable victory over West Indies. Both the England captain and opener Roy face a struggle to be fit for Tuesday’s game against Afghanistan at Old Trafford with back and hamstring prob
  
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• Joe Root shines for England vs West Indies but Eoin Morgan and Jason Roy injuries a worry

  14-06-2019 19:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  JOE ROOT produced a reminder of his importance to England’s World Cup campaign with both bat and ball as the tournament shook off a week of rain and stalling momentum in Southampton.
  
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• England beat West Indies by eight wickets: Cricket World Cup 2019 – as it happened

  14-06-2019 18:53
  Joe Root hit a flawless century as England chased down their target with ease after bowling out West Indies for 212Robin Smith: ‘I drank vodka from the bottle; no half measures’ 6.03pm BST And here’s Vic Marks’s match report: Related: England cruise to easy win over West Indies but both sides suffer injuries5.51pm BST Well that was a breeze for England, and the expected semi-final place is very much theirs to chuck away now, though India, New Zealand and Australia still l
  
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• England cruise to easy win over West Indies but both sides suffer injuries

  14-06-2019 18:51
  • West Indies 212; England 213-2. England win by eight wickets
  • Joe Root hits unbeaten century and takes two key wicketsThe outcome was perfect for England, a resounding eight-wicket victory over West Indies, which gave them two points and a markedly improved net run rate. They overhauled their target with almost 17 overs to spare. For 24 hours at least they are second in the table. But any celebrations were tempered by injury worries on a day when the medical teams of both sides had
  
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• Not just cricket: India and Pakistan prepare to renew rivalry at World Cup

  14-06-2019 18:37
  • ‘Electric’ atmosphere anticipated at Old Trafford on Sunday
  • Some 800,000 fans applied for 26,000-capacity matchIt is a match that – on the surface at least – is just one of 48 at this rain-splattered Cricket World Cup. But when India and Pakistan face off in Manchester on Sunday the sporting contest will be magnified and warped by so much else: the 70-plus years of shared history and antipathy between the two countries, the recent political tensions in Kashm
  
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• India and Pakistan prepare to renew cricket rivalry at World Cup

  14-06-2019 18:37
  • ‘Electric’ atmosphere anticipated at Old Trafford on Sunday
  • Some 800,000 fans applied for 26,000-capacity matchIt is a match that – on the surface at least – is just one of 48 at this rain-splattered Cricket World Cup. But when India and Pakistan face off in Manchester on Sunday the sporting contest will be magnified and warped by so much else: the 70-plus years of shared history and antipathy between the two countries, the recent political tensions in Kashm
  
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• Why the Cricket World Cup will taste sweeter once the rain has passed | Barney Ronay

  14-06-2019 17:00
  The weather has made its point and in the battle for cricket’s soul rain stands on one side saying this is not a product to be sold by the yardAt one point in his novel Rabbit Is Rich John Updike has his goofy antihero Harry Angstrom staring at the rain through his car windscreen during yet another interminable family crisis, watching the colours wash together on the asphalt, and finding a strange kind of comfort. Updike writes: “Rabbit has always liked rain. It puts a roof on the wo
  
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• England chasing 213 to beat West Indies: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  14-06-2019 16:39
  Cricket World Cup updates from the match in SouthamptonRobin Smith: ‘I drank vodka from the bottle; no half measures’And you can email Tom here or tweet him here 3.38pm BST I’ve only gone and jinxed YJB. His square uppercut isn’t quite timed enough to clear the boundary and he’s caught at deep backward point by Brathwaite. 3.34pm BST 14th over: England 88-0 (Bairstow 39, Root 42); target 213. There’s something pleasing and orderly about a partnership in which
  
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• Eoin Morgan: England captain goes off injured against West Indies

  14-06-2019 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Captain Eoin Morgan and opener Jason Roy give England two huge injury concerns during their World Cup match against West Indies.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: England's Jofra Archer takes two wickets in two balls v West Indies

  14-06-2019 14:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Jofra Archer dismisses Nicholas Pooran and Sheldon Cottrell in consecutive balls to leave West Indies 202-8 in the World Cup group game at Southampton.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: West Indies Andre Russell is dropped, hits two sixes and out v England

  14-06-2019 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  West Indies' Andre Russell is dropped by Chris Woakes before hitting two sixes and then falling for 21 in the World Cup group game at Southampton.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: India will risk injuries to save runs against Pakistan

  14-06-2019 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  India are prepared to risk injuries to save runs in the field against rivals Pakistan, says coach Ramakrishnan Sridhar.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Joe Root dismisses Shimron Hetmyer and Jason Holder

  14-06-2019 14:11 via bbc.co.uk
  England's Joe Root dismisses West Indies Shimron Hetmyer and Jason Holder in almost identical fashion in the World Cup group game at Southampton.
  
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• Robin Smith: ‘I drank vodka from the bottle. There were no half measures’

  14-06-2019 14:00
  Fearless against the West Indies pace attack, the former England batsman says playing was ‘easy’ but retirement left him drinking heavily and close to taking his own life“I was sitting on the beach in Perth, with the Rendezvous hotel behind me, and I thought: ‘How am I going to end my life?’ Robin Smith says calmly. The former England Test batsman, who was renowned for his bravery against brutal fast bowling between 1988 and 1996, shows a deeper courage as he relive
  
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• India v Pakistan: What World Cup match means to British Asians

  14-06-2019 13:34 via bbc.co.uk
  India versus Pakistan is so much more than a cricket game to some - as BBC Sport finds out from British Asians who live every run and wicket.
  
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• James Anderson tells England fans not to boo Australia's David Warner

  14-06-2019 13:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Swing bowler James Anderson asks England fans not to boo Australia opener David Warner as it "will spur him on to perform even better".
  
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• Cricket World Cup: India v Pakistan in Manchester prompts huge crowds

  14-06-2019 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Organisers say more than 700,000 people applied for tickets to Sunday's game at Old Trafford.
  
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• India and Pakistan in social media dogfight before cricket clash

  14-06-2019 12:53
  Pakistani channel releases spoof video of shot-down pilot, prompting outrage in IndiaIndia and Pakistan have had tempestuous relations since their birth as independent states. There have been wars, skirmishes, bad-natured exchanges, and prolonged diplomatic standoffs.Before their clash this weekend at the Cricket World Cup, this simmering neighbourly conflict has spilled into social media and TV advertising.Jazz TV advt on #CWC19 takes the Indo-Pak air duel to new level. It uses the air duel ove
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Chris Gayle caught by England's Jonny Bairstow

  14-06-2019 12:44 via bbc.co.uk
  West Indies opener Chris Gayle is caught up England's Jonny Bairstow to be dismissed for 36 in the World Cup group game at Southampton.
  
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• England v West Indies: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  14-06-2019 12:32
  Cricket World Cup updates from the match in SouthamptonHow they stand: check out the latest World Cup tableAnd you can email Tim here or tweet him here 11.32am BST It looks out. 11.32am BST 13th over: West Indies 53-1 (Gayle 36, Hope 11) Plunkett hasn’t found his groove yet – two wides in this over – but he does find Hope’s edge, only to see it go into thin air at first slip. Unlike Morgan not to have anyone there. And then Plunkett out-thinks Gayle, offering him a slow b
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Chris Gayle is dropped by England's Mark Wood

  14-06-2019 12:17 via bbc.co.uk
  West Indies opener Chris Gayle is dropped by England's Mark Wood in the World Cup group game at Southampton.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: England's Chris Woakes bowls West Indies' Evin Lewis

  14-06-2019 11:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Chris Woakes' inswinging delivery bowls Evin Lewis for two in the World Cup group game between England and West Indies at Southampton.
  
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• West Indies legend Garfield Sobers tells England to use one player more - EXCLUSIVE

  14-06-2019 08:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND should use Ben Stokes more, both with the bat and ball, if they want to beat the West Indies today and succeed in the Cricket World Cup.
  
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• Jofra Archer: West Indies made mistakes in letting England star go – Joel Garner EXCLUSIVE

  14-06-2019 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  JOFRA ARCHER is set to line up for England against West Indies today in the Cricket World Cup but he could have been playing against the Three Lions.
  
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• Cricket World Cup has failed with TV rights: England Women's footballers prove it

  14-06-2019 01:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  WHEN Ben Stokes defied gravity to take that show-stopping catch on opening day at The Oval the Cricket World Cup seemed destined to burn its way into the soul of the English summer. Stokes may have achieved take-off but a fortnight on, the tournament itself has yet to do so.
  
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