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• Cricket World Cup: Faf du Plessis 'embarrassed' by South Africa exit

  23-06-2019 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  South Africa captain Faf du Plessis admits being "embarrassed" by his country's early World Cup exit but is determined to fight on in the role.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Jofra Archer to put Steve Smith friendship to one side

  23-06-2019 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  England bowler Jofra Archer says his friendship with Australia's Steve Smith is over while they are on the field at the Cricket World Cup.
  
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• Haris Sohail steers Pakistan to victory and sends South Africa packing

  23-06-2019 20:16
  • Pakistan 308-7; South Africa 259-9. Pakistan win by 49 runs
  • South Africa knocked out of World CupLet there be no further ambiguity about it: South Africa are out of the World Cup. They had been hanging on for some 18 days since losing a third straight fixture to begin their ill-fated campaign but a limp loss to Pakistan by 49 runs sealed their fate at last. By contrast, Pakistan, nearly as abject as the Proteas at times across their three losses, move on to Birmingham on Tuesday wi
  
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• Pakistan beat South Africa in Cricket World Cup at Lord's

  23-06-2019 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  South Africa are knocked out of the World Cup by Pakistan, who keep their slim semi-final hopes alive at Lord's.
  
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• Cricket World Cup highlights - Pakistan beat South Africa at Lord's

  23-06-2019 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch highlights as Pakistan knock South Africa out of the World Cup with a 49-run victory to keep their semi-final hopes alive.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Pakistan's five dropped catches in South Africa win

  23-06-2019 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Pakistan drop five catches in their World Cup match against South Africa, but despite these fielding mishaps they beat the Proteas to keep their semi-final hopes alive.
  
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• Pakistan win by 49 runs to knock South Africa out of Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  23-06-2019 19:47
  Haris Sohail’s aggressive 89 and some high-class bowling kept Pakistan’s World Cup hopes alive - and officially ended South Africa’s 6.47pm BST Here’s the Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed“It was a complete team performance. We tried a few combinations, which is why Haris Sohail wasn’t in the team, but he took his chance today. Sometimes it’s good for the team when we know we have to win. We have to work harder on our fielding – we dropped so many ca
  
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• Pakistan win by 49 runs to knock South Africa out of Cricket World Cup 2019 – as it happened

  23-06-2019 19:47
  Haris Sohail’s aggressive 89 and some high-class bowling kept Pakistan’s World Cup hopes alive - and officially ended South Africa’s 7.27pm BSTRelated: Haris Sohail steers Pakistan to victory and sends South Africa packing6.47pm BST A bit more World Cup reading for you Related: England’s Jofra Archer to put Smith friendship to one side against Australia6.47pm BST Here’s the Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed“It was a complete team performance. We tried a few comb
  
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• England’s Jofra Archer to put Smith friendship to one side against Australia

  23-06-2019 19:42
  • Archer played with Australia’s Steve Smith in the IPL
  • Jason Roy could return from hamstring injuryJofra Archer has said he will put his friendship with Australia’s Steve Smith on hold when England attempt to get their World Cup campaign back on track at Lord’s on Tuesday.The shock defeat against Sri Lanka at Headingley last Friday has put England’s hopes of reaching the semi‑finals back in the balance, with victories in two of their final three games a
  
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• Bangladesh hope brilliant Shakib Al Hasan can steer them to next level

  23-06-2019 17:22
  The talismanic allrounder has proven his worth with bat and ball at the World Cup. Now he must lead his nation beyond a buoyant Afghanistan teamThe World Cup so far has seen the best of Shakib Al Hasan, a cricketer who any team in this tournament would sign up with a passport the next day. Shakib does the job of two highly effective players: batting with full responsibility and leading a bowling attack. His performances for Bangladesh against South Africa, New Zealand, England and West Indies ha
  
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• Pakistan set South Africa target of 309: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  23-06-2019 15:51
  Over-by-over updates from Lord’s, 10.30am BST startBrathwaite blast in vain as New Zealand foil WindiesGet in touch! Email Rob with your thoughts 2.51pm BST The players are back on the field, and the first will be bowled by Mohammad Am... Hafeez. 2.34pm BST Thanks Adam, hello everyone. It’s an immutable law of Pakistan cricket that, before they can win a major trophy in a blaze of glory, they must first take in the view from the precipice. They must be on the brink of elimination hal
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Tahir takes a magnificent reaction catch off his own bowling to see off Imam

  23-06-2019 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Imran Tahir takes an incredible caught and bowled to dismiss Imam Ul-Haq in South Africa's match against Pakistan at Lord's.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Out or not out? Umpires reprieve Fakhar after Tahir's "catch"

  23-06-2019 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Fakhar Zaman survives an appeal for a catch in the deep by Imran Tahir in Pakistan's match against South Africa at Lord's - but should it have been given out?
  
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• Virat Kohli fined for excessive appealing in tense India win over Afghanistan

  23-06-2019 12:37
  India captain accepts decision to fine him 25% of match feeICC breached code of conduct by advancing towards umpireVirat Kohli has been fined 25% of his match fee for excessive appealing in Saturday’s tense World Cup contest against Afghanistan, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced.The two-time champions survived a scare against Afghanistan, who eventually fell 11 runs short of a major upset after restricting India to 224-8 in the low-scoring contest. Related: Cricket Worl
  
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• Pakistan v South Africa: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  23-06-2019 10:41
  Over-by-over updates from Lord’s, 10.30am BST startBrathwaite blast in vain as New Zealand foil WindiesGet in touch! Email Adam or tweet @collinsadam 9.39am BST It has been a long time coming, the carnival arriving at headquarters for day 25 of the tournament. When administrators were piecing together the schedule, they could not have expected that the first game to feature here would be between two teams who have so far disappointed more than any other. A nice upbeat start!
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• England teams across sports finally value rewards that come with risk | Andrew Anthony

  23-06-2019 09:30
  Gareth Southgate has led a revolution that has produced better results and entertainment while England’s cricketers have also benefited from a more aggressive attitudeAmong the myriad skills that are employed in different sports one that is shared by all is risk assessment. Though it sounds like some dark art practised by insurance agents, it is the basic cost-benefit analysis that most competitors make intuitively and upon which all coaches are fixated. Namely, does a given action increas
  
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• Botham, Richards and Garner’s dramatic Somerset exit: the inside story | Vic Marks

  23-06-2019 09:30
  In an exclusive extract from his new book Original Spin, Vic Marks talks about the tensions that tore his county team apart in 1986Shockwaves were felt across Somerset at the end of the 1986 season when the club announced that their overseas players, Viv Richards and Joel Garner, would be replaced by Martin Crowe, with the inevitable consequence of Ian Botham’s departure.Somerset had finished 16th in the championship and there was a critical loss to Lancashire in the second round of the Na
  
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• England's defeat to Sri Lanka might be blessing as Trevor Bayliss' men eye World Cup glory

  23-06-2019 09:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  THERE is a plain truth for England about the gathering storm of the Cricket World Cup’s group stage --- and it is that they should finish first or fourth in the table.
  
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• Liam O'Brien: Cricketer had to 'drop his ego' to play for England physical disability team

  23-06-2019 07:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Liam O'Brien tells BBC Sport how he had to "drop his ego" to play for England's physical disability cricket team.
  
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• 'I thought that was it': why Ash Barty almost gave up tennis for good

  23-06-2019 03:19
  Media attention, pressure, depression - Barty went through it all, and it took a stint with cricket to set things rightThe satellite city emerges from a forest of eucalyptus. Large brick houses sit on well-tended blocks of land, where boats and motor homes loiter in the driveways. The shrieks of small children flying down the footpaths on bikes are the only sound in this quiet, comfortable suburban setting. Springfield, south-west of Brisbane, is Australia’s first privately built city, and
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Tournament sparks into life after three thrillers in a row

  23-06-2019 01:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The Cricket World Cup had been criticised for a lack of a close finishes - Friday and Saturday delivered three thrillers in a row.
  
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