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• Cricket World Cup: Babar & Haris guide Pakistan to victory against New Zealand

  26-06-2019 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch the best of Babar Azam and Haris Sohail's 126-run match-winning partnership as Pakistan beat New Zealand by six wickets at the World Cup.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Pakistan beat New Zealand to keep semi-final hopes alive

  26-06-2019 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch highlights as Pakistan keep their hopes of a World Cup semi-final place alive with a six-wicket victory over New Zealand at Edgbaston.
  
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• Pakistan beat New Zealand by six wickets: Cricket World Cup 2019 – as it happened

  26-06-2019 21:04 via theguardian.com
  Babar Azam’s hundred helped Pakistan inflict a first defeat on the Black Caps, boosting their semi-final hopes and turning up the heat on England 8.04pm BSTRelated: Eoin Morgan faces ultimate test in England’s crunch World Cup week | Vic MarksRelated: Cricket World Cup 2019: latest standingsRelated: Pakistan beat New Zealand to increase World Cup pressure on England7.56pm BST That’s it from me. Thanks for your wonderful company throughout the day. We’ll be back at Old Tra
  
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• Eoin Morgan faces ultimate test in England’s crunch World Cup week | Vic Marks

  26-06-2019 20:59 via theguardian.com
  Captain needs to rally his team with their semi-final hopes in the balance leading up to games against India and New ZealandNow it is getting tense in the England camp. They cannot afford many more mishaps. In fact they may not have room for any if they are to ensure that the goal of World Cup glory on home soil, which has been targeted for so long, does not become another pipe dream.Here comes the ultimate test of Eoin Morgan and there is every reason for him to be disgruntled just at the momen
  
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• Pakistan beat New Zealand to increase World Cup pressure on England

  26-06-2019 20:44 via theguardian.com
  • New Zealand 237-6; Pakistan 241-4; Pakistan win by six wickets
  • Babar Azam scores century in successful run chasePakistan are making a late surge in the direction of the World Cup’s semi‑final spots, with the winds of their victorious 1992 campaign possibly behind them once more if the form book is anything to go by.In defeating New Zealand by six wickets at Edgbaston – where the atmosphere evoked a match in Lahore or Karachi – they have continued a run of re
  
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• County cricket: Surrey beat Warks for first win of season – as it happened

  26-06-2019 19:17 via theguardian.com
  The defending champions finally earned their first win of the season, while Glamorgan lead Division Two after getting the better of Gloucestershire 7.52pm BST On the day it was revealed that the Hundred Franchise name coming out of south London would be the Oval Greats, Surrey at last won their first County Championship game of the season. They picked apart Warwickshire’s tail, taking the last seven wickets for 67, to win by 74 runs before lunch.Needing another 142 to win, Dominic Sibley a
  
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• Joe Root warns England must take emotion out of 'tasty' India match

  26-06-2019 19:12 via theguardian.com
  Australia defeat means India game could be must-win for hostsAdil Rashid says he is ‘definitely’ fit for Sunday’s gameJoe Root has warned England must take the emotion out of their blockbuster World Cup meeting with India at Edgbaston on Sunday.What is shaping up to be a possible must-win game for Eoin Morgan’s side will be staged at the ground that has been an English stronghold of late, given a run of nine victories across all formats in Birmingham stretching back to 20
  
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• Sad story of former Middlesex bowler | Letters

  26-06-2019 19:07 via theguardian.com
  Jack Morgan remembers the fast bowler who became a victim of the Windrush scandal and Jeffrey Borinsky says the hostile environment was 114 years in the making, not 70I was slightly puzzled by Amelia Gentleman’s piece on “former Middlesex bowler Richard Stewart” (Another Windrush victim dies without payment or apology, 22 June), as I did not recognise the name despite being a strong follower of Middlesex CCC. But I then remembered that the “Wes” Stewart I recalled f
  
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• England down but not out, and Carlos Brathwaite: The Movie – The Spin Podcast

  26-06-2019 18:11 via theguardian.com
  Warning! This episode contains Australians. Geoff Lemon and comedian Felicity Ward join Emma John to discuss England’s third loss of their World Cup campaign at the hands of Aaron Finch’s side. Plus, cricket’s best bromances and Emma gets excited about the best game so far Continue reading...
  
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• County cricket: Surrey beat Warwickshire, Gloucs v Glamorgan and more – live!

  26-06-2019 16:30 via theguardian.com
  County Championship updates from around the county groundsLook in on New Zealand v Pakistan in the World Cup – live!Email Tanya, tweet @tjaldred or join the discussion BTL3.29pm BST This is the fabulous Marina Hyde column that was mentioned earlier below the line.Related: Boycott’s not-out attitude switches ends between Test cricket and Brexit | Marina Hyde3.25pm BST Chris Gayle has backtracked on retirement plans post World Cup, hanging out the possibility of an improbable Test reca
  
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• Pakistan chasing 238 to beat New Zealand – Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  26-06-2019 16:29 via theguardian.com
  Cricket World Cup updates from the match at EdgbastonCounty cricket – live! Join Tanya Aldred for all the latestAnd feel free to email Adam or tweet @collinsadam 3.29pm BST Thanks, Rob. A mighty, marathon OBO and what a fightback to document. Jimmy Neesham, The Bradman of Twitter has delivered in a way that so many of have wanted for him for so long. We saw down with him a couple of weeks ago to discuss how close he was to quitting the sport. GO YOU GOOD THING.
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• Chris Gayle reverses plans to retire after Cricket World Cup and wants Test recall

  26-06-2019 15:34 via theguardian.com
  West Indies batsman has not played a Test match since 2014Gayle says: ‘I’m definitely up there with the greats’Chris Gayle has apparently backtracked on plans to retire from one-day cricket after the World Cup, as well as declaring himself open to a first Test appearance in five years.The West Indies batsman said this year that he would end his 50-over career after the tournament but, speaking before Thursday’s match against India, the self-proclaimed “Universe Boss
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Safaraz Ahmed catch removes Ross Taylor

  26-06-2019 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Pakistan wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed takes a "wonderful" diving catch to remove New Zealand's Ross Taylor in their World Cup match at Edgbaston.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: New Zealand lose Martin Guptill against Pakistan

  26-06-2019 12:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Martin Guptill drags Mohammad Amir's delivery onto the stumps as New Zealand lose an early wicket against Pakistan in their World Cup match at Edgbaston.
  
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• Boycott’s not-out attitude switches ends between Test cricket and Brexit | Marina Hyde

  26-06-2019 12:30 via theguardian.com
  The famously immovable opening batsman now shows a much more carefree approach to the prospect of no-dealMy God, I wish Geoff Boycott had approached playing cricket like he approaches no-deal Brexit. The longtime cricketer turned longtime commentator was on Good Morning Britain this week, when he was asked about his Brexit strategy, rather in the same way you might get Jeremy Hunt on the show and seek his opinion as to whether he can even bear the poignancy of not being able to watch Jimmy Ander
  
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• What do England need to reach Cricket World Cup semi-finals after Australia defeat?

  26-06-2019 12:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND’S defeat to Australia at the Cricket World Cup has left their semi-final hopes in doubt but under what scenarios can they still progress?
  
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• New Zealand v Pakistan: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  26-06-2019 10:31 via theguardian.com
  Cricket World Cup updates from the match at EdgbastonAustralia deliver hammer blow to England’s hopesAnd feel free to email [email protected] 9.01am BST Hello. The last-chance saloon is Pakistan’s second home. They’ve got an en-suite upstairs and they get free peanuts from the bar staff. It’s a place where everybody knows their name, and they’re always glad they came. That’s because there’s no more exhilarating sight in cricket than Pakistan on a
  
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• Jason Roy to be given until last moment to prove fitness for crucial India match

  26-06-2019 10:03 via theguardian.com
  Injured England opener missed Sri Lanka and Australia defeatsAdil Rashid and Jofra Archer are further injury concernsJason Roy will be given until the last moment to prove his fitness for Sunday’s crucial World Cup match against India. The England opener is working his way back from a hamstring tear which has forced him to miss the games against Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Australia, but is being assessed on a daily basis before the Edgbaston encounter.Related: England’s forward-think
  
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• Steve Smith faces summer of stick despite Australia beating England in Cricket World Cup

  26-06-2019 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  JUST as 1967 had Light My Fire and 1996 the Macarena, the ritual booing of Steve Smith could end up being the soundtrack to the summer of 2019.
  
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• England stunned by Australia but Cricket World Cup progress remains in their own hands

  26-06-2019 01:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  HAVING arrived at this tournament perched on top of the world England have chosen a bad time to lose their footing.
  
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