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• Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka stung by South Africa after bees stop play

  28-06-2019 20:00 via theguardian.com
  • Sri Lanka 204; South Africa 206-1. South Africa win by nine wkts
  • Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis share unbroken stand of 175Anyone arriving at Chester-le-Street just after two o’clock would have been bewildered to find two umpires, 11 men in green and two batsmen flat on the ground, faces nose deep in the grass as a swarm of bees buzzed across the square. But there was no sting in the tale for Eoin Morgan, as Sri Lanka fluffed the understudy lines suddenly thrust at them and d
  
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• Archer and Roy for the Ashes? And thank you Marcus Trescothick – The Spin podcast

  28-06-2019 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Miles Jupp and Jamie Theakston join Emma John to preview England’s game with India. They also consider if any of the ODI squad have improved their Ashes chances, which players’ body parts could be combined to make the ultimate cricketer and say thank you to Marcus Trescothick Continue reading...
  
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• Jos Buttler admits England’s players have been frustrated by their form

  28-06-2019 19:13 via theguardian.com
  • ‘Everyone has been really behind the team,’ says wicketkeeper
  • Jonny Bairstow receives ticking off for his commentsEngland’s one-day rebirth began at Edgbaston four years ago with a Jos Buttler-inspired avalanche of runs against New Zealand. And it is here in leafy south Birmingham where they are now striving to keep their World Cup dream alive, with unbeaten India on Sunday the first of two must-win games.Jason Roy is expected to return after missing the last thre
  
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• South Africa beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets: Cricket World Cup 2019 – as it happened

  28-06-2019 18:56 via theguardian.com
  Already-eliminated South Africa made a massive dent in Sri Lanka’s semi-final hopes with an emphatic victoryBairstow blasts critics ‘waiting for England to fail’ 7.38pm BSTRelated: Archer and Roy for the Ashes? And thank you Marcus Trescothick – The Spin podcastRelated: Jos Buttler admits England’s players have been frustrated by their formRelated: Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka stung by South Africa after bees stop play5.56pm BST And with that, I’m done. Finall
  
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• South Africa beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  28-06-2019 18:44 via theguardian.com
  Sri Lanka 203 all out; South Africa 206-1Bairstow blasts critics ‘waiting for England to fail’And you can drop Simon an email or tweet @Simon_Burnton 5.44pm BST Here’s the latest table. Sri Lanka are down but not out, though they now have to beat both West Indies and India. Related: Cricket World Cup 2019: latest standings5.42pm BST Jonathan Edwards hands Dwaine Pretorius the man of the match trophy. “The guys are absolutely stoked,” he says. “The guys showed
  
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• England can still win the World Cup, but does English cricket deserve to? | Barney Ronay

  28-06-2019 18:30 via theguardian.com
  The 50-over game, and the game in general, is fast disappearing in England which would make finally becoming world champions in the format a little peculiar‘Deserve’s got nothing to do with it.’Jonny Bairstow knows what the problem is. Two days after the invertebrate batting collapse against Australia, six days after the invertebrate batting collapse against Sri Lanka, Bairstow spoke out this week. Some English people – journalists presumably; self-motivating strawmen def
  
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• India happy to move through gears and stick to usual World Cup script | Anjali Doshi

  28-06-2019 18:04 via theguardian.com
  World’s new No 1 ODI side have not lost a one-dayer at Edgbaston since 2007 and have no intention of doing so just yetDuring India’s game against West Indies in Manchester on Thursday, the Indian cricket board tweeted a photo of the temporary stand that presides, like a tidal wave, over Old Trafford. The caption read: “Manchester or India?” The orange, white and green streaks of the India flag in an ocean of blue jerseys were the only colours separating sea from sky.This
  
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• Cricket World Cup table LIVE: Latest standings and results as England LOSE to Australia

  28-06-2019 17:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  CRICKET WORLD CUP action continues with the race to reach the final four. See how the Cricket World Cup table is shaping up with the latest results and fixtures.
  
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• South Africa chasing 204 to beat Sri Lanka: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  28-06-2019 15:50 via theguardian.com
  Cricket World Cup updates from Chester-le-StreetBairstow blasts critics ‘waiting for England to fail’And you can drop Simon an email or tweet @Simon_Burnton 2.50pm BST 1st over: South Africa 9-0 (De Kock 1, Amla 8) Amla sweetly times a drive through the covers for four. Languid, I think is the word. The next is flicked off his ankles, past midwicket for four more. The last beats the edge (there did seem to be a tiny noise, but there was no appeal so perhaps I invented it). South Afri
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: Penalties, pay, populations and protests

  28-06-2019 14:56 via theguardian.com
  Who smoked? Who sulked? And who showed the big match? Wimbledon begins on Monday. How much are players paid if they lose in the first round of the single’s tournament?Nothing£27,000£45,000£62,000Venus Williams celebrated her 39th birthday earlier this month. How old is the player she will face in the first round of Wimbledon?15183842What happened in the 61st minute of the Africa Cup of Nations game between Mali and Mauritania?The referee stopped the game briefly so he cou
  
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• Virat Kohli knows he’s there to score runs for India – I’m there to get him out | Moeen Ali

  28-06-2019 13:26 via theguardian.com
  We managed to overcome their spin pairing in last year’s ODI series and at Edgbaston on Sunday we will need the right mindset againThe World Cup knockout stages have, in effect, begun early for us but as Eoin Morgan keeps reminding the players and supporters, our fate remains in our hands. Personally I see these final group games against India and New Zealand as an opportunity to be embraced not feared.The defeats to Sri Lanka and Australia have hurt us. Australia outplayed us in the first
  
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• Sri Lanka v South Africa: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  28-06-2019 13:25 via theguardian.com
  Cricket World Cup updates from Chester-le-StreetBairstow blasts critics ‘waiting for England to fail’And you can drop Adam an email or tweet @collinsadam 12.25pm BST 23rd over: Sri Lanka 104-4 (Mendis 18, Dhananjaya 3) Another good over for the Proteas, Mendis taking the wrong’un through midwicket for one and Dhananjaya doing likewise to finish but with four dots in there too. Over the last five overs, Sri Lanka have added 1/16. Good captaincy from du Plessis to squeeze after t
  
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• County cricket talking points: Essex beat Somerset to crack open title race

  28-06-2019 12:44 via theguardian.com
  Aaron Beard and Alastair Cook were on form for Essex as they cut Somerset’s lead at the top of the tableBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogIt’s often the way that a run like Somerset’s ends in a blazing car wreck of a match – and, sure enough, it did. There are plenty of wise heads at the club who will counsel their young captain, Tom Abell, with such words of comfort, but they can do nothing to take away the identity of the victors – Essex – who now sit
  
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