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• Ashes fervour is sure to maintain melodrama of this crazy summer | Vic Marks

  27-07-2019 23:01
  A tied World Cup final, 85 all out against Ireland and a face-saving demolition have left the public wanting more and the Ashes between England and Australia is next in lineThe melodrama cannot be sustained throughout the Ashes, can it? A tied World Cup final against New Zealand, which captivated fans and their families in their millions; 85 all out against Ireland followed by a face-saving demolition of their flimsy batting line-up on the third day when they were bundled out for 38. This is cra
  
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• Ashes 2019: England call up Jofra Archer for first Test v Australia

  27-07-2019 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Pace bowler Jofra Archer is named in England's Test squad for the first time for the Ashes opener against Australia starting on Thursday.
  
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• Naming Ben Stokes vice-captain for Ashes is reward for his maturity | Andy Bull

  27-07-2019 18:07
  The all-rounder was England’s hero of the World Cup but his recent displays indicate he has become a steadier playerNo one writes books about how to be the best second-in-charge, there is not an entry on it in the MCC manual or a chapter in Don Bradman’s The Art of Cricket and Mike Brearley never penned The Art of Vice-Captaincy. The job spec for it depends on the particular dynamics of the team at that moment and the whims and preferences of the captain and coach. England have had t
  
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• Jofra Archer selected for first Ashes Test as England name squad for Australia opener

  27-07-2019 12:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  JOFRA ARCHER has been included in the England squad for the first Ashes Test against Australia at Edgbaston next Thursday.
  
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• Ben Stokes named vice-captain as Jofra Archer makes England’s Ashes squad

  27-07-2019 12:00
  • England announce 14-strong squad for first Test at Edgbaston
  • Stokes reappointed after 2017 sacking; Jack Leach misses outEngland may have one Test debutant at Edgbaston and they will certainly have a different vice-captain. The selection of Jofra Archer in a 14-man squad is no great surprise but amid the recent whirl of activity the return of Ben Stokes as Joe Root’s deputy had not been signposted.So Birmingham becomes the venue of the Redemption Test. If Cameron Bancroft, wh
  
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• How great romantic Neville Cardus changed sports writing for ever | Duncan Hamilton

  27-07-2019 11:00
  A new book examines the influence of the Manchester Guardian’s cricket writer and the game’s golden age between the warsJohn Arlott introduced me to Neville Cardus. In the early autumn of 1973 Arlott interviewed Cardus – who was Sir Neville by then – for three 25-minute programmes on the BBC. Each was a journey around his life and career. Cardus was in his mid-80s, but looked much older. He looked so old, in fact, that I wondered whether the Queen would shortly be sending
  
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• Australia intent on demolishing England after Lanning's record ton

  27-07-2019 03:28
  Despite retaining the trophy, the Australian team remains determined to further widen the gap between the sidesIt couldn’t help but feel ominous after Australia drew the Taunton Test to take an unbeatable lead on points in the Women’s Ashes. “There won’t be any let-up,” Meg Lanning had promised.It didn’t take her long to deliver on that. No let-up? What about a demolition job in the series’ first Twenty20 match by nearly a hundred runs? What about the Au
  
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• Joe Root makes worrying Ashes confession as England begin preparations after Ireland win

  27-07-2019 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  JOE ROOT admitted he was ‘knackered’ six days from the start of a gruelling Ashes campaign but insisted he can cope with the workload.
  
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• England's Ireland Test win exposes major Ashes concerns despite Lord's comeback

  27-07-2019 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND finished off Ireland with a flourish in 94 balls yesterday and will at least go to Edgbaston next week having escaped a blow to their pride and confidence ahead of the Ashes.
  
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• Jofra Archer: England paceman in 'excruciating' pain during World Cup

  27-07-2019 00:54 via bbc.co.uk
  England fast bowler Jofra Archer says he was unable to play without painkillers during the World Cup.
  
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• Women's Ashes: Australia's Meg Lanning hits T20 record 133 against England

  27-07-2019 00:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Meg Lanning hits the highest individual score in a women's T20 international as Australia inflict England's record defeat to clinch the Women's Ashes series outright.
  
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• Australia seal Women’s Ashes triumph with record T20 defeat of England

  27-07-2019 00:33
  • Australia 226-3; England 133-9; Australia win by 93 runs
  • Australia take unassailable 10-2 lead in Ashes seriesIn a show of utter dominance Australia ground England’s hopes of drawing this Ashes series firmly into the dust, the visitors smashing their record T20 total while Meg Lanning racked up an unbeaten 133 from 63 balls to break her own record for the highest individual score in the format.England, by contrast, could manage just the same number of runs as Lanning as they
  
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• T20 Blast: Jofra Archer returns as Sussex and Surrey tie match

  27-07-2019 00:02 via bbc.co.uk
  England's World Cup winner Jofra Archer returns to action as Sussex Sharks tie with Surrey in the T20 Blast.
  
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