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• T20 Blast: Babar Azam scores century as Somerset beat Hampshire

  09-08-2019 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Pakistan's Babar Azam scores a superb unbeaten 55-ball century as Somerset thrash Hampshire in the T20 Blast.
  
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• Shane Warne predicts Jofra Archer trouble for Steve Smith as England announce Ashes squad

  09-08-2019 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  SHANE WARNE believes Jofra Archer will prove to be England’s not-so-secret weapon in the battle with Steve Smith at Lord’s.
  
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• Ashes 2019: Rain hits Australia's second Test preparations

  09-08-2019 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia's Ashes preparations were hit by rain as their three-day match against Worcestershire was abandoned on Friday.
  
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• Adil Rashid: Yorkshire's England World Cup winner ruled out for rest of season

  09-08-2019 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Yorkshire's England World Cup winner Adil Rashid is ruled out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury.
  
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• Smith and Stokes emerge into light of redemption as comeback trails entwine | Isa Guha

  09-08-2019 16:26 via theguardian.com
  Steve Smith and Ben Stokes will understand forgiveness is earned not just by runs and wickets, it is by a willingness to rebuild the example you setThe greatest cricketers obsess over their game with a motivation to be the best they can be. They squeeze out every ounce of skill and fitness which helps them approach matches with an unbreakable mentality, knowing every part of preparation has been covered. They throw themselves at every conceivable practice and game scenario to absorb, learn and b
  
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• Ashes 2019: England drop Moeen Ali with Jack Leach recalled for second Test

  09-08-2019 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  England drop Moeen Ali and replace him in the squad with slow left-armer Jack Leach for the second Ashes Test against Australia.
  
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• England replace Moeen Ali with Jack Leach for second Ashes Test

  09-08-2019 16:10 via theguardian.com
  Left-arm spinner Leach named in a 12-man squad for Lord’sOlly Stone ruled out of facing Australia due to a back injuryEngland have dropped Moeen Ali for the second Ashes Test with the all-rounder to be replaced in the squad for Lord’s by the Somerset left-arm spinner, Jack Leach.The England selectors have named a 12-strong squad to face Australia in the second Test which begins on Wednesday next week. Continue reading...
  
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• Geoffrey Boycott joins Roy of the Rovers – archive, 9 August 1984

  09-08-2019 14:00 via theguardian.com
  9 August 1984 Readers of famous comic for soccer-crazy kids will see cricketer Mr Boycott introduced as chairman of the fictitious Melchester Rovers Football ClubGeoffrey Boycott, the Boy’s Own hero of Pontefract, is at the centre of another amazing bid for control of a club with a proud history of sporting success.This time it is Melchester Rovers Football Club, home of the legendary Roy of the Rovers. Roy Race, now the player-manager, has hoofed in as many goals as Geoff of the Plodders
  
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• AB de Villiers: Middlesex batsman to play last two T20 Blast group games

  09-08-2019 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Middlesex confirm South African batsman AB de Villiers will return to play in their final two T20 Blast group matches.
  
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• Shane Warne named as coach of Lord’s Hundred team

  09-08-2019 12:36 via theguardian.com
  • Warne to take charge of London side in new tournament
  • ‘I love the concept of the Hundred,’ says former Australia spinner
  Shane Warne will coach the Lord’s-based London team in next year’s Hundred competition. The 49-year-old former leg-spinner, who took 708 Test wickets for Australia, has previous coaching experience with Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.Warne becomes the fourth Australian coach to be announced by the England and Wales Cricket B
  
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• Shane Warne: Australia legend to coach London-based team in The Hundred

  09-08-2019 12:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne is named head coach of the London-based men's side for the inaugural season of The Hundred.
  
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• Kane Williamson: New Zealand captain gets birthday cake from Sri Lanka fans

  09-08-2019 11:49 via bbc.co.uk
  After winning fans during the World Cup, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is enjoying his birthday in style in Sri Lanka.
  
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• Scott Morrison criticises Cricket Australia's 'heavy-handed' transgender player policy

  09-08-2019 04:48 via theguardian.com
  Prime minister ‘mystified’ by policy and guidelines for community cricket to allow players to compete in line with gender identityScott Morrison has criticised a Cricket Australia decision to release a policy which aims to allow transgender and gender-diverse people to play the sport at the highest level and guidelines for community cricket as “heavy-handed” and “mystifying”.The sport’s national governing body has released an elite-level policy and guide
  
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