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• Joe Root talks up Ashes return for dropped Moeen Ali

  13-08-2019 19:49
  Worcestershire spark burnout talk with ‘short break’ reference‘It’s certainly not the last we’ll see of him,’ says England captain
  Moeen Ali is down to play in Worcestershire’s four-day County Championship fixture at Northamptonshire this Sunday amid encouraging words from Joe Root over his potential return during the Ashes this summer.Moeen, 32, missed out on selection for the second Test against Australia at Lord’s starting on Wednesday – h
  
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• Celeb watching at Lord's, Olympic cricket and Steve Smith on Strictly – The Spin podcast

  13-08-2019 19:39
  Emma John is joined by Adam Collins, Andy Bull and Bharat Sundaresan to preview the second Ashes Test at Lord’s. Plus, as the 2019 series Strictly Come Dancing doesn’t include any cricketers - who should have swapped the Dukes ball for the glitter ball?Continue reading...
  
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• Kia Super League: Rachel Priest makes half-century as Storm claim fourth victory

  13-08-2019 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Rachel Priest hits her first half-century of the 2019 Super League as Western Storm beat Loughborough for a fourth straight win.
  
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• Kia Super League: Western Storm beat Loughborough Lightning by 40 runs

  13-08-2019 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch all 10 wickets as Western Storm beat Loughborough by 40 runs in the KSL at the Bristol County Ground.
  
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• Ashes: Joe Root urges England bowlers to be ‘ruthless’ against Steve Smith

  13-08-2019 18:49
  • ‘We’ve got to be really ruthless with our plan and stick to it’
  • Australia likely to pick Josh Hazlewood for second Ashes TestJoe Root has told England to look past Steve Smith’s twitchiness at the crease and be ruthless with their plans as they look to nullify Australia’s premier batsman when the second Ashes Test begins at Lord’s on Wednesday.Sitting 1-0 down and wary that no England team has ever come back from a two-match deficit in an Ashes s
  
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• Lord’s awaits Jofra Archer and England will hope for instant impact | Vic Marks

  13-08-2019 17:59
  Joe Root needs Archer’s debut to be like that of Tony Greig or Kevin Pietersen rather than Graeme Hick or Andy CaddickThe advent of any Test debutant is a source of excitement. But some are more exciting than others. On Wednesday, if the weather permits, Jofra Archer becomes the 693rd man to play for England.Expectations are unusually high for Archer but he does not seem too bothered by that. He is not the first cricketer to come from overseas to be picked almost immediately once the regul
  
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• Mohammad Hafeez: Pakistan all-rounder joins Middlesex for T20 Blast group games

  13-08-2019 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Pakistan's veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez joins Middlesex for the rest of their T20 Blast group games.
  
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• Joe Root talks up Ashes return for Moeen Ali despite being dropped

  13-08-2019 17:05
  Worcestershire spark burnout talk with ‘short break’ reference‘It’s certainly not the last we’ll see of him,’ says England captain
  Moeen Ali is down to play in Worcestershire’s four-day County Championship fixture at Northamptonshire this Sunday amid encouraging words from Joe Root over his potential return during the Ashes this summer.Moeen, 32, missed out on selection for the second Test against Australia at Lord’s starting on Wednesday – h
  
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• Ashes 2019: England captain Joe Root promises 'really good show' in second Australia Test

  13-08-2019 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Captain Joe Root says his England side will "put in a really good show" as they attempt to level the Ashes series in the second Test at Lord's, starting on Wednesday.
  
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• Moeen Ali taking break from cricket after being dropped by England

  13-08-2019 15:07
  Worcs say all-rounder will take short time off to recharge‘He has had an intense schedule of international cricket’The England all-rounder Moeen Ali is taking a short break from all forms of cricket after being omitted from the squad to face Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s this week. Moeen contributed only four runs in the opening Test defeat at Edgbaston and offered neither control nor a consistent threat with his off-spin in taking unflattering figures of two for
  
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• Moeen Ali taking 'short break' from cricket after losing England spot in second Ashes Test

  13-08-2019 15:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  MOEEN ALI is taking a short break from all forms of cricket after being dropped by England for the second Ashes Test, which begins tomorrow.
  
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• Anger is an energy, and Dale Steyn rode the furious wave to greatness | Andy Bull

  13-08-2019 15:00
  An insult on his ODI debut from Ricky Ponting inspired the firebrand bowler to become a living legend of cricketThe first time Dale Steyn bowled to Ricky Ponting, he was a 22-year-old kid playing his very first game of 50-over cricket for South Africa. He started with a no-ball, and followed it up with a second soon after, then a third, and a fourth, until his captain Graeme Smith finally decided to pull him out of the attack.Steyn finished with five overs for 58 runs. Years later it wasn’
  
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• Moeen Ali: England & Worcestershire all-rounder to take short break after Test omission

  13-08-2019 14:57 via bbc.co.uk
  England and Worcestershire all-rounder Moeen Ali is to take a "short break" from cricket after his omission from the Test side.
  
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• Chris Green: Two games on two continents 18 hours apart for Bears' new signing

  13-08-2019 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Chris Green's introduction to the T20 Blast with Birmingham Bears takes in games on two continents within 18 hours.
  
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• Hazlewood and Starc in the frame for Australia at Lord’s as Pattinson dropped

  13-08-2019 12:55
  • James Pattinson left out of 12-man squad for second Ashes Test
  • Josh Hazlewood thought to be the likeliest replacementAustralia have left out the pace bowler James Pattinson from their 12-man squad for the second Ashes Test against England, with Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood competing for recalls.Pattinson was part of the team that won by 251 runs at Edgbaston, taking two wickets in his first Test in almost three years. But the 29-year-old will sit out the Lord’s match, le
  
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• Benny Howell: Gloucestershire all-rounder out for rest of season

  13-08-2019 11:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Gloucestershire all-rounder Benny Howell will miss the rest of the season with a hamstring injury.
  
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• Following a World Cup with the Ashes could be a burden too far for England | The Spin

  13-08-2019 11:27
  The ECB trumpeted this summer as a feast of cricket for England but dips in form after World Cup success are commonWhen Eoin Morgan said at the end of the World Cup group stage, during a carnival of cricket that would eventually carry his team to glory, that the experience was proving so intense that “I can’t wait to get away from a cricket field”, there will have been many sportsmen who understood precisely what he was feeling. While fans enjoy the remorseless drama of these g
  
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• Ashes 2019: England spinner Jack Leach on playing for his local club after Ireland Test

  13-08-2019 07:39 via bbc.co.uk
  England spinner Jack Leach explains why he returned to play for his local club in Taunton after making 92 against Ireland.
  
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• Ashes 2019: England must not put too much pressure on Jofra Archer, says Paul Collingwood

  13-08-2019 00:47 via bbc.co.uk
  England must not put too much pressure on Jofra Archer in the second Test against Australia, says assistant coach Paul Collingwood.
  
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