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• Cricket's criminal streak and the curious case of the Lord's forger

  17-03-2020 21:00
  
  AJ Raffles was a fictional character as famous for being a burglar as a bowler but the present-day antics of the man who blagged his way into the Lord’s pavilion have proved no laughing matterGiven everything else that’s been going on it’s just possible you’ve missed the curious escapades of the Lord’s forger. So let’s flick over a minute and catch up on what’s been happening at Southwark crown court, where one of the stranger little sports stories aroun
  
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• County Championship under threat if domestic cricket season is curtailed

  17-03-2020 19:51
  
  ECB desperate to ensure The Hundred goes ahead as plannedRoyal London Cup may also be delayed or cut from scheduleEnglish cricket is braced for a delayed start to the season and a possible crunching down of competitions as the sport tries to salvage its televised offering in response to the coronavirus pandemic.The England and Wales Cricket Board held conference calls with first-class counties and stakeholders on Tuesday morning in a bid to get a full understanding of the challenges facing the s
  
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• Coronavirus: ECB and county bosses to discuss rescheduling cricket season

  17-03-2020 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The possible rescheduling of the cricketing summer amid the coronavirus outbreak is to be discussed by the ECB and county bosses.
  
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• England batsman Alex Hales in self-isolation with coronavirus symptoms

  17-03-2020 14:36
  
  Hales came home from Pakistan Super League last weekSurrey’s Tom Curran and Jade Dernbach in self-isolationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Pakistan Super League was called off with only three matches remaining after Alex Hales returned home early from the tournament and then went into self-isolation because of symptoms that could indicate Covid-19.The England batsman was among a number of overseas cricketers who left the PSL last week because of uncert
  
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• The Spin | Garry Sobers and the risky declaration that enlivened a dour series

  17-03-2020 13:51
  
  England’s 1968 tour of West Indies contained incident aplenty off the field but turgid cricket on it, until a gamble that failedThere can’t be many Tests with such an unexpected twist as that between England and West Indies in Port of Spain, 52 years ago this week. Here’s Bruce Barber in the Guardian at the end of day three, under the headline “A disgrace to the name of cricket”: “In the mid-afternoon hours the only critical problem was to decide whether the b
  
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• Alex Hales: England opener goes into self-isolation

  17-03-2020 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England batsman Alex Hales says he is in self-isolation after developing coronavirus symptoms having returned from Pakistan.
  
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• England batsman Alex Hales in self-isolation due to coronavirus symptoms

  17-03-2020 12:00
  
  England batsman flew home from Pakistan last weekPakistan Super League has now been called offThe Pakistan Super League has seen its knockout stages called off after Alex Hales, the England batsman, returned home early from the tournament and went into self-isolation due to symptoms that could indicate Covid-19.Hales was among the overseas cricketers who opted to leave the PSL last week due to uncertainty over travel restrictions. On Monday the 31-year-old Nottinghamshire opener stated on Twitte
  
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• Alex Hales: English cricket star develops coronavirus symptoms as PSL is shutdown

  17-03-2020 11:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Alex Hales is self-isolating after developing coronavirus symptoms.
  
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• PSL 2020 postponed: When will Pakistan Super League resume amid coronavirus pandemic?

  17-03-2020 09:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Pakistan Super League has been postponed due to the spread of the coronavirus - but when will PSL 2020 resume?
  
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• Jofra Archer: England bowler condemns racist abuse on social media

  17-03-2020 09:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England bowler Jofra Archer condemns racist abuse on social media after posting a series of messages he has received.
  
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• NSW declared Sheffield Shield winners as Cricket Australia cancels rest of season

  17-03-2020 01:46
  
  Coronavirus threat sees final Shield round called off
  CA recommends all other levels of cricket are cancelledNew South Wales have been declared the winners of this season’s Sheffield Shield as Cricket Australia advised all lower-tier competitions to shut down.CA suspended the Shield season with one round remaining in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, with NSW 12 points clear at the top of the table from next-best Victoria. Related: Coronavirus and Australian sport – a list of th
  
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• Jofra Archer calls for action after receiving racist abuse on social media

  17-03-2020 01:26
  
  Archer posts screenshots of racist abuse on Instagram‘It isn’t ever acceptable and should be addressed properly’England bowler Jofra Archer has condemned racial abuse on social media after posting racist messages he has received.The 24-year-old, who helped England win the 2019 World Cup, took screenshots of messages from an individual and posted them on his Instagram story on Monday evening. Related: Chris Woakes: 'It started to feel serious, being so far from loved ones'Contin
  
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