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• The root of my beard problem | Letters

  01-04-2020 20:46
  
  Bob Andy | Jennifer Bate | Beard growth | Cricketing reads | Song titlesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageYour obituary of Bob Andy (30 March) reminded of me of a series of graffiti at Hull University in the early 1970s that inserted great thinkers into song titles. In this case: Jung, Gifted and Black. Others included Hegel Don’t Bother Me, and By Durkheim I Get to Phoenix.
  Jonathan French
  York• Peter Dickinson, in his fine obituary of the organist Jen
  
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• England cricketers open to wage cut but wait to hear ECB's plan

  01-04-2020 19:51
  
  Eoin Morgan: team willing to help ‘in whatever way’ ECB hopes for players’ voluntary pay cut of 20%
  Eoin Morgan believes England players are open to tackling cricket’s coronavirus crisis “in whatever way possible” but has held off from committing publicly to wage cuts until more is known about the damage to the season.The England and Wales Cricket Board wrote to the Professional Cricketers’ Association on Sunday to suggest a temporary player salary reduc
  
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• Eoin Morgan: Cricket behind closed doors could help coronavirus fight

  01-04-2020 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cricket taking place behind closed doors during the coronavirus pandemic could be a "huge step forward", says England limited overs captain Eoin Morgan.
  
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• From marble racing to balcony marathons: the sports that are filling the void | Andy Bull

  01-04-2020 14:00
  
  Amateur pastimes provide fair entertainment when the alternative is staring at the wall or, worse, watching the newsIf you know one thing about CB Fry, it’s that he was a man of many talents. He made a Test century against Australia, tied the world long-jump record, took a five-wicket haul at Lord’s, won a cap for England at right-back, started an FA Cup final for Southampton and played three games on the wing for the Barbarians.His CV reads like a schoolboy’s daydream. But the
  
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• Eoin Morgan open to two England teams playing different formats on same day

  01-04-2020 13:27
  
  Test and white-ball teams could play at different venues‘I see every option being viable during this extraordinary time’World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan believes the prospect of England fielding Test and white-ball teams on the same day at separate venues could be a “viable” option in the event of a shortened season. The coronavirus crisis has led to the England and Wales Cricket Board postponing the start of the domestic campaign until at least 28 May while the unce
  
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• My favourite game: Graham Gooch v India, Lord's 1990

  01-04-2020 11:32
  
  On that day, when Test triple hundreds were still extremely rare, it felt as if we were watching history in the makingI was 17. The end of the summer term had been dominated by Italia 90 and Friday nights dabbling in snakebite and black. I had little idea what I was doing with my life, apart from extra shifts behind the bread counter at Sainsbury’s and getting down to the business of failing my first driving test, thanks to Guildford’s dystopian Stoke roundabout.Meanwhile cricket rum
  
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• ECB announce £61m aid package amid fears cricket summer could be wiped out by coronavirus

  01-04-2020 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The ECB has announced a financial package to help cricket clubs amid the coronavirus crisis.
  
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