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• County cricketers to waive £1m in prize money over coronavirus crisis

  08-04-2020 19:35
  
  Players agree to cede more than 50% of this year’s prize moneyPremiership Rugby announces indefinite suspension of seasonDomestic cricketers in England have waived £1m in prize money as part of a deal brokered with the 18 first-class counties and the England and Wales Cricket Board.After a week of talks over the financial impact of Covid-19, the Professional Cricketers Association announced on Wednesday that an agreement to cover the months of April and May – the portion of the
  
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• The Guardian provides a beautiful window on the world outside | Brief letters

  08-04-2020 18:55
  
  Photography | Bagpipes | Richie Richardson | Cars | Edible plantsOne newly essential way of beating the indoor blues since going into semi-lockdown has been to slowly flick through the Guardian website and app feature “Best photographs of the day”, magnified to almost full screen on my tablet. What was once merely an appreciation of handsome images by talented artisans, has now become an indispensable window onto the outside world.
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• County cricketers agree 'support package' to help first-class game

  08-04-2020 17:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  County champions Essex are among clubs to put players on furlough after a "support package" is agreed to help the first-class game.
  
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• Coronavirus: Jos Buttler's World Cup shirt raises £65,000

  08-04-2020 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The jersey, which smells of "sweat and champagne", was signed by all of England World Cup squad.
  
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• Wisden 2020 offers plenty of scope for cricket-loving self-isolators | Vic Marks

  08-04-2020 13:00
  
  The little yellow monster is coronavirus-free and references the summer of Ben Stokes and the much-missed Bob WillisHere is a timely arrival for cricket lovers. What better way to self-isolate than to escape into some of the 1,536 pages of this year’s Wisden? The 157th edition has just been published, the only problem that remains is distributing the little yellow monster, which in every other year heralds the arrival of the season. Related: England's Ben Stokes named as leading cricketer
  
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• Tailenders: The team bring big news from the world of cricket

  08-04-2020 10:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Greg, Jimmy, Felix and Mattchin bring the you latest big news from the world of cricket, including a Headingley Test 'score-along'.
  
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• Ben Stokes: Wisden name England all-rounder leading cricketer in world

  08-04-2020 09:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ben Stokes becomes the first Englishman since 2005 to be named Wisden's leading cricketer in the world.
  
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• England's Ben Stokes named as leading cricketer in the world by Wisden

  08-04-2020 09:30
  
  Stokes feted for heroics in World Cup final and Headingley TestJofra Archer chosen as one of Wisden’s five cricketers of the yearWisden has named Ben Stokes as its leading cricketer in the world and urged the government to ensure that at the next global event in the UK all England matches are broadcast on free-to-air television– not just the final.The 157th Almanack lands on Thursday for what should be a precursor to the opening deliveries of the County Championship on Easter Sunday
  
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• Catches, tea and nets: Wisden–MCC Photograph of the Year – in pictures

  08-04-2020 09:30
  
  This year’s competition saw 650 entries from around the globe, depicting a wide variety of portrayals of the game from a wonderful year of cricket. The competition is open to both professional and amateur photographers, aims to promote excellence and reflect the MCC’s desire to promote the sport at all levels. Lawrence Booth, editor of Wisden, said: “The standard of entries, inspired by a summer to remember, was amazingly high” Continue reading...
  
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• Catches, tea and nets: Wisden–MCC Photograph of the Year

  08-04-2020 09:30
  
  This year’s competition saw 650 entries from around the globe, depicting a wide variety of portrayals of the game from a wonderful year of cricket. The competition is open to both professional and amateur photographers, aims to promote excellence and reflect the MCC’s desire to promote the sport at all levels. Lawrence Booth, editor of Wisden, said: “The standard of entries, inspired by a summer to remember, was amazingly high” Continue reading...
  
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• From the archive, 8 April 1921: the return of cricket

  08-04-2020 06:30
  
  8 April 1921 Neville Cardus on the start of a new seasonIt is likely that you are first made aware of cricket’s return as you walk the crowded pavement of the city at the fall of a spring day. The newsboys are calling “Football edition!” but there is now nothing inimical in the cry. It is no longer the bodeful thing you heard the August before, when cricket died in yellow sunshine and mists. Now, indeed, the cry strikes you as rather desperate – the tyrant is about to be
  
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