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• Jofra Archer: England bowler impresses on first day of Fifa tournament

  05-05-2020 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England bowler Jofra Archer impresses with a 4-1 win over Newcastle's Rolando Aarons in the best of the action from the first day of the second Premier League Fifa invitational.
  
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• England bowler Archer impresses at Fifa tournament

  05-05-2020 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England bowler Jofra Archer impresses with a 4-1 win over Newcastle's Rolando Aarons in the best of the action from the first day of the second Premier League Fifa invitational.
  
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• Coronavirus: The key questions answered about sport's £700m 'hole'

  05-05-2020 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The coronavirus pandemic could cost cricket, football and rugby union almost £700m combined in the UK, leading figures have said.
  
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• British sport faces devastating £700m black hole from Covid-19 pandemic

  05-05-2020 18:33 via theguardian.com
  
  MPs told of huge impact on football, rugby and cricketECB warns of £380m loss; RFU £107m; EFL £200mThe devastating financial effect of coronavirus on British sport was laid bare on Tuesday with the Football League, the Rugby Football Union and the England and Wales Cricket Board revealing they could lose more than £700m between them in the next year.With Premier League clubs also facing a potential £750m TV shortfall if the football season does not resume this summe
  
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• Cricket: Coronavirus could cost ECB £380m - Tom Harrison

  05-05-2020 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The impact of coronavirus could cost the England and Wales Cricket Board as much as £380m, says its chief executive Tom Harrison.
  
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• Cricket will lose £380m if season is wiped out, warns ECB chief executive

  05-05-2020 14:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Even if international cricket is played losses will hit £100m‘It is the most significant financial challenge we have ever faced’English cricket is braced for losses of up to 380 million pounds if no matches are played this summer due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Tom Harrison, CEO of The England and Wales Cricket Board.The cricket season was due to begin on 2 April, but no matches will be played now until the start of July at the earliest.“We anticipate the co
  
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• We would do anything to get cricket back - Stokes

  05-05-2020 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England cricketer Ben Stokes tells 5 Live Breakfast that playing cricket behind closed doors would not take away the competitive edge.
  
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• Ben Stokes: Cricket behind closed doors would not take away competitive edge

  05-05-2020 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England cricketer Ben Stokes tells 5 Live Breakfast that playing cricket behind closed doors would not take away the competitive edge.
  
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• The Spin | A bittersweet time travel back to Edgbaston 2005: why not?

  05-05-2020 10:57 via theguardian.com
  
  The BBC is replaying the whole TMS commentary of the second Ashes Test from 2005 as live from Thursday, if you don’t have anything else on
  Who fancies a Proustian rush? Actually, who fancies three-and-a-bit days of Proustian rushes? From 10.30am on Thursday, the BBC is replaying the full Test Match Special commentary of the second Ashes Test of 2005. It appears Sky Sports are also repeating the whole thing, though I can’t quite work out why the programme begins at 12.30pm on Thursday
  
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• Players have the Hundred contracts terminated after postponement

  05-05-2020 00:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Inaugural tournament was delayed last week until 2021Players had already received a percentage of wagesThe players due to take part in the Hundred this summer have been informed their contracts have been terminated in a letter from the England and Wales Cricket Board. Related: Charlotte Edwards fears delay to the Hundred will damage women's cricketContinue reading...
  
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• Players have Hundred contracts terminated after postponement

  05-05-2020 00:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Inaugural tournament was delayed last week until 2021Players had already received a percentage of wagesThe players due to take part in the Hundred this summer have been informed their contracts have been terminated in a letter from the England and Wales Cricket Board. Related: Charlotte Edwards fears delay to the Hundred will damage women's cricketContinue reading...
  
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