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• Concern for England as Sam Curran is tested for Covid-19 after falling ill

  02-07-2020 21:10
  
  All-rounder self-isolates after sickness overnightResults of Curran’s test expected on FridayEngland’s smooth preparations for the Test series against West Indies were undermined by the news that Sam Curran spent the day self-isolating in his room after sickness and diarrhoea overnight. He was therefore tested for Covid-19 at lunchtime on Thursday and, though feeling better in the afternoon, he will take no further part in the match at the Ageas Bowl.In another world this development
  
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• England cricket team to wear Black Lives Matter badge against West Indies

  02-07-2020 20:08
  
  Root: ‘Important to show solidarity with the black community’Use of symbol in sport now being distanced from political groupEngland’s cricketers are to wear Black Lives Matter badges on the collar of their shirts during the upcoming Test series against West Indies, calling it an “act of solidarity” with their Caribbean opponents.The logo Joe Root and his teammates will carry is the same as the badge on Premier League shirts, created by the designer Alisha Hosannah,
  
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• Black Lives Matter: England players to have logo on shirts v West Indies

  02-07-2020 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England will join West Indies in having a Black Lives Matter logo on their shirts during their forthcoming Test series.
  
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• Ben Stokes as England captain provides vision of future and memories of the past

  02-07-2020 17:07
  
  Making the best player captain does not necessarily work but it is just reward for the all-rounder turning his career around
  Ben Stokes, captain of England. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Donald Trump, president of the USA. Half a dozen years ago it would have been tricky to decide which of these outcomes was the most ridiculous. Now there are many out there who might conclude that Stokes’s elevation to the top job is the one that makes the most sense.Certainly England cricket coaches, old
  
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• Carlos Brathwaite says taking a knee is 'cosmetic' and legislative change is needed

  02-07-2020 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Carlos Brathwaite says sportspeople taking a knee is "cosmetic" and legislative change is needed to combat racial inequality.
  
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• Sir Everton Weekes obituary | BC Pires

  02-07-2020 14:46
  
  Outstanding West Indies cricketer and one of the Three Ws who lit up the game in the 1940s and 50sCricket has produced hundreds of individual heroes, memorable pairs by the score, and several permutations of West Indian pace-bowling quartets in the 1970s and 80s, but only one genuine trio: the Three Ws – Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott – who graced the game from the late 1940s to the late 50s. Across that decade the dismissal of a West Indies opener did not make thing
  
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• Sir Everton Weekes, spectacular Steffi Graf and Lothar Matthäus loses it

  02-07-2020 13:00
  
  Plus: Gooch and Smith, a journey into the mind of Roy Keane, the best of Nate Diaz and the Fash FC saga in full1) On Wednesday, we will celebrate the return of Test cricket with England taking on West Indies. So here’s Sir Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge flaying England as was his wont: twin tons in 1976; 214 not out in 1984; 223, also in 1984; and a partnership with Desmond Haynes worth 289 in 1990. See also: Graham Gooch’s unbeaten 154 at Headingley in 1991, Robin Smith’s savage 14
  
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• Australia drops Dukes ball from Sheffield Shield with Ashes won

  02-07-2020 07:53
  
  Kookaburras to be used exclusively this summerDukes had been used to help prepare for 2019 Ashes Cricket Australia has dropped the British-made Dukes ball from its 2020-21 Sheffield Shield season and will use only the Kookaburra to encourage more spin bowling on home pitches.The Dukes were introduced to the Sheffield Shield in 2016-17 to help prepare Australia’s batsmen for the ball used on English pitches in the leadup to the 2019 Ashes. Related: 'Our hero': West Indies legend Sir Everton
  
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• Australia drops Dukes ball from Sheffield Shield with Ashes secured

  02-07-2020 07:53
  
  Kookaburras to be used exclusively this summerDukes had been used to help prepare for 2019 Ashes Cricket Australia has dropped the British-made Dukes ball from its 2020-21 Sheffield Shield season and will use only the Kookaburra to encourage more spin bowling on home pitches.The Dukes were introduced to the Sheffield Shield in 2016-17 to help prepare Australia’s batsmen for the ball used on English pitches in the leadup to the 2019 Ashes. Related: 'Our hero': West Indies legend Sir Everton
  
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