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• Amateur cricket is back but strict rules mean players will have to do without tea

  08-07-2020 23:33
  
  Matches limited to 30 people to start from SaturdayBatsmen must sanitise their bats once dismissedAnd: play. Four months on from what looked like the mothballing of an entire English summer, the English and Wales Cricket Board has given the go-ahead for club and amateur cricket to start.Under the ECB’s guidance, which will be published on Thursday, 11-a-side cricket can start from Saturday within carefully drafted guidelines. Related: The Spin | Tim Killick, the bespectacled rogue who got
  
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• England v West Indies: Sir Alastair Cook says England could have lost four or five wickets on opening day

  08-07-2020 21:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport pundit Sir Alastair Cook says England could have lost "four or five" wickets to the West Indies on the opening day of the first Test against West Indies.
  
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• 'A great moment': West Indies and England condemn racism together

  08-07-2020 21:42
  
  Test adversaries take the knee to support Black Lives Matter“If it has brought awareness, we are happy,” says coach EstwickWest Indies and England delivered a statement to the world about equality and the Black Lives Matter movement by taking a knee before the first Test, according to the former’s highly-respected assistant coach Roddy Estwick. Related: Sibley out for a duck as rain dominates England's first day with West IndiesRelated: ECB to mandate boardroom diversity as Eni
  
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• England v West Indies highlights: England battle on rain-affected first day

  08-07-2020 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch highlights from a rain-affected first day of the first Test between England and the West Indies at the Ageas Rose Bowl.
  
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• England v West Indies: Inside the Southampton bio-bubble

  08-07-2020 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With countless safety measures and no fans in the ground, cricket's return was anything but familiar. The rain certainly was.
  
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• Michael Holding's eloquence leads Sky's unflinching masterpiece on race | Andy Bull

  08-07-2020 20:38
  
  Viewers watching England’s first Test of the summer were given an uncompromising alternative to cakes and sixesWest Indies were flying a Black Lives Matter flag from their balcony. It was one of the first things you saw as the cameras panned across the empty ground on the opening morning of the opening match of this strange and delayed cricket season. Related: Sibley out for a duck as rain dominates England's first day with West IndiesRelated: Drizzle, bubbles and a dystopian feel greet Te
  
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• Drizzle, bubbles and a dystopian feel greet Test cricket's new normal

  08-07-2020 20:33
  
  England and West Indies were there to do battle but that was the only familiar aspect of the first day at an eerie Ageas BowlIt was a case of the new normal colliding with a dose of the same old, same old. Mizzling rain wiped out the first three hours of the first Test and for a spell it looked like the weather may hold sway all day; a cruel joke after a sun-drenched spring and early summer.But come 2pm, after Ben Stokes and Jason Holder had produced a moment of socially-distant mirth through an
  
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• Sibley out for duck as rain dominates England's first day with West Indies

  08-07-2020 20:20
  
  First Test, day one: England 35-1 after several rain breaksOpener Dom Sibley bowled by Shannon GabrielThis England team has been readier to acknowledge the virtue of patience since the advent of Chris Silverwood as head coach. They have opted for a Dominic Sibley rather than a Jason Roy at the top of the order; swashbucklers are not quite so trendy now. Well, we all needed plenty of patience on the first day of this historic Test match. Related: England v West Indies: first Test, day one –
  
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• Sibley out for a duck as rain dominates England's first day with West Indies

  08-07-2020 20:20
  
  First Test, day one: England 35-1 after several rain breaksOpener Dom Sibley bowled by Shannon GabrielThis England team has been readier to acknowledge the virtue of patience since the advent of Chris Silverwood as head coach. They have opted for a Dominic Sibley rather than a Jason Roy at the top of the order; swashbucklers are not quite so trendy now. Well, we all needed plenty of patience on the first day of this historic Test match. Related: England v West Indies: first Test, day one –
  
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• Black Lives Matter: England & West Indies players take a knee

  08-07-2020 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England and West Indies players all take a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before the first Test in Southampton.
  
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• England v West Indies: first Test, day one – as it happened

  08-07-2020 19:12
  
  Test cricket returned at the Ageas Bowl - but so did the English weather, which ensured that only 17.4 overs were possible on a frustrating day 6.12pm BST Play has been abandoned for the day. Only 17.4 overs were possible because of the weather, but the forecast suggests we will get close to a full day tomorrow. Please join us then. Goodnight! 5.41pm BST “Whilst sharing Matt Dony’s comforting reflections on the new normal, there is nevertheless something just a tad jarring about cont
  
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• England v West Indies: Rain restricts play as cricket returns

  08-07-2020 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England endure a frustrating return to international cricket as the opening day of the first Test against West Indies is limited to 17.4 overs.
  
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• England and West Indies players take a knee as Test cricket returns – video

  08-07-2020 17:15
  
  The much-anticipated return of international cricket after almost four months started with both England and West Indies players taking a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. The teams also observed a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the coronavirus outbreak and also in honour of the former West Indies batsman Everton Weekes, who died last week.This series will feature many variations from a regular Test due to the virus restrictions. There are home umpires –
  
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• England v West Indies: Shannon Gabriel bowls Dominic Sibley as Test cricket returns

  08-07-2020 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Indies' Shannon Gabriel bowls England's Dominic Sibley with just the 10th delivery of the day as Test cricket returns at the Ageas Rose Bowl.
  
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• Black Lives Matter: England & West Indies kneel before first ball at Ageas Rose Bowl

  08-07-2020 15:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England and West Indies players take the knee before the first ball of the day to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
  
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• England cricket schedule: Upcoming fixtures and opponents for 2020

  08-07-2020 14:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  England return to action this month and Express Sport is on hand with the latest schedule of fixtures and opponents for 2020.
  
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• England v West Indies: first Test, day one, play to start at 2pm – live!

  08-07-2020 14:38
  
  OBO updates from the behind-closed-doors Test at the Rose BowlLet nerves jangle and adrenaline flow: the first Test is hereSend your thoughts to Tanya by email here 1.38pm BST Afternoon session: 2pm-4.30pm
  Evening session: 4.50-7pmEngland have gone for all out pace, picking Jofra Archer AND Mark Wood.In the last five years, England's fastest bowling performances in Tests are:Wood v SA, Jo'burg 2020 - 142kphArcher v AUS, Lord's 2019 - 141kphWood v WI, St Lucia 2019 - 140kph#ENGvWI 1.33pm BST Ben
  
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• Ben Stokes wife: Who is the England cricketer married to?

  08-07-2020 12:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ben Stokes captains England for the first time when they take on West Indies - but who is the cricket star married to?
  
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• How to watch cricket on NOW TV: See England vs West Indies for less than £12 a Test

  08-07-2020 12:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  England vs West Indies gets underway with the first Test this week and here's how you can watch the cricket on NOW TV.
  
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• England v West Indies: first Test, day one, toss delayed – live!

  08-07-2020 12:12
  
  OBO updates from the behind-closed-doors Test at the Rose BowlLet nerves jangle and adrenaline flow: the first Test is hereSend your thoughts to Rob by email here 11.12am BST The covers are still on, and there’s no news on the toss. I doubt there will be any play before midday, maybe lunch. 11.07am BST “The BBC appears to be hiding the commentary for those of us ‘outside the jurisdiction’, as we say in Ireland,” says Alan Tuffery. “The Radio Five Live Sports E
  
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• England v West Indies: first Test, day one – live!

  08-07-2020 11:49
  
  OBO updates from the behind-closed-doors Test at the Rose BowlLet nerves jangle and adrenaline flow: the first Test is hereSend your thoughts to Rob by email here 10.49am BST “It’s great to have the OBO back and some cricket — eventually,” says Alan Tuffery. “Perfect start after two months of no cricket and four of lockdown — drizzle. Is there a better game for fostering the stoic virtues!”Depression is quite good for that as well tbf. 10.42am BST &ldquo
  
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• England vs West Indies radio coverage: How to listen to first Test live

  08-07-2020 10:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  England host West Indies in a three-match Test series this month - but how can fans listen to live cricket on the radio? Express Sport has all the details.
  
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• England vs West Indies live stream, TV channel: How to watch Test series

  08-07-2020 09:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  England face the West Indies in Test series this week and Express Sport is on hand with all the live stream and TV information
  
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• Cricket's return should be cherished despite loyalist alienation | Andy Bull

  08-07-2020 09:00
  
  Two books emphasise how extraordinary it is that the ECB is alienating the people who love the game and targeting those who don’t
  I sometimes think cricket clubs should charge admittance by the hour, since they’re providing therapy for the dyspeptic and shelter for the eremitic. The sport ought to be considered one of the lesser key-worker services, essential to the mood and temper of households across the country. The season finally gets under way on Wednesday, when the first Test b
  
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• Sonny Ramadhin: 'In 1950 we had the three Ws – England had Len Hutton'

  08-07-2020 01:01
  
  Last survivor of West Indies’ first Test win in England 70 years ago recalls a heady day at Lord’s, a tough childhood in Trinidad and his love of English pitchesAs England’s last wicket fell at Lord’s in June 1950, a handful of West Indies fans spilled over the boundary rope, keen to celebrate their first Test victory at the home of their cricket-inventing colonisers.At his home in Delph on the edge of Saddleworth Moor, Sonny Ramadhin, the last living player from that his
  
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• Sonny Ramadhin: 'In 1950 we had the three Ws - England had Len Hutton'

  08-07-2020 01:01
  
  Last survivor of West Indies’ first Test win in England 70 years ago recalls a heady day at Lord’s, a tough childhood in Trinidad and his love of English pitchesAs England’s last wicket fell at Lord’s in June 1950, a handful of West Indies fans spilled over the boundary rope, keen to celebrate their first Test victory at the home of their cricket-inventing colonisers.At his home in Delph on the edge of Saddleworth Moor, Sonny Ramadhin, the last living player from that his
  
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