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• Eoin Morgan says World Cup final win was 'actually bigger than cricket' | Andy Bull

  13-07-2020 23:00
  
  One year on from England’s triumph the captain reflects on the drama of that day and sets his sights on a World T20 double
  During lockdown, Eoin Morgan started watching last year’s World Cup final on loop. He hadn’t actually seen the whole match back until recently, when he got a copy on DVD, since then he’s been through it three times, trying to make sense of what happened and why.“It’s an incredible day just to sit back and watch,” Morgan says, on a Zo
  
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• England to keep faith with Jos Buttler while Ben Foakes waits in the wings

  13-07-2020 19:00
  
  ‘Jos needs to make those big scores,’ says coach SilverwoodJoe Denly likely to make way for Joe Root in second TestJos Buttler looks set to keep the gloves for the must-win second Test against West Indies this week but Chris Silverwood, the England head coach, accepts the wicketkeeper himself will be among those questioning why his incredible one-day record is yet to transfer to the longer format. Related: England need to explore the depth of their bowling options at Old TraffordRela
  
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• England to keep faith in Jos Buttler while Ben Foakes waits in the wings

  13-07-2020 19:00
  
  ‘Jos needs to make those big scores,’ says coach SilverwoodJoe Denly likely to make way for Joe Root in second TestJos Buttler looks set to keep the gloves for the must-win second Test against West Indies this week but Chris Silverwood, the England head coach, accepts the wicketkeeper himself will be among those questioning why his incredible one-day record is yet to transfer to the longer format. Related: England need to explore the depth of their bowling options at Old TraffordRela
  
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• Letter: Sir Everton Weeks obituary

  13-07-2020 18:15
  
  For seven of the seasons from 1949 to 1958 Everton Weekes played with Bacup cricket club in the Lancashire League.In each of those years he scored more than 1,000 runs, including 32 centuries, with a total of 9,069 runs at an average of 91.60, still the highest ever in the League. In 1951, he amassed 1,518 runs at 89.30, with seven centuries – records which stood for 40 years. Continue reading...
  
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• Letter: Sir Everton Weekes obituary

  13-07-2020 18:15
  
  For seven of the seasons from 1949 to 1958 Everton Weekes played with Bacup cricket club in the Lancashire League.In each of those years he scored more than 1,000 runs, including 32 centuries, with a total of 9,069 runs at an average of 91.60, still the highest ever in the League. In 1951, he amassed 1,518 runs at 89.30, with seven centuries – records which stood for 40 years. Continue reading...
  
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• England v West Indies: Pick the hosts' team for second Test at Old Trafford

  13-07-2020 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Joe Root and England have selection dilemmas before the second Test against West Indies, but who would you pick in your team?
  
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• Jofra Archer: Criticism of England bowler's speeds is unfair, says Michael Vaughan

  13-07-2020 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Criticism that Jofra Archer doesn't bowl at top speed often enough is "out of order", says former England captain Michael Vaughan.
  
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• England need to explore the depth of their bowling options at Old Trafford

  13-07-2020 14:49
  
  Back-to-back Tests from Thursday present an opportunity for mass rotation, keeping players fresh in their biosecure bubbleEngland lose and there is so much to applaud. In the wake of West Indies’ victory heated debates have long since commenced. Where was Stuart Broad? Fancy batting in those conditions. What about Joe Denly and Jos Buttler? Why did we underestimate a team dubbed by one expert punster “Jason and his Out for Noughts”? And this is all brilliant.The fear was that t
  
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• The sad goodbye when you give up your Lord's seats after 15 seasons

  13-07-2020 12:39
  
  Our own seats at the Home of Cricket? It always seemed too good to be true. If only it could have gone on foreverBy Charlie Burgess for The NightwatchmanMargaret, two seats away from us, married a man who didn’t like cricket. He hadn’t noticed that their daughter’s initials were LBW. Barbara and her pals in front of us, were in the rock business. When not doing PR for the likes of Madonna or The Duckworth Lewis Method band, they were to be found discussing Chelsea, world tennis
  
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• Trevor Bayliss: 'Winning the World Cup still gives me goose bumps'

  13-07-2020 11:00
  
  A year after England’s dramatic World Cup final victory, their coach recalls the super-over drama and how seconds after the triumph he needed to be aloneThe pandemic prevented Trevor Bayliss from collecting his OBE last month but the World Cup-winning former England coach – a phrase the man himself would take serious issue with – is more worried about its impact on the English game at the start of our chat about the victory’s first anniversary.“It’s just so un
  
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• England v West Indies: 'Stuart Broad debate mustn't mask England errors'

  13-07-2020 08:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England did not pick their best side, but that is not why they lost the first Test against West Indies, says Jonathan Agnew.
  
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