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• The Guardian view on cricket: an unexpected renaissance? | Editorial

  22-07-2020 20:16
  
  A compelling Test series, the popularity of Ben Stokes and the return of the village game suggest that all is not lost for English cricketTwo nostalgia-tinged laments for cricket have been published in the past couple of months: Michael Henderson’s That Will Be England Gone and Duncan Hamilton’s One Long and Beautiful Summer. Their premise was that the 2019 season marked the end of cricket as we know it – long-drawn-out games between county teams half-watched by old blokes nodd
  
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• ‘It’s important to live without bitterness’: Andrew Strauss on the death of his wife Ruth

  22-07-2020 18:52
  
  Non-smoking lung cancers are mysteriously on the rise – and Ruth Strauss died of the disease in 2018. Her husband discusses his campaign for more research and how he and his two sons have copedAndrew Strauss is on his way to Cornwall for a long weekend with his sons, Sam, 14 and Luca, 12, along with some friends from school, when I speak to him on the phone about RedforRuth. This weekend, for the second year, fans/supporters following the third Test will wear red, in memory of the crickete
  
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• Jimmy Anderson hopes racist abuse won't prevent Archer playing in Test

  22-07-2020 17:42
  
  England cricketer abused after breach of protocolsArcher: ‘I found I was struggling for motivation’Jimmy Anderson says Jofra Archer must sit down with captain Joe Root and head coach Chris Silverwood to decide if he is in the right frame of mind to return for Friday’s final Test against West Indies.Archer is available after missing the second Test following his breach of pandemic protocols earlier this month, but has warned he may miss the match after describing the mental toll
  
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• Jofra Archer may miss third Test after racist abuse over breach backlash

  22-07-2020 10:54
  
  Cricketer abused after breach of pandemic protocols‘I give 100% and I don’t want to play unless I can give that’England cricketer Jofra Archer has hit back at the level of criticism, some of it racist, he received on social media following his breach of pandemic protocols earlier this month and warns the mental toll may mean he misses the third Test against West Indies.The 25-year-old was removed from the squad on the eve of the second Test after it emerged he had breached his
  
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• Decision time for Silverwood and Root in England's series of the tinkerman | Vic Marks

  22-07-2020 09:00
  
  Ben Stokes aside, England have played six pacemen so far and all have a case to play in the final Test against West Indies
  All square with one to play. Somehow the players of both sides have set up an intriguing climax to a series that has surpassed expectations. There have been dull patches of play, just occasionally the standard has dipped, but both Tests have been in the balance on the fifth day and the intensity of the cricket has been a minor triumph. Related: Stokes and Broad lead charge a
  
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• Jofra Archer: England bowler reports racist abuse and says sport is 'fickle'

  22-07-2020 07:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's Jofra Archer says sport is "fickle" and reveals he has reported racist abuse on social media before the third Test against West Indies.
  
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