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• Returning Jofra Archer bowling at 'the speed of light', says Joe Root

  23-07-2020 23:32 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘It wasn’t much fun for our batters,’ says Root of net sessionWisden Trophy to be replaced by Richards-Botham TrophyJoe Root expects Jofra Archer to put a troubled week behind him come the crucial third Test against West Indies on Friday after bowling “the speed of light” in the nets and assuring the England management he is ready to make his Test return.Root will wait until the morning before naming his XI amid uncertainty over whether Ben Stokes can bowl or must p
  
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• England v West Indies: Richards-Botham Trophy to replace Wisden Trophy

  23-07-2020 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Wisden Trophy, contested between England and West Indies in Test cricket, is to be replaced by a new trophy named after Sir Vivian Richards and Sir Ian Botham.
  
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• West Indies coach backs under-pressure Shai Hope ahead of Third Test

  23-07-2020 19:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Phil Simmons says batsman has his ‘full support’John Campbell and Shane Dowrich set to keep their placesWest Indies sit one win away from turning a commendable tour of England into a historic one and their captain, Jason Holder, appears minded to stick with the majority of the players who have got them to this point. Related: Jofra Archer returns to England squad for decisive West Indies TestRelated: When West Indies condemned England's four captains to a 4-0 defeatContinue reading..
  
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• West Indies captain Jason Holder '100% behind' Shai Hope before Third Test

  23-07-2020 19:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Coach Phil Simmons had expressed concern at batsman’s form
  John Campbell and Shane Dowrich set to keep their placesWest Indies sit one win away from turning a commendable tour of England into a historic one and their captain, Jason Holder, appears minded to stick with the majority of the players who have got them to this point.Defeat in the second Test left the series locked at 1-1 going into Friday’s decider and threw up a number of questions for the tourists. Was their seam attack
  
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• West Indies back under-pressure Shai Hope ahead of Third Test

  23-07-2020 19:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Captain Jason Holder says batsman has his ‘full support’
  John Campbell and Shane Dowrich set to keep their placesWest Indies sit one win away from turning a commendable tour of England into a historic one and their captain, Jason Holder, appears minded to stick with the majority of the players who have got them to this point. Related: Jofra Archer returns to England squad for decisive West Indies TestRelated: When West Indies condemned England's four captains to a 4-0 defeatContinue
  
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• Ben Stokes's fitness to bowl is key to England's final selection

  23-07-2020 19:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Decisions to be made over which of six pace bowlers play
  Dom Bess remains as sole spinner for final TestGrey clouds and sporadic gusts of rain hovered over Old Trafford on the eve of the Test. The covers were permanently on and the West Indies players in full tracksuits, bobble hats and the odd umbrella were ambling across the playing surface, drifting slowly from their place of practice back to their hotel rooms. It was a bleak, unworldly sight and a reminder of the sacrifices the players are m
  
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• Ben Stokes' fitness to bowl is key to England's final selection

  23-07-2020 19:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Decisions to be made over which of six pace bowlers play
  Dom Bess remains as sole spinner for final TestGrey clouds and sporadic gusts of rain hovered over Old Trafford on the eve of the Test. The covers were permanently on and the West Indies players in full tracksuits, bobble hats and the odd umbrella were ambling across the playing surface, drifting slowly from their place of practice back to their hotel rooms. It was a bleak, unworldly sight and a reminder of the sacrifices the players are m
  
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• Jofra Archer returns to England squad for decisive West Indies Test

  23-07-2020 14:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Cricketer had doubted return after racial abuseSeamers battle for selection for third TestJofra Archer has returned to England’s squad for Friday’s third Test against West Indies, with all six frontline seamers included.Archer has had a turbulent week, axed from the second Test and sent into isolation after breaching bio-security rules with a trip to Hove and then revealing in a newspaper column the extent of the criticism he has since received, including racial abuse. He also sugges
  
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• England v West Indies: Watch the best of Ben Stokes' second Test display

  23-07-2020 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch highlights of Ben Stokes' impressive all-round performance, which helped England square the series against West Indies with victory in the second Test.
  
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• When West Indies condemned England's four captains to a 4-0 defeat

  23-07-2020 12:41 via theguardian.com
  
  The last time West Indies won a Test series in England, in 1988, the hosts were an absolute messBy Steven Pye for That 1980s Sports BlogWhat was low point for the England cricket team in the 1980s? For some it has to be the 4-0 defeat in the 1989 Ashes. For others the 1983-84 “sex, drugs and rock’n’roll” tour of New Zealand. And then there is the English summer of 1988. Never mind the second summer of love. To England cricket fans, 1988 will always be the summer of four c
  
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