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• Jason Gillespie: Sussex head coach to return to coach South Australia

  18-08-2020 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sussex head coach Jason Gillespie will return to Australia to take charge of his home state side South Australia after this season.
  
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• Bob Willis Trophy: Thrilling victories for Essex, Hants and Pears, a Tom Fell ton and a James Fuller hat-trick

  18-08-2020 20:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hampshire's James Fuller takes a hat-trick and Worcestershire's Tom Fell hits a century, but Essex top the lot with a third straight win.
  
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• Adil Rashid could be handed surprise England Test recall this winter

  18-08-2020 19:47
  
  Spinner has not played first-class match for Yorkshire since 2017Selector Ed Smith believes Rashid may tour India and Sri LankaEd Smith, England’s national selector, believes Adil Rashid still wants to play Test cricket and insists his status as a white-ball-only player at Yorkshire would not be a barrier to a possible recall this winter.Rashid’s Test call-up in 2018 caused uproar at Headingley given he was on a break from first-class cricket at the time, forcing Smith to state that
  
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• Bob Willis Trophy: Leicestershire pursuit of 292 to beat Durham ended by rain

  18-08-2020 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leicestershire have to settle for a draw in their Bob Willis Trophy game with Durham after being frustrated by rain late on the final day.
  
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• County cricket: Hampshire thrash Surrey, Essex hold on at Sussex – as it happened

  18-08-2020 19:15
  
  Hampshire won by an innings at Arundel, Essex kept up their perfect record despite a late wobble at Hove and rain denied Somerset at Edgbaston 6.15pm BST How they stand: Worcestershire’s win means they edge ahead of Somerset at the top of the Central Group, with 57 points to Somerset’s 56. In the North Group, Derbyshire (57) are just ahead of Yorkshire (55) after their draw. Essex are the only team to win all three games so far - they top the South Group on 61 points, with Hampshire
  
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• Bob Willis Trophy: Somerset two wickets away from beating Warwickshire

  18-08-2020 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Somerset are left frustrated as rain prevents them from closing out victory against Warwickshire in the Bob Willis Trophy at Edgbaston.
  
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• Bob Willis Trophy: Derbyshire draw at Yorkshire to stay top of North Group

  18-08-2020 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Derbyshire stay top of the Bob Willis Trophy North Group as their game with fellow pacesetters Yorkshire finishes in a draw.
  
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• Bob Willis Trophy: Worcestershire pacemen share wickets in win over Northants

  18-08-2020 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Worcestershire bowl out Northamptonshire in less than two sessions for a second win in three group games in the Bob Willis Trophy.
  
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• Bob Willis Trophy: Rain-hit game between Kent and Middlesex ends in draw

  18-08-2020 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Middlesex and Kent share the Bob Willis Trophy spoils in Canterbury despite a late declaration that gave the visitors hope of a win.
  
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• England v Pakistan: Dawid Malan and Chris Jordan return to squad

  18-08-2020 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dawid Malan and Chris Jordan are named in England's 14-player squad for the T20 series against Pakistan after recovering from injury.
  
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• South Africa unable to tour England in September over travel restrictions

  18-08-2020 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Africa women will not tour England next month for their limited-overs series because of coronavirus travel restrictions.
  
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• The Spin | When Andy Caddick took four Test wickets for England in a single over

  18-08-2020 12:00
  
  Twenty years ago the bowler switched ends at Headingley and ripped out four wickets for only the sixth time in Test historyBefore England’s second match against Pakistan 4,938,971 deliveries had been bowled in the history of Test cricket, equivalent to 823,161 (and a bit) six-ball overs, and of those only six have featured four wickets. About a quarter of one percent of the 2,392 Tests to have been played have had a four-wicket over, falling to only a tenth of a percent of the 912 Tests pl
  
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• Gareth Delany: Leicestershire sign Ireland international for T20 Blast

  18-08-2020 11:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leicestershire sign Ireland all-rounder Gareth Delany as an overseas player for this season's T20 Blast.
  
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• County cricket: Surrey v Hampshire, Yorkshire v Derbyshire and more – live!

  18-08-2020 11:09
  
  Updates from day four of the latest Bob Willis Trophy gamesRoot calls for rules to be reviewed amid Sky anger over lightAnd you can email Tanya, tweet @tjaldred or post BTL 9.59am BST An interesting read on the Netflix documentary on the women’s T20 World Cup: Related: Netflix show's relentless positivity cannot mask inequalities of women's cricket | Megan Maurice9.44am BST Good morning from this the final day of the the third round of the Bob. Not sure about you but I’m onto my thir
  
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• Cricketers' mental wellbeing in bio-bubbles a concern for Australia captain Aaron Finch

  18-08-2020 08:02
  
  Australia set to travel to England for T20 and ODI seriesPlayers’ movements will be heavily restricted The mental health of cricketers confined to bio-secure bubbles during Covid-19 will be tested over the next two years, and Australia’s staff are working hard to prepare players for the challenges, limited overs captain Aaron Finch has said.Finch will lead a 21-man squad to England for a T20 international series starting on 4 September in Southampton, followed by a one-day series at
  
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• England v Pakistan: How do you solve a problem like bad light?

  18-08-2020 07:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brighter floodlights? New playing times? Financial penalties? BBC pundits attempt to solve one of cricket's oldest issues.
  
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• Netflix show's relentless positivity cannot mask inequalities of women's cricket | Megan Maurice

  18-08-2020 04:48
  
  A new documentary might not stray too far beyond the boundary, but it does succeed in bringing women’s cricket further into the mainstreamWay back in April, when lockdowns were widespread, sport was cancelled and a social calendar was something we were considering as a toilet paper substitute, along came the basketball documentary, The Last Dance, to fill the vast hole that sport had left in our lives. Full of drama, pettiness, backstabbing and arrogance, it was escapism at its peak.To exp
  
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