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• England v Pakistan T20: Tom Banton 71 impresses James Anderson

  28-08-2020 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Anderson praises the performance of Tom Banton against Pakistan as the 22-year-old opener became the youngest England player to hit a T20 half-century.
  
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• England v Pakistan: Tom Banton shines before rain ruins first T20

  28-08-2020 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's Tom Banton announces himself on the international stage with 71 off 42 balls in the washed out opening Twenty20 against Pakistan.
  
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• England v Pakistan: Tom Banton hits a 'spectacular' 71

  28-08-2020 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Banton, 22, becomes the youngest England player to score a T20 half-century, hitting 71 off 42 balls in a washed-out match against Pakistan at Old Trafford.
  
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• Caribbean Premier League: Trinbago Knight Riders beat Guyana Amazon Warriors

  28-08-2020 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch a brilliant catch on the boundary from Tion Webster and a huge six from team-mate Lendl Simmons as the Trinbago Knight Riders beat Guyana Amazon Warriors by seven wickets in the Caribbean Premier League.
  
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• Tom Banton smashes way into England T20 reckoning in Pakistan washout

  28-08-2020 22:39
  
  England 131 for six after 16.1 oversBanton hits 71 off 42 balls before rain arrivesEngland do not have a dearth of players capable of opening the batting in white-ball cricket and after a blistering innings of 71 from Tom Banton on Friday night the list has lengthened. He cleared some of the longest boundaries in the country five times in the first of three T20 internationals and he did so in a manner that eluded the other batsmen on an Old Trafford surface that has spent most of the last few da
  
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• England v Pakistan: first Twenty20 washed out - as it happened

  28-08-2020 22:05
  
  Heavy rain in Manchester put paid to the match at Old Trafford9.05pm BST We’re having a dreadful run. That’s the third game in a row between England and Pakistan where a result hasn’t been possible due to constant rain. In terms of what we can take from the 16.1 overs we did see, Tom Banton (70 from 42) really has something about him. Also, Pakistan’s bowling is of the very top quality, as is their wicketkeeper Rizwan. Other than that, well, what can we say other than let
  
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• England v Pakistan: first Twenty20 abandoned due to rain – as it happened

  28-08-2020 22:05
  
  Heavy rain in Manchester put paid to the match at Old Trafford10.16am BSTRelated: Tom Banton smashes way into England T20 reckoning in Pakistan washout9.05pm BST We’re having a dreadful run. That’s the third game in a row between England and Pakistan where a result hasn’t been possible due to constant rain. In terms of what we can take from the 16.1 overs we did see, Tom Banton (70 from 42) really has something about him. Also, Pakistan’s bowling is of the very top qualit
  
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• T20 Blast: Sussex v Surrey cut short by rain, and no play possible between Bears and Somerset

  28-08-2020 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sussex's Phil Salt smashes 28 off one over, but their T20 Blast game against Surrey is ended by rain and no play is possible between Birmingham Bears and Somerset.
  
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• Ged Stokes - the father of Ben Stokes - diagnosed with brain cancer

  28-08-2020 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ged Stokes, the father of England's Ben Stokes, tells a New Zealand newspaper he has brain cancer.
  
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• England v Pakistan T20: Bairstow out caught & bowled for two

  28-08-2020 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England opener Jonny Bairstow is out caught and bowled by Pakistan's Imad Wasim for just two runs in the first T20 against Pakistan at Old Trafford.
  
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• England v Pakistan: first Twenty20 – live!

  28-08-2020 18:24
  
  Over-by-over updates from Old Trafford, 6pm BST startPope out for four months with dislocated shoulderOne-off women’s tournament brings new opportunitiesGet in touch with Adam on email or tweet him 5.24pm BST Ollie Pope is out for four months. This is the big non-game related news coming out of the England camp this afternoon. His left shoulder (yes, the one that he had the operation on last summer) was dislocated again when fielding on Monday. Urgh!Related: England's Ollie Pope ruled out
  
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• England's Ollie Pope ruled out for four months with dislocated shoulder

  28-08-2020 18:10
  
  Batsman sustained injury during third Test against PakistanPope aiming to return for winter tours of Sri Lanka and IndiaOllie Pope is facing around four months on the sidelines as he requires surgery after dislocating his left shoulder in the third and final Test against Pakistan earlier this week.The England batsman – who suffered an identical injury while playing for Surrey last summer, leading him to miss three months of the county season – was visibly discomforted when he landed
  
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• Dom Bess: England spin bowler to leave Somerset at the end of the season

  28-08-2020 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England spin bowler Dom Bess is to leave Somerset at the end of the summer.
  
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• Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy arrives to take domestic women's cricket pro

  28-08-2020 13:01
  
  The one-off 50-over competition is a relief to those who feared no cricket this summer and showcases a new elite structureThe new elite women’s domestic structure which replaces county cricket officially gets off the ground on Saturday, with the first round of matches taking place in the one-off 50-over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.The Trophy is being contested by the eight new regional women’s teams which broadly align geographically with the Hundred sides, and which are formed of co
  
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• Cricketer left in need of windscreen repairs after smashing own car with huge six

  28-08-2020 04:36
  
  Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien scores direct hit in T20 gameSelf-inflicted damage comes from one of eight sixes “O, O, Ooooo… O’Brien,” goes the annoyingly catchy advert for Australia’s best-known car windscreen replacement company. But it was a case of “Oh, oh, no” for Kevin O’Brien after the Irish cricket star smashed the back window of his own car with a trademark six. Related: Shane Warne's $1m baggy green finds permanent home next to Bra
  
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