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• Zak Crawley targets England white-ball place after Test summer to savour

  25-09-2020 23:00
  
  ‘I don’t want to be a one-hit wonder’ says Kent batsmanCrawley has carried over fine form into T20 BlastZak Crawley has retrained his sights on becoming an all-formats cricketer for England amid a determination to prove his breakthrough Test double-century against Pakistan this summer was no one-off.The 22-year-old returned to Kent with his confidence bolstered by the epic 267 he compiled during the third Test in Southampton, blazing a trail during the T20 Blast group stage to
  
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• Somerset v Essex: Bob Willis Trophy final, day three – as it happened

  25-09-2020 20:43
  
  Alastair Cook’s sublime 172 helped Essex get back into the contest, and they trail Somerset by 30 runs with four wickets in hand 7.43pm BSTRelated: Alastair Cook hits stylish century for Essex before Somerset fight back6.21pm BST Porter jumps off the ground to prod Gregory back down the pitch, and that drops the curtain on the day. One dominated by Cook’s quite brilliant 172 - just England’s highest run-scorer chillaxing with style on a September afternoon. Thanks to dirkgently
  
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• Alastair Cook shows his stylish side for Essex before Somerset fight back

  25-09-2020 19:44
  
  Bob Willis Trophy final: Somerset 301; Essex 271-6Former England captain makes classy 172 on day threeMasterchef has become one of the hardy perennials of British life. And here Essex’s own version, Alastair Cook, has dominated the Bob Willis final - just as he did against Somerset at the end of last season in more taxing conditions at Taunton.Cook struck his 67th first class century and one of his most fluent. When he was finally dismissed by Lewis Gregory just before the close he had sco
  
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• Alastair Cook hits stylish century for Essex before Somerset fight back

  25-09-2020 19:44
  
  Bob Willis Trophy final: Somerset 301; Essex 271-6Former England captain makes 172 on day threeMasterchef has become one of the hardy perennials of British life. And here Essex’s own version, Alastair Cook, has dominated the Bob Willis final - just as he did against Somerset at the end of last season in more taxing conditions at Taunton.Cook struck his 67th first class century and one of his most fluent. When he was finally dismissed by Lewis Gregory just before the close he had scored 172
  
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• The Guardian view of golf's wedge issue: the triumph of brain and brawn | Editorial

  25-09-2020 19:25
  
  Art gives way to science in yet another sport. But won’t we all lose out when the magic is gone?Bryson DeChambeau sounds like a character from a novel, one perhaps set on the Côte d’Azur in the 1930s, a raffish figure with a taste for the high life. He is, in fact, a 27-year-old golfer from California, and the only high life that interests him is the flight of a golf ball, which when hit by Mr DeChambeau goes an outrageous distance. Nicknamed “the scientist” for his
  
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• Dean Jones obituary | Adam Collins

  25-09-2020 17:57
  
  Australia batsman whose all-or-nothing attitude won him the devotion of a cricket-mad nationSome cricketers made more runs. Some had better averages. But no Australian player of his time created more excitement or won more devotion than Dean Jones, who has died of a heart attack, aged 59. A transformative and captivating batsman, especially in the one-day format where he led the world in his pomp during the late 1980s and early 90s, Jones earned iconic status for his sparkling footwork, efferves
  
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• Australia postpone Afghanistan Test and New Zealand ODIs

  25-09-2020 11:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia postpone their home Test against Afghanistan and three one-day internationals against New Zealand.
  
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• Somerset v Essex: Bob Willis Trophy final, day three – live!

  25-09-2020 11:11
  
  Updates from the third day’s play at Lord’s Day two report: Cook ups Essex tempoEmail Tanya here or tweet @tjaldred 10.05am BST It’s Friday, it’s North London, it’s chilly but ... it’s dry. Welcome to the third day of the Bob Willis Trophy Final, the players are out on the pitch in bobble hats and shorts as the clock ticks to ten o’clock.The aim is to have 98 overs in the day over three sessions: 10.30-12.40, 1.20-3.30, 3.30-6pm. Essex start the day with
  
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• Cricket Australia postpones Afghanistan Test and New Zealand ODI series

  25-09-2020 08:11
  
  Matches on hold due to ‘complexity’ of schedulingGames to be rearranged for the 2021-22 seasonThe Covid-19 pandemic has officially claimed two more major sporting events with Cricket Australia confirming the one-off Test match against Afghanistan and three one-day internationals against New Zealand have been postponed until the 2021-22 season.Given current border restrictions and quarantine guidelines, CA said on Friday the “complexity” of scheduling international matches
  
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• Dean Jones: 'Audacious' Australian cricketer who captivated a generation

  25-09-2020 07:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Australian came to represent "an upbringing in the game" for many fans, says writer Gideon Haigh.
  
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