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• South Africa appoint Temba Bavuma as first black African captain to lead limited-overs sides as Dean Elgar named Test skipper

  04-03-2021 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Temba Bavuma becomes the first black African to permanently captain a South Africa side after being appointed their limited-overs skipper.
  
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• Axar Patel picks off listless England but Dan Lawrence refuses to wither | Simon Burnton

  04-03-2021 18:00
  
  The 23-year-old found a rare fluency with the bat on a day when his teammates fluffed their lines against a ruthless India sideOver recent months the prime minister has attempted to characterise the leader of the opposition, not entirely convincingly, as “Captain Hindsight”. Perhaps the nickname would stick better to the leader of England’s cricket team, who came out for the start of the fourth Test, won the toss, and promptly announced his best team for the third.Sadly the thi
  
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• Mohammad Abbas: Pakistan bowler to join Hampshire for start of County Championship

  04-03-2021 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pakistan seam bowler Mohammad Abbas will join Hampshire as an overseas signing for the start of the 2021 season.
  
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• Kemar Roach: West Indies pace bowler to join Surrey for County Championship start

  04-03-2021 14:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Indies pace bowler Kemar Roach will join Surrey for the first seven County Championship fixtures of the new season.
  
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• Ben Stokes laments 'hardest conditions I’ve faced' as struggles in India continue

  04-03-2021 14:53
  
  Batsman bemoans bounce and spin of Ahmedabad surface‘We’re disappointed. Our execution let us down today’Ben Stokes described batting conditions across England’s Test series in India as the hardest he has faced in his career but admitted that their first-innings total of 205 in the fourth and final Test in Ahmedabad felt some way below par.“Early on it was pretty apparent we weren’t going to get anything like we did on day one in the last Test,” he said,
  
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• India v England: Ben Stokes facing 'hardest' batting conditions of his career as tourists struggle again

  04-03-2021 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  All-rounder Ben Stokes says these are the "hardest" batting conditions he has ever faced after England struggled again on day one of the final Test against India.
  
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• Virat Kohli's reason for clash with Ben Stokes explained by India star Mohammed Siraj

  04-03-2021 14:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Virat Kohli and Ben Stokes had a heated exchange on the first day of the final Test between India and England.
  
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• Weary England in a spin again as India take control of fourth Test

  04-03-2021 14:28
  
  England 205; India 24-1Ravi Ashwin and Axar Patel share seven wickets
  Another day, another dolour. After eight weeks and six days on tour, this weary, wounded England team staggered into their sixth, and last, Test of the winter. The good news is they won the toss and cobbled together their highest score since their first innings of the India series, the bad that it was 205. If they could point to improvements in the way some of the batsmen went about their work, it was undeniable, too, that som
  
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• Weary, wounded England in a spin again as India take control of fourth Test

  04-03-2021 13:52
  
  England 205; India 24-1Ravi Ashwin and Axar Patel share seven wickets
  Another day, another dolour. After eight weeks and six days on tour, this weary, wounded, England team staggered into the sixth, and last, Test of the winter. The good news is they won the toss, and cobbled together their highest score since their first innings of the series, the bad that it was still only 205. And if they could point to improvements in the way some of the batsmen went about their work, it was undeniable, too,
  
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• India v England: Hosts on top in final Test in Ahmedabad

  04-03-2021 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's batsmen once again fail to deliver on the first day of the final Test against India in Ahmedabad.
  
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• Pakistan Super League suspended after seven coronavirus cases

  04-03-2021 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Pakistan Super League is suspended with "players not in the right mental state" after seven cases of coronavirus were reported.
  
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• England batsmen in a spin again as India take control of fourth Test

  04-03-2021 12:56
  
  Tourists bowled out for 205 after winning tossIndia reached stumps at 24-1 with England under pressureAfter two heavy defeats on rampant turners, England could only blame themselves as they surrendered the initiative with another muddled batting performance on day one of the fourth Test against India.The tourists were dismissed for 205 – their best score since the first innings of the first Test but well below a par effort – before India reached 24 for one in response in the series d
  
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• England and Wales Cricket Board appoints chair of commission for equality

  04-03-2021 11:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The England and Wales Cricket Board appoints Cindy Butts as chair of the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket.
  
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• Six sixes in six balls: Kieron Pollard becomes third batsman to produce perfect over – video

  04-03-2021 11:15
  
  Kieron Pollard of West Indies has become the third batsman to score six sixes in one over in international cricket. His feat came during a four-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the opening tie of a four-match Twenty20 series in the Caribbean. The spinner Akila Danajaya was the unfortunate victim, having taken a hat-trick in his previous over. Pollard took the score from 62 to 98-4 in six deliveries. Pollard joins an exclusive list featuring South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs and India’s
  
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• Monty Panesar has Axar Patel doubt despite India bowler starring vs England - EXCLUSIVE

  04-03-2021 11:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  England hero Monty Panesar believes India star Axar Patel must prove he can perform away from home.
  
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• Lockie Ferguson: Yorkshire sign New Zealand bowler for T20 Blast

  04-03-2021 10:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Vikings sign New Zealand one-day pace bowler Lockie Ferguson for the 2021 Vitality Blast.
  
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• Andrew Strauss slams poor England batting again as Joe Root and Ben Stokes are dismissed

  04-03-2021 10:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  England find themselves in a battle in the fourth Test of the series against India, despite having won the toss
  
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• Kieron Pollard becomes third player to hit six sixes in an international over

  04-03-2021 10:35
  
  West Indies beat Sri Lanka in first match of T20 seriesAkila Dananjaya takes hat-trick, then gets the treatmentThe West Indies captain Kieron Pollard hit six sixes in an over to guide his side to a comprehensive four-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the opener of their three-match T20 series.Sent in to bat at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Osbourn, Antigua, Sri Lanka scored 131 for nine, with the debutant Pathum Nissanka top-scoring with 39 from 34 balls. Related: The Joy of Six: great World Twen
  
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• Virat Kohli would have lost India captaincy if England won second Test - Monty Panesar

  04-03-2021 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  India captain Virat Kohli took a gamble over his future as Test skipper, according to Monty Panesar.
  
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• Kieron Pollard hits six sixes in West Indies' win over Sri Lanka

  04-03-2021 06:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kieron Pollard hits six sixes in one over off Akila Dhananjaya, who had earlier taken a hat-trick, in West Indies' T20 defeat of Sri Lanka.
  
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