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• England v New Zealand: England fight back after Devon Conway's 200 for New Zealand

  03-06-2021 21:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch highlights as England fight back on day two of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's, following Devon Conway's double century.
  
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• Ollie Robinson tries to block out the noise and get on with England job | Andy Bull

  03-06-2021 20:34
  
  England bowler took wickets having apologised for his offensive tweets but his future is now out of his handsThe day’s play was a half-hour old when Ollie Robinson came on to bowl, first change at the Nursery End. The applause was loud and conspicuous, an unexpected show of support for a man who surely must have been worried how the crowd were going to react to him.In a lot of ways the situation in front of him now was pretty similar to the one he had faced when he was bowling the previous
  
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• Ollie Robinson tries to block out the noise and get on with England job

  03-06-2021 20:34
  
  England bowler took wickets having apologised for his offensive tweets but his future is now out of his handsThe day’s play was a half-hour old when Ollie Robinson came on to bowl, first change at the Nursery End. The applause was loud and conspicuous, an unexpected show of support for a man who surely must have been worried how the crowd were going to react to him. In a lot of ways the situation in front of him now was pretty similar to the one he’d faced when he was bowling the pre
  
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• England may review social media history of future players - Graham Thorpe

  03-06-2021 20:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England may review the social media history of future players after the emergence of Ollie Robinson's offensive tweets, says batting coach Graham Thorpe.
  
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• Brown scores century for Sussex to frustrate Yorkshire – as it happened

  03-06-2021 20:31
  
  Sixteen-year-old Dan Ibrahim, the second youngest player to represent Sussex, scored 37 runs in the fightback at Headingley 8.08pm BST On a morning of cloud cover so heavy that the Headingley floodlights were switched on, and 2,056 souls planted their behinds around the ground for the first time for a men’s county game since 2019, Yorkshire chose to bowl.With Sussex 68 for four just after lunch, it seemed a good decision. By stumps, less so, thanks to a smashing unbeaten 126 from Ben Brown
  
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• County Championship: Lewis Gregory ton leads Somerset fightback against Hampshire

  03-06-2021 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lewis Gregory's 107 leads a remarkable lower-order recovery for Somerset against Hampshire.
  
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• Rory Burns leads England revival after Devon Conway’s 200 for New Zealand

  03-06-2021 20:06
  
  First Test, day two: New Zealand: 378 all out, England 112-2Burns justifies recall as partnership with Root steadies shipNew Zealand built on Test debutant Devon Conway’s chanceless double-hundred by taking two early England wickets before Rory Burns and Joe Root mounted a recovery on the second day of the first test at Lord’s. Related: ECB to punish Ollie Robinson for racist and sexist tweetsContinue reading...
  
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• England v New Zealand: Conway hits double century on Test debut at Lord's

  03-06-2021 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch highlights as New Zealand's Devon Conway makes a double century in his debut Test match, becoming only the seventh player in history to do so.
  
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• County Championship: Nottinghamshire's Joe Clarke makes stylish half-century after hand injury

  03-06-2021 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Joe Clarke recovers from a hand injury to make a stylish half-century in Nottinghamshire's first innings against Essex.
  
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• County Championship: Marcus Harris continues superb form for Leicestershire

  03-06-2021 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia batsman Marcus Harris continues his excellent form for Leicestershire with 148 against Gloucestershire on day one.
  
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• County Championship: Ben Brown leads Sussex fightback against Yorkshire

  03-06-2021 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ben Brown hits an unbeaten 126 as Sussex reach 267-5 on the opening day against Yorkshire.
  
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• England v New Zealand: Devon Conway makes 200 as hosts battle at Lord's

  03-06-2021 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England make strides towards a first-Test fightback on an entertaining second day against New Zealand at Lord's.
  
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• ECB to punish Ollie Robinson for racist and sexist tweets

  03-06-2021 18:53
  
  Bowler could be fined or suspended for next New Zealand TestRobinson has apologised for posts dating back to 2012The England and Wales Cricket Board appears determined to punish Ollie Robinson for the offensive and embarrassing tweets which were rediscovered and distributed on Wednesday as he made his Test debut for England, though the board is yet to determine precisely what form the punishment will take. What has been decided is that it will not leave itself open to similar scandals in future.
  
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• John Holder & Ismail Dawood: Umpires withdraw ECB racism claim

  03-06-2021 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former umpires John Holder and Ismail Dawood withdraw their claim of racial discrimination against the England and Wales Cricket Board.
  
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• England v New Zealand: Devon Conway completes brilliant double century with a six

  03-06-2021 16:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealand opener Devon Conway completes a double century with a six on a brilliant Test debut against England at Lord's.
  
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• England's Amy Jones says women could play more Test cricket

  03-06-2021 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England wicketkeeper Amy Jones says women's Test cricket can "definitely be played more" as England prepare for a one-off Test against India.
  
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• England take four quick New Zealand wickets before lunch

  03-06-2021 14:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England take four quick wickets, with Mark Wood claiming three, as New Zealand falter before lunch on day two of the first Test at Lord's.
  
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• England v New Zealand: Mark Wood dismisses Henry Nicholls

  03-06-2021 13:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's Mark Wood claims the first wicket of the day with Ollie Robinson catching Henry Nicholls on day two of the first Test at Lord's.
  
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• Yorkshire v Sussex, Essex v Notts and more: county cricket day one – live!

  03-06-2021 12:00
  
  Live updates from around the County Championship grounds
  England v New Zealand: first Test, day two – live!Robinson’s offensive tweets prove cricket still has much to learnEmail Tanya with any thoughts | Tweet @tjaldred 11.00am BST A very enthusiastic welcome for the Yorkshire team! Don’t mention that small hitch in the first innings at Old Trafford last week. Ben Coad has the ball at the Emerald Stand end where, I believe, a new Costa Coffee has opened for the faithful. Wonder
  
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• Bowling coach calls on Cricket Australia to release ball-tampering report

  03-06-2021 06:20
  
  ‘Then maybe the questions might stop,’ says David Saker Report into sandpaper scandal has been kept secret since 2018David Saker, the coach in charge of Australia’s bowlers during the sandpaper Test match in Cape Town in 2018, has called on Cricket Australia to release the secret report it commissioned into the ball-tampering scandal.The sport’s governing body in Australia has kept the report under lock and key since its findings led to bans for then captain Steve Smith,
  
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