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• Rory Burns happy with ‘quite good day’ after his century keeps England in Test

  05-06-2021 21:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Burns’ 132 dragged England to credible total after collapse‘It was not the ideal start, it was a bit of a grind’Both sides declared themselves content with their positions at the end of an intriguing fourth day at Lord’s, which ended with New Zealand 165 runs ahead with eight second-innings wickets in hand but with both Devon Conway, scorer of a first-innings double century, and their captain, Kane Williamson, falling in the final session to the English debutant Ollie Rob
  
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• England v New Zealand: Rory Burns' century keeps England in contention

  05-06-2021 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory Burns' determined 132 on day four at Lord's gives England a chance heading into the fifth and final day of the first Test against New Zealand.
  
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• England middle order’s car-crash batting puts New Zealand in the driving seat | Andy Bull

  05-06-2021 20:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Ollie Pope, Dan Lawrence and Zak Crawley the most egregious offenders as Tim Southee puts rash hosts in a great messIn December 2011, a group of 11 sports car enthusiasts from the Japanese island of Kyushu were driving in convoy north along the Chugoku Expressway when one botched a lane change, clipped the median barrier, spun round and scattered the cars behind him into a series of futile evasive manoeuvres that ended in what newspapers would describe as “the most expensive pile-up in his
  
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• Rory Burns’ battling century gives England hope but New Zealand on top

  05-06-2021 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  First Test day four: New Zealand 378 and 62-2; England 275
  Opener steadies the ship after England’s morning collapse There are still 98 overs to come in this first Test between England and New Zealand and though a draw remains the most likely result, a sparkling fourth day that saw Rory Burns and Tim Southee claim places on the Lord’s honours boards suggests further twists still remain possible.Certainly none of the 6,500 spectators who came through the turnstiles could claim to have
  
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• County Championship: Jake Libby hits century but Durham enjoy three-day win over Pears

  05-06-2021 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Worcestershire opener Jake Libby hits 126 to help the Pears reach 336 before Durham race to a 10-wicket win at New Road.
  
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• England v New Zealand: Ollie Robinson hits the top of Devon Conway's stumps

  05-06-2021 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's Ollie Robinson bowls Devon Conway for 23 for his fifth wicket of the match on day four of the first Test at Lord's.
  
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• Yorkshire v Sussex, Glamorgan beat Lancs and more: county cricket – as it happened

  05-06-2021 18:50 via theguardian.com
  
  County Championship updates from around the groundsEngland v New Zealand – live! Follow day four of the OBOAnd you can tweet Graham or comment below the line 8.57pm BST Marnus Labuschagne’s highest score of a difficult summer, an unbeaten 63, ended county cricket’s only remaining unbeaten record as Glamorgan chased 188 to beat Lancashire by six wickets at Sophia Gardens shortly before 12.30pm on day three.The much-vaunted Australian had not previously posted a fifty in seven Ch
  
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• England v New Zealand: Rory Burns reaches his century to give England hope

  05-06-2021 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Opener Rory Burns reaches his third Test hundred, a rare highlight for England on day four of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's.
  
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• County Championship: Oliver Hannon-Dalby helps Bears beat Derbyshire inside three days

  05-06-2021 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oliver Hannon-Dalby takes 4-24 as Warwickshire comfortably beat Derbyshire inside three days to top Group One of the County Championship.
  
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• County Championship: Leicestershire beat Gloucestershire by an innings and 93 runs

  05-06-2021 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spinner Callum Parkinson claims 10 match wickets as Leicestershire beat Group Two leaders Gloucestershire.
  
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• Sri Lanka’s tour of England thrown into doubt due to escalating board dispute

  05-06-2021 16:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Sri Lankan cricketers refuse to sign new central contractsSix-match limited-overs series due to start on 23 JuneSri Lanka’s limited-overs tour of England, due to start later this month, has been thrown into doubt after an escalation in the dispute between Sri Lanka Cricket and the players.All 24 members of the squad announced on Friday are among the 36 signatories of a statement released on Saturday which explains their refusal to sign new central contracts. Continue reading...
  
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• England v New Zealand: Ollie Robinson caught by Kyle Jamieson

  05-06-2021 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's Ollie Robinson hits high but is comfortably caught by Kyle Jamieson at fine leg as New Zealand keep up the pressure on day four of the first Test at Lord's.
  
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• County Championship: Labuschagne steers Glamorgan to three-day win against Lancashire

  05-06-2021 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australian Test star Marnus Labuschagne hits an unbeaten 63 as Glamorgan chase down 188 to beat Lancashire in Cardiff.
  
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• Yorkshire v Sussex, Glamorgan beat Lancs and more: county cricket – live!

  05-06-2021 13:15 via theguardian.com
  
  County Championship updates from around the groundsEngland v New Zealand – live! Follow day four of the OBOAnd you can tweet Graham or comment below the line 12.15pm BST You have to laugh. The only remaining unbeaten record in county cricket has disappeared. And the result was flashed up on the scoreboard here at Headingley, where cheers and claps rung out. Yorkshire 340-3 in the 92nd over, with Dawid Malan on 123 not out. Labuschagne, by the way, finished 63 not out. 12.04pm BST Derbyshir
  
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• England v New Zealand: Joe Root falls to first ball of the day after brilliant Ross Taylor catch

  05-06-2021 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England captain Joe Root falls to the first ball of the day thanks to a brilliant catch from Ross Taylor at first slip as New Zealand make the perfect start to day four of the first Test at Lord's.
  
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• Yorkshire v Sussex, Glamorgan v Lancs and more: county cricket – live!

  05-06-2021 10:17 via theguardian.com
  
  County Championship updates from around the groundsAnd you can tweet Graham or comment below the line 9.16am BST It’s shorts weather for the second day running at Headingley, a far cry from the snow which greeted us eight weeks ago today when Yorkshire faced Glamorgan in the season opener. I think I wore three jumpers that day and two coats – sat inside!Tanya, I seem to remember, even went out at lunch and took orders for hot water bottles from the local B&M Bargains or Poundland
  
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