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• Boris Johnson joins Oliver Dowden in ECB criticism over Ollie Robinson

  07-06-2021 19:30
  
  Culture secretary says board’s action is ‘over the top’England head coach says impossible to dismiss tweetsThe prime minister, Boris Johnson, and the sports minister, Oliver Dowden, have both criticised the England and Wales Cricket Board’s decision to suspend the bowler Ollie Robinson from international cricket while it conducts an investigation into historic offensive tweets published in 2012 and 2013, with Dowden insisting the move was “over the top”.Robins
  
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• England braced for backlash if Craig Overton replaces Robinson

  07-06-2021 19:29
  
  All-rounder was suspended after 2015 incidentSecond Test at Edgbaston starts on ThursdayChris Silverwood has said he is braced to deal with any criticism should Craig Overton emerge as the player who replaces the suspended Ollie Robinson in England’s team for the second Test.Robinson has been stood down from the squad for Thursday’s encounter with New Zealand at Edgbaston pending the outcome of an investigation into the offensive tweets that emerged during his debut in last week&rsqu
  
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• A fine phrase that sums up what rugby has lost | Brief letters

  07-06-2021 18:51
  
  John Dawes obituary | Overseas aid budget | Ollie Robinson | Boris Johnson | DystopiaI would like to thank Richard Williams for his obituary of the great John Dawes (11 May). I have struggled for the last 20 years to explain why rugby union is no longer a game that thrills me as it did in the 1970s and 1980s. I have tied myself up in knots to define what is lacking in the modern game. Then, Williams sums it up in a phrase of efficient elegance worthy of Dawes: “a time when rugby was a game
  
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• Ollie Robinson’s England suspension is the right move by the ECB

  07-06-2021 17:55
  
  The player’s place in the Test side has become temporarily untenable and the culture secretary Oliver Dowden is doing him no favours in making him a poster boy in culture warOne Test into the summer and English cricket already finds itself under siege. Were it simply criticism of the national team’s lack of ambition with the bat on the final day at Lord’s, it could at least be blocked out like Dom Sibley shovelling one off his pads.The far trickier delivery faced right now is t
  
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• Ollie Robinson: ECB has no room for error in investigation, says Jonathan Agnew

  07-06-2021 15:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The England and Wales Cricket board has no room for error in its investigation into historical racist and sexist tweets by bowler Ollie Robinson.
  
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• England v New Zealand: Hosts recall Dom Bess for second Test at Edgbaston

  07-06-2021 15:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England recall off-spinner Dom Bess for the second Test against New Zealand at Edgbaston on Thursday.
  
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• County cricket talking points: groups set up nicely before month-long break

  07-06-2021 15:03
  
  After eight entertaining rounds of fixtures it’s still difficult to predict which teams will qualify for Division OneBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogJust nine points separate the top four in Group One as Warwickshire took their turn to top the table. In a low-scoring match against the group’s basement team, Derbyshire, only Sam Hain and Michael Burgess crossed 50 in the match, with the home side falling well short of their target of 309, a score that would have seen them reg
  
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• Sports minister Dowden says ECB’s suspension of Ollie Robinson is ‘over the top’

  07-06-2021 11:23
  
  Culture secretary makes intervention in cricket rowEngland head coach says impossible to dismiss tweetsThe sports minister, Oliver Dowden, has accused the England and Wales Cricket Board of going “over the top” by suspending the bowler Ollie Robinson from international cricket while it conducts an investigation into historic offensive tweets published in 2012 and 2013.Robinson excelled on debut in England’s first Test against New Zealand, which ended in a draw on Sunday, taking
  
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• Sports minister Dowden says ECB ‘over the top’ to suspend Ollie Robinson

  07-06-2021 11:23
  
  Culture secretary makes intervention in cricket rowECB suspended cricketer over historic racist tweetsEnglish cricket’s ruling body has gone “over the top” by suspending Ollie Robinson over racist and sexist tweets, culture secretary Oliver Dowden stated on Monday morning.Dowden said the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) should “think again” in a tweet he posted on the issue. Related: England’s Ollie Robinson suspended from international game for tweets Ol
  
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