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• T20 Blast: Will Jacks scores 70 off 24 balls as Surrey beat Middlesex

  10-06-2021 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Will Jacks hits the fastest T20 fifty in English cricket in 11 years - off just 15 balls - as Surrey beat Middlesex at Lord's.
  
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• Ollie Robinson given time off by Sussex for his ‘mental health and wellbeing’

  10-06-2021 21:59
  
  Sussex statement: ‘Ollie has made clear the shame he feels’Rory Burns says England concentrating on winning second TestOllie Robinson has pulled out of playing for Sussex this weekend citing the need for a break as the England and Wales Cricket Board continues to deliberate over the offensive teenage tweets that plunged the sport into a crisis.Robinson, 27, was stood down from the England side taking on New Zealand at Edgbaston this week, with Joe Root side’s fighting back from
  
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• England v New Zealand: 'Edgbaston doubles up as world's largest stag do'

  10-06-2021 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How Edgbaston resembled the world's largest stag do as a joyous 18,000-strong crowd savoured a return to sporting normality.
  
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• England v New Zealand: Rory Burns & Dan Lawrence drag hosts to 258-7 on opening day

  10-06-2021 20:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch highlights as Rory Burns' 81 and an unbeaten 67 from Dan Lawrence help drag England to 258-7 at the close on day one in the decisive second Test against New Zealand at Edgbaston.
  
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• England v New Zealand: Returning fans crank up atmosphere at Edgbaston

  10-06-2021 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From Del Boy to Ali G, the fancy dress is out in force as a rowdy crowd of 18,000 fans crank up the atmosphere at Edgbaston on day one of the decisive second Test between England and New Zealand.
  
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• Dom Sibley awkwardly cements his status as England’s newest cult hero | Andy Bull

  10-06-2021 20:14
  
  What the batsman lacks in flair he makes up for in stubbornness and patience, as New Zealand have discovered Has anyone ever been made so rapturously happy by Dom Sibley’s batting? Let loose at a Test match after 15 months of on-and-off lockdown, the crowd in the Hollies Stand were driven delirious by England’s odd-couple openers, Sibley and Rory Burns, as they batted through Thursday’s morning session for 72. That ranked surprisingly high in the list of England’s recent
  
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• Dan Lawrence helps England rally against New Zealand in second Test

  10-06-2021 20:03
  
  England 258-7 (Burns 81, Lawrence 67 not out)Crawley, Root and Bracey all removed cheaply on day oneOn a day when England’s failings were often familiar and New Zealand’s strengths likewise perhaps most important of all was the soundtrack of glorious, constant hubbub that accompanied it all. Half-centuries from Rory Burns and Dan Lawrence and some handy help late in the day from Olly Stone and Mark Wood allowed the home side to end the first day of their second Test against the Black
  
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• England v New Zealand: Rory Burns & Dan Lawrence keep hosts afloat

  10-06-2021 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory Burns makes 81 and Dan Lawrence an unbeaten 67 to help England to 258-7 on a raucous first day of the second Test against New Zealand at Edgbaston.
  
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• The touch of a button that broke the internet | Brief letters

  10-06-2021 19:04
  
  Cricket privilege | The Queen at Oxford | Nightingale torment | Breaking the internetWhile it’s good to see the England team wearing anti-discrimination T-shirts (Ollie Robinson Twitter racism storm obscures ECB’s decades of inaction, 9 June), perhaps the England and Wales Cricket Board should be wondering why the whole team is made up of white players. There are thousands of black and Asian cricketers in the UK; what stops them making it into the national team? Perhaps not enough of
  
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• England v New Zealand: James Bracey out for first-ball duck

  10-06-2021 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Bracey fell for a duck on his debut at Lord's and suffers the same fate in his second match at Edgbaston as England slip to 175-6 in the second Test against New Zealand.
  
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• Ollie Robinson: England bowler to take 'short break' from cricket

  10-06-2021 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England bowler Ollie Robinson will miss Sussex's first two T20 Blast games as he takes a "short break" from cricket.
  
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• Michael Parkinson: ‘I dreamed of living with Ingrid Bergman near Barnsley FC’

  10-06-2021 16:00
  
  The chatshow presenter and jazz DJ recalls crushes on screen icons, disappointment on the cricket field – and the first time he heard Louis ArmstrongI was born in Cudworth, a mining village near Barnsley. My father worked down Grimethorpe colliery. There’s a great tradition in Yorkshire of brass music and I would listen to the Grimethorpe Colliery Band rehearsing on Sunday mornings above a nearby pub. Continue reading...
  
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• England v New Zealand: Dom Sibley, Zak Crawley & Joe Root lose wickets in quick succession

  10-06-2021 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Captain Joe Root is caught behind for four, following quickly after the wickets of Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley as England are reduced to 85-3 by New Zealand in the second Test at Edgbaston.
  
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• James Anderson quiz: Name all his 96 Test team-mates

  10-06-2021 13:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As James Anderson becomes England's most capped Test player, it's time to test your knowledge.
  
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• James Anderson becomes most capped England Test player

  10-06-2021 12:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fast bowler James Anderson becomes England's most capped Test player, surpassing Alastair Cook's record of 161.
  
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