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• Ollie Robinson furore not to blame for England’s woes, says Chris Silverwood

  12-06-2021 21:17
  
  ‘We’ve tried to make sure the noise has been quietened down’Head coach admits England’s batting has been ‘not good enough’Chris Silverwood has insisted the off-field rancour triggered by Ollie Robinson’s historic tweets was not to blame for the sorry batting performance that leaves England on the brink of losing their first home series since 2014.The England and Wales Cricket Board announced it will start a review of social media use after past posts fro
  
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• 'Fragile' England will have 'no chance' in Ashes - Michael Vaughan

  12-06-2021 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England "can't arrive in Australia with a batting line-up this fragile", says former captain Michael Vaughan.
  
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• England on brink of defeat as Neil Wagner turns the screw for New Zealand

  12-06-2021 20:42
  
  Second Test day three: England 303 & 122-9; New Zealand 388Mark Wood top-scores with 29 as England’s batsmen fall shortBataclysm. Batastrophe. There is simply not a hole this England lineup cannot bat itself into. If nothing else they are experts in turning a crack into a crater, a tiny cut into a full-blown chasm. And on a sun-kissed Saturday afternoon at Edgbaston they donned gloves, strapped on pads and took themselves caverning.For all that they had dominated the match, at the end
  
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• Highlights: New Zealand dominate dire England on day three of second Test

  12-06-2021 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch highlights as another insipid batting performance on the third day of the second Test leaves England facing defeat against New Zealand.
  
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• England v New Zealand: Michael Vaughan criticises rotation policy

  12-06-2021 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michael Vaughan says England's policy of rotating their selection is damaging their chances in Test matches after poor batting left them on the brink of defeat by New Zealand.
  
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• Zak Crawley’s confusion is a symptom of England’s top-order batting malaise | Andy Bull

  12-06-2021 20:36
  
  The young batsman’s technique is being pulled in different directions by the competing needs of three different formatsIt was hot and close when England’s openers got out to the middle, headache weather, heavy and oppressive. The team were already in some trouble, 85 runs behind, and it was about to get a whole lot worse. It turned out that slender lead was just about as much as New Zealand needed. Rory Burns, England’s one in-form batsman, went first. Burns has been playing so
  
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• Second-string New Zealand make England look second-rate

  12-06-2021 20:17
  
  Despite making six changes to their team from Lord’s, the Kiwis have been far too good for Joe Root’s fragile sideIndia have been playing what they are calling an “intra-squad match simulation” at the Ageas Bowl, the highlight of which appears to be an unbeaten 121 from 94 balls by the ever-electric Rishabh Pant against an attack featuring Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Siraj.Any squad led by Virat Kohli is unlikely to have gone through the mot
  
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• Second string Kiwis make England look second-rate

  12-06-2021 20:17
  
  Despite making six changes to their team from Lord’s New Zealand have been far too good for Joe Root’s fragile sideIndia have been playing what they are calling an “intra-squad match simulation” at the Ageas Bowl, the highlight of which appears to be an unbeaten 121 from 94 balls by the ever-electric Rishabh Pant against an attack featuring Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Siraj.Any squad led by Virat Kohli is unlikely to have gone through the mo
  
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• England v New Zealand: Dan Lawrence caught behind off Neil Wagner for a duck

  12-06-2021 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dan Lawrence is caught behind for a duck off Neil Wagner as England fall to 58-5 in their second innings, 27 runs behind New Zealand's first-innings total in the second Test.
  
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• England v New Zealand: Stuart Broad removes Ajaz Patel as visitors finish 388 all out

  12-06-2021 16:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stuart Broad removes Ajaz Patel lbw on review as New Zealand are finally bowled out for 388 on the third day of the second Test against England at Edgbaston.
  
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• England v New Zealand: Rory Burns caught for second-ball duck off Matt Henry

  12-06-2021 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In-form England opener Rory Burns edges Matt Henry to Tom Latham at second slip for a duck as England slump to 0-1, 84 runs behind New Zealand at the start of their second innings.
  
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• England v New Zealand: James Anderson bowls Neil Wagner in record 162nd Test

  12-06-2021 15:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Anderson produces a "perfect ball" to bowl Neil Wagner in his record 162nd Test match for England and reduce New Zealand to 336-7.
  
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• England name Chris Woakes in T20 squad to face Sri Lanka

  12-06-2021 14:12
  
  32-year-old last played a T20i in November 2015David Willey and Liam Dawson also make 16-man squadChris Woakes has been called up to England’s Twenty20 squad, five and a half years after he last won a cap in the shortest format. Woakes, 32, is part of a 16-man squad selected for the upcoming three-match series against Sri Lanka and, if selected, it would end a curious 10-month absence from international cricket; usually a mainstay of the Test and ODI setups, he has been an unfortunate vict
  
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• Chris Woakes returns to England’s T20 squad after five-year absence

  12-06-2021 14:12
  
  32-year-old last played a T20i in November 2015Willey and Dawson also in squad to face Sri LankaChris Woakes has been called up to England’s Twenty20 squad, five and a half years after he last won a cap in the shortest format. Woakes, 32, is part of a 16-man squad selected for the three-match series against Sri Lanka and if selected it would end a curious 10-month absence from international cricket; usually a mainstay of the Test and ODI setups, he has been an unfortunate victim of the pan
  
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• England v New Zealand: Henry Nicholls caught behind for 21 off Mark Wood

  12-06-2021 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark Wood claims his first wicket of the match as Henry Nicholls caught down the leg side for 21 to leave New Zealand 312-5.
  
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• England v Sri Lanka: Chris Woakes returns to T20 squad

  12-06-2021 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  All-rounder Chris Woakes returns to the England Twenty20 squad for the first time since 2015 for three matches against Sri Lanka this month.
  
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• England v New Zealand: Ross Taylor caught behind by James Bracey for 80 off Olly Stone

  12-06-2021 13:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olly Stone and James Bracey combine to make a breakthrough for England, removing Ross Taylor for 80 on the third day of the second Test against New Zealand.
  
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• ‘Black people have an extra hurdle to jump’: ex-cricketer Michael Holding

  12-06-2021 13:30
  
  The former West Indies fast bowler has written a book about his experiences of encountering racial prejudice, with contributions from famous names such as Usain Bolt and Naomi OsakaIn his playing days in the 1970s and 1980s, the West Indian cricketer Michael Holding didn’t speak out against racism, although he saw it all around him. “I chose not to confront it because I was being selfish,” he says. “You saw what happened to athletes when they tried to speak up. Their care
  
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• England v New Zealand: Substitute fielder Sam Billings drops Ross Taylor on 68

  12-06-2021 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Substitute fielder Sam Billings drops Ross Taylor at fine leg with the New Zealand batsman on 68 as the visiting side close on on England's first innings total of 303.
  
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