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• T20 Blast: Bears top North Group, Lancs, Yorks & Notts all win; Sussex still 100 % in South

  15-06-2021 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Bears beat Northants to top North Group, while Sussex hammer Essex to maintain their 100% South Group winning record.
  
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• The Hundred: Kagiso Rabada replaced by Lockie Ferguson in Manchester Originals squad

  15-06-2021 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealand bowler Lockie Ferguson replaces Kagiso Rabada in The Hundred after the South African withdraws because of Covid-19 related issues.
  
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• England Women forced to play India Test on used men’s T20 cricket pitch

  15-06-2021 18:02
  
  Captain Knight: ‘We tried to get it changed but too late’ECB: ‘We accept this issue shouldn’t have arisen’England Women have been rebuffed in their request to play on a fresh wicket in their Test match against India on Wednesday and will instead have to compete on a pitch used for a men’s game last week, a situation labelled “not ideal” by the captain, Heather Knight.England’s first Test against India for seven years will take place at Bristo
  
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• England v India: ECB 'disappointed and sorry' at used pitch for Test

  15-06-2021 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ECB say they are "disappointed and sorry" that a used pitch will be played on for the one-off Test between England and India.
  
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• Azeem Rafiq employment tribunal case against Yorkshire to start on Wednesday

  15-06-2021 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Azeem Rafiq's employment tribunal case against his former club Yorkshire is to begin on Wednesday, though the first part will be held in "private".
  
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• Worcestershire, Surrey and Kent set the early pace in T20 Blast

  15-06-2021 14:20
  
  Joe Clarke and Gareth Batty were the stars of the show as the T20 Blast returned this weekBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogWorcestershire sit top of the North Group, courtesy of two wins and a tie at home to Nottinghamshire. Chasing 153 after Jake Libby continued his fine Championship form with an undefeated half-century and Ross Whiteley did his thing down the order, Joe Clarke and Alex Hales departed the middle leaving Notts’ remaining batsmen to accumulate 72 runs in 13 overs. I
  
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• County cricket: Worcs, Surrey and Kent set early pace in T20 Blast

  15-06-2021 14:20
  
  Joe Clarke and Gareth Batty were the stars of the show as the T20 Blast returned this weekBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogWorcestershire sit top of the North Group, courtesy of two wins and a tie at home to Nottinghamshire. Chasing 153 after Jake Libby continued his fine Championship form with an undefeated half-century and Ross Whiteley did his thing down the order, Joe Clarke and Alex Hales departed the middle leaving Notts’ remaining batsmen to accumulate 72 runs in 13 overs. I
  
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• The Spin | Time to go Joe: Root should quit England captaincy for his own good

  15-06-2021 12:32
  
  Root has slipped out of form and at 30 he should be focusing on what he does best not sacrificing a strength to a weaknessAfter a change of sponsor, England’s cricketers have a new word on their chests this summer: “cinch”. So far they have played two Tests in the redesigned shirt – one a humiliating draw, the other a heavy defeat. It feels as if the kit is giving the players an ironic cheer.Facing the media afterwards – as he does more regularly, more readily and f
  
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• No Balls podcast: England seamer Chris Woakes is the first guest as podcast launches on BBC Sounds

  15-06-2021 11:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Best friends and team-mates Alex Hartley and Kate Cross welcome England's Chris Woakes to the first episode of their No Balls podcast.
  
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• Chris Woakes joins Kate Cross and Alex Hartley on No Balls: The Cricket Podcast

  15-06-2021 10:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Woakes joins Kate Cross and Alex Hartley on the No Balls podcast and reveals his all-time favourite team-mate - and the most annoying.
  
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• World Test Championship is hard to love but final deserves more than a washout

  15-06-2021 09:00
  
  In spite of everything, final will feature the two best teams – New Zealand and India – and some of the modern game’s greatsThe forecast is for rain. Of course the forecast is for rain. It’s the final of the World Test Championship on Friday: a concept first seriously mooted by Wisden a quarter of a century ago, first endorsed by the International Cricket Council in 2010, first organised for 2013 and then cancelled, then organised for 2017 and then cancelled again, whose
  
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