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• County cricket: Devon Conway shines for Somerset – as it happened

  04-07-2021 21:21
  
  The New Zealander scored 88 on his debut before Leicestershire hit back at Taunton while Colin de Grandhomme impressed for Hampshire 8.18pm BST As the County Championship resumed for two July rounds, setting the scene for the autumnal divisional split, Devon Conway debuted like only he can.The New Zealander tucked into 88 runs in his first Championship innings for Somerset before being bowled by Leicestershire’s Callum Parkinson as the hosts luxuriated in a first-innings partnership of 143
  
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• County Championship: Glamorgan's Timm van der Gugten makes Sussex struggle

  04-07-2021 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Timm van der Gugten stars with the ball as Sussex struggle to 161-7 against Glamorgan, despite a late revival led by 16-year-old Dan Ibrahim.
  
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• County Championship: Yorkshire struggle at Northants despite George Hill's maiden half-century

  04-07-2021 20:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  George Hill scores his maiden first-class half-century but Yorkshire are bowled out cheaply by a fine Northamptonshire seam display.
  
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• County Championship: Devon Conway hits 88 but Leicestershire hit back against Somerset

  04-07-2021 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leicestershire fight back after tea as Somerset close on 242-7 on a rain-interrupted first day at Taunton.
  
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• County Championship: Jordan Clark takes four wickets for Surrey to restrict Hampshire

  04-07-2021 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jordan Clark's 4-59 helps Surrey keep Hampshire in check on a truncated first day at the Ageas Bowl.
  
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• Final Sri Lanka ODI abandoned but ‘ruthless’ England delight Eoin Morgan

  04-07-2021 19:24
  
  Third ODI: Sri Lanka: 166 all out; match abandoned – rainJonny Bairstow takes five catches behind the stumpsSri Lanka’s lamentable tour of England ended with lakes forming on the outfield and a gaggle of hardy spectators singing Sweet Caroline in the rain, the visitors having avoided a sixth successive defeat despite another callow collapse.For Eoin Morgan’s hosts it meant a 2-0 ODI series win to follow a 3-0 victory in the similarly one-sided Twenty20s; had the heavens not ope
  
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• England v Sri Lanka: Rain wipes out third ODI in Bristol after tourists collapse again

  04-07-2021 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England win their one-day international series against Sri Lanka 2-0 after the third match in Bristol is washed out.
  
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• County Championship: Ben Stokes' return delayed as day one of Warwickshire-Durham rained off

  04-07-2021 17:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ben Stokes' first County Championship appearance in almost three years is delayed as rain washes out the first day at Edgbaston.
  
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• England’s ODI series against Sri Lanka ends in a washout – as it happened

  04-07-2021 17:49
  
  Sri Lanka set England 167 to complete the sweep but rain intervened in Bristol, with the hosts settling for a 2-0 series win 4.49pm BST Morgan collects the trophy, thanks Ian Ward for the interview and goes off for what may be rather a brief celebration. The international calendar rolls remorselessly on and England have another ODI series starting on Thursday, against Pakistan. By then England’s football counterparts will either have won a major semi-final for the first time in 55 years, o
  
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• England’s ODI series against Sri Lanka ends in a washout – live!

  04-07-2021 17:29
  
  Over-by-over coverage of the match played at BristolCounty cricket: join Tanya Aldred for live updatesAny thoughts? You can email Tim | tweet @TimdeLisle 4.29pm BST So Sri Lanka made their lowest total of the series, 166, but emerged with their best result – no result. You have to feel for them.4.23pm BST So England win the series 2-0. It was heading for a whitewash until it turned into a washout.4.17pm BST Well, that didn’t take long. 3.45pm BST When they go back to Bristol, the sky
  
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• Charlotte Edwards Cup: Western Storm beat Thunder by nine wickets in rain-affected clash

  04-07-2021 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Western Storm record their first Charlotte Edwards Cup win as they beat Thunder by nine wickets in a rain-affected match at Chester.
  
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• England need 167 to win third ODI against Sri Lanka – live!

  04-07-2021 16:04
  
  Over-by-over coverage of the match played at BristolCounty cricket: join Tanya Aldred for live updatesAny thoughts? You can email Tim | tweet @TimdeLisle 2.59pm BST If I were king, the innings break would be 10 minutes given we were already off for rain earlier in the innings. Get the game going, increase the chance of getting it finished. But I shall have to hand the mace instead to Tim de Lisle, next in the line of OBO succession. Enjoy the chase. 2.57pm BST 41.1 overs: Sri Lanka 165-10 (Shana
  
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• England v Sri Lanka ODI: Bairstow makes fine diving catch as Tom Curran picks up third wicket

  04-07-2021 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jonny Bairstow leaps full stretch to his right to make a fine one-handed catch to remove Dimuth Karunaratne as Tom Curran picks up his third wicket in the third ODI against Sri Lanka.
  
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• England v Sri Lanka: third ODI – live!

  04-07-2021 11:32
  
  Over-by-over coverage of the match played at BristolMoeen Ali confident in ability despite limited England roleAny thoughts? You can email Geoff | tweet @GeoffLemonSport 10.32am BST We were supposed be flipping the coin right about now, but showers have begun in advance of expectations down in Bristol. This be no weather for coin-tossin’, yarr. Grab your umbrella and go for a lap around the block. 10.21am BST As ever, Tim and I will be agog to hear from you - our contacts are in the side /
  
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• County cricket: Lancashire v Kent, Warwickshire v Durham, and more – live!

  04-07-2021 11:05
  
  Live updates as a new round of championship matches beginsDrop Tanya an email | Tweet @tjaldred 10.00am BST GROUP ONEWarwicks (played 8) 120 10.00am BST GROUP ONETrent Bridge: Notts v Derby 10.00am BST It is the season of England winning, gloriously, in Rome; but it is also the season of clover and buttercups, of swifts and swallows, of bat and ball. Welcome back to CCLIve - today we hit the two mid-season rounds which will decide who fights for the County Championship and who spends late August
  
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