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• Watch: England lose six wickets for 31 runs as India win T20 thriller

  11-07-2021 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as England lose six wickets for 31 runs to hand India a thrilling eight-run victory in the second Twenty20 international in Hove.
  
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• County Championship: Notts' Liam Patterson-White frustrates Durham

  11-07-2021 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sunderland-born Liam Patterson-White helps Nottinghamshire to three batting points, on a day of ups and downs at Durham.
  
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• County cricket day one: Lancashire on top in Roses battle with Yorkshire

  11-07-2021 20:17
  
  Updates from around the ground on the first day of actionIndia Women keep T20 series alive as England collapseAny comments? You can email Tanya | tweet @tjaldred | or BTL 7.17pm BST Group One
  Derbyshire 146 v Essex 86-3
  Durham v Nottinghamshire 312-9
  Worcestershire v Warwickshire 245-4Group Two
  Gloucestershire 214-6 v Hampshire
  Middlesex 280-3 v Leicestershire
  Surrey v Somerset 280-6Group Three
  Glamorgan v Northants 128-4
  Kent 69-5 v Sussex 181
  Yorkshire v Lancashire 273-2 5.27pm BST I’d b
  
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• County Championship: Jas Singh impresses as Kent replace side against Sussex after Covid-19 case

  11-07-2021 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fifteen wickets fall on the first day as Kent are forced to name a new team against Sussex after a positive Covid-19 test.
  
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• County Championship: Essex dismiss Derbyshire cheaply as they seek vital win

  11-07-2021 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Essex make a promising start in their bid to pick up maximum points in their must-win match against Derbyshire.
  
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• England women collapse to narrowly lose second T20 against India

  11-07-2021 20:02
  
  2nd T20: India 148-4, beat England 140-8, by 8 runsBeaumont and Knight put England in good place before collapseEngland lost the second T20 at Hove in dramatic fashion, collapsing from 106 for two to 140 for eight to fall nine runs short of the target set for them by India.The hosts had looked to be cruising to a win with both Tammy Beaumont (59 from 50 balls) and Heather Knight (30 from 28 balls) set fair – Beaumont continuing the dominance with the bat that has seen her hit half-centurie
  
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• England women collapse in second T20 as India keep series alive

  11-07-2021 20:02
  
  2nd T20: India 148-4, beat England 140-8, by 8 runsBeaumont and Knight put hosts in good place before collapseEngland lost the second T20 at Hove in dramatic fashion, collapsing from 106 for two to 140 for eight to fall nine runs short of the target set for them by India.The hosts had looked to be cruising to a win with both Tammy Beaumont (59 from 50 balls) and Heather Knight (30 from 28 balls) set fair – Beaumont continuing the dominance with the bat that has seen her hit half-centuries
  
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• County Championship: Keaton Jennings ton helps Lancashire to dominant start against Yorkshire

  11-07-2021 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Keaton Jennings hits 132 as Lancashire dominate day one of the Roses match against Yorkshire in Leeds.
  
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• County Championship: Somerset on course for Division One thanks to James Hildreth ton against Surrey

  11-07-2021 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Hildreth scores his first century for two years to put Somerset on the verge of qualifying for Division One.
  
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• England v India: Shafali Verma stars as tourists win to set up decider

  11-07-2021 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shafali Verma makes 48 as India produce an excellent performance in an eight-run win which sets up a decider in the multi-format series against England.
  
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• Ireland v South Africa series: Malahide opener abandoned because of rain

  11-07-2021 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rain brings a premature end to the first ODI between Ireland and South Africa in Dublin after Balbirnie and Porterfield hit half-centuries
  
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• County Championship: Pieter Malan & Dom Sibley share 220-run stand for Warwickshire at Worcester

  11-07-2021 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pieter Malan and Dom Sibley share a 220-run stand as Warwickshire dominate day one of the Pears-Bears derby at Worcester.
  
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• India beat England by eight runs in women’s T20 international – as it happened

  11-07-2021 19:05
  
  An England collapse allowed India back into the game and secure victory 6.05pm BST You may need to read back over everything below to get your head around it. England will not be able to understand how they let that match slip. Which means we’re all set up for the third T20, and the last of seven matches in the multiformat series, this Wednesday at Chelmsford. Winner takes all (if England) or an even share (if India). If tonight is any guide, it should be fun.5.52pm BST What an extraordina
  
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• England v India: women’s T20 international – as it happened

  11-07-2021 19:05
  
  An England collapse allowed India back into the game and secure victory 6.05pm BST You may need to read back over everything below to get your head around it. England will not be able to understand how they let that match slip. Which means we’re all set up for the third T20, and the last of seven matches in the multiformat series, this Wednesday at Chelmsford. Winner takes all (if England) or an even share (if India). If tonight is any guide, it should be fun.5.52pm BST What an extraordina
  
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• England v India: Heather Knight dismissed for 30 after bizarre run-out

  11-07-2021 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as Heather Knight is dismissed for 30 after a shot from Amy Jones took a huge deflection off the bowler's boot and into the stumps.
  
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• County Championship: Gloucestershire reach 214-6 in pivotal clash with Hampshire

  11-07-2021 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gloucestershire make 214-6 on a rain-affected first day of their decisive showdown with Hampshire at Cheltenham.
  
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• England v India: Tammy Beaumont hits brilliant half-century

  11-07-2021 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch Tammy Beaumont's best shots as she scores her ninth T20 half-century in the second international between England and India at the County Ground.
  
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• Can we bank on PM for more holidays? | Brief letters

  11-07-2021 17:41
  
  Euro 2020 final | Squirrels | Jab horror | SurnamesSo can we expect an extra bank holiday if England win the Ashes this summer (Boris Johnson poised to declare extra bank holiday if England win Euro 2020, 8 July)? And another when Anthony Joshua fights Tyson Fury for the undisputed world heavyweight title. That’s a dead cert – whoever wins, it will be the greatest ever English victory.David Hutt Bristol• Glenn Taylor (Letters, 7 July) asks whether Tim Dowling has any advice on h
  
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• England v India: Shafali Verma hits five consecutive fours

  11-07-2021 16:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as Shafali Verma hits five consecutive fours off Katherine Brunt's over in the second T20 international at The 1st Central County Ground between England and India.
  
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• Fynn Hudson-Prentice: Derbyshire all-rounder agrees Sussex return from next season

  11-07-2021 15:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Derbyshire all-rounder Fynn Hudson-Prentice agrees to rejoin Sussex on a multi-year contract from next season.
  
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• England v India: women’s T20 international – live!

  11-07-2021 15:13
  
  Over-by-over coverage of the second T20 match at HoveSciver’s hitting gives England win over India in first T20Any thoughts? Mail Geoff or tweet @geofflemonsport 2.13pm BST India
  Shafali Verma
  Smriti Mandhana
  Harleen Deol
  Harmanpreet Kaur *
  Deepti Sharma
  Richa Ghosh +
  Sneh Rana
  Arundhati Reddy
  Shikha Pandey
  Radha Yadav
  Poonam YadavEngland
  Tammy Beaumont
  Danni Wyatt
  Natalie Sciver
  Heather Knight *
  Amy Jones +
  Sophia Dunkley
  Katherine Brunt
  Sophie Ecclestone
  Sarah Glenn
  Mady Villiers
  Freya D
  
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• County cricket day one: Gloucestershire v Hampshire and more – live!

  11-07-2021 11:45
  
  Updates from around the ground on the first day of actionAustralia collapse again in second T20 loss to West IndiesAny comments? You can email Tanya | tweet @tjaldred | or BTL 10.42am BST Group 1Derbyshire v Essex 10.42am BST Good morning! and welcome to the day that isn’t there.When cricketers will perform deeds that will be instantly forgotten and even wise heads at Headingley will be thinking about Wembley.But let’s secure a little bit of history for whatever happens in this final
  
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• Australia collapse again in second T20 international loss to West Indies

  11-07-2021 05:52
  
  Defeated by 56 runs, Wade (0) and Finch (6) gone in four oversMarsh scored 54 but Hetmyer-Bravo partnership lifted hostsAustralia have produced another batting collapse as they lost by 56 runs to fall 2-0 behind to West Indies in their five-match T20 cricket series in St Lucia.Sent in to bat for the second time in as many matches by Aaron Finch, the hosts made 196-4 in an innings containing 13 sixes and just eight fours. Australia have lost six of the last seven T20 matches in which they have op
  
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• West Indies beat Australia by 56 runs in second T20 international – live!

  11-07-2021 05:12
  
  Updates from the second of the five-match Twenty20 seriesAny thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 4.12am BST Game 3 is on Tuesday morning Australian time, Monday night Caribbean time. We’ll be there to see how Aaron Finch’s side responds, whether Kieron Pollard returns to take over this West Indies side, or whether Nicholas Pooran keeps up his 100% record as stand-in captain. Till then.4.10am BST Shimron Hetmyer: “I think that was one of my best innings, I think I paced it
  
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• West Indies v Australia: second T20 international –live!

  11-07-2021 01:07
  
  Updates from the second of the five-match Twenty20 seriesStart time for the cricket in Saint Lucia is 9:30am AESTAny thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 12.07am BST Well hello. It seems like only yesterday that we were getting together for the first match of this series, and that’s because it was. It was also quite the performance, in that Australia produced a truly notable batting collapse to lose the game when losing it seemed far harder than winning. The benefit of this scheduling
  
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