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• England v Pakistan T20: Watch best moments as England win series at Old Trafford

  20-07-2021 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch the best moments in a tense finale as England lose three quick wickets but still clinch a T20 series win over Pakistan at Old Trafford.
  
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• England beat Pakistan to win T20 international series – as it happened

  20-07-2021 23:30
  
  Chris Jordan stroked home the winning runs as series was secured in the final over at Old Trafford 10.30pm BSTRelated: Chris Jordan hits winning runs as England clinch thrilling Pakistan seriesRelated: Jonny Bairstow poised for return to England’s Test squad to face India 10.19pm BST Player of the series: An equally blond Liam Livingstone, grinning like a happy evangelical. “My six hitting I’ve worked really hard on in the last couple of years.” The interviewer asks if th
  
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• Jonny Bairstow poised for return to England’s Test squad to face India

  20-07-2021 23:26
  
  Welsh Fire coach Gary Kirsten said Bairstow will be called upFive-match series against Virat Kohli’s India begins on 4 AugustJonny Bairstow appears poised to return to England’s Test plans on Wednesday when Chris Silverwood, the head coach, names his squad for the start of the five-match series against India. Related: Chris Jordan hits winning runs as England clinch thrilling Pakistan seriesRelated: Meet Alice Capsey, the 16-year-old schoolgirl hoping to star in the HundredContinue r
  
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• Chris Jordan hits winning runs as England clinch thrilling Pakistan series

  20-07-2021 23:18
  
  Third T20i: Pakistan 154-6; England 155-7Jason Roy scores 64 as England win series 2-1England ended their white-ball summer with yet another series success after clinching a thrilling T20 decider against Pakistan by three wickets.Eoin Morgan’s team are seen as among the favourites for the World Cup later this year and it is their ability to come through in pressure moments like this that has earned them that reputation. Related: England beat Pakistan to win T20 international series –
  
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• England v Pakistan: Hosts win thrilling T20 series decider at Old Trafford

  20-07-2021 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England overcome an almighty wobble to defeat Pakistan in a pulsating final Twenty20 at Old Trafford and win the series 2-1.
  
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• England beat Pakistan to win T20 international series – live!

  20-07-2021 22:49
  
  Over-by-over report of the T20 series decider at Old TraffordThe Spin: everything you wanted to know about The HundredAnd email Tanya with any thoughts or tweet @tjaldred 9.48pm BSTHoled out to mid-on!9.47pm BST 19th over: England 149-6 (Morgan 19, Jordan 0) A thick edge to third man goes for a single. Malan gets lucky with a bobbling misfield on the boundary, before the wicket - we’ll discuss his World Cup place later. OMG!!! Livingstone gets down on one knee and sweeps him the greatest a
  
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• England v Pakistan T20: 'He's on fire!' - watch the best shots as Jason Roy hits 64

  20-07-2021 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch some of the best shots as Jason Roy hits 64 from 36 balls during England's T20 series-clinching win over Pakistan at Old Trafford.
  
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• Pakistan set England 155 to win T20 international series – live!

  20-07-2021 21:45
  
  Over-by-over report of the T20 series decider at Old TraffordThe Spin: everything you wanted to know about The HundredAnd email Tanya with any thoughts or tweet @tjaldred 8.45pm BST 5th over: England 45-0 (Roy 34, Buttler 10) Buttler is beaten by an on point Hasan Ali yorker, then is within a clothes peg of being caught behind. Eventually accepts the inevitable and gives Roy the strike. But even Roy is beaten, trying to ramp a ball and ends up doing the do-si-do. Ah, that’s more like it! A
  
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• England v Pakistan T20: Early breakthrough for England as Adil Rashid dismisses Babar Azam

  20-07-2021 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Adil Rashid bamboozles Babar Azam with a googly as the Pakistan captain is stumped by Jos Buttler in the T20 series decider at Old Trafford.
  
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• ECB sweats on Hundred catching fire but did it really have to be this way?

  20-07-2021 20:00
  
  England’s answer to the Big Bash begins on Wednesday but doubling down on the county game was the braver optionFor three long years running up until the very first ball is bowled at 6.30pm on Wednesday, the organisers of the Hundred have been desperately trying to stamp out fires. The question now is whether the biggest change to English cricket in modern times catches alight.Over the next 32 days there is a new eight-team, seven-city tournament in town, backed by an unprecedented marketin
  
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• England v Pakistan: third and deciding T20 international – live!

  20-07-2021 18:54
  
  Over-by-over report of the T20 series decider at Old TraffordThe Spin: everything you wanted to know about The HundredAnd email Tanya with any thoughts or tweet @tjaldred 5.54pm BST Zain Malik is first in the box.“There have been a total of ten T20is played at the Emirates Old Trafford and fortune has favoured the side which chases. Only twice has the side which bats first been victorious. Pakistan happens to be one of them. Mohammad Hafeez’s fireworks from last year’s final-ba
  
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• Vaccination proof may be required to attend sports events of about 20,000 or more capacity

  20-07-2021 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fans may be required to show proof of full vaccination to attend sports venues with capacities of about 20,000 or more by the end of September.
  
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• The Hundred: Manchester Originals' Kate Cross and Sophie Ecclestone play Out of 100

  20-07-2021 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester Originals' Kate Cross and Sophie Ecclestone rate wickets, fashion and singing skills as they take on The Hundred: Out of 100.
  
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• Meet Alice Capsey, the 16-year-old schoolgirl hoping to star in the Hundred

  20-07-2021 18:00
  
  Oval Invincibles’ head coach Jonathan Batty had to ring her mum to get permission for the teenager to play, but don’t expect the young Surrey star to be overawedSixteen-year-old Alice Capsey’s call-up to play for Oval Invincibles in the Hundred was unusual, to say the least. “Because of my age our head coach, Jonathan Batty, had to phone my mum first and get her permission. Then he was finally allowed to ring me!” she recalls. Her reaction? “I was lost for wor
  
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• The Hundred: Alex Hartley shares her five 'ones to watch out for' in the women's competition

  20-07-2021 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England and Manchester Originals spinner Alex Hartley shares her top five players to watch out for in the women's Hundred competition this summer.
  
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• The Hundred: England men's Test players free for first two games

  20-07-2021 16:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England men's Test players will be available for the first two rounds of The Hundred before the squad convenes for the series against India.
  
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• The Hundred: a team-by-team guide to the men’s competition

  20-07-2021 15:33
  
  From Moeen’s Phoenix to Bairstow’s Welsh Fire, here are the teams and players to look out for in the inaugural tournamentCoach Daniel Vettori Captain Moeen Ali Related: The Hundred: a team-by-team guide to the women’s competitionRelated: The Spin | The Hundred is here: everything you wanted to know but were afraid to askContinue reading...
  
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• The Spin | The Hundred is here: everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask

  20-07-2021 12:00
  
  Ten-ball overs, white cards for bowlers and coaching time-outs are all part of the controversial competition’s first editionWelcome to English cricket’s anxiety dream. The Hundred is here, the tournament upon which hangs the game’s reputation, its financial future – some say its very existence. Even those who’ve had the screaming abdabs about this endeavour from the start have found themselves sucked into its dramatic eddy, even to the point of buying tickets.Given
  
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• Rikki Clarke: Surrey's ex-England all-rounder to retire after 21-year career

  20-07-2021 10:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surrey's former England all-rounder Rikki Clarke will retire at the end of the season after a 21-year career.
  
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• England’s famous win over Australia: the most consequential match of all | Matthew Engel

  20-07-2021 09:00
  
  The 1981 Ashes win at Headingley, 40 years ago today, was inspired by Ian Botham and reverberated through the decadesI was there, you know. On the world’s most famous cricket ground on the day of England’s most famous Test win. In the old Lord’s press box next to the pavilion. True, the win in question was not actually at Lord’s: it was 200 miles away at Headingley. But we remember the most dramatic events through the prism of where we were when we heard the news. Related
  
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• The Hundred: Shafali Verma's rise to world's best T20 batter

  20-07-2021 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With Shafali Verma set to open the batting for Birmingham Phoenix, BBC Sport looks at why the Indian teenager is so exciting.
  
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