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• T20 Blast: Sussex beat Yorkshire to reach Finals Day

  24-08-2021 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sussex beat Yorkshire by five wickets at the Emirates Riverside in the first T20 Blast quarter-final.
  
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• England’s cricketers privately query £2.1m bonus for ECB executives

  24-08-2021 20:58
  
  Players agreed to pay cuts and reduced prize money last yearTom Harrison and Sanjay Patel among recipients of bonusEngland’s leading men’s cricketers are privately querying the bonuses set to be handed to the sport’s top administrators after agreeing to pay cuts and reduced prize money last year.As revealed on Monday by the Guardian, Tom Harrison and Sanjay Patel are among a group of leading executives at the England and Wales Cricket Board due to share a £2.1m payout whe
  
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• Chemar Holder: Warwickshire sign West Indies fast bowler for rest of County Championship season

  24-08-2021 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warwickshire sign West Indies fast bowler Chemar Holder for the rest of the County Championship campaign.
  
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• Virat Kohli will not ‘back down’ after sledging against England at Lord’s

  24-08-2021 19:16
  
  Jimmy Anderson had heated words during second TestIndia’s Kohli: ‘We don’t let anyone take us lightly’Virat Kohli insists his India team will not back down this summer after claiming sledging from England spurred them on to last week’s famous victory at Lord’s.The tourists sit 1-0 up going into today’s third Test at Headingley and, while Kohli has stressed the match is a “fresh beginning”, a degree of bad blood seemingly still lingers followi
  
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• Headingley offers good vibes as England look to reset against India | Ali Martin

  24-08-2021 18:39
  
  Two years ago England beat Australia at Headingley and they need a similar result to turn tide against IndiaThe return of Test cricket to Headingley after a two-year absence is bound to bring memories of Ben Stokes and that remarkable Ashes Sunday flooding back, be it the Western Terrace erupting after the winning runs were thrashed through cover or the sight of Australia’s cricketers collapsing to the ground in disbelief.But while England’s predicament for the third Test against Ind
  
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• Headingley brings good vibes as England look to reset against India

  24-08-2021 18:39
  
  Two years ago England beat Australia at Headingley and now they need a similar result to turn tide in current seriesThe return of Test cricket to Headingley after a two-year absence is bound to bring memories of Ben Stokes and that remarkable Ashes Sunday flooding back, be it the Western Terrace erupting after the winning runs were thrashed through cover or the sight of Australia’s cricketers collapsing to the ground in disbelief.But while England’s predicament for the third Test aga
  
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• England v India: Virat Kohli says hosts 'provoked' his side at Lord's

  24-08-2021 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Captain Virat Kohli says his India side will "not take a backwards step" when they meet England in the third Test at Emerald Headingley on Wednesday.
  
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• England v India: Test cricket is a different baby, says Dawid Malan

  24-08-2021 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Batsman Dawid Malan says "Test cricket is a total different baby" and he wants to "prove people wrong" after being recalled to the England squad.
  
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• England v New Zealand: Maia Bouchier and Charlie Dean named in T20 squad

  24-08-2021 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England call up the uncapped Maia Bouchier and Charlie Dean for next month's Twenty20 series against New Zealand.
  
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• Ian Botham as trade envoy? Never fear, its a job even Prince Andrew could do | Marina Hyde

  24-08-2021 14:40
  
  Beefy At Davos is an episode of long-running sitcom The United Kingdom that we’d all like to watchI am disappointed to note that a certain mirth has attended the news that Beefy Botham has been made a UK trade envoy. There seems to be some sense that his lordship is not up to the job, despite being a former cricketer with his own wine range, and despite the position of trade envoy being one that even Prince Andrew could manage for many years.Not that Beefy has stepped directly into Andrew&
  
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• The Spin | England’s top order quacking and creaking into history of the duck

  24-08-2021 11:34
  
  Getting out without scoring any runs is an an occupational hazard for a batter and there is no escaping the ignominyCricket is both cosy and cruel. On the surface it can appear all polite applause (“clap the new batsman in, chaps”) and taking tea in flannel whites – but it has failure running through its bucolic green pastures like a diseased river. In almost every game from village green to Test arena there will come a moment when a player desires nothing more than for the gro
  
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