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• James Vince keeps up Hampshire’s hopes of Championship victory

  22-09-2021 21:48
  
  Lancs 141; Hants 143 and 158-7Vince’s 69 puts Hampshire in control against LancashireA batsman at Aigburth floated above the rest. His extra baggy shirt hangs loose, his sleeves pushed up to the elbow, his bat exclusively in one hand when not in use, like a debonair conductor eyeing up his lunch.James Vince was patient. James Vince was careful. James Vince scored the only fifty of a crucial low scoring match. He smoothed Hampshire towards a 160-run lead, putting on 54 with Joe Weatherley a
  
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• James Vince keeps Lancashire at bay to leave title race on a knife edge

  22-09-2021 21:48
  
  Lancs 141; Hants 143 and 158-7Vince’s 69 puts Hampshire in control against LancashireA batsman at Aigburth floated above the rest. His extra baggy shirt hung loose, his sleeves pushed up to the elbow, his bat exclusively in one hand when not in use, like a debonair conductor eyeing up his lunch.James Vince was patient. James Vince was careful. James Vince scored the only fifty of a crucial, low-scoring match. He smoothed Hampshire towards a 160-run lead, putting on 54 with Joe Weatherley a
  
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• Danny Briggs stars for Warwickshire to keep them in hunt for championship

  22-09-2021 21:18
  
  Warwickshire 367 all out; Somerset 239-5Briggs hits quick-fire 53 and takes two wicketsThat Warwickshire remain in the hunt for their eighth County Championship and the first since 2012 owes much to the all-round talents of Danny Briggs, a cricketer who joined from Sussex last winter determined to shake off the notion his future lay solely in the white-ball formats.The 30-year-old looked a shrewd acquisition for a club left with a significant void to fill after Jeetan Patel hung up his spikes. O
  
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• County Championship: Danny Briggs swings title race towards Warwickshire

  22-09-2021 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Danny Briggs hits 20 in an over off Somerset's Jack Brooks to claim a fourth batting point and swing the title race Warwickshire's way.
  
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• County Championship: Adam Lyth makes 74 as Yorkshire hold up Nottinghamshire charge

  22-09-2021 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Adam Lyth ends 74 not out with Yorkshire 169-3 in their second innings, 54 runs behind Nottinghamshire after following on.
  
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• County Championship: James Vince helps Hampshire revive title hopes against Lancashire

  22-09-2021 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hampshire captain James Vince makes 69 to help build a 160-run lead over Lancashire on day two at Aigburth.
  
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• County Championship: Essex clinch Division Two title with innings victory

  22-09-2021 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Essex clinch the Division Two title after beating Northants by an innings and 44 runs before lunch on day two at Chelmsford.
  
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• Finally Australian women’s cricket is facing scrutiny, and we relish it | Megan Schutt

  22-09-2021 19:30
  
  The pressure is on us against India, and that in itself means the women’s game is being taken seriouslyLast year, during the tri-series shortly before our Twenty20 World Cup win, Alyssa Healy came in for some criticism regarding her form with the bat. Needless to say, such feedback can be frustrating for any athlete. But Midge’s response inside the dressing room was perfectly philosophical. “You know what,” she said. “The fact people are willing to criticise is how
  
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• County cricket finale: Warwicks, Hants and Lancs stay in title hunt – as it happened

  22-09-2021 18:01
  
  There’s still all to play for with two days remaining in the final round of County Championship Division One gamesOoof, a superb grab at second slip, I think,by Weatherley. Josh Bohannon has to go and Barker has his man. Lancashire 27-4. And there’s been a wicket at Edgbaston too, as Overton picks up Burgess with the third ball of the day. And Notts are all out for 296 - no third batting point for them.Lancashire have survived the first over from Keith Barker, but here comes Mohammad
  
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• Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Northern Diamonds beat Central Sparks to reach final

  22-09-2021 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Diamonds cruise to a six-wicket win over Central Sparks to reach the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.
  
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• County cricket finale: Warwickshire, Hampshire and Lancashire all in title contention – live!

  22-09-2021 16:32
  
  Updates from day two of the decisive final round of matchesDay one: Hampshire rally after Lancashire dismiss them cheaplyAnd you can contact Tanya by email, Twitter or comment BTLOoof, a superb grab at second slip, I think,by Weatherley. Josh Bohannon has to go and Barker has his man. Lancashire 27-4. And there’s been a wicket at Edgbaston too, as Overton picks up Burgess with the third ball of the day. And Notts are all out for 296 - no third batting point for them.Lancashire have survive
  
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• Former West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels facing corruption charges

  22-09-2021 15:19
  
  Charges relate to spell in Abu Dhabi-based T10 LeagueSamuels starred in 2016 T20 World Cup final against EnglandThe former West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels has been charged with four counts of breaching the Emirates Cricket Board’s anti-corruption code.The charges were laid by the world governing body, the International Cricket Board, on behalf of the regional authority that relate to Samuels’ participation in the Abu Dhabi-based T10 League. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Batters’: Laws of cricket to be amended to use gender neutral terms

  22-09-2021 13:06
  
  MCC has officially replaced the word ‘batsman’Alex Hartley condemns negative response on TwitterMarylebone Cricket Club has officially replaced the word “batsman” with the gender-neutral alternative “batter” in the laws of the game.MCC, which owns Lord’s, is recognised as the sole authority on cricket’s laws and has taken the decision to update its terminology in a bid to achieve greater inclusivity. The matter was previously addressed in 2017, but
  
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• ‘Batters’: Laws of cricket to be amended by MCC to use gender neutral term

  22-09-2021 13:06
  
  MCC has officially replaced the word ‘batsman’Alex Hartley condemns negative response on TwitterThe MCC has officially amended the laws of the game to remove batsman and replace it with batter, asserting its belief that “the use of gender-neutral terminology helps reinforce cricket’s status as an inclusive game for all”.The change was considered but ultimately rejected when the laws were last redrafted in 2017, but the MCC has since come to believe that “the m
  
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• County cricket finale: Warks on top in title battle and Essex thrash Northants – live!

  22-09-2021 12:51
  
  Updates from day two of the decisive final round of matchesDay one: Hampshire rally after Lancashire dismiss them cheaplyAnd you can contact Tanya by email, Twitter or comment BTLOoof, a superb grab at second slip, I think,by Weatherley. Josh Bohannon has to go and Barker has his man. Lancashire 27-4. And there’s been a wicket at Edgbaston too, as Overton picks up Burgess with the third ball of the day. And Notts are all out for 296 - no third batting point for them.Lancashire have survive
  
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• Batters: MCC changes cricket's laws to adopt gender-neutral term

  22-09-2021 11:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) approves an amendment to the game's laws to use the gender-neutral term 'batter' instead of 'batsman'.
  
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• County cricket finale: Lancashire v Hampshire, Warks v Somerset and more – live!

  22-09-2021 10:40
  
  Updates from day two of the decisive final round of matchesDay one: Hampshire rally after Lancashire dismiss them cheaplyAnd you can contact Tanya by email, Twitter or comment BTLOminously for Lancashire, Mohammad Abbas is looking very flexible in his warm up. This is today’s Hampshire choice, nicely 1999.Continue reading...
  
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• County Championship: Pick your team of the 2021 season

  22-09-2021 09:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Who's impressed you in the County Championship this summer? Pick your team of the 2021 season using our selector.
  
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