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• Australia crash to first ODI loss against Bangladesh for 21 years

  09-06-2026 21:23
  Tourists go down by 86 runs on DLS method in DhakaShoddy fielding and poor bowling marked defeatAustralia have crashed to their first ODI loss against Bangladesh in 21 years, crushed by 86 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis system in the opening match of their three-game series.Bangladesh, hosting Australia in a men’s ODI for the first time since 2011, posted a formidable 8-284 after being sent in at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday, before restricting the tourists t
  
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• County cricket: Hampshire avoid having to follow on against Surrey on day three – as it happened

  09-06-2026 20:14
  The visitors reduced Surrey to 57 for two by the end of play at the Oval and they trail by 145 runsLehmann and Prest in the middle; Topley, leaping up and down at the top of his mark, to finish his over. And the sun is out.Just realised I’ve been watching the covers on day two on the stream. No wonder it all looked so familiar. Play is actually about to start at The Oval! Continue reading...
  
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• Ben Stokes set to be left out of England squad for second New Zealand Test

  09-06-2026 19:47
  England captain considering his long-term futureECB continuing investigation into nightclub incidentBen Stokes is highly unlikely to be included in England’s squad for the second Test against New Zealand after the 35-year-old asked for space and time to consider his long-term future amid the fallout from a nightclub incident in the early hours of Monday morning.The England and Wales Cricket Board is determined to bring the latest furore surrounding the culture of the men’s Test team
  
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• Stokes shouldn’t lose his job for breaking curfew when ECB failings run so much deeper | Andy Bull

  09-06-2026 18:20
  Midnight bedtime was entirely a public relations exercise to reconnect with fans – the same fans the ECB invites to one long piss-up at Lord’sThe laws of cricket run to more than 200 pages. The International Cricket Council’s Test playing regulations fill another 125, the anti-doping code packs another 66, the code of conduct is 44 more, illegal bowling actions 37, kit and equipment 36. You’d be hard pressed to find one single rule anywhere among them as silly as the one
  
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• Northamptonshire keep winning in T20 Blast – and lend a hand at Lord’s

  09-06-2026 14:54
  The county won again in the Blast while two of their former players opened for England against New ZealandBy the 99.94 Cricket BlogThis article is from The 99.94 Cricket Blog Continue reading...
  
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• County cricket: Surrey v Hampshire day three – live

  09-06-2026 14:06
  Live Championship updates from 11am UK timeEmail Tanya | MCC apologises for Lord’s pitchLehmann and Prest in the middle; Topley, leaping up and down at the top of his mark, to finish his over. And the sun is out.Just realised I’ve been watching the covers on day two on the stream. No wonder it all looked so familiar. Play is actually about to start at The Oval! Continue reading...
  
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• ‘A once-in-a-career opportunity’: Alice Capsey gears up to be England’s World Cup gamechanger

  09-06-2026 09:00
  The batter is primed to take advantage of the home T20 tournament – she is determined to create memories for the nationGiven how composed Alice Capsey has recently looked in an England shirt, it’s hard to imagine her getting nervous – but with only days to go until England’s World Cup opener on Friday against Sri Lanka, she admits she is struggling. “I doubt I’ll sleep very well [on Thursday],” she says. “I think it might take me a little while to
  
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