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• London Spirit’s new look, new squad and new ambition for the Hundred | Simon Burnton

  22-07-2026 19:09
  Most valuable franchise in the competition begin their season with ‘renewed energy and perhaps a bit of pizzazz’ When Jamie Overton reported to Lord’s last Friday for the start of the new Hundred season, he experienced something that, even in the often head-spinning world of franchise cricket, was extraordinary, potentially unique. Returning to a team he played for in 2025, he would have looked around the dressing room and seen none of his former teammates. He is the only survi
  
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• London Spirit’s new look, new squad and new ambition for the Hundred

  22-07-2026 19:09
  Most valuable franchise in the competition begin their season with ‘renewed energy and perhaps a bit of pizzazz’ When Jamie Overton reported to Lord’s last Friday for the start of the new Hundred season, he experienced something that, even in the often head-spinning world of franchise cricket, was extraordinary, potentially unique. Returning to a team he played for in 2025, he would have looked around the dressing room and seen none of his former teammates. He is the only survi
  
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• The Spin | Biryanis, bhajis and braais: diverse culinary culture is at the heart of cricket

  22-07-2026 11:38
  No other game would stop at a critical moment for a sit-down meal, but for cricket, lunch and tea are sacred moments that define the gameTwice a day Joseph Joffre, France’s military supremo during the first world war, would stop whatever he was doing and sit down to eat. No matter how perilous the situation at the front, or how many maps and generals required his attention, lunch and dinner remained fixed points in his day.To most people, this sounds ridiculous. But to anyone who loves cri
  
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