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• Billy Root targets Glamorgan breakthrough

  29-11-2018 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  How Joe Root's brother Billy is aiming to make a first-team breakthrough with Glamorgan in after leaving Nottinghamshire.
  
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• Durham edge Northants in thriller, Glamorgan see off Surrey and more: county cricket – as it happened

  22-06-2026 21:05
  Durham tightened their grip at the top of Division Two on the last day of action before the County Championship takes a two-month hiatusAnd, oh, what is that? Horrendous running. Billy Root called for the run, Tribe started, but then went back and somehow they both ended up at the non-striker’s end. A furious Root stalks off, run out 0. Glamorgan 0-1.I was going to say it was weird how Tom Lawes was allowed to swap for Atkinson despite being a much better batter but in fact they average al
  
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• Durham edge Northants in thriller, Glamorgan see off Surrey and more: county cricket – live

  22-06-2026 19:24
  All the latest from around the groundsMail Tanya or comment below with your thoughtsAnd, oh, what is that? Horrendous running. Billy Root called for the run, Tribe started, but then went back and somehow they both ended up at the non-striker’s end. A furious Root stalks off, run out 0. Glamorgan 0-1.I was going to say it was weird how Tom Lawes was allowed to swap for Atkinson despite being a much better batter but in fact they average almost exactly the same, 19.something. This game is sk
  
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• Bedingham stars as leaders Durham defeat Northants

  22-06-2026 19:24 via bbc.com
  
  David Bedingham scores an unbeaten century as leaders Durham defeat Northamptonshire by six wickets in their County Championship match.
  
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• Singh sets up Worcestershire win over Glos

  22-06-2026 18:28 via bbc.com
  
  Spinner Fateh Singh takes 5-74 as Worcestershire beat Gloucestershire by five wickets in County Championship Division Two.
  
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• Somerset v Warwickshire, Glamorgan beat Surrey, and more: county cricket – live

  22-06-2026 18:20
  All the latest from around the groundsMail Tanya or comment below with your thoughtsAnd, oh, what is that? Horrendous running. Billy Root called for the run, Tribe started, but then went back and somehow they both ended up at the non-striker’s end. A furious Root stalks off, run out 0. Glamorgan 0-1.I was going to say it was weird how Tom Lawes was allowed to swap for Atkinson despite being a much better batter but in fact they average almost exactly the same, 19.something. This game is sk
  
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• Paceman Milnes helps Kent to victory over Middlesex

  22-06-2026 18:17 via bbc.com
  
  Kent paceman Matt Milnes takes five wickets to help his side beat Middlesex by 49 runs in the County Championship.
  
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• Uncapped Coles picked for England T20 squad

  22-06-2026 18:12 via bbc.com
  
  Sussex all-rounder James Coles is called up by England for their T20 series against India.
  
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• Tucker captains injury-hit Ireland for India T20Is

  22-06-2026 17:58 via bbc.com
  
  Ireland name Lorcan Tucker as their permanent T20I captain as an injury-hit squad prepares to face India in two matches at Stormont.
  
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• Somerset held to draw by Bears after Overton hundred

  22-06-2026 17:56 via bbc.com
  
  Craig Overton hits his third Championship century of the season but their Division One home game against Warwickshire ends in a draw.
  
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• Carlson leads Glamorgan dash to historic win over Surrey

  22-06-2026 17:03 via bbc.com
  
  Kiran Carlson and Colin Ingram lead Glamorgan to an historic first ever win over Surrey at Sophia Gardens.
  
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• 'Over the moon' - Foxes seal breakthrough win after 8,318 days

  22-06-2026 16:37 via bbc.com
  
  Leicestershire head coach Alfonso Thomas says he was "over the moon" to see his side earn a first County Championship Division One win in 23 years.
  
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• Stokes & Atkinson 'blameless for violent conduct'

  22-06-2026 15:29 via bbc.com
  
  Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson breached “contractual obligations” but were blameless for “violent conduct” in a London nightclub, according to an investigation.
  
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• Stokes saga humiliates McCullum and exposes England’s captaincy succession crisis | Mark Ramprakash

  22-06-2026 15:02
  With Stokes now 35, the ECB needs to identify rising talents with the capacity to be serious people, not just young men having fun with their matesIf we learned one thing at the Oval last week, it is that this England team really needs Ben Stokes. So it came as a relief when, a couple of hours after the second Test against New Zealand ended in heavy defeat, he and Gus Atkinson were exonerated by the England and Wales Cricket Board after an investigation into their celebrations following victory
  
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• Silverwood unhappy with Essex batting effort

  22-06-2026 10:13 via bbc.com
  
  Essex boss Chris Silverwood insists batting first was "absolutely the right decision" despite a heavy Championship defeat by Nottinghamshire.
  
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• England to face Bangladesh in one-off Test in preparation for Ashes series

  22-06-2026 07:00
  Lord’s could stage game in May before visit of AustraliaEngland to play two Tests in Bangladesh in FebruaryEngland will prepare for the Ashes series next summer with a one-off Test against Bangladesh in late May.The venue has yet to be determined and is contingent upon where the England and Wales Cricket Board decides to stage the final of the World Test Championship the following month. Continue reading...
  
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• Nicholls’ experienced knock shows the way after callow England swatted aside | Simon Burnton

  21-06-2026 22:57
  Brendon McCullum relied too much on youth in the second Test, while persistence paid dividends for New ZealandIn December 2020 Henry Nicholls was a fixture in the New Zealand team, batting at No 5, but he was under pressure. In nine Tests since the end of their series against Bangladesh in early 2019 he averaged only 20.33. But they stuck with him and in his next game, against West Indies in Wellington, he scored 174 and was named player of the match.“In another time he may not have been o
  
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• The questions facing England after awful fortnight

  21-06-2026 22:20 via bbc.com
  
  As English cricket deals with the fallout of an extraordinary two weeks, BBC cricket correspondent Stephan Shemilt explores the questions hanging over the entire England set-up.
  
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• Leicestershire win in top tier for first time since 2003: county cricket day three – as it happened

  21-06-2026 20:46
  Leicestershire, Notts, Hampshire and Derbyshire all win inside three days while Ben Stokes returns for Test dutyAnd Essex are in real trouble now with Dean Elgar and his limpet like qualities gone, lbw Stone for 42. Essex 65-4, trail Notts by 208. Nick Friend of The Cricketer was at Chelmsford for the first two days and tells me that Essex prepared a pitch for Harmer, only for Patterson-White to rip through them on day one. Harmer finished with a five-fer too – his first in 36 games(three
  
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• Kapp's brilliant innings guides South Africa to crucial win against India

  21-06-2026 20:39 via bbc.com
  
  Marizanne Kapp finishes unbeaten on 81 as she guides South Africa to a six-wicket victory over India at Old Trafford in the Women's T20 World Cup, a win which keeps alive their hopes of reaching the semi-finals.
  
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• 'What a player!' - Kapp's unbeaten 81 stuns India

  21-06-2026 20:13 via bbc.com
  
  Marizanne Kapp makes a superb 81 off 45 balls for South Africa as they seal a vital victory over India at Old Trafford in the Women's T20 World Cup.
  
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• Croft calls on Lancs players to take responsibility

  21-06-2026 20:12 via bbc.com
  
  Lancashire coach Steven Croft says more of his players "need to be putting their hands up" following their nine-wicket loss to Derbyshire.
  
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• Who needs what to qualify for Women's T20 World Cup semi-finals?

  21-06-2026 20:08 via bbc.com
  
  As the group stages of the Women's T20 World Cup reaches the final week, BBC Sport looks at who needs what to reach the semi-finals.
  
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• Brilliant Kapp leads South Africa past India

  21-06-2026 19:21 via bbc.com
  
  Marizanne Kapp strikes a powerful 81 as South Africa beat India by six wickets to keep their World Cup hopes alive.
  
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• Essex v Notts, Sussex v Hampshire, Stokes and Atkinson rejoin England: county cricket day three – live

  21-06-2026 18:42
  Stokes set for England recall after Durham withdrawal
  Email Tanya with your thoughts on the day’s actionAnd Essex are in real trouble now with Dean Elgar and his limpet like qualities gone, lbw Stone for 42. Essex 65-4, trail Notts by 208. Nick Friend of The Cricketer was at Chelmsford for the first two days and tells me that Essex prepared a pitch for Harmer, only for Patterson-White to rip through them on day one. Harmer finished with a five-fer too – his first in 36 games(three y
  
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• Champions Notts complete innings victory at Essex

  21-06-2026 18:35 via bbc.com
  
  Nottinghamshire wrap up an innings victory against Essex inside three days in the County Championship.
  
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• Hampshire skittle Sussex to wrap up win

  21-06-2026 17:57 via bbc.com
  
  Hampshire record only their second County Championship win of the season by beating title-chasing Sussex by 118 runs inside three days at Hove.
  
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• West Indies remain unbeaten despite Sri Lanka scare

  21-06-2026 15:47 via bbc.com
  
  West Indies remain unbeaten and move level on points with England in Group 2 after a nervy win over Sri Lanka in the Women's T20 World Cup at Bristol.
  
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• McCullum welcomes Stokes return as captain for third Test

  21-06-2026 15:20 via bbc.com
  
  England head coach Brendon McCullum says he is ready to work with returning captain Ben Stokes for the deciding Test against New Zealand.
  
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• 'Some people don't want Stokes to return as England captain' - Vaughan

  21-06-2026 15:13 via bbc.com
  
  Former England captain Michael Vaughan says he believes there are people within the ECB who don't want Ben Stokes to return as England captain and they've been briefing against him in the wake of the curfew incident that saw Stokes miss the second Test against New Zealand.
  
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