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• England’s Ashes puzzles: what to do about Anderson, Roy – and Stokes | Tim de Lisle

  29-08-2019 14:09 via theguardian.com
  Who makes room for Jimmy Anderson? Should Jason Roy be dropped or moved? And how do make sure Ben Stokes is still on song? There is plenty to ponder before the fourth TestEngland’s greatest bowler of the past decade has just proved his fitness again after pulling up lame on the first morning of the series. Good news, right? Well, yes, but in his absence, England discovered their greatest bowler of the next decade. Jimmy Anderson and Jofra Archer could be the new-ball pair of Ed Smith&rsquo
  
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• Cow corner: cricket match abandoned after runaway bull stops play

  05-07-2026 00:25 via theguardian.com
  Match at Burnopfield near Newcastle called off after 800kg young bull escaped from farm and stormed playing fieldA cricket match had to be abandoned after a runaway bull stormed the playing field and charged at players.The North East Premier League fixture at Burnopfield Cricket Club near Newcastle was called off on Saturday evening despite efforts to remove the animal from the ground. Continue reading...
  
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• England beat India by four wickets in second T20 international – as it happened

  04-07-2026 19:32 via theguardian.com
  Jacob Bethell led England home with an unbeaten 76 to secure victory at Old Trafford and a 1-0 series leadSooryavanshi faces his first ball in international cricket… and misses! He flashed outside off at Josh Tongue, whose lift was too much for him.1st over: India 4-0 (Sharma 4, Sooryavanshi 0) Never mind the prodigy, Abhishek can play a bit too. Archer starts well, beating him with a lifter, but the next ball is swished over slip for four, with one hand off the bat. Archer beats him agai
  
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• Bethell blasts England to T20 win over India after Sooryavanshi’s historic debut

  04-07-2026 19:26 via theguardian.com
  India 190-7; England 191-6; England win by four wktsBethell’s 76 helps England chase 191 in second T20Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was both headline act and bit-part player on a chill, windswept Manchester afternoon. He made his hotly anticipated debut to become, at 15 years and 99 days, the youngest Indian men’s international and the second-youngest in all formats and from all full member nations.But it was England’s youngest player, even if Jacob Bethell is a comparative veteran at 2
  
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• England bowlers fear Rita Ora show will spoil Women’s T20 World Cup final warm-up

  04-07-2026 18:26 via theguardian.com
  Hosts take on Australia at Lord’s on SundayNat Sciver-Brunt’s side frustrated by singer’s stintThe England captain, Nat Sciver-Brunt, said her bowlers are frustrated their usual warm-up routines will be inadvertently impeded by Rita Ora on Sunday. The singer will headline the Women’s T20 World Cup closing ceremony on the Lord’s outfield from 2.30 to 3pm, wrapping up 30 minutes before the start of the final between England and Australia.While the sides are permitted
  
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• England v India: second T20 international sees Vaibhav Sooryavanshi make debut – live

  04-07-2026 15:53 via theguardian.com
  All the latest news from Saturday’s action at Old Trafford
  Raf Nicholson’s WT20 World Cup final preview | Mail TimSooryavanshi faces his first ball in international cricket… and misses! He flashed outside off at Josh Tongue, whose lift was too much for him.1st over: India 4-0 (Sharma 4, Sooryavanshi 0) Never mind the prodigy, Abhishek can play a bit too. Archer starts well, beating him with a lifter, but the next ball is swished over slip for four, with one hand off the bat.
  
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• England v India: second men’s T20 cricket international – live

  04-07-2026 14:40 via theguardian.com
  All the latest news from Saturday’s action at Old Trafford
  Raf Nicholson’s WT20 World Cup final preview | Mail TimAfternoon everyone and welcome to England’s smallest game of the weekend. It’s smaller than the football, it’s smaller than the rugby, and it’s way smaller than the women’s cricket. While Nat Sciver-Brunt’s team have a World Cup final, the men are playing the second game in a T20 series that started with a wash-out and may be forgotten
  
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• England pin hopes on home advantage to beat Australia in T20 World Cup final

  04-07-2026 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Familiar Lord’s conditions could be key factor in defeating confident opposition, say Nat Sciver-Brunt and playersIn February 2023, after Australia won their fourth consecutive world title, at Newlands, Beth Mooney was asked what advice she would give to a team who were trying to beat hers. She thought for a moment, then said: “Just don’t turn up. It’s too hard. Don’t bother going.” There can be no better summary of what England will be up against on Sunday wh
  
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• Surrey beat Blaze to go top as Yorkshire get first win

  03-07-2026 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surrey beat The Blaze to go top of the Women's T20 Blast group table, while Yorkshire get their first win by beating Somerset.
  
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• Curran wants chance to replace Stokes in Test team

  03-07-2026 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sam Curran wants the opportunity to fill the vacancy left by Ben Stokes, but says he will not be putting pressure on himself to make a return to Test cricket.
  
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• Perry comes through training before T20 World Cup final

  03-07-2026 14:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry appears on track to be fit for Sunday's T20 World Cup final against England.
  
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• Sussex appoint ex-athletics chief Warner as chair

  03-07-2026 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sussex appoint former UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner as their new club chairman.
  
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• Batter Patel to leave Leicestershire

  03-07-2026 13:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leicestershire batter Rishi Patel will leave the Division One county at the end of the season.
  
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• Stokes has left a vacuum – is McCullum really the coach to mould a young England team? | Andy Bull

  03-07-2026 09:00 via theguardian.com
  The New Zealander was the right man to take on the job of persuading a group of jaded senior players to play brilliant cricket, but may not suit a rebuildWait, what? Four days on, and nothing about the weekend that’s just gone seems to make much sense. It was England’s seventh defeat in nine Tests, and somehow, at the end of it, they’ve lost the last man anyone really wanted to go. Ben Stokes, his own man all the way to the end, has apparently decided he would rather spend his
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: World Cup, Ben Stokes, Wimbledon and LeBron James

  03-07-2026 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Have you followed the big stories in football, cricket, tennis, rugby union, basketball, cycling and Formula One? Continue reading...
  
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• Hard work and a disco jacket - how England turned fielding woes around

  03-07-2026 02:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It used to be their big weakness but England have turned around their fielding woes with hard work and the help of a sparkly jacket.
  
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• West Indies v Sri Lanka - second Test scorecard

  03-07-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Latest scorecard from the second Test between West Indies and Sri Lanka in Antigua.
  
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• Sciver-Brunt stars as England beat SA to reach World Cup final

  03-07-2026 00:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England recover from an early loss of wickets to fight back and comfortably beat South Africa by 40 runs at The Oval, to book their place in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup final, where they'll face the six-time champions Australia at Lord's.
  
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• Sciver-Brunt leads superb England into World Cup final

  02-07-2026 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England roar into Sunday's T20 World Cup final against Australia with a superb 40-run victory against South Africa at The Oval.
  
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• England book final date with Australia as Sciver-Brunt and Knight sink South Africa

  02-07-2026 23:13 via theguardian.com
  England beat South Africa by 40 runsWomen’s T20 World Cup hosts through to Lord’s finalEngland launched themselves into the T20 World Cup final after defeating South Africa by 40 runs at the Oval on Thursday evening.Emotions ran high, especially after England were left reeling at 23 for three having been put in to bat. But with a crowd of 21,000 roaring them on, the World Cup hosts finished up jubilant as a record partnership of 133 from 90 balls between Nat Sciver-Brunt and Heather
  
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• England v South Africa: Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup semi-final – as it happened

  02-07-2026 23:12 via theguardian.com
  A Nat Sciver-Brunt inspired England charge into the final at Lord’s after thrashing South Africa by 40 runsOh dear, Derksen only has to shuffle a couple of pigeon steps sideways to collect a slap straight to cover point off Ishmail’s first ball.1st over: England 3-0 (Wyatt-Hodge 1, Amy Jones 2) Marizanne Kapp has grabbed a wicket with her first ball twice already in this tournament – but not this time as the ball passes safely outside Amy Jones’ off stump. Jones picks up
  
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• 'That is brilliant!' - Wyatt-Hodge's stunning run out removes Jafta

  02-07-2026 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Africa's Sinalo Jafta is run out by a "brilliant" bit of fielding by England's Danni Wyatt-Hodge, to help England all but secure victory and book their place in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup final.
  
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• Sciver-Brunt steps up to fire England past South Africa into Women’s T20 World Cup final – live

  02-07-2026 22:45 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the Oval; play starts at 6.30pm BST
  Mail Tanya | Scoreboard | Australia cruise into finalOh dear, Derksen only has to shuffle a couple of pigeon steps sideways to collect a slap straight to cover point off Ishmail’s first ball.1st over: England 3-0 (Wyatt-Hodge 1, Amy Jones 2) Marizanne Kapp has grabbed a wicket with her first ball twice already in this tournament – but not this time as the ball passes safely outside Amy Jones’ off stump. Jones picks up a single b
  
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• England's ever-reliable Knight steps up again with vital half-century

  02-07-2026 21:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's Heather Knight uses all her experience to hit a vital 53 off 47 balls to help her side recover from 23-3 to 169-5 from their 20 overs against South Africa in their ICC Women's T20 World Cup semi-final.
  
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• Superb Sciver-Brunt leads from the front as England fight back

  02-07-2026 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt produces a vital innings, hitting 75 off 47 balls, to help her side fight back against South Africa after a poor start in their ICC Women's T20 World Cup semi-final at The Oval, as England set their opponents 170 to win.
  
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• 'That's huge!' - Kapp bowls Wyatt-Hodge as SA make dream start

  02-07-2026 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Africa's Marizanne Kapp bowls England's Danni Wyatt-Hodge for 12 as England fall to 20-2 at the start of their ICC Women's T20 World Cup semi-final.
  
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• England v South Africa: Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup semi-final – live

  02-07-2026 19:36 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the Oval; play starts at 6.30pm BST
  Mail Tanya | Australia cruise into final | Read The Spin1st over: England 3-0 (Wyatt-Hodge 1, Amy Jones 2) Marizanne Kapp has grabbed a wicket with her first ball twice already in this tournament – but not this time as the ball passes safely outside Amy Jones’ off stump. Jones picks up a single bringing run-machine Wyatt-Hodge to the crease. But there are no gimmies and she wafts and misses twice in a row going for the cut.An early em
  
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• Clark agrees one-year deal to stay at Sussex

  02-07-2026 16:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sussex batter Tom Clark signs a new one-year contract with the financially-stricken county.
  
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• Northants batter McSweeney re-signs for 2027

  02-07-2026 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia Test batter Nathan McSweeney will remain with Northamptonshire for the 2027 season.
  
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• Bazball ends with a whimper to expose emptiness of English men’s cricket | Jonathan Liew

  02-07-2026 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Trent Bridge was not just the end of Ben Stokes’ international career, it was further confirmation that the Bazball project stood for nothingBy the very end, Trent Bridge was practically empty. This felt bleakly appropriate. If the age of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum lived by re-engaging a sceptical public, winning big series, doing the unprecedented and elevating Test cricket above its three-an-over purgatory, then this was exactly how it had to die: the first England team in history t
  
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