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• Finn's masterclass on bowling variations

  02-08-2026 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport's Steven Finn provides a masterclass on how bowlers bowl different variations and slower balls.
  
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• Brook's time will come as Test captain - McCullum

  06-08-2026 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England white-ball coach Brendon McCullum backs Harry Brook as a future captain but says Joe Root will do an "amazing job" in his second stint.
  
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• Kerr stars as MI London overcome early trouble to defeat London Spirit

  06-08-2026 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Melie Kerr plays a magnificent lone hand with the bat to keep struggling MI London's faint qualification hopes alive in the women's Hundred.
  
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• Kerr brilliance keeps MI London's slim hopes alive

  06-08-2026 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Melie Kerr's unbeaten 69 rescues MI London as they beat London Spirit for their first win of the 2026 campaign.
  
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• Photographs of drama and emotion – the career of Chris Smith

  06-08-2026 18:44
  The late photographer has left behind memorable images of many of the larger-than-life characters who peopled the last four decades of the 20th century: Muhammad Ali, Paul Gascoigne, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Aretha Franklin, Seve Ballesteros and Daley ThompsonChris Smith obituary Continue reading...
  
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• Henry Pryor obituary

  06-08-2026 17:47
  My father, Henry Pryor, who has died aged 92, devoted much of his life to grassroots cricket coaching and the invention of the bowling machine Merlyn. Merlyn proved revolutionary, both in how it made the ball torque and in playing a part in England winning the Ashes in 2005, for the first time in 18 years.Always interested in cricket, my father had become a coach in his 50s, when I started playing as a child. He joined the Association of Cricket Coaches and began coaching primary schoolchildren
  
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• England recall Pope and Lawrence for Pakistan Tests

  06-08-2026 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surrey duo Ollie Pope and Dan Lawrence are recalled to the England squad for the first two Tests against Pakistan.
  
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• Hampshire and England bowler Turner retires aged 25

  06-08-2026 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hampshire and England fast bowler John Turner retires from cricket aged 25 after more than a year out injured.
  
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• Lancashire bring in Pakistan spinner Noman

  06-08-2026 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lancashire sign Pakistan spinner Noman Ali for the final six games of the County Championship season.
  
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• TMS podcast: Is Buttler England's greatest white-ball player?

  06-08-2026 11:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jos Buttler tells Steven Finn how it feels to break the T20 run-scoring record.
  
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• England begin post-Stokes era with call-ups for Lawrence, Cox and Pope against Pakistan

  06-08-2026 11:00
  Jordan Cox handed No 3 position due to Bethell injuryRoot’s first assignment back as captain is at HeadingleyOn paper, the answer to how England will replace Ben Stokes for the Test series against Pakistan appears to be to throw bodies at the problem and have options. A 16-strong squad has been selected for the first two Tests starting on 19 August, akin to a ­touring party and at risk of being bloated.Although on announcing the squad on Thursday – a group that has Jordan Co
  
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• England begin post-Stokes era by recalling Lawrence, Cox and Pope for Pakistan series

  06-08-2026 11:00
  Jordan Cox handed No 3 position due to Bethell injuryRoot’s first assignment back as captain is at HeadingleyLife after Ben Stokes begins with a reshuffle of England’s Test squad. Ollie Pope, Dan Lawrence and Sam Cook have all earned recalls for the start of the three-match series against Pakistan, while Jordan Cox also returns and will bat at No 3 after Jacob Bethell was ruled out of the series through injury.Joe Root’s first assignment back as permanent Test captain gets unde
  
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• Who am I? Guess The Hundred cricket star No 17

  06-08-2026 09:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Will you get today's player in as few attempts as possible?
  
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• I'd like Hundred to be longer - Salt

  05-08-2026 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Welsh Fire captain Phil Salt says ideally he would like The Hundred to be a week longer after his side played three matches in five days.
  
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• Pakistan win first away Test in three years to draw Windies series

  05-08-2026 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pakistan complete their first overseas Test win for three years with an eight-wicket victory over West Indies in Port of Spain.
  
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• Rockets march on after easy win against Phoenix

  05-08-2026 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trent Rockets' continued their excellent form as they comfortably beat Birmingham Phoenix by seven wickets to move four points clear at the top of the men's Hundred table, with two matches to go in the league phase.
  
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• The Hundred: Who needs what to progress from group stages?

  05-08-2026 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The race for the top three in The Hundred table is heating up - BBC Sport looks at what each team needs to do to progress.
  
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• The Hundred 2026 tables, top run-scorers & wicket-takers

  05-08-2026 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport lists the best-performing men's and women's players in the 2026 Hundred competition.
  
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• How Buttler became T20 cricket's run-scoring GOAT

  05-08-2026 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport explores how Jos Buttler became the highest run-getter in men's T20 cricket.
  
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• Surrey beat Kent to go level with Foxes at the top

  05-08-2026 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surrey maintain their push for a home semi-final in the One-Day Cup with a 95-run win over Kent.
  
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• Want to score more runs? Gay's batting masterclass

  05-08-2026 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England opener Emilio Gay joins former skipper Michael Vaughan to give a masterclass on how to be effective at scoring runs, giving his best tips on communication and technique.
  
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• Buttler breaks all-time T20 run record in win over Fire

  05-08-2026 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jos Buttler becomes the all-time leading run scorer in T20 cricket, hitting an explosive 51 off 20 balls to give Manchester Super Giants a nine-wicket win over Welsh Fire to move up to third in the Men's Hundred table.
  
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• Rockets ease past Phoenix to take top-spot

  05-08-2026 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sophia Dunkley spearheads an assured batting performance with 65 runs for Trent Rockets, who comfortably defeat Birmingham Phoenix by six wickets in The Hundred to move to the top of the table.
  
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• Nasser Hussain's brother eyes World Cup win & bragging rights

  05-08-2026 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England Over-60s cricket vice-captain Mel Hussain bids to do something his famous brother Nasser never did - lift a World Cup.
  
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• Prendergast stars with ball as Fire stun Super Giants

  05-08-2026 15:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Orla Prendergast takes four wickets to help bowl the Manchester Super Giants out for 85, as Welsh Fire wrap up a three-wicket victory to move up to fourth in the table of the Women's Hundred competition.
  
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• Rockets on the brink of knockouts after Dunkley fifty

  05-08-2026 15:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sophia Dunkley helps Trent Rockets beat Birmingham Phoenix after Orla Prendergast takes four wickets in Welsh Fire's victory over Manchester Super Giants.
  
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• Ireland's first ODI with Afghanistan washed out

  05-08-2026 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first one-day international between Ireland and Afghanistan at Bready is abandoned without a ball bowled because of rain.
  
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• The Spin | Clicky Ponting, viral catches, and strange new era of amateur cricket streams

  05-08-2026 12:00
  Livestreaming services such as FrogBox give grassroots players their big moments for posterity, but Saltburn saga shows how digital age brings tricky double edge“Monday to Friday, people are sharing the content,” says Rob Knee, chief executive of the cricket livestreaming company FrogBox. You can say that again. The story and accompanying footage of Brian Devine’s apparent finger-clicking chicanery at Saltburn Cricket Club went around the world last week. When Piers Morgan and
  
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• Runs and records galore as Sunrisers beat Spirit

  04-08-2026 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sunrisers Leeds post the biggest score in Hundred history, making 241, on a night when numerous records were broken as the home side beat London Spirit by 37 runs at Headingley.
  
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• Brilliant Brook leads Sunrisers to record Hundred score

  04-08-2026 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harry Brook hits a 15-ball fifty and Ryan Rickelton makes 94 not out as Sunrisers Leeds set a new Hundred record, making 241-2 against London Spirit.
  
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