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• Phoenix end winless run with victory over Fire

  01-08-2026 14:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ellyse Perry and Alice Capsey star as Birmingham Phoenix pick up their first win of the women's Hundred with a nail-biting seven-wicket win over Welsh Fire.
  
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• Cricket has always had its dark arts | Brief letters

  02-08-2026 18:12
  Wicked wickets | Regatta antics | Rock salt of ages | Spuds for dinner | Making a meal of it | Chef’s kissRegarding your editorial on cricket fair play (30 July), as an elderly cricket fan, I can remember being told as a small boy to watch a Yorkshire wicketkeeper who was known, when standing up to the bowler, to nudge the stumps with his toe when the ball was close enough to make it look like “bowled out”. But in those days, league cricket was serious business and not played f
  
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• Clicky Ponting and ‘known cheats’ on the golf course: the crisis in UK sportsmanship

  02-08-2026 08:00
  Some blame social media and the behaviour of world leaders for a perceived decline in honestyWhen a cricket team in North Yorkshire became the centre of a cheating scandal that made headlines around the world, it made many think – is this a very British form of cheating?Cricket in England is regarded as a genteel sport, so allegations of cheating tend to reverberate. A video of Saturday’s game between Saltburn second XI and Norton second XI has been viewed more than 7m times after vi
  
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• Root's half-century gives Welsh Fire control in chase of 138

  01-08-2026 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Joe Root hits a half-century as Welsh Fire make light work of their chase of 138 against Birmingham Phoenix at Edgbaston.
  
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• 'Absolute carnage' - Birmingham Phoenix suffer two run outs

  01-08-2026 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Phoenix lose both Laurie Evans and Rehan Ahmed to run outs during their men's hundred match against Welsh Fire at Edgbaston.
  
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• Perry hits a match-winning 68 for Birmingham Phoenix

  01-08-2026 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Phoenix captain Ellyse Perry makes 68 0ff 46 balls to guide her team to their first victory of the season against the Welsh Fire.
  
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• Perry leads Phoenix to first victory of the season

  01-08-2026 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ellyse Perry makes 68 and Alice Capsey makes 51 as Birmingham Phoenix pick up their first victory of the season in the woman's Hundred with a seven-wicket victory over Welsh Fire.
  
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• Capsey makes a 'brilliant' half-century against Welsh Fire

  01-08-2026 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alice Capsey makes a "brilliant" 51 off 29 balls for the Birmingham Phoenix in their women's Hundred match against Welsh Fire at Edgbaston.
  
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• Voll hits half-century against Phoenix

  01-08-2026 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Georgia Voll gets Welsh Fire off to a strong start against Birmingham Phoenix at Edgbaston with a half-century in the women's Hundred.
  
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• Who am I? Guess The Hundred cricket star No 12

  01-08-2026 09:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Will you get today's player in as few attempts as possible?
  
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• Key talks up Fleming England reset and an imaginary future for Test team

  01-08-2026 09:00
  Managing director of men’s cricket wants a team that consistently win while preparing future captains and coachesAfter a chaotic and miserable eight months, in which England’s Test team lost the Ashes in Australia, a home series against New Zealand, a captain, a coach, their once rampant self-confidence and a fair amount of respect, the appointment of Stephen Fleming gives them a chance to pivot towards a future that suddenly looks beguilingly bright, if mainly because for now it exi
  
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• Yorks beat Durham to maintain One-Day Cup momentum

  31-07-2026 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire end Durham's unbeaten One-Day Cup start, while there are wins for Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Worcestershire & Surrey.
  
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• Allen sends Rockets top with win over Super Giants

  31-07-2026 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Finn Allen strikes an unbeaten 72 as Trent Rockets beat Manchester Super Giants by six wickets to leapfrog their opponents and move top of the Hundred table.
  
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• Buttler 'shows his muscle' with half-century against Rockets

  31-07-2026 21:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jos Buttler hits four sixes on his way to another half-century knock in the 2026 Men's Hundred, to help Manchester Super Giants post a score of 137 against Trent Rockets at Old Trafford.
  
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• Dunkley and Luff power Rockets to win over Super Giants

  31-07-2026 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sophia Dunkley and Sophie Luff both hit half-century knocks to help Trent Rockets on their way to a 31-run win over Manchester Super Giants in the Women's Hundred.
  
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• Rockets beat Super Giants to move into second

  31-07-2026 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Half-centuries from Sophia Dunkley and Sophie Luff help Trent Rockets beat Manchester Super Giants by 31 runs and move above their opponents into second in the Hundred table.
  
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• Security plans in place for any Afghanistan protests

  31-07-2026 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cricket Ireland says "appropriate" security plans are "in place" for the forthcoming men's one-day series with Afghanistan amid the possibility of protests.
  
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• Stokes return would not surprise England chief Key

  31-07-2026 17:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England director of men's cricket Rob Key says he "wouldn't be surprised" if Ben Stokes returns to international cricket, adding that "anything is possible".
  
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• Cricket regulator charges Middlesex with misconduct for third time in four years

  31-07-2026 15:06
  Charges relate to complaint upheld against former chiefMiddlesex sacked Andrew Cornish in JuneMiddlesex have been charged with misconduct for the third time in four years and face further off-field disruption after sacking the chief executive Andrew Cornish in June.The charges brought by the cricket regulator are understood to relate to Cornish’s alleged behaviour towards another Middlesex employee, who made a formal complaint about his conduct last November. Continue reading...
  
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• Key keeping England door open for Stokes: ‘Anything’s possible with Ben’

  31-07-2026 14:25
  England captain retired from international game in JuneKey says Fleming will start as Test coach in SeptemberRob Key has opened the door for Ben Stokes to return to England’s Test team a month after the former captain’s shock international retirement, saying he “wouldn’t be surprised” if the 35-year-old decides to come back into a new-look red-ball setup for next summer’s Ashes.England’s managing director of men’s cricket insisted his relationship
  
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• League has 'genuine concern' for members over cheating claim

  31-07-2026 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An amateur cricket league says it has "genuine concern for the welfare" of Saltburn Cricket Club members over a recent finger clicking controversy that has made global headlines.
  
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• Rugby v cricket - England's George swaps sports to help tackle MND

  31-07-2026 12:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England and Saracens' Jamie George on why he and Somerset's Lewis Gregory are playing a charity cricket match to raise money for motor neurone disease charities.
  
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• England prospect Perrin 'has the shots' on return

  31-07-2026 11:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England prospect Davina Perrin says she remembers she has "got the shots" after recovering from injury.
  
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• Southern Brave defend 128 to seal first win of this year's Hundred

  31-07-2026 00:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Southern Brave secure their first win in the men's Hundred by successfully defending a total of 128 to defeat Birmingham Phoenix by 12 runs at the Utilita Bowl.
  
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• Brave take team hat-trick to set up victory over Birmingham Phoenix

  31-07-2026 00:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Luke Wood removes Ben Dwarshuis and Scott Currie while Adil Rashid runs out Saqib Mahmood as Southern Brave take a team hat-trick in the final over, setting up victory over Birmingham Phoenix at the Utilita Bowl.
  
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• Brave move off foot of table with win over Phoenix

  30-07-2026 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wickets from three consecutive deliveries help Southern Brave close out a first win of the season in The Hundred, beating Birmingham Phoenix by 12 runs.
  
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• Brave remain unbeaten with victory over Birmingham Phoenix

  30-07-2026 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Southern Brave make it four wins from four in the women's Hundred as they beat Birmingham Phoenix by 24-runs at the Utilita Bowl.
  
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• 'Go and buy a lottery ticket' - Perrin survives three dropped catches

  30-07-2026 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Phoenix's Davina Perrin is dropped three times in ten balls by Southern Brave during their women's Hundred match at the Utilita Bowl.
  
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• Shetty helps Lancs to One-Day Cup win over Notts

  30-07-2026 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lancashire beat Notts Outlaws by 31 runs to go top of Group A in the One-Day Cup.
  
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• The Guardian view on sporting fair play: it was never quite cricket | Editorial

  30-07-2026 19:25
  Saltburn’s alleged trickery caused outrage, but cricket’s moral code conceals a rich history of cheating and convenient national mythOne incident has dominated this week’s sporting headlines, garnering even more column inches than Gianni Infantino’s apparent desire to sell the football World Cup to the highest bidder. It occurred in a second XI cricket match last weekend between Saltburn and Norton in the North Yorkshire and South Durham League. A fielder at first slip wa
  
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