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• Sri Lanka drop key players and change captain for World Cup

  18-04-2019 12:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Sri Lanka leave out five established players from their World Cup squad and appoint Dimuth Karunaratne as captain despite him not playing an ODI for four years.
  
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• Sri Lanka beat Scotland to keep semi-final hopes alive

  26-06-2026 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sri Lanka keep their slim hopes of reaching a first Women's T20 World Cup semi-final alive with a nail-biting three-wicket win over Scotland at Old Trafford.
  
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• India-born Moondra realises dream in famous Ireland win

  26-06-2026 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India-born bowler Jai Moondra says helping Ireland claim a historic T20 win over the world champions is a "dream come true".
  
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• How fitter Duckett got back to his best

  26-06-2026 21:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ben Duckett has lost "five or six" kilograms since the Ashes - this is how he reaped the rewards with a century for England in the third Test against New Zealand.
  
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• England seeing benefits of fitness drive - Capsey

  26-06-2026 21:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England are starting to see the benefits of their improvement in fitness and fielding at the T20 World Cup, having not lived up to standards previously, says all-rounder Alice Capsey.
  
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• Ben Duckett says shedding pounds has helped him pile on runs for England

  26-06-2026 21:21
  Opening batter credits fitness regime for form in heatDuckett stepped away from nets for four-week bootcampAfter scoring his first Test century for more than a year Ben Duckett revealed that shedding some weight has helped him to pile on the runs, with a post-winter fitness regime catapulting him into the summer in form that was glimpsed in the first two games of the series and has been obvious in the third.“It’s an area of my career where I haven’t necessarily helped myself or
  
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• Warwickshire stun Surrey as Hampshire move top

  26-06-2026 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warwickshire provide arguably the shock of this season's Women's T20 Blast as they move off bottom spot by beating high-flying Surrey.
  
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• Stokes and Duckett star as England fight back against New Zealand

  26-06-2026 20:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ben Stokes takes three early wickets before Ben Duckett hits 113 with the bat as England fight back on day two of the third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge.
  
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• Nicholls’ drop defines the day as Duckett cashes in on luck to deliver for England | Andy Bull

  26-06-2026 20:30
  On an unforgiving Trent Bridge pitch where the runs flow like melted butter, every mistake in the field is measured in centuriesThe stands around Trent Bridge were looking pretty thin by the time England’s opening batters made it out to the middle. Not that there were any spare tickets going, the first three days of the game are sold out, only plenty of the people who had bought them had beaten a retreat to the shady parts round the back of the ground. It was a pitiless day for cricket, an
  
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• Stokes sparks England recovery as Duckett finds his groove against New Zealand

  26-06-2026 19:58
  Third Test day two: New Zealand 438; England 223-2Duckett out for 113 off 99 balls as hosts hit backBefore the start of this deciding third Test against New Zealand, Brendon McCullum was overheard saying he was set to learn a fair bit about his England team.After a Lord’s surface that featured seamers fishing with dynamite and then the semi-skimmed XI chosen for the Oval, no one quite knew whether a flat pitch such as Trent Bridge’s would rekindle the aggressive batting of the previo
  
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• England v New Zealand: third men’s cricket Test, day two – as it happened

  26-06-2026 19:56
  England battled back to trail by 215 runs at Trent Bridge, with Ben Duckett making a century after Ben Stokes took three wickets in a superb spell87th over: New Zealand 370-4 (Mitchell 8, O’Rourke 0) Archer’s looking sharp, starting the over with an 87mph inswinger. Though he follows that up with a loose, wide one. The England quick sends down a couple of bumpers and has his first maiden of the innings.86th over: New Zealand 370-4 (Mitchell 8, O’Rourke 0) It’s Josh Tongue
  
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• Duckett & Stokes haul England back into third Test

  26-06-2026 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ben Duckett’s scintillating century builds on an inspirational spell from Ben Stokes to haul England back into the decisive third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge.
  
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• Ireland rattle through India to claim first ever win over world T20 champions

  26-06-2026 19:35
  Ireland 182-9; India 148; Ireland win by 34 runsThree wickets on debut from Ireland’s Matt HollardIreland defeated India for the first time in men’s international cricket with an unexpected 34-run victory over the world T20 champions at Stormont.Ireland recovered from 51 for four to post 182 for nine, before an attack inspired by debutants Matt Hollard and Jai Moondra left India all out for 148 with seven balls remaining. This was the tourists’ first defeat since winning a seco
  
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• 'It will mean so much to him' - Duckett delights as England fight back

  26-06-2026 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ben Duckett makes a "very entertaining" 113 from 99 balls on his home ground of Trent Bridge for his seventh Test century, giving England the perfect start to their first innings, responding to New Zealand's 438 on day two of the series-deciding third Test against New Zealand.
  
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• Nightwatchman O’Rourke plucks form with bat from thin air to frustrate England

  26-06-2026 18:32
  New Zealand bowler had 19 runs from his previous 23 Test innings but doubled his total in first innings at Trent BridgeIt was on the morning of the second day of the previous Test that England effectively surrendered it, and it might just be that on the morning of the second day of this one they turned it in their favour. A different captain, a transformed team, a complete contrast in intensity and outcome – but for all that it still started amid echoes of a familiar and really quite irrit
  
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• Nightwatcher O’Rourke plucks form with bat from thin air to frustrate England

  26-06-2026 18:32
  New Zealand bowler had 19 runs from his previous 23 Test innings but doubled his total in first innings at Trent BridgeIt was on the morning of the second day of the previous Test that England in effect surrendered it, and it might just be that on the morning of the second day of this one they turned it in their favour. A different captain, a transformed team, a complete contrast in intensity and outcome – but for all that, it still started amid echoes of a familiar and really quite irrita
  
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• Ireland stun world champions India for historic T20 win

  26-06-2026 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland pull off a massive shock as they beat world champions India for the first time in Friday's opening T20 international in Belfast.
  
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• England v New Zealand: third men’s cricket Test, day two – live

  26-06-2026 17:27
  Updates from second day at Trent Bridge from 11am BST
  Day one report | Read The Spin | And you can mail James87th over: New Zealand 370-4 (Mitchell 8, O’Rourke 0) Archer’s looking sharp, starting the over with an 87mph inswinger. Though he follows that up with a loose, wide one. The England quick sends down a couple of bumpers and has his first maiden of the innings.86th over: New Zealand 370-4 (Mitchell 8, O’Rourke 0) It’s Josh Tongue to have a go from the other end &he
  
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• Bowler York returns amazing 10-7 figures in club game

  26-06-2026 16:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Swing bowler David York produces astonishing figures of 10-7 in a Northamptonshire County League club match.
  
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• The woman leading Cameroonian cricket's 'Roger Milla' generation

  26-06-2026 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Madeleine Nseke Sissako has big ambitions to make Cameroon "one of the biggest cricket-playing nations in Africa and globally".
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: heat, animals, money and a big week at the World Cup

  26-06-2026 14:38
  
  Have you followed the news in football, cricket, tennis, rugby, golf, athletics and cycling? Continue reading...
  
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• 'We'll see who's right' - Stokes and Santner clash over dismissal

  26-06-2026 14:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There was controversy on the second morning of the third Test between England and New Zealand with the dismissal of Mitchell Santner. Santner was given out after the ball appeared to hit his glove, but the batter was convinced that the ball had hit his arm guard and reviewed. However, the third umpire stuck with the original decision to give Ben Stokes a vital wicket and the 250th of his Test career.
  
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• Afghan women ask ICC for 'clear answers' on future

  26-06-2026 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Afghanistan Women's cricket team call on the International Cricket Council to give them a "clear answer" on what their future looks like.
  
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• England v New Zealand: third men’s Test, day two – live

  26-06-2026 12:15
  Cricket updates from second day at Trent Bridge from 11am BST
  Day one report | Read the Spin | Mail Taha87th over: New Zealand 370-4 (Mitchell 8, O’Rourke 0) Archer’s looking sharp, starting the over with an 87mph inswinger. Though he follows that up with a loose, wide one. The England quick sends down a couple of bumpers and has his first maiden of the innings.86th over: New Zealand 370-4 (Mitchell 8, O’Rourke 0) It’s Josh Tongue to have a go from the other end …
  
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• Rain stopped play? Biggest worry now in British sport is extreme heat | Emma John

  26-06-2026 09:00
  Climate crisis is on show every day when sportspeople do their thing and the rest of us sweat on the sofaNothing sharpens the distinction between professional athletes and the rest of us like a week of truly hot weather. While we’re apologetically crying off long-in-the-diary engagements – so sorry, just can’t face it in this weather – elite sportspeople are blinking the rivulets of sweat out of their eyes while squinting under a hot and heavy helmet, then doing 22-yard s
  
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• Hot stuff: players and fans have to adjust to sport’s new normal and sweat it out | Emma John

  26-06-2026 09:00
  Climate crisis is on show every day when sportspeople do their thing and the rest of us suffer on the sofa or in the standsNothing sharpens the distinction between professional athletes and the rest of us like a week of truly hot weather. While we’re apologetically crying off long‑in‑the-diary engagements – so sorry, just can’t face it in this weather – elite sportspeople are blinking the rivulets of sweat out of their eyes while squinting under a hot and heav
  
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• Sooryavanshi, 15, has 'natural abilities' to shine for India

  25-06-2026 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  ndia batting coach Sitanshu Kotak feels 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has the "natural abilities" to make his mark in international cricket if he makes his debut against Ireland.
  
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• South Africa beat Netherlands as Brits hits superb century

  25-06-2026 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch the highlights as South Africa beat Netherlands by 88 runs, with Tazmin Brits hitting a superb century in the Women's T20 World Cup in Bristol.
  
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• India and South Africa take semi-final fight to final day

  25-06-2026 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The group stage of the Women's T20 World Cup concludes on Sunday with a must-win fixture for India against Australia at Lord's.
  
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• New Zealand bemoan lack of ‘clinical nature’ despite dominating England

  25-06-2026 22:14
  New Zealand reach 361-4 on day one of third TestDevon Conway admits ‘struggles’ after knock of 157When New Zealand last played at Trent Bridge, Tim Southee was in their team and Luke Ronchi in their dressing room. They batted first, scored 318 for four on the first day, 553 in their first innings, and lost. Four years on, with eight members of the 2022 side still in their squad, they finished the opening day on 361 for four but may have an old, bad memory impinging on their jubilatio
  
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