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Tuesday, Jul 2

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Jimmy Anderson takes seven wickets, Surrey v Essex and more: county cricket – as it happened

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Latest news from day three in the County Championship as the England veteran warmed up for his final Test

Jimmy Anderson’s seven wickets for Lancashire leave Nathan Lyon purring

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Jimmy Anderson gave England a glimpse of what they will be missing when he is put out to pasture after next week’s Lord’s Test, taking seven wickets for 35 for Lancashire against Nottinghamshire – the best bowling figures in the County…

Monday, Jul 1

Essex peg Surrey back as wickets fall at the Oval: county cricket – as it happened

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Essex ended the first innings 82 adrift but reduced Surrey to 44 for three, while James Vince reached 211 for Hampshire

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Jimmy Anderson to mentor England’s bowlers after final Test appearance

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Jimmy Anderson will take up a ­mentoring role with England’s bowlers this summer after making his final international appearance at Lord’s next week. Anderson has been selected for the first Test only against West Indies – his 188th Test…

Sunday, Jun 30

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Frank Duckworth obituary

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Statistician who became a household name to cricket fans as the co-inventor of the Duckworth-Lewis method

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T20 World Cup dodges storms to deliver and break new frontier | Ali Martin

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A better balance of bat versus ball made for an improved spectacle and plenty of fun in the Caribbean and USA

Bouchier hits first England century to clinch ODI series against New Zealand

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Maia Bouchier hit a maiden interna­tional hundred on Sunday, simultaneously bringing up the personal milestone and the winning runs for England against New Zealand, as they reached their target of 142 with eight wickets and 153 balls to…

England beat New Zealand to win second women’s ODI and series – as it happened

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4th over: New Zealand 8-0 (Bates 4, Plimmer 3) Filer looks in good rhythm here, her speed is up at 73/74 mph and the dots building as New Zealand can’t rotate the strike. A thorough examination so far.

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Bazball 2.0 takes shape with senior England players left out of Test squad

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The end of Jimmy Anderson’s remarkable Test career will also be the start of a new chapter – Bazball 2.0, perhaps – after England named a 14-man squad for the start of the forthcoming series against West Indies that sees change very much…

Saturday, Jun 29

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South Africa’s search for absolution continues as Kohli finds formula

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Yet more heartache for the Proteas, while India’s talisman finally adds a T20 World Cup triumph to his staggering CV

T20 World Cup final: India beat South Africa by seven runs to claim trophy – as it happened

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Virat Kohli’s 76 helps India to T20 glory in a thrilling final at the Kensington Oval as South Africa freeze in the final overs

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Resolute India beat South Africa in thrilling final to lift T20 World Cup

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After the heartbreak in Ahmedabad came a redemption song in the Caribbean, India holding their nerve at the end of a nail-biting final to send the agony in South Africa’s direction and claim the men’s T20 World Cup for the second time.

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‘A fair result in foul weather’: the statistical boffins helping cricket defy the rain gods | Martin Pegan

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If rain stops play in the T20 World Cup final, a fair result will depend on Professor Steve Stern, the Australian data analyst charged with cricket’s complex and controversial DLS system

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‘It is a religion here’: India united by shared love of cricket – photo essay

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Before India’s T20 World Cup final against South Africa, photojournalist Frédéric Noy looks at the role that cricket plays on the sub-continent

Friday, Jun 28

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Box-office Bumrah will give India edge in T20 World Cup final against South Africa | Mark Ramprakash

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England lost to the tournament’s best team in the semi-final and India’s display makes them favourites to win the trophy

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England can bounce back ‘badder and better’, insists Matthew Mott

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Matthew Mott insists his leadership partnership with Jos Buttler has been “galvanised” and, given the chance to continue after England’s T20 World Cup mauling by India, believes the team will bounce back “bigger, ­badder and better”.

England need white-ball reset which could spell the end for Mott and Buttler | Ali Martin

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With two titles gone in under a year, team look muddled in a climate that has changed since the Eoin Morgan revolution

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Jos Buttler says he needs a break – but not to consider future leading England

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After being outplayed by India in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup, Jos Buttler admitted he needed a break. Not, he soon clarified, to consider his future as England’s white-ball captain, rather some time and space to review what…

Thursday, Jun 27

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India roar into T20 World Cup final after spin hastens sorry England collapse

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It was a scene witnessed on countless Test tours to the subcontinent but one played out in the semi-final of the men’s T20 World Cup in steamy Guyana. England were spun out in dramatic fashion for a crushing 68-run defeat that booked India…

India crush England – T20 World Cup semi-final, as it happened

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“If only India had come second in the Super Eights,” says David Howell. “Then (assuming this match isn’t played) they’d have been eliminated by their own governance effectively running the ICC.

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County cricket: Louis Kimber rewrites records and Surrey crush competition

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It was business as usual for the champions but there was nothing standard about Kimber’s knock for Leicestershire

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South Africa v Afghanistan: T20 World Cup semi-final – as it happened

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Marco Jansen inspires South Africa to victory and a final at last after firing out Afghanistan for 56 on a capricious pitch

South Africa smash men’s World Cup semi-final hoodoo with Afghanistan win

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South Africa have booked their place in a men’s World Cup final for the first time with a dominant nine-wicket triumph over Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup semi-final in Tarouba. The Proteas made it eighth-time lucky after a long stretch…

Wednesday, Jun 26

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Mott laments lack of reserve day for England’s T20 World Cup semi-final

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Matthew Mott has said the lack of a reserve day for England’s T20 World Cup semi-final against India on Thursday would not happen in an ideal world and called on the International Cricket Council to remedy the issue for further tournaments.

Surrey beat Worcestershire, Robinson goes for 43 in one over: county cricket – as it happened

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Louis Kimber’s heroics were in vain for Sussex as Leicestershire fell 19 short of a mammoth chase

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England up against weather, location and mighty India at T20 World Cup

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The World Cup semi-final – if the rain stays away – could be Guyana’s rumble next to the jungle

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Tammy Beaumont hits quickfire 76 as England thrash New Zealand in first ODI

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England ran rampant at Durham in their opening one-day international against New Zealand on Wednesday, bowling their opponents out for 156 within 34 overs before reaching the target with nine wickets and 172 balls to spare – their biggest…

England beat New Zealand by nine wickets in first women’s cricket ODI – as it happened

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England take 1-0 series lead after dominant victory; Get in touch! Send your thoughts to Jim via email

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The Spin | Carlos Brathwaite on the good and bad of 2016: ‘I fell out of love with the game’

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West Indies all-rounder’s T20 World Cup final heroics left him feeling listless but joy of playing eventually returned

Tuesday, Jun 25

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Australia miss out when it matters at T20 World Cup as David Warner bids farewell | Geoff Lemon

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Mixed campaign came to a close with Afghanistan’s win over Bangladesh as did the opener’s international career