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    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      English cricket to gain own regulator in push to combat racism and sexism

      Package of measures, including higher fees for female international players, comes after damning report

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    • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
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    • Saturday, 29 July, 2023
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    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
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      No one is more disappointed than the author. But he blames the cricket

    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
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      Cricket’s ‘superpower’: India rises from ashes of old game

      Australia and England eclipsed by an Indian age bringing unparalleled riches and one-country dominance to the sport

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    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
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      I think of the UK as one might a beloved relative who squanders their windfall on madcap schemes

    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
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      Thrilling Ashes series gives England cricket team chance to inspire new generation

      Finely balanced contest against Australia is teed up for a nail-biting climax — weather permitting

      From left: England’s Heather Knight  and Kate Cross after squaring the Women’s Ashes; Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali at Headingly
    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
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      How controversy at Lord’s is overshadowing faltering bid to win Ashes playing ‘Bazball’

      Australian players celebrate as England’s Jonny Bairstow, centre, looks dumbfounded after being adjudged stumped on day 5 of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s
    • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
      Australia’s PM tells Rishi Sunak to ‘stay in your crease’ in Ashes row

      Anthony Albanese says UK counterpart ‘must not have had same lessons’ on rules of cricket

      England batsman Jonny Bairstow leaves the field past the celebrating Australian fielders after being given out controversially during the fifth day of the Lord’s Test match on Sunday
    • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
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      The cricketer’s memoir offers lessons for current captain Ben Stokes as he seeks a comeback for the England team

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    • Monday, 26 June, 2023
      Racism and sexism ‘widespread’ in English cricket, report finds

      Independent commission calls on sport to ‘urgently reform’ and add new regulator

      A ‘No racism in cricket’ sign at the Oval in London
    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
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      Joint marketing boosts ticket sales for England-Australia clash in previously male-dominated sport

      Heather Knight batting for England watched by Australia’s Alyssa Healy
    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
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      Disciplinary panel’s conclusion follows claims by former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq

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      Tournament offers rights holders, including newcomer Viacom18, chance to shake up market

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      A successful league would bring money and prestige to the women's game around the world

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    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
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      Change of captain, coach and style of play bring team newfound success

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    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
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      Rajasthan Royals prepared for losses to ‘grow the game’ but critics say tournaments weaken international matches

      Rajasthan Royals cricket players at a match in Jaipur, India
    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
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      The art and science of picking winning teams

      In a world of performance data, human judgment is more vital than ever, says former England cricket selector Ed Smith

    • Friday, 9 September, 2022
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      Howzat?! New play pairs Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett on the cricket pitch

      Shomit Dutta’s light-hearted drama ‘Stumped’ mixes fiction, reality and the metaphors of the game

      The Portora Royal School 1st XI featuring Samuel Beckett, seated front right, in 1923
    • Saturday, 27 August, 2022
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      Franchise expansions by Indian Premier League owners could make domestic clubs the sport’s dominant force

    • Monday, 25 July, 2022
      Independent review finds ‘institutional racism’ in Scottish cricket

      National sports agency says findings are a ‘wake-up’ call to governing bodies

      Cricketers Majid Haq and Qasim Sheikh, with lawyer Aamer Anwar on Monday
    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
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      Sport’s leadership lessons: Machismo or real skills?

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    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      How the England men’s Test cricket team have transformed their fortunes

      Bold change of approach under new coach and captain has delivered a striking improvement in results

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
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      IPL rights auction sets up power play

      Competition now claims to be the world’s second-most valuable sports league on a per-game basis

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