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Jonny Bairstow set for Yorkshire comeback in County Championship
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Monday, 19 August 2024 09:30
Jonny Bairstow will play his first match of the season for Yorkshire this week when the County Championship returns following a six-week break.Bairstow has only played two first-class games for his home county since the end of the 2020 season due to his England and IPL commitments. He is yet to feature for Yorkshire in any format this season, having…
Jalal Yunus steps down as BCB director
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Monday, 19 August 2024 09:36
Jalal Yunus has resigned from his position as a BCB director and the chairman of the cricket operations committee.Jalal's resignation comes after the National Sports Council, the control authorities of 41 different sports bodies of Bangladesh, asked him to step down.Jalal, a former fast bowler who played professionally in the 1980s, has been a sports organiser since the late 1990s.…
Matthew Potts back for Old Trafford Test; Harry Brook is vice-captain
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Monday, 19 August 2024 10:57
Matthew Potts has been announced as Ben Stokes' replacement in the XI for England's first Test against Sri Lanka, with Harry Brook stepping into the vice-captaincy role for the series to assist stand-in captain Ollie Pope.Potts, who earned the last of his six Test caps in the one-off Test against Ireland last summer, has been given the nod ahead of…
Dan Lawrence accepts his top billing even as middle-order wait goes on
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Monday, 19 August 2024 11:17
"I'd bat No.11, if I had to."It's a line Dan Lawrence has used before, which is as much a reflection of three years spent largely carrying drinks as his 11 caps spent ticking off every slot between No.3 and 7. But its airing on Monday in the press conference room at Emirates Old Trafford had an altogether different twist.Lawrence will…
World Cricketers Association hopes to find solution to 'broken and unsustainable' cricket schedule
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Monday, 19 August 2024 04:03
The World Cricketers' Association (WCA) has begun a comprehensive review of the game's global structure which the players' body hopes will provide solutions to the increasingly disjointed and cramped cricket calendar.Heath Mills, the WCA chair (formerly known as FICA), said they had "given up hope" that the game's leaders could establish a "clear and coherent structure" in which international cricket…
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