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Yates lays Bears platform before spinners tie Notts in knots
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Saturday, 01 June 2024 13:53
Birmingham Bears 149 (Yates 68, Stone 3-30) beat Nottinghamshire 127 (Mousley 3-22, Hasan 2-22) by 22 runsBuoyant Birmingham Bears made it two wins from two in the Vitality Blast after beating Notts Outlaws by 22 runs in front of a 13,784 at Edgbaston.Having trounced Durham in their opening game the previous evening, Bears chose to bat but were bowled out…
Hardik turns to 16-year-old self to get out of 'difficult phase' in his career
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Saturday, 01 June 2024 10:12
It has been a tough few days in the life of Hardik Pandya, and he acknowledges it. But he won't "run away from it" and will "keep working hard - hard work never goes to waste - and keep smiling"."Eventually, I believe, you have to stay in the battle. Sometimes life puts you in situations where things are tough, but…
Jonny Bairstow: 'It doesn't really matter to me where I bat'
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Saturday, 01 June 2024 10:18
Jonny Bairstow has described England's decision to deploy him at No. 4 for their T20 World Cup defence as "a compliment", acknowledging his versatility. Bairstow missed England's 2022 triumph in Australia after suffering a career-threatening ankle break and has only played six T20Is since, but it set to play a key role in England's middle order.Bairstow had been earmarked to…
Samit Patel rolls back the years to set up Derbyshire's first win
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Saturday, 01 June 2024 10:21
Derbyshire 178 for 6 (Patel 64, Madsen 43) beat Leicestershire 176 for 6 (Handscomb 75*, Patel 2-21) by four wicketsDerbyshire Falcons opened their Vitality Blast account for the season with a tense four-wicket victory over Leicestershire Foxes at Edgbaston.Foxes chose to bat but stuttered to 97 for 6 as Zak Chappell, Pat Brown and Samit Patel took two wickets apiece…
Santner on T20 World Cup prep: It's been a chaotic kind of start
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Saturday, 01 June 2024 04:45
Mitchell Santner conceded that New Zealand have had a "chaotic start" to the T20 World Cup 2024. The team opted for extra training sessions instead of an official warm-up game due to logistics issues, with players arriving in three batches because of IPL commitments. However, after a few days of training in Trinidad, Santner said New Zealand can "really settle…
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