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England v Australia

4th ODI, Chester-le-Street

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Finch, Marsh hundreds take Australia to 310

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Australia's new ODI low

Having suffered their worst ever ODI defeat, the world champions have hit a 34-year low in the ODI rankings

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    World Test Championship

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    Cricket's new league: Ashes yes, India-Pakistan no

    Structured as it may seem, the Test Championship still hinges on individually crafted bilateral calendars

    Who will host the World Test Championship final?

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    Pakistan player fails dope test

    The PCB said ICC rules prevented the player from being named until the chemical report was confirmed by the government's anti-doping agency

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    Follow all the action from around the County Championship with ESPNcricinfo's live blog

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    Chandimal appeals ball-tampering suspension; hearing on Friday

    Michael Beloff, chairman of ICC's Code of Conduct Commission, will hear the appeal

    Monga: Ball-tampering's home advantage

    To prove a ball-tampering charge, evidence is required. And so far no host broadcaster has revealed a home team altering the condition of the ball

    How sweets help alter the condition of the ball

    Following the ball-tampering row in St Lucia, Raunak Kapoor explains the legal and illegal ways to shine the ball

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    T20 Triangular, Taunton

    Women's cricket

    Beaumont 47-ball hundred; England world-record 250

    New Zealand's own world record lasts for a matter of hours on extraordinary day at Taunton

    Blistering Suzie Bates sets up record-smashing victory for New Zealand

    New Zealand's women picked up where they had left off in Ireland last week

    Stats: England and New Zealand re-write record books

    The first day of the Women's T20 tri-series witnessed a slew of records being set.

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      CPL 2018

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      Russell named Tallawahs captain for CPL 2018

      The allrounder takes over the leadership from Kumar Sangakkara after missing the previous season because of a doping ban

      Teething troubles continue

      South Africa's new T20 league

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      Durban Qalandars contemplate legal action against CSA

      Qalandars are pressing for a stake in CSA's new T20 tournament since - contractually - they still hold the rights to a T20 franchise based out of Durban

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      Division One

      Ballance plays down colour-blind issue after dusk dismissal

      Dale Steyn has proved too hot to handle for the world's best and Gary Ballance made no excuses after his curious dismissal in a floodlit contest

      Barnard's late burst shows value of Mitchell's defiant hundred

      Lancashire suffered a dramatic late collapse after appearing set to finish the opening day on top

      Ross Taylor's hundred makes it Nottinghamshire's day

      Taylor is playing his penultimate red-ball game for the county and guided Notts into a dominant position with a 208-ball 146

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      Division Two

      Tom Haines gets a lift from Mum on way to maiden hundred

      There were two landmark hundreds in a day as Phil Salt also brought up his first as Sussex dominated

      Podmore's four in five overs shocks Warwickshire

      Not only the rhododendrons were out at Tunbridge Wells as 20 wickets fell in the day in the top-two clash

      Ackermann's hundred means Middlesex's smiles remain forced

      Few would have imagined that Middlesex would come to Leicester in mid-June down in seventh, with only one win from five matches

      Omari Banks: now a musician

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      'You miss having success in the game, but you don't miss the pressure'

      Omari Banks talks about his playing career, and moving on to making music instead

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      Coach takes charge

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      Been looking up Bangladesh players on YouTube - Rhodes

      The first assignment for the new coach is a full tour of the West Indies which starts on June 27

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      Raza, Taylor absent from Zimbabwe T20I squad

      Also missing were Graeme Cremer, who was sacked as captain in March, and batsmen Sean Williams and Craig Ervine.

      England v Australia

      Reflections on a record day

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      Hardest day's cricket I've ever had - Paine

      The Australia captain was rendered powerless as England amassed the highest total in an ODI - 481

      Trent Bridge: England's records-breaking venue

      India A's second-highest List A score lasts just three hours as England shatter records

      Proud day for England - Eoin Morgan

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      England v Australia

      3rd ODI, Trent Bridge

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      Australia suffer heaviest loss after England hammer record 481

      Bairstow and Hales inspire series-winning 242-run victory on record-smashing day

      Social Story: England smash their own ODI record

      Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales teed off to power England to 481 - a new ODI world record

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      Farrell: When burger-stand vendors were on white alert

      It was an 'I was there' sort of day at Trent Bridge. And Melinda Farrell was there

      'Very proud day for us as a group' - Morgan

      The England captain says he 'never imagined' his team would one day 'stare down the barrel of 500' in an ODI innings

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      Finch: We can turn it around

      Aaron Finch says the Australia team are confident of getting back into the Royal London one-day series despite frustrations over recent ODI performances.

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      By The Numbers - England shatter ODI records

      England scored a world record 481 against Australia and shattered other records along the way

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      'Hardest day's cricket in my life' - Paine

      Tim Paine takes his hat off to England after they smashed a record 481 for 6 to go 3-0 up in the five-match ODI series

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        Squad news

        England v Australia and India

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        Sam Curran, Overton added to England's ODI squad

        With England 3-0 up against Australia, they will consider resting some of their seamers for the final two games

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        Curran brothers close in on historic moment

        Sam and Tom Curran are closing in on a special feat after both were named in England's T20 squad for the series against Australia and India

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        James Anderson

        Can James Anderson be loved? OK, liked?

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        What's important and what's not

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        The unenviable task of Theunis de Bruyn

        The latest snippets from around the English game including the arrival of the world's biggest cricketer, how Yorkshire got it wrong and a match that Allan Donald could do without

        Women's T20 squad

        T20 tri-series

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        Farrant, Elwiss picked for first three T20s of tri-series

        Katie George and Lauren Winfield will boost the strength of the squad from 14 to 16 after England's opening T20 on Wednesday

        Squad news

        West Indies v Sri Lanka

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        Keemo Paul replaces Shimron Hetmyer for final Test

        Paul is uncapped at Test level but has an impressive first-class average of 17.35 across 14 appearances

        Worcestershire v West Indies A

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        Netherlands

        Coetzer, Munsey set up Scotland's title bout

        Winner of Wednesday's final tri-series fixture between the two sides will clinch the title, although Netherlands can lift the cup even with a tie

        Cricketers on the FIFIA World Cup

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        Wrestling banter, #SalahWatch, #HarryCan

        What are cricketers saying about the football world cup? And who's actually gone to Russia?

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        De Bruyn signs with Surrey for two matches

        Middle-order batsman will have the opportunity to make his case for a spot in South Africa's Test XI in their Sri Lanka tour

        Rayner answers Hampshire's spin crisis

        Ollie Rayner has a chance to discover some form after losing his Middlesex place to Ravi Patel

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        How sweets help alter the condition of the ball

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        Leicestershire v India A

        Tour game, Leicester

        Agarwal 151, Shaw 132 fire India A to massive win

        India A recorded a second successive win, this one by 281 runs, leading into the tri-series involving England Lions and West Indies A

        Gabriel in elite company

        WI v SL, 2nd Test, St Lucia

        Stats - Gabriel emulates Holding, Walsh

        On his way to 100 Test wickets, Gabriel broke a host of West Indian records in St Lucia

        Quiz - How special was Gabriel's 13-for?

        Who does the quick join in the 13-for club? Take our quiz to find out

        Ball-tampering fallout

        Australia news

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        Australia's 'focus only on results' had role in ball-tampering scandal - Hazlewood

        The fast bowler, who is currently recovering from injury, also admitted the scale of the controversy took the players by surprise

        West Indies v Sri Lanka

        2nd Test, St Lucia

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        Brathwaite, bad weather hold off Sri Lanka

        Sri Lanka denied series-levelling win as 32.3 overs lost to weather on rainy final day in St Lucia

        'Words can't describe Gabriel's performance' - Holder

        Only once has a West Indian bowler struck more than the 13 times he did in a single Test match, and that was back in 1976

        Ball-change controversy delays start of play in St Lucia

        Sri Lanka did not take the field for two hours at the Darren Sammy stadium in protest against a charge of altering the condition of the ball

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          One-year anniversary

          Champions Trophy 2017

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          Illustrated story - When the underdogs beat the odds

          A look back at Pakistan's memorable run to the Champions Trophy title

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          Hampshire v Yorkshire

          Royal London Cup, semi-final

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          Vince masterclass takes Hampshire into Lord's final

          Vince scored 171 from 126 balls to set up a match-winning total as Hampshire eased past Yorkshire to set up a final against Kent

          Looking ahead

          South Africa in Sri Lanka 2018

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          'The rhythm seems to be coming back' - Steyn

          With only about a month left for the start of South Africa's tour of Sri Lanka, the fast bowler is slowly getting back to his best

          South Africa rest Imran Tahir from ODI squad for Sri Lanka

          Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj are the two main spinners in the squad, which also features the uncapped Reeza Hendricks and Junior Dala

          ICC news

          Ball-tampering again

          How the ball-tampering episode unfolded in St Lucia

          SL captain Dinesh Chandimal has been officially charged with ball tampering in the ongoing Test. Here is the sequence that led to the state of events

          Chandimal pleads not guilty to ball-tampering charge

          By not pleading guilty to the charge laid by the ICC, Chandimal will attend a hearing by match referee Javagal Srinath after the conclusion of the Test

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