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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
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  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
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  • Saturday, 13 April, 2024
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  • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
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  • Saturday, 11 November, 2023
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  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
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  • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
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    Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed celebrate
  • Thursday, 5 October, 2023
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  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    English cricket to gain own regulator in push to combat racism and sexism

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  • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
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  • Saturday, 29 July, 2023
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    Calvin Savage of the Texas Super Kings signs autographs during a match
  • Friday, 28 July, 2023
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  • 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

    Sai Sudharsan, right, plays a shot as Mahendra Singh Dhoni watches during the Indian Premier League Twenty20 final cricket match between the Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings in May
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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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    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
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