Cricket
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Cricket authorities need to look at introducing concussion substitutes in the first-class game, says Australian wicketkeeper Matthew Wade
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With skill and appetite growing outside Test-playing nations, the need to shift power from Australia, England and India has never been so great. But is incremental reform enough, and will urgent changes get the backing they need?
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Sportblog Joe Root can take heart from proud history of Yorkshire’s England captains
Vic Marks at HeadingleyPast bodes well for Joe Root, Yorkshire’s 10th England Test captain, who can look back on a lineage of lords, knights and no little silverware
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England’s vice-captain, Ben Stokes, has said he will not change his style of play because of his new role
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Joe Root has been appointed as England’s new Test captain after accepting the position during talks with Andrew Strauss, the director of cricket
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Ever since Joe Root, newly named as England’s Test captain, was a young boy in the Yorkshire nets he has shown that, experienced or not, he has the heart for the fight
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Ben Stokes is the favourite and Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes are also in the running, but another option is not to name a vice-captain
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White South African cricket team invited to tour the UK
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Sportblog Alastair Cook no longer an officer but still an asset to England’s new commander
Vic MarksThe record of former England captains as run-scorers is not that encouraging – only David Gower seems to have prospered – but such is Alastair Cook’s single-mindedness he can buck that trend -
A moment of impossible fortune proved the turning point that sparked a stunning Super Bowl revival, and reminded us why fightback wins are the most cherished of all
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Victorian wicketkeeper Sam Harper has been taken to hospital after being struck in the head by the tip of Jake Lehmann’s bat, while standing up to the stumps
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Two of Pakistan’s T20 batsmen have been suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board as part of a domestic match-fixing investigation
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The director of England cricket has also held talks with Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad about the role, although Root remains poised to step up from his position as vice-captain
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Mohit Ahlawat, 21, a farmer’s son from a rural district north of Delhi, is coolly facing his sudden stardom like he faces bowlers
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Australian batsman withdraws from New South Wales’s clash with Queensland after also missing match against Victoria
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An astonishing T20 knock of 300 not out has propelled Mohit Ahlawat into cricket’s history books
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Gareth Southgate was drafted in by Eddie Jones as he seeks answer to why the England rugby team are ‘petrified of playing Wales in Wales’
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Alastair Cook has said he felt left ‘out to dry’ by the England and Wales Cricket Board over the Kevin Pietersen affair three years ago
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The former Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie believes if Joe Root becomes England captain it would take his game ‘to the next level’
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Alastair Cook has stepped down from his role as England’s Test captain after 59 Tests, saying it has been a ‘huge honour’ and ‘an incredibly hard decision’
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The International Cricket Council has agreed ‘in principle’ to reverse the 2014 decision which effectively put India, England and Australia in control of the game’s finances and administration
Sportblog As Joe Root smoothly steps up, where are England’s captaincy shemozzles of yore?