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Hampshire 152 for 6 (O’Neill 4-32) vs Nottinghamshire Fergus O’Neill claimed four wickets as leaders Nottinghamshire piled more pressure on Hampshire’s out-of-form batting line-up. Australian quick O’Neill picked up four for 32 as bottom-placed Hampshire were left 105 for six. New overseas Delano Potgieter and Felix Organ improved the situation somewhat to reach 152 for…

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Somerset 335 for 5 (Rew 86, Abell 74*, Lammonby 73) vs Sussex Tom Abell continued in the form of his life as Somerset ran up 335 for five on the opening day of the Rothesay County Championship Division One match with Sussex at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton. The 32-year-old model of consistency, who went…

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Big picture: GT one win away from playoffs spot How quickly the fortunes change in the IPL. Midway through IPL 2026, Gujarat Titans (GT) looked like a team bereft of options. They had won just three out of seven games, were in the lower half of the table with old issues such as a wobbly…

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Championship clubs have approved a new financial framework that will cap spending on players and managers at 85 per cent of income from the 2026-27 season, the English Football League announced on Friday. The new Squad Cost Rules (SCR) system will replace the Profitability and Sustainability Rules, which allow clubs to lose no more than…

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Toss Lucknow Super Giants chose to bowl vs Chennai Super Kings Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and asked Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to bat on what he called a “tacky” pitch. His counterpart Ruturaj Gaikwad was also wary of the red-soil surface in Lucknow, suggesting there was some moisture in…

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Chennai Super Kings meets Lucknow Super Giants in Lucknow on May 15 knowing that a victory will be crucial if it is to qualify for the IPL 2026 Playoffs. Ruturaj Gaikwad’s side is currently fifth with 12 points from 11 matches, and a Net-Run-Rate of +0.185. How can CSK qualify for the IPL 2026 playoffs?…

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Dan Mousley has been named as England Lions captain for a two-match red-ball series against South Africa A, with two four-day matches set to take place at Arundel from May 22-25 and Beckenham from May 29-June 1. Mousley, who played for England in seven white-ball matches in the Caribbean in 2024, will lead a 15-man…

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Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis is looking to pack ​more power into his jump with a ‌new 22-step approach, a longer run-up ​than he previously used to ⁠break the world record multiple times since 2020. Sweden’s Duplantis, who set the world record for the ‌15th time when he cleared 6.31 metres in March,…

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