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Saturday’s sport – What’s on and where can I watch it?

Reigning World Matchplay champion Luke Littler faces Dirk van Duijvenbode in the last four in Blackpool.

The Independent UK

Inside Gray-Nicolls and the past, present and future of cricket bat-making

BEHIND THE SCENES: 150 years since cricket bats were first made in Robertsbridge, Harry Latham-Coyle visits the East Sussex village to find out how an English institution are planning for the future

The Independent UK

The Ashes inspiration, overpreparation and bold tactics: a history of Australia v England two-day Tests

Old rivals have featured in eight of the 27 Tests to finish inside two days – these are the tales behind the six matches played before the current series

The Guardian - AU

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It had to be Shane Warne: the Ashes Elvis had an aura that eclipsed all others

He coaxed greatness from teammates, bent occasions to his will and mastered the most complex of arts, but best of all he connected like few others in sport

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to the Guardian’s 100 best players in the history of the men’s Ashes

This week we will be publishing a run-down of our judges’ greatest Ashes cricketers in the buildup to this year’s series opener on 21 November. Here’s how we did it

The Guardian - UK

Have bat, will travel: Raza and cricket’s wanderers follow in footsteps of WG Grace

Zimbabwe player’s high-profile trip around the world this week should prompt more players to think global and play local

The Guardian - UK

The unlikeliest sporting superfans, from 1976

Why did a City typist travel miles to follow her favourite wrestlers, what was it about Muhammad Ali that Peter O’Toole liked quite so very much?

The Guardian - UK

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From 1882 to 2024: Matches in Test cricket's history that have ended inside two days

NEW DELHI: India's seven-wicket win over South Africa in the second Test at Cape Town on Thursday was the 25th instance when a Test match ended inside two days, dating back to 1882.

The Times of India

Jack Hobbs, WG Grace, Doctor Who and an alternate cricket reality

Imagine the Master and the Doctor locked in an eternal celestial combat where the playing field is the whole of space and time

The Guardian - UK

Why cremation was a burning issue for the creators of the Ashes

Reginald Shirley Brooks’s wry dig at English cricket also backed a cause that was close to his late father’s heart

The Guardian - UK

Cricket test: the right questions to ask about Jonny Bairstow’s stumping

Letters: Readers reflect on the rights and wrongs of the English player’s dismissal by Australia

The Guardian - UK

England debutant Jamie Overton agonisingly misses out on history in New Zealand Test

Jamie Overton has enjoyed a brilliant debut so far, with the England quick dismissing Devon Conway to take his first Test wicket and then scoring 97 with the bat

Daily Mirror

Jamie and Craig Overton could join list of England cricketing brothers

Jamie and Craig Overton are in the latest England Test squad

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