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8.57am EDT 08:57 6th over: South Africa 48-0 (Markram 25, de Kock 16) Jim Maxwell is on BBC radio. “This ground, if it didn’t have a boundary, the ball would roll into the North Sea.” Value for shots today. Aaron Finch turns to Nathan Lyon, hoping that spin will slow the South Africans, but Markram …

South Africa’s World Cup campaign comes to an early conclusion today, and for most of the players and their supporters, the end cannot come soon enough. Having made it to the semi-finals of two of the past three editions of cricket’s flagship tournament, and started the tournament ranked No  3 in the world, they have …

It has taken 30 days, but at long last this World Cup gets some north-eastern exposure, arriving at Durham for the first of three fixtures. A week ago, this looked like a stinker between two sides with no chance. But then the butterly flapped it wings: Sri Lanka beat England and the race for the …

It has been a long time coming, the carnival arriving at headquarters for day 25 of the tournament. When administrators were piecing together the schedule, they could not have expected that the first game to feature here would be between two teams who have so far disappointed more than any other. A nice upbeat start! …

7.19am EDT 07:19 4th over: South Africa 15-1 (Amla 8, Du Plessis 2) Another quietish over, just four from it – it’s funny really, for all the master blasting at the top – and surely that’s what Stevie was talking about – now it’s serious we’re back to the wickets in hand. The more things …

8.41am EDT 08:41 3rd over: Afghanistan 9-0 (Hazratullah 9, Noor Ali 0) Hazratullah gets a couple to backward square leg, and then hoists one over midwicket, safely clear of the field but it gets nowhere near the boundary, pretty much stopping as soon as it lands. 8.38am EDT 08:38 2nd over: Afghanistan 4-0 (Hazratullah 4, …

Morning everyone. We need to talk about the weather – this is England, after all. It’s been pretty good so far, with just the one match out of 14 washed away, and that, with all respect to Pakistan and Sri Lanka, only a medium-sized occasion. But the papers are full of gloom this morning, saying …