John Etheridge

Absolute amateur hour by UAE in the Giro. They've literally handed the win to Simon Yates on a plate. Chapeau to him but goodness know what Pog thinks of it.

People suggesting Bethell's return will put pressure on Crawley and/or Pope. But reckon Bethell should come in for Bashir - especially in Australia. Bats well, fields brilliantly and bowls improving left-arm spin.

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Update - he's also hit his third ball for six, opening the batting for Rajasthan against Lucknow

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Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a left-handed batter, aged 14 years and 23 days, has just hit his first ball in the IPL for six.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a left-handed batter, aged 14 years and 23 days, has just hit his first ball in the IPL for six.

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Huge congratulations to @NHoultCricket on his back-to-back success as cricket journalist of the year at the @SportSJA awards. Well done @Athersmike and @timwig on your silver and bronze recognition 👏🏽

Dave Kidd's lovely tribute to Harty.

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@SunBoxing COLIN'S OBITUARY: https://t.co/Ajf5cTOMYn

Andy Peebles was a DJ, music aficionado and a huge cricket fan and some time commentator. He 'phoned me only a couple of weeks ago to check a piece of obscure trivia. Too many RIPs at the moment.

Colin Hart was a legendary figure in sports journalism. He knew everyone and everything in boxing and athletics. Covered Ali’s greatest fights, Bruno used to sleep at his house before Wembley fights. His boxing column appeared in the Sun as recently as March 7. RIP.

Little option other than to sack Jon Lewis after the Ashes whitewash. But plenty of problems with England women remain - lack of succession planning, fitness, mentally fragile etc Most of all, must find a way of attracting more athletic and dynamic girls to cricket.

Fair play to Harry Brook for pulling out IPL to prioritise England. In the past, players tended to withdraw when their auction price was low & by concocting an injury. But Brook went for £550,000 and he's risking a two-year ban. Helps his chances of being Eng white-ball captain.

Jos Buttler thinking: "This is my last game as captain. I can rely on the lads to send me off with a top performance." Less than three hours later... Jos Buttler thinking: "Thanks a bunch, lads."

Jos Buttler is a decent man whose passion - and he does have plenty of passion - is sometimes masked by an understated public persona and perhaps some natural shyness. He's made the right decision to stand down and we hope he recaptures his dazzling form with the bat.

Replacing Brydon Carse with Rehan Ahmed suggests England's selection was wrong in the first place. Spinners already proving effective in the Champions Trophy. And looks even more strange now that Rehan didn't play in any of England's seven recent white-ball matches in India.

The greatest sportsman in the UAE today? Tadej Pogacar, of course! Can he win the final uphill stage of the UAE Tour?

England's highest score in ODIs is 182 by Ben Stokes. Duckett currently 161* in the 47th over.

England have got worse on this trip with all the flaws repeated and magnified. People on the ground confirm they have hardly practised in recent days. Sure, it can be difficult with travel between every game but questions about preparation need to be asked.