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Red-hot Ben Stokes smashes 64-ball century for Durham in first innings as England Test captain

In his first innings since being appointed England’s Test captain, Ben Stokes smashed five successive sixes to reach an extraordinary 64-ball century.

Evening Standard

County cricket: Ben Stokes breaks sixes record in Durham century – as it happened

Away from the New Road fireworks, Luke Wells led Lancashire’s reply after Dom Sibley carried his bat for Warwickshire

The Guardian - UK

Alastair Cook scores 71st first-class century as Ben Stokes makes Durham return

The Essex batter lined up against his England captaincy successor Joe Root

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County cricket: Stokes forced to wait as Durham’s Dickson continues fine form

The first county outing this season for England’s new Test captain was spent sitting on the balcony as his teammate made 104

The Guardian - UK

England drop to No 6 in Test rankings with lowest points tally since 1995

England have slumped to their worst Test rating for more than a quarter of a century, dropping to No 6 in the ICC rankings after just one win from the past 17 matches

The Guardian - UK

Ben Stokes: New England Test captain set for County Championship return with Durham this week

New England Test captain Ben Stokes is set to return from injury in the County Championship this week, while Joe Root is also due to play for the first time since resigning the captaincy.

Evening Standard

Mundher Al-Adhami obituary

Other lives: Iraqi-born political activist and pioneer in maths education who supported teachers in challenging children to think

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Yorkshire forced to settle for draw against Kent

Steven Patterson’s three-wicket burst had given the White Rose county optimism for victory

The Independent UK

County cricket: Yorkshire frustrated by bad light and Kent resistance

Ben Compton became Division One’s top run-scorer before a valiant Kent rearguard on a day of draws all round

The Guardian - UK

Somerset thrash champions Warwickshire to claim first win of season

Tom Abell’s side, who began the campaign with three straight defeats, claimed victory by an innings and 82 runs.

The Independent UK

Cheteshwar Pujara scores second double ton for Sussex in County Championship

HOVE (UK): He left for the UK in search of some runs and open the door for an India comeback. But Cheteshwar Pujara has already done more than that, scoring his second double century for Sussex in the County Championship Division Two on Saturday.

The Times of India

Yorkshire v Kent, Hampshire v Lancashire: county cricket – as it happened

Lancashire’s lower order recovered well against Hampshire while Northants are well on top against Essex

The Guardian - UK

James Anderson celebrates England return with trio of wickets for Lancashire

Anderson was given the green light to return to the England side by new Test captain Ben Stokes and new managing director Rob Key.

The Independent UK

'Durham is proud of you' - North East reacts as Ben Stokes is unveiled as England's new Test Cricket captain

The 30 year old all-rounder was today announced as Joe Root's successor, after he announced earlier this month that he would be stepping down from the prestigious position.

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The Independent UK

Ben Stokes: New England Test captain’s career in pictures

The Durham all-rounder has replaced Joe Root as England captain

The Guardian - UK

Stokes starts England Test captaincy by demanding Broad and Anderson return

The Durham all-rounder will lead England’s men in the home series against New Zealand starting at Lord’s on 2 June

Daily Mirror

Ben Stokes accepts offer of England captaincy by Rob Key to start new era for Test side

ECB board need to ratify the decision of the new managing director which should be a formality, with Ben Stokes set to replace Joe Root as captain after five years in the job

The Independent UK

Who will succeed Chris Silverwood as England head coach?

Graham Ford, Paul Collingwood and Gary Kirsten are among the names being linked with the job

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The Independent UK

James Anderson up and running for the season as Lancashire dominate

Josh Bohannon and skipper Dave Vilas shared a fourth-wicket partnership of 203 for the Red Rose county

Daily Mirror

James Anderson set for first match since England axing as Stuart Broad remains sidelined

James Anderson and Stuart Broad have not played a competitive match since England's 4-0 Ashes defeat this winter and both are being managed as they target recalls to the Test team this summer

The Independent UK

Matt Parkinson and Hasan Ali lead Lancashire to victory at Kent

Dawid Malan showed his class in scoring a half-century to guide Yorkshire to a six-wicket win over Gloucestershire.

The Independent UK

Essex close on victory while Harry Brook puts Yorkshire on top

Lancashire and Surrey finished day two in control of Division One’s other games.

Daily Mirror

Durham to investigate head coach over allegations he 'tied up' teammate

India spinner Yuzvendra Chahal claims that, during the 2011 IPL, James Franklin and Andrew Symonds got drunk, tied him up, taped his mouth and forgot about him

The Independent UK

Kent’s Jordan Cox and Ben Compton both score centuries during draw with Essex

The batters hit 129 each in a total of 581 for nine for the visitors.

The Independent UK

Glamorgan collapse on weather-shortened second day against Durham

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