COUNTIES CRICKET Trophy quarter-finals team news

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Created on Sunday, 02 July 2023 01:23

Last Updated on Sunday, 02 July 2023 01:23

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Written by PAUL BOLTON National Counties Cricket correspondent

Holders Berkshire have called up batter Billy Mead for his debut in today’s National Counties Trophy quarter-final against Dorset at Wimborne. 

Mead comes into the 12-strong squad to replace former England Under-19 opener Savin Perera whose form for Berkshire – he averages 40.6 in the Trophy and 41.1 in three-day cricket – and his club, Attenborough, have secured him a two-week trial with Nottinghamshire. 

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Bristol Bears prop set for first U20s World Cup start

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Created on Wednesday, 28 June 2023 11:43

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 June 2023 07:33

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Written by CONNOR McGOVERNE

England men’s U20 head coach Mark Mapletoft has named his team to face Fiji in their second match of the World Rugby U20 Championship, after the side played out a 34-all draw against Ireland U20 to open their tournament in South Africa.  

Finn Carnduff from Leicester Tigers has been named captain for the match, which kicks off at 18:00 BST (19:00 local time) tonight at Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch.

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HOCKEY WALES Prosser retires from international duty

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Created on Tuesday, 27 June 2023 13:14

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 June 2023 13:26

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Written by SYDNEY DAVIES at Hockey Wales

Hockey Wales’ most capped men’s player Lewis Prosser has announced his retirement from international hockey.  

Since receiving his first cap in 2008 Lewis has gone on to make 180 appearances for Wales.

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SWIMMING Shortman and Thorpe target Olympic medal

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Created on Monday, 26 June 2023 14:10

Last Updated on Monday, 26 June 2023 14:15

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University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman says she and artistic swimming partner Izzy Thorpe are targeting an Olympic podium place after winning Women’s Duet bronze at the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games in Poland.

It is a first continental medal for 30 years by a British pairing in the duet and the first major international medal of their careers to date for the duo, who improved on their preliminaries score by more than 15 points in Saturday’s final after receiving no base marks on their degree of difficulty of 34.500. 

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COUNTIES CRICKET Trophy round-up, Cornwall miss out

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Created on Sunday, 25 June 2023 20:28

Last Updated on Monday, 26 June 2023 06:30

Published on Sunday, 25 June 2023 20:28

Written by PAUL BOLTON National Counties Cricket correspondent

Berkshire kept alive their dream of winning the National Counties Trophy for a fourth successive season by solving a complicated equation to secure qualification for next Sunday’s quarter-finals. 

Berkshire needed three things to go their way if they were to avoid missing out on the last eight for the first time since 2016. Firstly, they had to beat Bedfordshire at Southill Park, then they had to rely on Hertfordshire doing them a favour by beating Cornwall at North Mymms and, if both of those results happened, they also needed a significant swing in net run rate to oust Cornwall. 

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