7 h. ago Markram smashes South Africa to big first ODI victory after England collapse

England 131; South Africa 137-3; SA win by seven wicketsSonny Baker endures nightmare debut with ballThey say that if you fail to prepare you should prepare to fail, and it turns out that is what England were doing across the two understaffed days of training with which they launched themselves into this series. They proceeded to get bowled out for 131 in 24.3 overs, losing their last seven wickets for just 29 runs, before Aiden Markram humbled their bowlers in propelling South Africa towards victory by seven wickets, sealed with 175 balls to spare.A week ahead of this match Temba Bavuma’s team were in the middle of a convoluted, lengthy journey from Queensland to Yorkshire via Sydney, Singapore and London. But it was England who looked jetlagged by the less long-distance but more recent whiplash turnaround from the Hundred, in which several squad members, if only two of those selected for this series opener, were engaged 48 hours earlier. In their absence the team’s first training ...

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7 h. ago Sonny Baker endures nightmare debut as South Africa dominate first ODI

England 131; South Africa 137-3; SA win by seven wicketsMarkram smashes 55-ball 86 after England collapseThey say that if you fail to prepare you should prepare to fail, and it turns out that is what England were doing across the two understaffed days of training with which they launched themselves into this series.England proceeded to get bowled out for 131 in 24.3 overs before Aiden Markram humbled their bowlers – picking on the debutant Sonny Baker – and propelled South Africa towards victory by seven wickets, sealed with 175 balls to spare. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Sonny Baker endures nightmare debut as sorry England crushed by South Africa

Baker served up seven wicketless overs for 76.

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56 h. ago William Saliba forced off with injury just MINUTES into huge Arsenal vs Liverpool clash

Arsenal endured a nightmare start to their away meeting with Liverpool in the Premier League with William Saliba having to be substituted in the opening minutes

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56 h. ago Man City stunned by Brighton's late show as Pep Guardiola endures nightmare start

BRIGHTON 2-1 MANCHESTER CITY: Pep Guardiola's side have been beaten for the second time in the opening three Premier League games as Brighton's late winner saw them overcome a half-time deficit

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3 d. ago Rangers manager Russell Martin's famous glamour model girlfriend and cosy nights with Gary Lineker

The former Swansea City boss has endured a nightmare start to his time in Glasgow, with the Old Firm Derby up next

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9 d. ago Josie Gibson admits she's 'stepped back' from TV work and reveals plans to live 'off

The South Gloucestershire native, 40, made her TV debut when she appeared on the 11th series of Big Brother in 2010 - the final edition on Channel 4 .

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2 w. ago Chelsea player ratings vs Crystal Palace as debutant endures 4/10 nightmare

Chelsea were held to a goalless draw by Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge, with a number of Blues players failing to make an impact in the Premier League opener

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2 w. ago Missing man found ALIVE after spending two days on cliff trapped behind waterfall

Californian man Ryan Wardwell, 46, endured a nightmare 48 hours after he became trapped behind the notorious Seen Teacups waterfall and needed to be rescued by helicopter

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3 w. ago Manchester Originals beat London Spirit to end Old Trafford losing run

Sonny Baker set the tone by opening up with five dot balls, finishing with one for 21 off 20 balls.

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3 w. ago Liverpool player ratings vs Crystal Palace as Salah endures nightmare Community Shield

Liverpool were deservedly beaten in the Community Shield by Crystal Palace on penalties after a thrilling match as fans got a look at the new-look Reds

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3 w. ago Tim David and Josh Hazlewood shine as Australia sink South Africa in first T20

Australia 178; South Africa 161-9 | Australia win by 17 runsDavid scores 83 to lead Australia to win in DarwinAustralia have dominated South Africa’s largely unknown batting lineup to secure an unlikely victory in the first match of a three-game Twenty20 series in Darwin.South Africa lost by 17 runs in at Marrara Oval on Sunday, bowled out for 161 after Australia were dismissed for a disappointing 178 from the final ball of an innings rescued by Tim David’s 83. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago She'd endured every mother's worst nightmare, but was it a poisonous feud with the 'village witches' over her craft shop that drove a healthy Brit, 65, to end her life in a Swiss suicide clinic?

Amanda Machin, 65, from Bentham, North Yorkshire, never recovered from the loss of her daughter, Jenny, 19, from a brain tumour - but also claimed she had been 'bullied' by fellow crafters.

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3 w. ago Toussaint Douglass: Accessible Pigeon Material review – an eccentric hour from a fringe fledgling

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe south Londoner’s avian theme frames a fine debut about family, neurodivergence, pigeons, pigeons and more pigeonsTwenty years ago, Original Pirate Material emerged from Brixton and made a star of Mike Skinner AKA the Streets. Now from another corner of south London comes its near-namesake Accessible Pigeon Material, by Lewisham export Toussaint Douglass. Dry your eyes, mate? OK, Douglass’s compendium of autobiography and bird gags may not reduce you to tears. But it’s an eye-catching hour from an act with a distinctive line in do-things-his-own-way comedy.Eccentricity is relative, of course. Douglass promises (or should that be threatens?) that pigeons, pigeons and more pigeons will be all we’re getting, and, to stress the point, there’s one circulating the stage strapped to a remote-controlled car. Pigeon facts are then scattered like seed by a man with an outsized zeal for our feathered not-always-friends. But the show soon deviates from the avian...

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3 w. ago Passengers endure what could be longest flight in history after LA

Passengers aboard a Cathay Pacific flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong endured a nightmare journey that may have just broken the record for the world's longest commercial flight.

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4 w. ago Italian media slam 'schoolboy' Lewis Hamilton after concerning Hungarian GP admission

Lewis Hamilton endured a nightmare Hungarian Grand Prix as he failed to pick up any points, with the Brit admitting he is 'useless' and said that Ferrari 'probably need to change the driver'

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