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Chris Brown announces Aeko (pronounced as echo) is name of his newborn son with ex Ammika Harris

The 30-year-old singer took to Instagram to reveal the name of the newborn baby boy he welcomed with ex-girlfriend Ammika Harris by sharing a photo of himself.




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Chris Brown shares first image of son he welcomed with ex-girlfriend Ammika Harris last month

Chris Brown celebrated the arrival of a new child via his Instagram on Wednesday, sharing a photo of himself holding the little boy's foot.




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Chris Brown shares first full face photo of son Aeko Catori whom he shares with ex Ammika Harris

On Wednesday, he shared the first photo of son Aeko Catori Brown.But on Friday, Chris Brown shared the first snap of his son's face, followed by photos that allowed fans to see his softer side.




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Brexiteers accuse Google of anti-Brexit bias in web searches

Analysis of the first page of Google searches for 5,000 Brexit related keywords and phrases show the Guardian, the BBC and the Independent show up most prominently in the results.




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RUTH SUNDERLAND: Why not get creative on savings? It's time for a bold and imaginative Budget

Rishi Sunak should stick with plans drawn up by his predecessor Sajid Javid, who was lining up a cut in income tax from 20p in the pound to 18p.




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Britain's high street needs action to save businesses from coronavirus effects

it is outrageous that the Prime Minister should tell people to stay away from the high street without putting in place practical help for the businesses that will suffer as a result, Ruth Sunderland writes...




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RUTH SUNDERLAND: A baptism of fire for Britain's financial big guns

As we enter one of the worst financial disasters this country has ever known, the two men in charge of saving the economy have been in their jobs for less than two months between them.




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RUTH SUNDERLAND: Save the airlines but don't let tycoons profit

RUTH SUNDERLAND: The airline industry can be accused of many sins. It is infested with brassy billionaires, such as the avaricious Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of EasyJet (pictured).




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RUTH SUNDERLAND: Don't turn Britain into a dividend desert

Logical thinking is one of the first casualties in situations of great stress, which must be the explanation for the way dividends are being demonised in the pandemic.




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RUTH SUNDERLAND: Let's dump Davos elitism

Even before coronavirus, the World Economic Forum was increasingly irrelevant and seen as a byword for the narcissism of an elite. The creed of globalisation is under challenge.




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RUTH SUNDERLAND: Why Britain MUST bail out Richard Branson - however mad it sounds for the taxpayers

RUTH SUNDERLAND COLUMN: If ministers let Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic crash into the ground, we will all be the poorer for it.




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Jofra Archer commits future to Sussex after signing two-year contract extension

England paceman Jofra Archer has revealed his delight at signing a two-year contract extension at Sussex which will keep him at the club until at least the end of the 2021 season.




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England all-rounder Chris Woakes withdraws from IPL season

Woakes was picked up by Delhi Capitals for £160,000 at the tournament draft in December but has opted to pull out in a bid to keep himself fresh for the international summer.




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England insist bowler Jofra Archer will not be allowed to play in the IPL even if he is fit

PAUL NEWMAN IN SRI LANKA: Sportsmail revealed that Archer was ahead of schedule in his recovery and was still hopeful of heading to India towards the end of the IPL in April.




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Australia win Women's T20 World Cup as they thrash India by 85 runs with over 86,000 people watching

Defending champions Australia claimed their fifth Women's Twenty20 Cricket World Cup title after thrashing India by 85 runs in Sunday's final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.




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England will ask Jack Leach to prove his fitness after the spinner's injury-hit winter

PAUL NEWMAN IN COLOMBO: Leach was named in England's team for their final warm-up game against a Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI and will have to prove he is over his calf injury.




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Ben Stokes ruled out of England's warm-up match in Sri Lanka with an abdominal issue

Ben Stokes has been withdrawn from England's tour match in Sri Lanka due to an abdominal issue which team management insist is unrelated to Coronavirus concerns.




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STUART BROAD: Credit to the ECB for making a necessary decision to put players and the fans first

STUART BROAD: It was quite an eerie feeling on Friday when Joe Root addressed us to let us know that the tour of Sri Lanka was off. We felt quite a long way from the levels of worry in England.




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Cricket is hit for six as coronavirus pandemic leaves county clubs with 'cash black hole' 

EXCLUSIVE: English cricket is facing a 'cash black hole' as it struggles to come to terms with the implications of the coronavirus. The warning came from Surrey ahead of a conference call.




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ECB faces legal battle with Sri Lanka after postponement of Test series

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: The ECB could face a legal battle with Sri Lankan officials to determine how the World Test Championship points for their postponed series are allocated




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Coronavirus: Pakistan Super League postpones competition on day of the semi-finals

A number of English players, including Alex Hales, Tom Banton and James Vince, would have been involved in the semi-finals but they had already left the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Nottinghamshire continue pre-season training as Alex Hales self-isolates with coronavirus symptoms

Nottinghamshire continued pre-season preparations unabated, as Alex Hales self-isolates since returning from the Pakistan Super League.




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Huge blow for The Hundred as Australian star Warner CANCELS £125,000 contract with Southern Brave

PAUL NEWMAN: David Warner yesterday became the first big name to pull out of the ECB's new Hundred competition to concentrate on international cricket.




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Cricketers join in the stay at home craze as Jos Buttler performs pilates exercises with his wife

Jos Buttler and Ian Bell have been keeping themselves entertained at home whilst being quarantined due to the coronavirus. The England wicket-keeper was seen doing pilates.




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JOFRA ARCHER: Working on my abs in kitchen, being world champion gamer and winding up Tom Curran!

As a cricketer in the public eye, I have to be vigilant. Without wanting to sound too dramatic, I know that, if I get the virus, I could bring down the whole of the Sussex or England teams.




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Alastair Cook prepared to write off 2020 County Championship due to coronavirus

Former England captain Alastair Cook says he would rather the County Championship was not played at all this season rather than attempting to hold a dramatically condensed campaign.




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Cricketers to take pay cut if coronavirus delay goes on with ECB financially supporting clubs

The ECB are soon to outline details of the financial support package they will offer counties who will hit problems because the start of the domestic season has been delayed due to coronavirus.




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Keeping fit...this is how Buttler did it!Jos stays in shape by taking fitness classes from his wife

Jos Buttler, reaching out, almost at full stretch. Where have we seen that before? It is an image carved into the memory of every sports fan in the country. 




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Steve Smith free to captain Australia after serving two-year ban following ball tampering scandal

Following the ball-tampering scandal of March 2018, Cricket Australia handed Smith a 12-month suspension adding he would not be considered for captaincy for another year after that.




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Counties bid to oust ECB chief Colin Graves and replace him with Ian Watmore amid coronavirus crisis

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: ECB chairman Colin Graves will face calls from counties to stand down early and be replaced by Ian Watmore if the launch of the Hundred is postponed.




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It's official: the greatest all-round county of the last six decades is... Lancashire

Late last year, and with a heavy heart, I was rereading Bob Willis's Diary of a Cricket Season, written in 1978. After only three paragraphs, Bob was in off the long run.




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Andrew Strauss admits he could have done more to avoid fall out between England and Kevin Pietersen

Sir Andrew Strauss has admitted to mistakes in the way he handled Kevin Pietersen during the dispute that was to ultimately tear one of the best of all England teams apart.




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How can England balance Test demands and the pursuit of World Cup glory when cricket resumes?

PAUL NEWMAN: If cricket returns this summer, one key proposal by the ECB is for the Test and white-ball sides to play at the same time to enable as much action as possible to take place. 




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PAUL NEWMAN: Ditch the Hundred and prioritise Twenty20 Blast... How I'd restructure cricket

PAUL NEWMAN: It is not without irony that Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, spoke of rewarding cricket's 'core audience' if the game can squeeze a truncated season into this summer.




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Attack of the nerves! Joe Denly admits handing Zak Crawley his first England cap made him nervous

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: England batsman Joe Denly admits his nerves almost got the better of him during this winter's tour to South Africa when he presented Zak Crawley with his first cap.




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The white mainstream has used hurtful language to players of different colour like Moeen and Archer

COMMENT BY LAWRENCE BOOTH: In the editor's notes in this year's Wisden I suggested the English game has a problem with unconscious bias - which is not the same as overt racism.




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Wisden hitting the shelves should be a celebration... but it would be wrong due to what lies ahead

Wisden is published on Thursday for the 157th time. It is full of joy, and staring into the abyss. The Almanack's arrival usually coincides with a spring in cricket's step. But this year, not so much.




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JOFRA ARCHER: I've joined Lara and Tendulkar on the Wisden list... it's magic! 

JOFRA ARCHER: Being chosen as one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year is one of the most prestigious awards imaginable. Even being nominated alongside some big names feels great.




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Andrew Flintoff believes Phil Neville could have been a cricket great if he had rejected Man United

Phil Neville played alongside former all-rounder Andrew Flintoff for Lancashire's age-group sides, and also went on to make an appearance for their second XI before turning to football.




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Adil Rashid sets his sights on being part of England's World Cup title defence in 2023

LAWRENCE BOOTH: Rashid will turn 35 during the next World Cup in 2023 but with the tournament set for the spin-friendly pitches of India, he says he'd love to be involved.




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England's white-ball series against Australia set to be pushed back to September

EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: Eoin Morgan's side are scheduled to face the Aussies in three Twenty20s and three one-day internationals from July 3-16.




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Surrey supremo Richard Thompson fears cricket's elite are most in danger of collapsing

EXCLUSIVE BY PAUL NEWMAN: Cricket's biggest counties are most in danger of collapsing under the financial pressure of the coronavirus pandemic, claims Richard Thompson.




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West Indies WILL prioritise England Test tour over home series against New Zealand and South Africa

The ECB have been given a free run at reorganising their international summer plans after West Indies prioritised their three Tests in England over home series against New Zealand and South Africa.




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Chris Woakes says England players have wondered if they suffered with coronavirus

Almost the whole squad were stricken by two sickness bugs, the first a type of flu and the second a stomach problem, that weakened England in their heavy first Test defeat over Christmas.




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Ex-Lancashire keeper Luke Sutton on a crippling fight with depression and coming out the other side

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY PAUL NEWMAN: Luke Sutton is looking back on the chance meeting almost nine years ago with his old Lancashire captain that quite possibly saved his life.




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Cricket stars with Hundred deals will receive appearance fees worth £10K despite its postponement

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Sportsmail has learned that all players are entitled to 12.5 per cent of their deals even if the competition does not take place.




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Australia press ahead with plans to host Twenty20 World Cup in October and November

The four-week tournament remains in its scheduled slot of an October 18 start, although Cricket Australia have reserved the right in the circumstances to reassess the situation as late as August.




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Scrap this rotten idea called the Hundred for good and write off the wasted millions

COMMENT: The postponement of the controversial new format for at least a year - which will be confirmed on Friday - gives the ECB the opportunity to admit their mistake.




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England to split coaching duties if fixture congestion forces them to play different formats quickly

Sportsmail revealed in November that assistant coach Paul Collingwood had already been earmarked to take charge of the one-day home series against Ireland, scheduled for September.




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Cricket season pushed back again to July 1 with the Hundred competition also set for a delay

The ECB had initially announced that no cricket would be played in the UK until May 28 at the earliest, but - as expected - the pandemic has caused a further delay.