How do county clubs make money? Is The Hundred an abomination or a saviour? Why is women's cricket so vital to the sport's future?

A series of extracts from 'Batting for Time' on Reader’s Digest
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“I went back to athletics for the quiet life and spent the next couple of years looking like a fugitive.”

Spent a fascinating day with Seb Coe discussing:

*Chaos, corruption, change
*Cash for gold
*Abramovich and Russian doping
*IOC presidency

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When the Diamond League returns tomorrow, it will look broadly the same as its launch in 2010.

Athletics must evolve or risk sleepwalking into obscurity. Efforts to make changes are admirable - it's time to get onboard with them. For Indy Sport
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Interesting from Will Macpherson. Durham, Essex and Somerset selected as tier-one women's counties.

Leaves Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Kent, Leicestershire, Northants, Sussex and Worcestershire without Hundred/top-tier women's sides. The 'Little Seven'?
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I see Troy Deeney is following in my footsteps by taking part in the UK Open Pool Championship. Sad to see the calibre of 'celebrity' entrants plummet from last year...

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➡️ NEW EP: Book Club with Ben Bloom.

If you care deeply about the future of English domestic cricket, this book (and ep!) is for you.

Appropriately, the chat took place during a #CountyChamp game.

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'No one now has a clue who I am.'

Navigating life after elite sport can be tricky... few will have taken a more unconventional path than world long jump medalist Chris Tomlinson, who now makes ice cream cones.

Read the AW interview here: pocketmags.com/athletics-week…

Why do people fear English cricket will turn into French basketball? Why are The Who so important to the county game? What is the real purpose of sport?

Those questions and more discussed in the latest Guerilla Cricket #GCFromHome podcast, as we talk all things 'Batting for Time'.

Big athletics news: CJ Ujah is back in the British 4x100m squad for the first time since his failed drugs test cost Team GB Olympic silver in Tokyo.

In 2018, Tim Duckworth became the third-best British decathlete in history. But he soon realised he didn't like the person he had become.

An admirably honest interview on the toll of life at the top.

Read it in full in AW here: pocketmags.com/athletics-week…

Hear about the future of county cricket from someone who has played in it, watched it and analysed it for decades. And me.

Great to discuss ‘Batting for Time: The Fight to Keep English Cricket Alive’ on the latest simon hughes podcast.

Buy the book here: linktr.ee/BattingForTime

Why did so few British athletes choose to compete at a home World Indoor Championships and what does it say about the future of indoor athletics?

A column for AW. Buy the latest issue here: pocketmags.com/athletics-week…

What an odd situation... Namibia's Olympic 200m silver medalist and DSD athlete Christine Mboma has been cleared to race over 100/200m this summer after sufficiently lowering her testosterone through medication, but must wait another 18 months to compete over 400m. Go figure.

Look, Ange Postecoglou doesn't care about Champions League qualification alright? But this win was very handy for any Spurs supporter who does.

Report on Tottenham's 3-1 victory over Nottingham Forest, for Guardian sport.
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Talking all things ‘Batting for Time: The Fight to Keep English Cricket Alive’ with James Buttler | Cricket Badger Podcast 🏏🦡🇺🇦. Will also be available as an audio podcast later, where you can avoid the unappetising act of having to look at me.

Enjoyed going on the latest Wisden podcast to preview the county season (inadvertently outing myself as a gambling addict) and discuss my book ‘Batting for Time: The Fight to Keep English Cricket Alive’

Listen/watch below and buy the book here: linktr.ee/BattingForTime

Deafening delight at Ipswich. Match report from a Championship promotion thriller against Southampton, for Guardian sport.
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'There's a train leaving and either you get on it or you get left behind. The Hundred is here, stop fighting it.'

With private investment imminent and expansion likely, where does The Hundred go next?

An extract from 'Batting for Time' on ESPNcricinfo.
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A late howler at one end and an even later one at the other.

Match report on Everton's (unwanted) club record 12th successive Premier League game without a win, for Guardian sport.
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As he prepares to defend his shock Olympic 100m title, an exclusive interview with Marcell Jacobs for Guardian sport.

On criticism, disappointment, leaving Italy, joining Rana Reider, becoming invisible, and why he has nothing left to prove.
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