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Over-by-over updates from the 2pm BST matchCounty cricket: Bob Willis Trophy, day four – live!Join the conversation: email Adam or tweet @collinsadam 1.51pm BST Sam Billings is on Sky with Rob Key. “I am at the stage of my career where I know my game well. I’ve made some changes and thankfully, they hae worked out. This is the first time in ODI cricket where I have played games back to back since 2016.” He’s an excellent communicator and coming off two important (and unbeaten) contributions. He adds that his red-ball England dream remains alive as well.Don’t think I’ve ever seen a cricketer with better media skills than Billings. A producer’s dream. 1.39pm BST Those XIs as named.England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow (wk), James Vince, Eoin Morgan (c), Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Tom Curran, Saqib Mahmood. Continue reading…

• Over-by-over updates from the 2pm BST match
• County cricket: Bob Willis Trophy, day four – live!
• Join the conversation: email Adam or tweet @collinsadam

1.51pm BST

Sam Billings is on Sky with Rob Key. “I am at the stage of my career where I know my game well. I’ve made some changes and thankfully, they hae worked out. This is the first time in ODI cricket where I have played games back to back since 2016.”

He’s an excellent communicator and coming off two important (and unbeaten) contributions. He adds that his red-ball England dream remains alive as well.

Don’t think I’ve ever seen a cricketer with better media skills than Billings. A producer’s dream.

1.39pm BST

Those XIs as named.

England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow (wk), James Vince, Eoin Morgan (c), Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Tom Curran, Saqib Mahmood.

Continue reading…