England v Ireland: start of first men’s cricket ODl delayed by rain – live

Updates from the first match in the series, at HeadingleyGet in touch: contact Rob here with your thoughts

There is some cricket going on in the County Championship, and you can follow updates here.

This is a very sad day for the Guardian. An hour ago, hundreds of people gathered at St Bride’s Church in Fleet Street for a service in memory of Jeremy Alexander, who died in June at the age of 81. Sub-editors are the unsung heroes of any newspaper or magazine, the egoless folk who bowl long spells into the wind so that the glory boys can clean up the tail, and Jeremy was as good as any sub I’ve worked with. He was unfailingly warm and optimistic, always pleased to see you come into the office (no, really); and he was genuinely enthusiastic about the OBO and the internet generally, even though I suspect it was a foreign language to him.

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