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From Bucharest to rural France and back, via Southampton: The wild story of Rebecca Blake's world record

NICK FRIEND - INTERVIEW: Blake, a lab technician at Southampton Solent University, born in Bucharest, has become the fastest player to 1,000 T20I runs, having found cricket at a picnic in a French commune, going on to captain both France and Romania

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