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Can a cricket player swing it in pro baseball? Oakland Ballers are about to find out

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By Harrison Rich
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Liam Plunkett, a former professional cricket player from England, will step up to the plate for the Oakland Ballers on Friday night at Raimondi Field. (Courtesy of Alex Espinoza/Oakland Ballers) It's not quite as jarring as when Babe Ruth tried cricket in 1935, but the Oakland Ballers are signing a professional athlete to attempt the rare sporting switch. Former cricket pro and World Cup winner Liam Plunkett will suit up for the Ballers on Friday night against the Yuba-Sutter Freebirds.
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Can a cricket player swing it in pro baseball? Oakland Ballers are about to find out

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By Harrison Rich
| San Francisco Chronicle Verified
It’s not quite as jarring as when Babe Ruth tried cricket in 1935, but the Oakland Ballers are signing a professional athlete to attempt the rare sporting switch. Former cricket pro and World Cup winner Liam Plunkett will suit up for the Ballers on Friday night against the Yuba-Sutter Freebirds. To his knowledge, he’s set to become the first England international cricketer to appear in a professional baseball game. “Who’d have thought I’d be doing this?
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Valkyries, in latest stern test, show mettle with convincing win over second-place Dream

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By Harrison Rich
| San Francisco Chronicle Verified
Coach Natalie Nakase doesn’t like to make any one game feel bigger than the next. That even applies when her group plays the five best teams in the WNBA in seven consecutive games, as the Golden State Valkyries currently are. But entering Wednesday night’s clash with the Atlanta Dream on a two-game skid — and with another brutal three-game stretch coming up — it felt like Golden State badly needed a win, which it got, 77-66.
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