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Theresa May has revealed how the gruelling election campaign is interfering with her love for cricket.

The Prime Minister is a huge fan and had a poster of England opening batsman Geoffrey Boycott on her bedroom wall as a schoolgirl.

But she has struggled to keep up with the England team's fortunes, including yesterday's Champions Trophy clash with Bangladesh at The Oval.

John Major famously had civil servants bring him notes with updates from Test matches as he chaired Cabinet meetings in the 1990s.

But asked by the Mirror if she was managing to stay in touch with the action yesterday, she said: “Sadly not, I’ve been missing the cricket actually I’m afraid.”

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She joked how she had to skip to Monday's match at Lord's where England collapsed to 20-6 against South Africa before eventually losing.

"I was invited to the one day on Monday but obviously because of campaigning I didn’t go - and I’m jolly grateful given what happened - I'd have been tearing my hair out.

"The unfortunate thing is my cricket watching has been reduced significantly, but I might try catch up with Geoffrey at some stage.”

She boasted of meeting her batting hero during a trade mission to India last autumn, where Boycott backed the PM.

"You know we we saw Geoffrey Boycott on the trip to India last year - just at the beginning of the last series, and he came to a reception to high commissioner gave.”

Mrs May has faced criticism for refusing to turn up to TV debates despite calling the general election herself.