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• Charlie Dean claims hat-trick as England thump South Africa to level ODI series

  08-12-2024 14:40
  2nd ODI: England, 137-4, bt South Africa, 135, by six wktsDean takes four for 45 before Wyatt-Hodge secures chaseCharlie Dean claimed a hat-trick as England levelled their one-day international series against South Africa with a crushing six-wicket win in the second match in Durban.Heather Knight’s side bounced back from Saturday’s six-wicket defeat with a superb bowling display to restrict South Africa to 135 at Kingsmead before easing to 137 for four with 26 overs to spare. Continu
  
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• Charlie Dean claims hat-trick as England thump South Africa to go level in ODI series

  08-12-2024 14:40
  
  2nd ODI: England, 137-4, bt South Africa, 135, by six wktsDean takes four for 45 before Wyatt-Hodge secures chaseCharlie Dean claimed a hat-trick as England levelled their one-day international series against South Africa with a crushing six-wicket win in the second match in Durban.Heather Knight’s side bounced back from Saturday’s six-wicket defeat with a superb bowling display to restrict South Africa to 135 at Kingsmead before easing to 137 for four with 26 overs to spare. Continu
  
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• England level ODI series after chaotic SA collapse

  08-12-2024 14:01 via bbc.com
  
  Charlie Dean takes a hat-trick as England's six-wicket win over South Africa levels the one-day international series in Durban.
  
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• India's players not scarred by Australia thrashing - Rohit

  08-12-2024 13:40 via bbc.com
  
  India captain Rohit Sharma says the manner of his side's second-Test thrashing by Australia will not leave his players with mental scars.
  
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• Voll hits maiden ODI century as Australia beat India

  08-12-2024 12:01 via bbc.com
  
  Georgia Voll hits a maiden century for Australia as they cruise to a 122-run victory over India in the second one-day international to clinch the series.
  
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• Bethell has proved he belongs, says Stokes

  08-12-2024 11:39 via bbc.com
  
  Jacob Bethell has proved he belongs in international cricket with his runs against New Zealand, according to England captain Ben Stokes.
  
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• Stokes hails Bethell after England’s ‘phenomenal’ victory in New Zealand

  08-12-2024 11:03
  
  Win by 323 runs inside three days secures series triumphStokes: Bethell ‘proved why we rate him so highly’After securing a win inside three days in a howling gale, the series victory over New Zealand also claimed with a Test match to spare, Ben Stokes was blown away himself. “Quite phenomenal,” was the England captain’s reaction to the monstrous 323-run scoreline, not least after losing four wickets on the first morning of the match.What followed from Stokes was a d
  
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• 'Rafiq ripped bandage off racism in cricket' - Rainford-Brent

  08-12-2024 09:42 via bbc.com
  
  Former England cricketer Ebony Rainford-Brent tells Desert Island Discs that cricket "owes a lot" to Azeem Rafiq for having the courage to "rip the bandage off" racism in the sport.
  
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• Australia beat India by 122 runs: second women’s cricket one-day international – as it happened

  08-12-2024 08:53
  
  Georgia Voll and Ellyse Perry tons power Australia to winAustralia take unassailable 2-0 series lead with one match to play2nd over: Australia 7-0 (Litchfield 4, Voll 3) Voll gets her first chance to face a delivery and she starts with a little poke out to point, which is fielded easily, before a play and miss on a good ball from Thakor. She starts to look a little frustrated at her inability to pierce the field just yet, Litchfield comes down the pitch to offer a few words of support. Finally T
  
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• Ellyse Perry and Georgia Voll tons power Australia to ODI series win over India

  08-12-2024 08:49
  
  Australia 371-8; India 249 | Australia win by 122 runsVoll makes century in Brisbane on just second appearanceA record-breaking knock by Ellyse Perry and Georgia Voll’s maiden international hundred lifted Australia to a comprehensive 122-run victory over India in the second women’s ODI in Brisbane.Perry belted six sixes – the most by an Australian in a single women’s ODI innings – in her 105 off just 75 balls as Australia stormed to an unassailable 2-0 series lead o
  
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• 'He can do no wrong' - Cummins takes five-wicket haul

  08-12-2024 08:45 via bbc.com
  
  Watch Pat Cummins take five India wickets as Australia wrap up an emphatic 10-wicket victory on day three of the second Test to square the series at 1-1.
  
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• Pat Cummins takes five as Australia avert crisis to level series with India

  08-12-2024 08:20
  Second Test: India 180 & 175; Australia 337 & 19-0 Mitchell Starc finishes with eight wickets in the matchCrisis averted. Panic stations vacated. All units stand down. Australian cricket followers were hitting every big red button they could find after India handed out a hammering in Perth, but the Australian team hit the big pink button in Adelaide. A different style of thrashing has levelled the five-match series. It took less than two and a half days, not even a third night – un
  
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• Australia avert crisis as thumping win levels series with India

  08-12-2024 08:20
  
  India 180 & 175; Australia 337 & 19-0 | Australia win by 10 wicketsHosts wrap up victory inside two-and-a-half days in AdelaideCrisis averted. Panic stations vacated. All units stand down. Australian cricket followers were hitting every big red button they could find after India handed out a hammering in Perth, but the Australian team hit the big pink button in Adelaide. A different style of thrashing has levelled the five-match series. It took less than two and a half days, not even a t
  
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• Cummins takes five as Australia demolish India

  08-12-2024 07:57 via bbc.com
  
  Pat Cummins takes 5-57 as Australia wrap up an emphatic 10-wicket victory over India on day three of the second Test to square the series at 1-1.
  
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• Australia beat India by 10 wickets: second men’s cricket Test, day three – as it happened

  08-12-2024 07:11
  
  Australia seal thumping victory early on day threeTravis Head player of the match as Siraj feud simmers26th over: India 134-6 (Nitish 20, Ashwin 1) That was the dream start for Australia, and with Pant surely goes any hope India have of making this match anything bordering on a contest. Smith really did make that catch look simple, despite ending up taking it in front of first slip. He moved so early and got into a perfect position to get both bucket hands safely around the fast moving ball.Cumm
  
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• Australia beat India by 10 wickets: second men’s cricket Test, day three – reaction

  08-12-2024 06:58
  Australia seal thumping victory early on day threeHead v Siraj send off feud simmersTravis Head named player of the match26th over: India 134-6 (Nitish 20, Ashwin 1) That was the dream start for Australia, and with Pant surely goes any hope India have of making this match anything bordering on a contest. Smith really did make that catch look simple, despite ending up taking it in front of first slip. He moved so early and got into a perfect position to get both bucket hands safely around the fas
  
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• Australia beat India by 10 wickets: second men’s cricket Test, day three – live

  08-12-2024 06:42
  Australia seal thumping victory early on day threeCummins leads the way with 5/57Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email26th over: India 134-6 (Nitish 20, Ashwin 1) That was the dream start for Australia, and with Pant surely goes any hope India have of making this match anything bordering on a contest. Smith really did make that catch look simple, despite ending up taking it in front of first slip. He moved so early and got into a perfect position to get both bucket hands safely around the fas
  
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• Mohammed Siraj accuses Australia’s Head of abuse and lying after India loss

  08-12-2024 06:37
  Words exchanged following wicket in second TestBowler claims Head lied in press conferenceTravis Head says he won’t allow accusations of lying from India firebrand Mohammed Siraj ruin Australia’s second Test triumph.The batter has admitted swearing at Siraj during their tense flashpoint at Adelaide Oval on Saturday. Siraj gave century-maker Head a send-off and the Australian responded with some choice words. Continue reading...
  
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• India’s Mohammed Siraj accuses Travis Head of abuse and lying after Test send-off

  08-12-2024 06:37
  
  Words exchanged following wicket on day two of second TestIndian quick claims Head lied in post-match interview in AdelaideIndia firebrand Mohammed Siraj has accused Travis Head of lying, and abusing him in their heated clash during the second Test. Siraj gave Australia’s century maker Head a send-off on Saturday in the second Test in Adelaide and could face sanction from the International Cricket Council.Head expressed disappointment in the Indian fast bowler after receiving a verbal barr
  
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• Australia v India: second men’s cricket Test, day three – live

  08-12-2024 05:52
  
  Updates from the day-night clash at Adelaide OvalAny thoughts? Get in touch with an email26th over: India 134-6 (Nitish 20, Ashwin 1) That was the dream start for Australia, and with Pant surely goes any hope India have of making this match anything bordering on a contest. Smith really did make that catch look simple, despite ending up taking it in front of first slip. He moved so early and got into a perfect position to get both bucket hands safely around the fast moving ball.Cummins opens from
  
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• Australia v India: second women’s cricket one-day international – live

  08-12-2024 05:48
  Updates from the ODI at Allan Border Field in BrisbaneAny thoughts? Get in touch with an email or on X @Jimbo_Cricket2nd over: Australia 7-0 (Litchfield 4, Voll 3) Voll gets her first chance to face a delivery and she starts with a little poke out to point, which is fielded easily, before a play and miss on a good ball from Thakor. She starts to look a little frustrated at her inability to pierce the field just yet, Litchfield comes down the pitch to offer a few words of support. Finally Thakor
  
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• Joe Root’s 36th Test century helps England claim series with big win over New Zealand

  08-12-2024 05:30
  2nd Test, D3: England, 280 & 427-6d, bt N Zealand, 125 & 259, by 323 runsHosts unable to make major inroads after being set 583 to win England could scarcely have been made to feel more welcome in New Zealand, be it a warm-up game tailored to their specifications in Queenstown, those eight dropped catches in Christchurch, or the cheery ground announcer regaling spectators with Harry Brook’s eye-popping statistics throughout. Whatever happens on the other side of the Tasman this tim
  
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• England thrash New Zealand by 323 runs: second men’s cricket Test, day three – as it happened

  08-12-2024 05:29
  
  Joe Root made his 36th Test century as England crushed New Zealand inside three days to seal a fine series victorySome local colour for you, thanks to Ali: the locals call the divots “scallops.” And the players are out, off we go!The pitch experts gaze at the sweet New Zealand dirt: “There are some divots in the pitch, which means the pitch is drying out.” Continue reading...
  
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• England power to series win in New Zealand

  08-12-2024 05:04 via bbc.com
  
  England power to a series win over New Zealand with an emphatic 323-run victory inside three days of the second Test in Wellington.
  
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• Australia v India: second men’s Test, day three – live

  08-12-2024 04:15
  Updates from the day-night clash at Adelaide OvalPlay starts in Adelaide at 2.30pm local/3pm AEDTAny thoughts? Get in touch with an emailHello everybody and welcome to the third, and probably final, day’s play of the second Test from Adelaide. India will resume their second innings 128-5, still 29 runs away from making Australia bat again.That Australia are in such a commanding position is due mostly to the brilliance of Travis Head. The hometown hero delighted 50,000 of his fellow South A
  
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