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• England edge past West Indies to clinch T20 series

  15-11-2024 01:48 via bbc.com
  
  Liam Livingstone is dropped three times before taking England to a series-clinching three-wicket win over West Indies in the third T20.
  
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• Australia set Pakistan 148 to win: second Twenty20 international – live

  16-11-2024 11:12
  
  Updates from the second game of the series at the SCGAny thoughts? Feel free to get in touch on emailHaris Rauf comes into the attack. Short works him for two to bring up the fifty in just 3.1 overs, a record for Australia in T20 cricket. Pakistan are already in death-bowling mode, with lots of variations, and it has brought the first wicket.Fraser-McGurk is hit in the gut by a slower ball, then swats a very short ball high over extra cover. Salman Agha backpedals to take an excellent catch; Fra
  
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• Bottom side Strikers ease past Hurricanes - WBBL scorecard

  16-11-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Latest scorecard from the Women's Big Bash League match between Adelaide Strikers and Hobart Hurricanes at Adelaide Oval.
  
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• Tilak and Samson centuries seal India T20 series win

  15-11-2024 21:02 via bbc.com
  
  Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma hit unbeaten centuries to lead India to a 135-run thrashing of South Africa in Johannesburg and a 3-1 T20 series victory.
  
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• The Guardian view on Testing times: Cricket’s traditions are being clean bowled by cash | Editorial

  15-11-2024 18:31
  Old-school charm faces off against big-money leagues, as short-form tournaments threaten to sideline theold orderTwo cricketing worlds collide next week. Australia and India meet on Friday in Perth in the opening Test of what promises to be an epic encounter – the first five-match series between the two great rivals since 1991-92. Five-match Test series used to be the norm. However, with the exception of England v Australia, they have become rare. One‑day cricket, and&
  
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• Archer not in IPL auction but Anderson shortlisted

  15-11-2024 16:44 via bbc.com
  
  England fast bowler Jofra Archer is not shortlisted for the Indian Premier League auction for 2025 but James Anderson is included.
  
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• Aussie legend Bradman's baggy green cap to be sold

  15-11-2024 16:12 via bbc.com
  
  An Australia cap belonging to legendary batter Sir Donald Bradman will be sold as at auction in Sydney on 3 December.
  
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• Tongue joins Lions squad on return from injury

  15-11-2024 13:42 via bbc.com
  
  England fast bowler Josh Tongue will step up his return from a 15-month injury lay-off by joining the Lions on their tour of South Africa.
  
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• Avram Glazer 'pushes ahead' with £650m takeover deal as Man Utd co-owner holds meetings

  15-11-2024 12:34 via express.co.uk
  
  Manchester United's co-owner Avram Glazer is one of six candidates left battling to invest in Lord's-based cricket franchise London Spirit
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: title winners, record breakers and coaching errors

  15-11-2024 09:00
  Test your recall of rugby union, football, tennis, NFL, boxing and more with our weekly quiz Continue reading...
  
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• England beat West Indies to take 3-0 lead and win men’s T20 series – as it happened

  15-11-2024 02:17
  
  England beat West Indies by three wickets to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match T20 seriesThe toss will take place at 8.30pm GMT. So play to commence shortly after that.Looks like the covers are coming off. Hurrah! Continue reading...
  
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• Sam Curran adds calm amid chaos as England seal T20 series victory over West Indies

  15-11-2024 02:06
  
  Third T20i: England 149-7 beat West Indies 145-8Curran blasts 41 off 26 balls to revive run chaseThey said St Lucia was a run-scoring paradise. Tonight, they were wrong, as England had to scrap to overhaul West Indies’ meagre total of 145-8 for a three-wicket win and a first away T20 series triumph in two years.For the sixth match of the tour, the team that won the toss, won the game. But this result was not decided by the flip of a coin as West Indies hit self-destruct in the powerplay to
  
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• NZ's Southee to retire from Tests after England series

  15-11-2024 01:26 via bbc.com
  
  Former New Zealand Test captain Tim Southee will retire from the format next month following the three-match series against England
  
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• Renegades beat Stars by nine runs in Melbourne derby - WBBL scorecard

  15-11-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Latest scorecard from the Women's Big Bash League match between Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
  
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• West Indies v England: third men’s T20 cricket international – live

  14-11-2024 21:12
  
  Updates from St Lucia; match starts at 8pm GMTAustralia beat Pakistan in T20 slog | Email MichaelLooks like the covers are coming off. Hurrah!Liam Livingstone was talking earlier today about this pitch having more pace and bounce than the one in Barbados, so it should be a lively game when things get underway. Continue reading...
  
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• Glenn Maxwell and Australia bowlers power home in rain-shortened T20 slog

  14-11-2024 13:22
  
  Australia 93-4; Pakistan 64-9 (seven overs each)Game at the Gabba delayed after lightning and rainGlenn Maxwell went wild with the bat, then Xavier Bartlett ripped apart Pakistan’s top order as Australia dominated a seven-over Gabba Twenty20 slog to win by 29 runs.Lightning and heavy rain reduced Thursday’s series opener in Brisbane to a seven-overs-a-side contest, and it was one-way traffic as soon as Maxwell (43 off 19) strode to the crease. His brazen innings featured boundaries t
  
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• Australia beat Pakistan in shortened first Twenty20 international – as it happened

  14-11-2024 13:06
  Glenn Maxwell hits 43 off 19 balls at the Gabba as Australia go 1-0 up in the T20I seriesHopefully the worst of the storms are passing to the north of the ground. We may be able to get a shortened game in, I’ll bring you any official news as soon as we get it.The latest we can start is is 8:30 PM (AEDT) Time) and that’ll be for a 5-over Slogapalooza.He pauses when I ask what would have happened to him without cricket. “It’s a great question,” Anderson says. “I
  
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• Australia beat Pakistan in shortened first T20 – as it happened

  14-11-2024 13:06
  Glenn Maxwell hits 43 off 19 balls at the Gabba as Australia go 1-0 up in the T20I series against PakistanHopefully the worst of the storms are passing to the north of the ground. We may be able to get a shortened game in, I’ll bring you any official news as soon as we get it.The latest we can start is is 8:30 PM (AEDT) Time) and that’ll be for a 5-over Slogapalooza.He pauses when I ask what would have happened to him without cricket. “It’s a great question,” Anders
  
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• Australia beat Pakistan in shortened first Twenty20 international – live

  14-11-2024 12:55
  
  Updates from the first T20 of the series at the GabbaThe crickets starts in Brisbane at 6pm/7pm AEDTAny thoughts? Email or get in touch on X @Jimbo_CricketHopefully the worst of the storms are passing to the north of the ground. We may be able to get a shortened game in, I’ll bring you any official news as soon as we get it.The latest we can start is is 8:30 PM (AEDT) Time) and that’ll be for a 5-over Slogapalooza.He pauses when I ask what would have happened to him without cricket.
  
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• Some teams 'yet to pay players World Cup prize money'

  14-11-2024 12:40 via bbc.com
  
  Some teams from this year's men's T20 World Cup are yet to pay players their full prize money, according to the World Cricketers' Association.
  
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• Winfield-Hill joins England coaching team for Women's Ashes

  14-11-2024 11:11 via bbc.com
  
  Australian-born Courtney Winfield-Hill will join England's coaching team this winter for the tour of South Africa and Women's Ashes down under.
  
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• Past lessons can be learned as Australia’s ageing Test line-up looms as headache | Martin Pegan

  14-11-2024 02:11
  
  With just one player under 30 in the XI that will face India in next week’s first Test, there is a clear need for more red-ball candidates to emergeAustralian cricket has had several reminders that Father Time remains undefeated. The lingering effects of an end for every cricketer and every era have been hammered home in recent decades as fallow years have followed bumper crops of all-conquering Australians. Yet it remains to be seen whether the lessons of the past have truly been learned
  
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• Australia beat Pakistan in shortened first T20 - scorecard

  14-11-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Latest scorecard from the first Twenty20 international between Australia and Pakistan at the Gabba in Brisbane.
  
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• India vs South Africa cricket clash interrupted as thousands of flying ants cause chaos

  13-11-2024 18:32 via express.co.uk
  
  The match between India and South Africa was interrupted for a bizarre reason.
  
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• Warwickshire wicketkeeper Burgess retires

  13-11-2024 17:20 via bbc.com
  
  Warwickshire release wicketkeeper Michael Burgess to allow him to pursue a career outside the game, and former fast bowler Liam Norwell also retires.
  
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• Pears sign Notts spinner Singh on three-year deal

  13-11-2024 13:45 via bbc.com
  
  Worcestershire sign Nottinghamshire spinner Fateh Singh on a three-year deal, following his loan spell at New Road in the 2024 season.
  
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• The Spin | Keeping cricket societies buoyant through winter is vital for future of the sport

  13-11-2024 11:53
  Off-season events need more support with the English game going through its latest existential crisisHidden behind trees in the gloom of dimly lit street lamps, the Lees Hall Golf Club is easy to miss on a dank autumnal evening. As I park – having turned around after initially driving straight past – and step out of my car, the only signs of life in the deserted car park come from another vehicle out of which two men in their later years emerge.“Is this the right place for the
  
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• How Jersey's World Cup dream is being forged down under

  13-11-2024 08:23 via bbc.com
  
  How some of Jersey's best cricketers have moved to Australia to try and help their chances of making the T20 World Cup.
  
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• Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in rain-affected first ODI - scorecard

  13-11-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Latest scorecard from the first one-day international between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Dambulla.
  
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• India beat SA to lead T20 series 2-1 - scorecard

  13-11-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Latest scorecard from the third Twenty20 international between South Africa and India at Centurion.
  
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