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• ECB must balance 'censure & support' with Stokes - chief executive Harrison

  07-11-2017 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  English cricket bosses must strike a balance "between censure and support" once they conclude their review into Ben Stokes' off-field conduct.
  
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• Stuart Broad aiming to bowl like Glenn McGrath in first Ashes Test at Brisbane

  07-11-2017 19:40
  England fast bowler took six first-innings wickets at the Gabba four years ago and is hoping he can again frustrate the Australia batsmen in the way McGrath used to do to the oppositionAs he readies himself for a return to Brisbane, where he holds a very special place in local spleens, Stuart Broad is happy sitting out the second of England’s three tour matches. While he “bowled like a drain” in Perth it is more important, he says, for batsmen to adapt to the pink ball than bow
  
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• Women's Ashes: the twilight zone Test that could swing the series | Mel Jones

  07-11-2017 18:00
  A few key moments, from the spin of a new ball to the first day-night switch, could decide this unpredictable, historic TestThe Mollie Dive Stand could not be a more appropriate backdrop for this week’s historic day-night Test match that could determine the destination of the women’s Ashes trophy. At North Sydney Oval, one of Australia’s oldest cricket grounds where white picket fence sit among grassed hills and heritage listed buildings, it’s both fitting and rare that o
  
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• Ian Westwood: Former Warwickshire skipper joins Edgbaston coaching staff

  07-11-2017 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Warwickshire create a new development coach role for retired former Bears captain Ian Westwood.
  
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• England call up Tom Curran to Ashes squad to replace injured Steven Finn

  07-11-2017 16:20
  • Finn discharged from squad after suffering knee ligament injury
  • Uncapped 22-year-old to compete with Ball and Overton for starting placeEngland have called up the uncapped seamer Tom Curran to replace Steven Finn, who has limped out of the Ashes tour before bowling a ball. Finn joined England’s lengthening list of fast bowling absentees after tearing cartilage in his left knee batting in the nets last week, with Curran beating off competition from Liam Plunkett and Tom Helm t
  
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• Ashes: England like 'kittens' without Ben Stokes - Sir Viv Richards

  07-11-2017 15:28 via bbc.co.uk
  England will look like "kittens" without all-rounder Ben Stokes in the Ashes in Australia, says West Indies legend Sir Viv Richards.
  
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• Ashes 2017-18: England like 'kittens' without Ben Stokes - Sir Viv Richards

  07-11-2017 15:28 via bbc.co.uk
  England will look like "kittens" without all-rounder Ben Stokes in the Ashes in Australia, says West Indies legend Sir Viv Richards.
  
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• England are off the Ashes pace and need Jimmy Anderson’s guile more than ever | The Spin

  07-11-2017 12:25
  Ashes lore suggests series in Australia are won by pace but for England’s depleted tourists the nous and experience of Anderson is their best hope“Remember, lad,” Len Hutton once told Ray Lindwall, “one day, we’ll have a fast bowler – and I hope that day isn’t too far off.” That was in 1950-51. Lindwall wasn’t so white-knuckle quick for Australia that year as he had been on England’s previous tour, in 1946-47, but he was still fast enou
  
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• Ashes 2017-18: England bowler Steven Finn ruled out of tour with injury

  07-11-2017 10:16 via bbc.co.uk
  England pace bowler Steven Finn is ruled out of the Ashes tour after scans reveal torn left knee cartilage.
  
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• Steven Finn’s Ashes tour over as he is discharged from squad with injury

  07-11-2017 09:59
  • Fast bowler had been called up as replacement for Ben Stokes
  • Liam Plunkett, Tom Helm, Tom Curran in frame to replace himSteven Finn’s Ashes tour is over after he was discharged from England’s squad with the left-knee injury that has kept him out of action for the last five days. He sustained the torn knee cartilage bending down while batting in the nets at England practice at Perth’s Richardson Park last Thursday.Finn was initially ruled out of England’s ope
  
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• Ashes 2017-18: Mitchell Starc takes second hat-trick for New South Wales

  07-11-2017 09:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia's leading paceman Mitchell Starc makes history by taking a second hat-trick for New South Wales in their win over Western Australia.
  
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• Ashes 2017-18: England to decide on Steven Finn's fitness in coming days

  07-11-2017 08:14 via bbc.co.uk
  England will decide on Steven Finn's fitness over the next few days but Moeen Ali "will be fine", says coach Trevor Bayliss.
  
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