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• Fear of an Ashes loss gets Australia’s selectors spooked | Geoff Lemon

  17-11-2017 22:00
  The squad for the first two Tests has prompted criticism but the problem isn’t decisions made. It’s the spurious justifications givenOne of sport’s great passions is raging at selectors. It’s not a job that wins praise. But something is more deeply awry on the Australian panel than disagreement, a malaise that has persisted through changes of personnel.The problem isn’t decisions made. It’s the spurious justifications given. It’s the complete lack of any
  
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• Jake Ball steps into England mix for first Ashes Test in a moon boot

  17-11-2017 19:05
  • Medical staff praised after bowler recovered from strained ankle ligaments
  • Craig Overton was hoping for Test debut against Australia at the GabbaJake Ball has belatedly entered England’s selection shake-up for the opening Test in Brisbane next week after what was on Friday described as miracle work by the squad’s support staff.Paul Farbrace, the assistant coach, said Ball was “absolutely definitely in the mix” to deny Craig Overton a debut at the Gabba with
  
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• Crushing Ashes defeat triggers England inquest and burnout a key concern | Vithushan Ehantharajah

  17-11-2017 18:23
  Australia’s unassailable 8-4 lead in the multi-format Women’s Ashes has left an inconsolable England wondering how it all went so wrongA lace through cover from Beth Mooney, an embrace from her stand-in captain, Rachel Haynes, and a home dugout emptying on to the outfield at North Sydney Oval. As Australia celebrated a win in the opening Twenty20 that secured an unassailable 8-4 lead in the multi-format Women’s Ashes, England were inconsolable. With two matches left in this fin
  
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• Crash and burn: inquest begins as world champions England flop in Ashes | Vithushan Ehantharajah

  17-11-2017 18:23
  Australia’s unassailable 8-4 lead in the multi-format Women’s Ashes has left an inconsolable England wondering how it all went so wrongA lace through cover from Beth Mooney, an embrace from her stand-in captain, Rachel Haynes, and a home dugout emptying on to the outfield at North Sydney Oval. As Australia celebrated a win in the opening Twenty20 that secured an unassailable 8-4 lead in the multi-format Women’s Ashes, England were inconsolable. With two matches left in this fin
  
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• Women's Ashes: England 'emotional' after Australia retain Ashes

  17-11-2017 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  England's Tammy Beaumont says there is "a lot of emotion" in the camp after Australia retain the Women's Ashes.
  
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• 'The selectors are morons' - are Australia in worse shape than England?

  17-11-2017 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  A keeper who doesn't keep and six players dropped - why Australia's "moronic" selectors may have given England a timely boost before the Ashes.
  
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• ‘I was surprised how much everyone drank’: shared memories of the 1982-83 Ashes tour

  17-11-2017 16:17
  Thirty-five years ago the England all-rounder Vic Marks and Guardian cricket correspondent Matthew Engel went on their first Ashes tour. As Marks prepares to travel to Australia again, now doing Engel’s former job, they swap storiesMatthew Engel I was so naive about Australia I remember thinking hard whether I needed to pack a sweater or not. I never realised how cold Australia could be when the wind blows the wrong way.Vic Marks I pitched up at Lord’s to set off on this adventure wi
  
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• Australia beat England by six wickets to retain Women's Ashes: first T20 – as it happened

  17-11-2017 12:32
  Australia retain the Ashes with six-wicket win
  Beth Mooney’s 86* leads successful chase of 133Match report: Mooney stars as Australia retain Women’s Ashes 11.32am GMTJoin us again on Sunday for the second ODI. In the meantime, here’s Adam Collins’ match report:Related: Beth Mooney stars as Australia beat England to retain Women’s Ashes11.29am GMT Related: Beth Mooney stars as Australia beat England to retain Women’s Ashes11.15am GMT“We were always playin
  
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• Beth Mooney stars as Australia beat England to retain Women’s Ashes

  17-11-2017 12:23
  • Australia win by six wickets in Sydney
  • First T20: Australia 134-4; England 132-9The Women’s Ashes trophy will remain in Australia, the hosts romping home to a six-wicket victory with 25 balls to spare in their first of three T20 internationals against England.With 133 needed for victory, Beth Mooney did not mess around. She took 14 off Katherine Brunt’s first over and never relented across a magnificent unbeaten hand of 86 in 56 balls. Related: Australia beat England by
  
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• Ashes: England star Jimmy Anderson urged to improve against Australia by Glenn McGrath

  17-11-2017 12:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  ASHES veteran and Australia hero Glenn McGrath has urged Jimmy Anderson for his record Down Under.
  
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• Dawid Malan steps up with England century on ‘mixed’ day at final warm-up

  17-11-2017 11:39
  • Day three: Cricket Australia XI 250 & 121-3; England 515
  • Malan continues fine form with first ever century for EnglandPaul Farbrace described England’s penultimate day of Ashes warm-ups as “mixed” – and he was right. The day dawned with causes for optimism in Australia’s squad for the first two Tests – a new-look top seven, a coach with a more recent hundred than the keeper, and no fifth bowler. England then racked up 515 and a first innings
  
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• Australia chasing 133 against England to retain Women's Ashes: first T20 – live!

  17-11-2017 11:26
  Updates from North Sydney Oval and the first of three T20sAustralia require 133 to retain the AshesGet in touch with Vish on email or via Twitter @Vitu_E 10.26am GMT8th over: Australia 69-1 (Mooney 45, Villani 16) Alex Hartley, the second of England’s left-arm twirlers, comes in but she’s not able to stem the tide. Villani’s the aggressor, here, as she takes a step out to a side-spinner and plants it back over Hartley’s head for six. Then, perhaps the shot of the day: aga
  
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• Australia v England: Women's Ashes first Twenty20 – live!

  17-11-2017 09:42
  Updates from North Sydney Oval and the first of three T20sGet in touch with Adam on email or via Twitter @collinsadam 8.41am GMT6th over: England 28-4 (Sciver 1, Wyatt 10)Boom, boom! Wyatt takes Jonassen on twice in two balls down the ground, the pocket-rocket depositing both over her head for boundaries. Her first chance to bat in this Women’s Ashes series and she isn’t going to die wondering. Down the track for a single through the covers. This is the last over of the power play, s
  
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• England vs Australia LIVE stream: How to watch Women’s Ashes T20s on TV and online

  17-11-2017 08:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE first Twenty20 international between Australia and England at the North Sydney Oval kicks off today - here’s how to watch it.
  
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• India vs Sri Lanka LIVE stream: How to watch Test match online and on TV

  17-11-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  INDIA host Sri Lanka in the first of a three-game Test series in Kolkata - and here is how you can watch the match live.
  
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• India vs Sri Lanka LIVE scorecard: Keep up to date with the first Test in Kolkata

  17-11-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  INDIA host Sri Lanka in a three-match Test series which gets underway today - keep up to date with the score with Express Sport.
  
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• Ashes: Australia name much-changed squad for first two Tests against England

  17-11-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  AUSTRALIA revealed their Ashes hand and appear to be in full panic mode after naming a much-changed squad for the first two Tests against England.
  
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