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• Women's Ashes success a turning point in public interest

  21-11-2017 23:45
  Attendance and viewing figures show that women’s cricket is capturing the Australian public’s imagination like never beforeIn July this year, everyone said that the World Cup final felt like a turning point. You don’t get 27,000 people to a women’s cricket match and not think that something extraordinary is going on. But the truth of turning points is that you can’t in the moment judge whether they’re real or perceived. It has taken the Women’s Ashes in
  
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• Ashes pressure is on Australia not England before first Test, insists Root

  21-11-2017 23:38
  • Captain brushes aside ‘bizarre’ claims tourists will be haunted by whitewash• Jake Ball’s return to full fitness suggests XI for the Gabba are settledJoe Root has offered a pointed reminder to Australia’s emboldened players that for all their talk of reopening psychological scars before Thursday’s first Test at the Gabba, it is England who have been the dominant force during recent Ashes encounters.The buildup to the opener in Brisbane has been awash wit
  
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• Australia v England, Ashes 2017-18: Guardian writers’ predictions

  21-11-2017 19:12
  Who will win and by how much? Who will excite and what will annoy? Can Joe Root outscore Steve Smith? Will Mitchell Starc or Jimmy Anderson dominate?Vic Marks: Australia – because they usually do. England have won there once in their last seven tours. Related: England squad’s novice look masks depth of experience playing in Australia | Andy BullRelated: ‘All the talking is done’: Ashes adversaries are ready for deeds not wordsRelated: Ashes 2017-18: player-by-player guide
  
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• Channel Nine cricket commentary team's lack of diversity is out of touch | Kate O'Halloran

  21-11-2017 18:00
  The white, middle-aged male banter is emblematic of the culture of privilege that pervades Australia’s favourite sportsMeet our #Ashes commentary team. pic.twitter.com/5OP6KLsqjy Related: Danni Wyatt hundred gives England T20 win over Australia to tie seriesRelated: Crushing Ashes defeat triggers England inquest and burnout a key concern | Vithushan EhantharajahContinue reading...
  
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• Alastair Cook: 'You wouldn't want to be the Australian side that loses at the Gabba' – video

  21-11-2017 17:46
  Former captain Alastair Cook insists that 'records are there to be broken' as England look for a first win at the Gabba since 1986. England have won four of the five last Ashes series, but are without all-rounder Ben Stokes following his arrest in September. Australia have an injury concern of their own in opening batsman David Warner, but he is clear that his neck problem won't prevent him from playing Continue reading...
  
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• Shiv Thakor sacked by Derbyshire after exposing himself to two women

  21-11-2017 17:20
  • Derbyshire terminate contract after guilty verdict
  • ‘The club is opposed to sexual harassment in any form’Derbyshire County Cricket Club has terminated Shiv Thakor’s contract with immediate effect after the cricketer was found guilty of exposing himself to two women.“The club expects the highest standards of behaviour from all its staff and is opposed to sexual harassment in any form,” Derbyshire stated on their website. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘All the talking is done’: Ashes adversaries are ready for deeds not words

  21-11-2017 15:00
  The phoney war was certainly ratcheted up a notch by Nathan Lyon but with the first ball at the Gabba fast approaching it is time to focus on what really may happen in the middle over the next seven weeksTo universal relief the phoney war is coming to an end. As Alastair Cook put it, “All the talking is done by Thursday” though he added that 95% of it passes him by anyway since he somehow seems to survive without being on social media. “But I did see that Luton won 7-0,”
  
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• The Gabba Pool Deck: just a way to get women in bikinis into an Ashes Test match

  21-11-2017 13:11
  The pool in the Brisbane stadium, which hosts this week’s first Ashes Test, is supposed to get new people interested in cricket – but some think it could be a distraction for the playersName: The Pool Deck.Age: One year. Continue reading...
  
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• Women's Ashes: England beat Australia to win third T20 – as it happened

  21-11-2017 12:49
  England win by four wickets at Canberra’s Manuka Oval
  Tourists draw level on points at 8-8 but Ashes remains in Australia 11.49am GMT Related: Danni Wyatt hundred gives England T20 win over Australia to tie series11.08am GMTWhat. A. Game. Not just from Mooney, but Wyatt as well. Duelling banjoes, duelling hundreds, and a pulsating finish to this series. Imagine England had won on Friday, and this game was for the whole bag of prizes? 11.04am GMTYes, it’s the Crazy 88 for Australia an
  
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• Danni Wyatt hundred gives England T20 win over Australia to tie series

  21-11-2017 12:36
  • Australia 178-2; England 181-6 – England win by four wickets
  • Mooney also hits century for Australia but tourists level seriesThrough the most daring of hands, Danni Wyatt has steered England to the least likely of victories, the visitors ending their Women’s Ashes campaign by knocking off the highest successful run chase in the history of women’s Twenty20 Internationals. In turn, Heather Knight’s side now fly home having levelled the overall series on eight
  
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• Women's Ashes: England beat Australia to win third T20 – live!

  21-11-2017 12:00
  Updates from the final match of the series at Canberra’s Manuka Oval
  Get in touch with Geoff on email or via Twitter @GeoffLemonSport11.00am GMT19 overs: England 181-6 (Wilson 1, Shrubsole 4)Let me recap - England started that 19th over needing 8 to win. The first ball, Wyatt went down, stumps everywhere. The second was a wide down leg, reducing the target to 7. The third was back to the bowler. The fourth was Wilson edging behind point, with a fielder running back but unable to get there.
  
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• England squad’s novice look masks depth of experience playing in Australia | Andy Bull

  21-11-2017 11:17
  Many of England’s squad have not played a Test in Australia but most have experience of conditions there and will be ready for the Ashes challengeBack in 1949 John Arlott tried to work out exactly why the Ashes feels so much more special than England’s other Test series. He decided that it was not just that the rivalry had been running so long, or that Australia had so often been the better team, but because of their attitude towards the sport. “Australianism,” Arlott cal
  
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• Australia v England: Women's Ashes third T20 – live!

  21-11-2017 09:18
  Updates from the final match of the series at Canberra’s Manuka Oval
  Get in touch with Adam on email or via Twitter @collinsadam 8.18am GMT2nd over: Australia 12-0 (Mooney 9, Healy 2) Ecclestone, Sophie. From the Cathedral or Manuka Shops End. I love a joint with multiple names for their ends. Especially one named after some shops. Very Canberra. Nice stride in from Healy, taking one to cover. Looking solid early for her part. Mooney uses her feet wonderfully later in the over, making perf
  
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• Ashes 2017-18: England's Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes and Jonny Bairstow take on Birmingham street cricketers

  21-11-2017 09:14 via bbc.co.uk
  England cricketers Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow and Chris Woakes rock up in Sparkhill, Birmingham to take on a group of young street cricketers at their own game.
  
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• David Warner fires shots at Ben Stokes as Australian's fitness thrown into doubt

  21-11-2017 06:28
  Opening batsman says Stokes has let his team and country downAustralian suffers neck injury and appearance in first Ashes Test not assured David Warner has accused Ben Stokes of letting England down through his Ashes absence. But the Australian opener has also seen his own participation in Thursday’s first Test thrown into doubt after suffering a neck injury during the host nation’s penultimate training session. Warner, so important to Steve Smith’s team given his aggressive ap
  
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