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• England players must commit to new ideas or face axe, says Joe Root

  13-01-2018 23:01
  • Captain wants a plan put in place ahead of the series in New Zealand• Root confirms that he will one of 26 England players up for IPL auctionJoe Root has issued a stark warning that he will take a hard line on those England players who do not shape up as he looks to rebuild after relinquishing the Ashes. Speaking for the first time since Australia sealed an emphatic 4-0 series win in the final Test at the SCG, the Test captain stressed that he and those around him need to recalibrate
  
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• William Porterfield and Andrew Balbirnie hit tons as Ireland beat UAE by 67 runs

  13-01-2018 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  William Porterfield and Andrew Balbirnie post centuries as Ireland beat the UAE by 67 runs in the one-day international in Dubai.
  
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• Eoin Morgan working towards England’s long game before Australia ODI series | Vithushan Ehantharajah

  13-01-2018 12:20
  England’s ODI captain knows how important it is to separate the red and white ball portions of this tour before the series against AustraliaOn a Melbourne February morning in 2014, Eoin Morgan was perched on a bench outside the England team hotel nursing a coffee. He looked refreshed, though in that typical Morgan way, where gauging his mood would be a fool’s lot. Morgan sat, supped and watched the world go by while, within the walls behind him, English cricket was falling over itsel
  
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• Eoin Morgan working towards England’s long game before Australia ODI series

  13-01-2018 12:20
  England’s ODI captain knows how important it is to separate the red and white ball portions of this tour before the series against AustraliaOn a Melbourne February morning in 2014, Eoin Morgan was perched on a bench outside the England team hotel nursing a coffee. He looked refreshed, though in that typical Morgan way, where gauging his mood would be a fool’s lot. Morgan sat, supped and watched the world go by while, within the walls behind him, English cricket was falling over itsel
  
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• Why England are favourites for ODI series despite Ashes thrashing

  13-01-2018 10:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Thrashed in the Ashes and now facing the one-day world champions, England can nonetheless begin the one-day series in Australia with high hopes.
  
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• BBL: Mitchell Johnson blinder helps restrict Strikers in Alice Springs

  13-01-2018 08:57
  Perth bowl Adelaide out for 112In WBBL, Strikers made to work hard in their chase, winning with one ball to spareA one-handed screamer from Mitchell Johnson helped Ashton Agar to his best Big Bash League figures as Perth bowled Adelaide out for 112 in Alice Springs.Agar, two weeks ago called into the Australian squad as a back-up for the fifth Ashes Test, took 3-19 from his four overs on a spin-friendly Traeger Park wicket as Adelaide lost 8-33 to end their innings. Related: WBBL: Strikers beat
  
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• WBBL: Strikers beat Scorchers by six wickets with one ball to spare – as it happened

  13-01-2018 05:24
  Updates from the match at Traeger Park, Alice SpringsGet in touch with Adam on email or via Twitter @collinsadam4.24am GMT Cracking game. Proof that limited overs cricket doesn’t need to be high scoring tall the time. A lively surface and stinking hot conditions turned this into a scrap from the get-go with ball dominating bat for the most part throughout the 32 overs after a delayed start. That serves to underline what a clutch hand it was from Suzie Bates, who was never flustered. A clas
  
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• WBBL: Adelaide Strikers v Perth Scorchers – live!

  13-01-2018 03:07
  Updates from the match at Traeger Park, Alice SpringsGet in touch with Adam on email or via Twitter @collinsadam2.07am GMT Oh yes, the perfect slower ball yorker from Devine! Just after Sciver looked to have blown out the cobwebs with a lovely drive down the ground. But she’s copped a beauty there. The pace off, it has dipped on her from above the eyeline ala Ian Harvey.
  4th over: Perth Scorchers 22-2 (Bolton 5, Ebsary 0) 2.03am GMT 3rd over: Perth Scorchers 15-1 (Bolton 5, Sciver 8) A tru
  
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