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• Morne Morkel reaches milestone as South Africa gain advantage over Australia

  23-03-2018 18:23
  South Africa 311; Australia 245-9Morkel takes 300th career wicketSeamer Morne Morkel claimed his 300th career wicket as South Africa edged ahead in the third Test on Friday when they reduced Australia to 245 for nine at the close on the second day, still 66 runs behind their hosts’ first innings score at Newlands. Tim Paine (33) and Josh Hazlewood (1) will resume on the third morning, seeking to reduce the deficit further on a wicket with bounce and some seam movement, and in the knowledge
  
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• England need to ditch Trevor Bayliss for a Test tsar with extended power | Barney Ronay

  23-03-2018 17:38
  The ECB could do much worse than rotate the head coach out of Test cricket and appoint someone such as Nasser Hussain or Alec Stewart to promote the red-ball gameThe real problem, in the end, was how little it seemed to be a problem. As England’s cricketers prodded their way to a strangely immobile 58 all out in Auckland, the Test team’s lowest ever first innings score on a covered pitch, the TV cameras kept flitting around in search of some defining note of crisis, settling with a s
  
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• Ireland v Afghanistan: How Afghan batsmen chased down target- highlights

  23-03-2018 16:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch Afghanistan chase down their run target to beat Ireland and reach the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
  
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• Afghanistan beat Ireland to World Cup place

  23-03-2018 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland miss out on a World Cup place as Afghanistan prevail by five wickets in the winner-takes-all Super Sixes match in Harare.
  
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• Ireland v Afghanistan: Najibullah Zadran hits huge six to secure World Cup place

  23-03-2018 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Afghanistan's Najibullah Zadran hits a six out of the ground to all but secure victory over Ireland and send his country to the World Cup.
  
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• Afghanistan hold nerve to beat Ireland and reach Cricket World Cup

  23-03-2018 15:56
  • Ireland 209-7; Afghanistan 213-5; Afghanistan win by five wickets
  • Ireland miss out on World Cup for the first time since 2003Ireland will not participate at next year’s World Cup after suffering an agonising defeat to Afghanistan in their all-or-nothing encounter in Harare.The two latest full member nations of the International Cricket Council were both vying for a place in England and Wales next summer as the qualification tournament reached its climax, and it was Afghanista
  
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• Watch as Mohammad Shahzad hits huge six for Afghanistan against Ireland

  23-03-2018 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Afghanistan's Mohammad Shahzad hits a six out of the ground during their World Cup qualifier against Ireland.
  
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• David Warner has row with FAN as security step in to stop major BUST-UP at Australia Test

  23-03-2018 12:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  AUSTRALIA batsman David Warner was involved in another confrontation during the third Test against South Africa – this time with a supporter.
  
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• Nat Sciver stars as England's women cruise to T20 victory over Australia

  23-03-2018 10:31
  Australia 149-8; England 150-2 – England win by eight wicketsNat Sciver and Tammy Beaumont secure comfortable winHalf-centuries from Natalie Sciver and Tammy Beaumont in Mumbai guided England to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Australia in the women’s T20 Tri-Series in Mumbai. After winning the toss and opting to field, England restricted Australia to 149 for eight, despite the hosts’ stand-in captain Rachael Haynes top-scoring with 65, as Jenny Gunn plundered three wic
  
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• New Zealand’s Kane Williamson reaches landmark against England before rain hits

  23-03-2018 10:05
  • First Test: England 58; New Zealand 229-4
  • Williamson hits record 18th Test hundred before rain ends playEngland were powerless to stop Kane Williamson registering a New Zealand record 18th Test century on a rain-wrecked second day of the day-night Test at Eden Park.Williamson, who made 102, completed his century, going one above team-mate Ross Taylor and Martin Crowe, before James Anderson saw him off with the second new ball. Related: New Zealand v England: first Test, day two &nd
  
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• New Zealand’s Kane Williamson gives England a lesson before rain hits

  23-03-2018 10:05
  • First Test: England 58; New Zealand 229-4
  • Williamson hits record 18th Test hundred before rain ends playEngland had a much better second day here. This was mainly due to the fact that they did not have to bat and they had to bowl only 23.1 overs, during which time they dismissed New Zealand’s best batsman, Kane Williamson. However, there are still some scars that need urgent attention.Their batsmen have had plenty of time to contemplate how they might atone for their pitiful
  
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• England women canter to opening tri-series win over Australia

  23-03-2018 09:20 via bbc.co.uk
  England women produce a polished all-round display to coast past Australia in their T20 tri-series opener.
  
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• New Zealand v England: first Test, day two – as it happened

  23-03-2018 09:18
  Just 23.1 overs were bowled and one wicket fell as rain hindered New Zealand’s progress on the second day of the first Test 9.07am GMTRelated: New Zealand’s Kane Williamson reaches landmark against England before rain hits8.18am GMT I don’t think there will be any more updates today, so with that I will bid you adieu. It’s been, well, soggy, and also a little frustrating. We’ll be back for more tomorrow. Bye! 8.14am GMT Further scheduling news: play will start at th
  
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• New Zealand v England: first Test, day two – live!

  23-03-2018 02:42
  Over-by-over coverage of day two’s action in Auckland‘It’s just total panic’: Matt Prior on the anatomy of a collapseEmail Tim with any thoughts or tweet him @TimdeLisle 1.42am GMT 78th over: NZ 197-3 (Williamson 100, Nicholls 36) It’s all not happening here. Broadband doing a good impression of dial-up, and now the telly’s on the blink too. Serves me right for being with Richard Branson. Back in Auckland, Anderson came on but even that didn’t stop Willi
  
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• New Zealand vs England scorecard: Live score from first Test as Ben Stokes returns

  23-03-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND face New Zealand in the first Test on Thursday and you can follow the score LIVE right here.
  
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• New Zealand vs England LIVE stream: How to watch first Test online and on TV

  23-03-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND play New Zealand in the first Test on Thursday - here’s how you can watch cricket live.
  
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• IPL 2018: When does it start? Match schedule, live stream, TV channel

  23-03-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE IPL - or the Indian Premier League to give it its full name - is one of the world’s most lucrative cricket competitions and its opening match is one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the year.
  
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