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• Clare Connor and Nathan Leamon may vie to be ECB’s director of cricket

  18-10-2018 19:00
  • Head of women’s game and lead analyst have impressed
  • Andrew Strauss to assist in search for his successorThe search for the new director of England cricket officially starts on Friday with Clare Connor, head of the women’s game, and Nathan Leamon, the national team’s lead analyst, two of the more eye-catching names said to be in contention.Andrew Strauss called time on a three-year spell in charge of the England men’s teams this month as his wife, Ruth, cont
  
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• Shaun Marsh departs early as Australia face second Test defeat to Pakistan

  18-10-2018 18:56
  • Day three: Pakistan 282 & 400-9d; Australia 145 & 47-1
  • Marsh out early after Australians were set 538 to win In the early evening Abu Dhabi sunlight, in a wash of warm mango colour that lit up the grass and the grandstands of the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, we may just have seen the last of Shaun Marsh’s Test career. Related: Danish Kaneria admits guilt in Mervyn Westfield spot-fixing case after six years Have you ever seen anything like it? Azhar Ali was run out in the str
  
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• Watch: Pakistan batsman run out in bizarre circumstances

  18-10-2018 16:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali is run out in bizarre circumstances, after mistakenly thinking the ball had reached the boundary on the third day of the second Test with Australia.
  
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• Pakistan v Australia: Azhar Ali is run out in bizarre circumstances

  18-10-2018 16:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali is run out in bizarre circumstances, after mistakenly thinking the ball had reached the boundary on the third day of the second Test with Australia.
  
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• I'll bat anywhere - Denly prepared to open in Tests for England

  18-10-2018 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Joe Denly is not ruling out opening the England batting in the Tests against Sri Lanka - nine years after his last cap, in an ODI.
  
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• Rain fails to dampen Australian spirit in opening women's ODI against Pakistan

  18-10-2018 12:09
  Pakistan 95 (37.2 overs); Australia 95-5 (22.2 overs)Australia begin tour of Malaysia with five-wicket winAustralia opened their five-match ODI series with Pakistan with a five-wicket win in a rain-affected clash in Malaysia. After dismissing Pakistan for 95 in 37.2 overs, Australia chased down their target with 112 balls to spare to bank a predictable victory.There was a slight scare during at Kinrara Oval in Kuala Lumpur when Australia lost three wickets for just 12 runs to slip to 52-3 but to
  
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• Danish Kaneria admits guilt in Mervyn Westfield spot-fixing case after six years

  18-10-2018 12:06
  Kaneria apologises to Westfield, who was jailed in 2012‘You cannot live a life with lies,’ says former Pakistan spinnerDanish Kaneria has admitted his role in a spot-fixing case involving his former Essex teammate Mervyn Westfield, more than six years after he was banned by the England and Wales Cricket Board.Westfield was jailed for four months in 2012 after pleading guilty to accepting a payment to concede a set number of runs off an over in a limited-overs match against Durham in
  
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• Kaneria admits to spot-fixing after six years

  18-10-2018 11:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Pakistan leg spinner Danish Kaneria admits to spot-fixing while at Essex, ending six years of denial.
  
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• Robert Croft departure sad day for Glamorgan - chief executive Hugh Morris

  18-10-2018 10:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Glamorgan chief executive Hugh Morris pays tribute to departing head coach Robert Croft, who leaves the Welsh county after three decades.
  
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