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• Cricket corruption claims: Al Jazeera talking to Interpol about spot-fixing allegations

  23-10-2018 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The Al Jazeera journalist behind allegations that England players were involved in spot-fixing says the broadcaster is in discussions with Interpol.
  
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• England’s one-day series ends with record defeat and another cloudburst

  23-10-2018 19:40
  • Sri Lanka 366-6; England 132-9
  • Sri Lanka won by 219 runs (DLS): England won series 3-1It was just before 9pm local time when an almighty thunderstorm struck the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo but by this stage England had long since been washed away. Related: Joe Root and Eoin Morgan clinch England series win in Sri Lankan rainContinue reading...
  
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• England's record defeat not a setback, insists captain Morgan

  23-10-2018 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  England captain Eoin Morgan says he is not worried by his side's record 219-run defeat against Sri Lanka.
  
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• Dismal England fall to record 219-run ODI defeat

  23-10-2018 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  A dismal England fall to their heaviest defeat in one-day international cricket as Sri Lanka thrash the tourists by 219 runs in the final ODI in Colombo.
  
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• England suffer humiliating one-day defeat as rain halts Sri Lanka match

  23-10-2018 18:23
  • Tourists lose by 219 runs on Duckworth-Lewis-Stern
  • Sri Lanka’s total easily their biggest ever in the fixtureEngland were handed one of the biggest one-day defeats in their history as they ended a victorious series over Sri Lanka with a humbling loss in the fifth and final match. The tourists may be the deserved world No1 team and on their finest ever run of results in limited-overs cricket, but this crushing in Colombo was an unwelcome throwback to darker days. Related: Sri
  
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• Sri Lanka hammer England by 219 runs (DLS) in fifth ODI – as it happened

  23-10-2018 18:22
  A poor performance from England was pounced upon by Sri Lanka, who thrashed the tourists by 219 runs thanks to DLS, but England win the series 3-1 5.22pm BST And with that, we’ll leave you to enjoy your evening. Thanks for reading everyone - a pleasure as always. Join Rob Smyth for the only T20 international on Saturday. Cheers!5.21pm BST And here’s the match report. Some more extensive thoughts from Ali Martin in Colombo will follow.Related: England’s one-day series ends with
  
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• Sri Lanka set England 367 to win fifth ODI – live!

  23-10-2018 16:58
  Over-by-over report of the final ODI in ColomboThe Spin: women’s game to stand on own feet at World T20Send your emails to Nick here | Tweet @NickMiller79 3.58pm BST 20th over: England 119-5 (Stokes 65, S.Curran 1) - target 367 Stokes absolutely murders a couple of sweeps - one conventional, one reverse - to the boundary. Foolhardy or no, this is some effort. Meanwhile, Australia and Pakistan are quite literally playing for a biscuit. Brighto presents TUC Cup 2018 #PAKvAUS T20I series trop
  
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• Women’s cricket to stand on its own feet at milestone World Twenty20 | The Spin

  23-10-2018 13:00
  Previous five WWT20 tournaments hung on the coat-tails of the men’s event but now it is going it alone and deservedly soA few years ago, I took some friends along to watch a women’s Twenty20 match at the Oval – the precursor to the men’s match which would follow some hours later. As we entered the ground the security guard on the gate asked us why we were there. “For the cricket,” I replied, confused. “What cricket?” he replied. “The women&rs
  
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• Chris Liddle: Gloucestershire left-arm seamer signs one-year contract extension

  23-10-2018 12:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Gloucestershire left-arm seamer Chris Liddle signs a one-year contract extension for the 2019 season.
  
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• Australia play part in cricket history even as UAE's World Cup dream fades | Geoff Lemon

  23-10-2018 02:55
  The international T20 in Abu Dhabi was significant but it may have been a case of one step forward, two steps backIt probably wasn’t the biggest news of the cricket week that Australia would play the United Arab Emirates for the first time in any international format. But the Twenty20 match in Abu Dhabi on Monday was significant nonetheless, and heartening – a cricketing power making the effort to play a smaller team while preparing for a bigger series, in a manner that ideally would
  
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• Alyssa Healy blasts Australia to third ODI win over Pakistan

  23-10-2018 00:47
  Australia 324-7; Pakistan 235-7Healy hits 14 fours and two sixes in 75-ball 97A blistering 97 from opener Alyssa Healy paved the way for Australia’s 89-run win over Pakistan in their third women’s one-day international in Kuala Lumpur. Already with an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, the Australians showed no mercy in piling on 324-7 after winning the toss and electing to bat.After modest returns in the first two matches Healy tore apart the Pakistani attack with 14 f
  
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