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• Pressure mounts on David Peever as Cricket Australia ducks bouncers | Geoff Lemon

  30-10-2018 23:55
  An air of moral courage has been diluted given CA’s acceptance of accountability has included no concrete repercussionsThis time last year, after Cricket Australia’s disastrously failed attempt to force a reduced pay model on domestic professional cricketers, the instigator of that failure fronted the annual general meeting. Board chairman David Peever wasn’t facing many journalists, given the meeting was for some reason held in Brisbane rather than Melbourne. Those who were th
  
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• Cricket must show unity if battle against fixing is to be won | Andy Bull

  30-10-2018 22:01
  Al-Jazeera’s second expose prompted a slanging match with authorities but the question should be not whether spot-fixing exists but who is doing it and how oftenSeems like it was Mark Wood’s bad luck to draw a short straw last week. The day after al-Jazeera released the second part of their investigation into spot-fixing in cricket Wood was put up to talk to the press. He said the accusations reminded him of “the boy who cried wolf”. Maybe Wood always used to fall asleep
  
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• England bowlers toil as Sri Lanka Board XI make most of flat pitch

  30-10-2018 14:51
  • Sri Lanka Board XI 392-9
  • Joe Root utilises eight bowlers and three wicketkeepersAll was serenity in this leafy part of Colombo. A few miles away huge crowds gathered around government buildings near to England’s hotel to protest against the removal of the prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, by the president, Maithripala Sirisena, which is regarded by many here as the source of a constitutional crisis. But at the Nondescripts Cricket Club, the home of some of the greatest Sr
  
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• England use three wicketkeepers in tour match

  30-10-2018 14:05 via bbc.co.uk
  England use three wicketkeepers on the opening day of their two-day tour match against a Sri Lanka Board President's XI, who reach 329-9.
  
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• Jonny Bairstow is one bad series away from being under serious scrutiny | The Spin

  30-10-2018 13:41
  In early 2018 England’s Test team had a million problems but Bairstow wasn’t one. Now, something doesn’t feel rightIn May 2013, Matt Prior was named the England Men’s Cricketer of the Year. It was hard to think of a more impressive, reliable cricketer. Prior was selfless, resourceful, tough and brilliant. At 31, he was in his prime. Fourteen months later he played his last professional game. His achilles was a mess and his confidence was shot.Prior’s dramatic declin
  
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• Parkinson signs new Leicestershire deal

  30-10-2018 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Leicestershire spinner Callum Parkinson signs a new deal to keep him at the county until the end of the 2020 campaign.
  
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• Jack Taylor: Gloucestershire all-rounder extends contract

  30-10-2018 12:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Gloucestershire all-rounder Jack Taylor extends his contract and will remain at the club until the end of the 2021 season.
  
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• 'Ball-tampering bans on Australia trio should be lifted'

  30-10-2018 08:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft should have their bans lifted, says the Australian Cricketers' Association.
  
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• Sri Lanka v England: Pick your England team for first Test

  30-10-2018 07:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Who do you think should be in the England side for the first Test against Sri Lanka? Choose your XI and share it with your friends.
  
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• Players union calls for Smith and Warner bans to be lifted immediately

  30-10-2018 01:34
  ‘They have been punished enough,’ say ACACalls made in light of review of CA cultureThe Australian Cricketers Association has called for the immediate lifting of the bans currently being served by disgraced cricketers Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, who have been “punished enough” already for their roles in the ball tampering scandal.Responding to Monday’s public release of the findings of a review of organisational culture, which found Cricket Austr
  
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• Cricketers union calls for Smith and Warner bans to be lifted immediately

  30-10-2018 01:34
  ‘They have been punished enough,’ ACA saysCalls made in light of review of CA cultureThe Australian Cricketers’ Association has called for the immediate lifting of the bans currently being served by disgraced cricketers Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, who have already been “punished enough” for their roles in the ball-tampering scandal.Responding to Monday’s public release of a review of organisational culture, which found Cricket Australia to
  
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