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• Women’s World Twenty20: England v Sri Lanka abandoned due to rain

  10-11-2018 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  England's opening game in the Women's World Twenty20 against Sri Lanka is abandoned without a ball bowled after torrential rain in St Lucia.
  
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• Rain ruins England & Sri Lanka's opening World T20 match

  10-11-2018 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  England's opening match in the Women's World Twenty20 is abandoned without a ball bowled because of torrential rain in St Lucia.
  
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• Women's World T20: England v Sri Lanka abandoned – as it didn't happen

  10-11-2018 20:59
  England’s tournament got off to a bad start as a game they were expected to win was called off after heavy rain in St Lucia 8.15pm GMT England’s opening match of the Women’s World Twenty20 against Sri Lanka was washed out without a ball being bowled on Saturday.Torrential rain meant no play was possible at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia, with the match being abandoned at around 4pm local time (8pm GMT) with both teams earning a point apiece. 7.59pm GMT Sh
  
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• England v Sri Lanka: Women's World Twenty20 cricket — live!

  10-11-2018 20:29
  Live updates from England v Sri Lanka, 8pm (GMT) startSciver’s all-round talents more vital to England without BruntFeel free to email Adam or tweet @collinsadam your thoughts 7.18pm GMT To begin, and given the ridiculous storm I’m seeing in front of me now, take this in the spirit that it is relayed. Rain would need to completely stop by 3:57pm (45 minutes from now) and not begin again in order to give the ground staff enough time to clean it up for that aforementioned 6:27pm start.
  
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• Bayliss hails Root’s new England but admits third spot still up for grabs | Vic Marks

  10-11-2018 19:00
  Coach feels that younger players can be the start of a better time for England and defend’s his side’s bold style of playIt could not have gone much better and even Trevor Bayliss, who is no gusher, was happy to acknowledge that. “There is a feel that this is the beginning of Joe Root’s team,” he said just before the tour party headed back to Colombo for one night. “There are some new, younger players coming into the team and around the squad and it just has t
  
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• Thousands of fans in World Cup ticket mix-up

  10-11-2018 13:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Cricket World Cup organisers apologise as thousands of fans are mistakenly told they have tickets in a ballot for next year's tournament.
  
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• Moeen has not taken chance batting at three - Bayliss

  10-11-2018 13:00 via bbc.co.uk
  England coach Trevor Bayliss says Moeen Ali could move down the batting order for the second Test, while Jos Buttler, Ben Foakes and Jonny Bairstow could all play.
  
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• We will remember sport’s sacrifice this weekend, but let’s not forget the regret | Barney Ronay

  10-11-2018 09:59
  Among the thousands who perished at Passchendaele in 1917 was the Kent and England cricketer Colin Blythe who hailed from Deptford in south-east London, where he is not forgottenThe blizzard of remembrance around sport at this time of year can be a little overwhelming. In part this is because remembrance has become more rather than less intense with the passing of time. The further we get from the wars of the 20th century, the more keenly they seem to be with us, woven into the rhythm of the spo
  
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• ICC Women's World Twenty20: Australia, India & West Indies all win on opening day

  10-11-2018 07:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia beat Pakistan, India defeat New Zealand and hosts West Indies rout Bangladesh on the opening day of the ICC Women's World Twenty20.
  
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• Alyssa Healy leads Australia to World Twenty 20 win over Pakistan

  10-11-2018 07:38
  Australia 165/5 (20) defeat Pakistan 113/8 (20)Alyssa Healy hits 48 and makes four dismissalsAlyssa Healy has claimed four dismissals and hit a rapid-fire 48 to help Australia to a 52-run victory over Pakistan to start their women’s World Twenty20 campaign in Guyana.After she helped power Australia to 5-165 with the bat, Healy kept tremendously to the spinners on a low, turning wicket as Pakistan were held to 8-113. Related: Women's World T20: Australia beat Pakistan by 52 runs – as
  
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• Steve Smith misses fifty in David Warner club cricket showdown

  10-11-2018 07:14
  Former Test skipper hits 48, takes 1-35 (10)Shane Watson upstages both with 63 off 41 ballsSteve Smith has fallen just short of a half-century in his Sydney grade-cricket match against David Warner’s Randwick-Petersham with fans overflowing onto a packed Coogee Oval.In front of an unprecedented 2,000 fans, which left some sitting between the fence and rope, former Test teammate Shane Watson overshadowed the suspended pair with a 41-ball 63 for Sutherland. Related: Should Smith and Warner b
  
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• Women’s World Twenty20: Dottin's five wicket haul seals West Indies win

  10-11-2018 05:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch West Indies fast bowler Deandra Dottin take five wickets for just five runs as Bangladesh are bowled out for the lowest-ever total in Women’s World Twenty20 history.
  
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• Women's World T20: Best moments as Dottin & Kaur light up day one

  10-11-2018 05:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch the best moments from the opening day of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 as India, Australia and hosts West Indies all get off to winning starts.
  
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• Watch: Alam takes one-handed 'stunner'

  10-11-2018 02:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Bangladesh's Jahanara Alam takes a brilliant one-handed catch off her own bowling to close out the innings against hosts West Indies at the Women’s World Twenty20.
  
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• Women’s World Twenty20 highlights: Australia thrash Pakistan by 52 runs

  10-11-2018 02:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Favourites Australia begin their Women's World Twenty20 campaign with a 52-run win over Pakistan in Guyana.
  
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• Heather Knight column: Women's World T20, University Challenge and training in the Bake Off tent

  10-11-2018 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  England captain Heather Knight looks ahead to the Women's World Twenty20 - after training in the Great British Bake Off tent and being the subject of a University Challenge round.
  
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• World T20: Sciver’s all-round talents more vital to England without Brunt

  10-11-2018 00:35
  England have been dealt a major blow by Katherine Brunt’s departure at the women’s World T20 and Australia will be favourites in West IndiesThe last time England played Sri Lanka in a major tournament opener, at the 2013 World Cup, they lost in embarrassing fashion to the tournament’s bottom-ranked team. Five years on, as they gear up for their opening game against the same opposition in St Lucia on Saturday, this time in a World T20, they will be hoping to avoid a similar fate
  
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• Women's World T20: Australia beat Pakistan by 52 runs – as it happened

  10-11-2018 00:02
  Australia beat Pakistan by 52 runs in GuyanaThe win moves Australia alongside India at the top of Group B 11.00pm GMT A comprehensive opening victory then for Australia to get their World T20 campaign up and running. 165 always looked to be a winning total and so it proved with an excellent and varied bowling display restricting their opponents to just 113. Following Alyssa Healy’s rapid start with the bat Australia will feel they left a few runs out in the middle and know bigger totals wi
  
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