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• Women's World Twenty20: Big-hitting Mandhana & Kaur help India beat Australia by 48 runs

  17-11-2018 20:53 via bbc.co.uk
  India beat Australia by 48 runs in their last group game in Guyana to top Group B at the Women's World Twenty20.
  
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• Nat Sciver credits risky change for success as England face West Indies

  17-11-2018 20:09
  All-rounder and coach Mark Robinson worked on adjustment to Sciver’s bowling action before she thrived in World Twenty20It was a punt but one the England coach, Mark Robinson, thought was worth taking. During the home summer, he identified an increasingly troubling technical flaw with Nat Sciver’s bowling action and decided there had to be an intervention. Specifically, the tall right-armer was over-rotating in her delivery stride, meaning that she was losing momentum with the ball c
  
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• Smriti Mandhana dazzles as India thrash Australia in Women's World T20

  17-11-2018 20:03
  India 167-8; Australia 119 Alyssa Healy leaves field with concussion in first innings
  Australia fell to a heavy 48-run defeat to India in their last game before the finals at the women’s World Twenty20 in Guyana.With both teams already progressing, Australia’s in-form wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy was taken from the field having sustained concussion and did not bat after her head collided with the shoulder of her teammate Megan Schutt in the first innings, as India stormed to 167
  
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• India beat Australia to top Women's World Twenty20 group

  17-11-2018 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  India finish top of Group B at the Women's World Twenty20 after easing past Australia by 48 runs in their last group game in Guyana.
  
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• India beat Australia by 48 runs in Women's World Twenty20 – as it happened

  17-11-2018 19:14
  India end Australia’s 12-game winning streak
  Smriri Mandhana shines with 83 from 55 7.04pm GMTRelated: Smriti Mandhana dazzles as India thrash Australia in Women's World T206.14pm GMT Australia had a winning streak of 12 matches, but that has come to end. India have thrashed them. Thrashed. What a performance from the women in blue, who have had some very steep ups and downs in the last couple of years: failure at the 2016 World T20 at home, making the World Cup final last year in the 50-o
  
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• Women's World Twenty20: Australia's Tayla Vlaeminck takes a "staggering" catch v India

  17-11-2018 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia's Tayla Vlaeminck takes a "staggering" catch on debut to dismiss India's Veda Krishnamurthy in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 group B game.
  
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• India v Australia: Women's World Twenty20 – live!

  17-11-2018 16:35
  Updates from the final Group B game in GuyanaAny thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 3.35pm GMT 7th over: India 52-2 (Mandhana 39, Harmanpreet 2) Kimmince closes out a successful over, six runs from it and the wicket. 3.30pm GMT The commentators speak about the importance of breaking a partnership, but Rodrigues hasn’t had to do much except watch Mandhana’s batting. She drives a wide ball from Kimmince off the edge to backward point, camped right back on the edge of the circle,
  
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• Keaton Jennings’ close encounters help change momentum of second Test

  17-11-2018 14:56
  • Opener plays key role in two dismissals at short-leg
  • ‘You feel you’re going to get hit at times’In the first innings when the wicket was sleeping and the Sri Lanka batsmen were cruising it was Ben Stokes’s brilliance in the field that reignited England.On another steamy day in the field it was the turn of a contrasting character – Keaton Jennings – to change the direction of the game. This will bring a warm glow to Trevor Bayliss, who has always
  
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• Chris Morris the hero as South Africa beat Australia in truncated T20

  17-11-2018 14:04
  • South Africa 108-6; Australia 87-7
  • Storms reduce Gold Coast meeting to 10 overs a sideThunderstorms postponed the start but there was no stopping South Africa claiming a 21-run victory over Australia in a reduced Twenty20 international on the Gold Coast.After a two-hour rain delay reduced proceedings to a 10-overs-a-side clash, South Africa hit 108 for six before restricting the battling hosts to 87 for seven in the one-off T20 at the Metricon Stadium. It was the sixth loss in eigh
  
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• South Africa beat Australia by 21 runs in truncated T20 – as it happened

  17-11-2018 13:22
  South Africa 108-6; Australia 87-7
  Chris Morris the hero as South Africa beat Australia in truncated T201.09pm GMTRelated: Chris Morris the hero as South Africa beat Australia in truncated T2012.22pm GMT Hard to read much into these very shortened games, but South Africa get the win in the fun-fest. They started really well, powering away thanks to de Kock, Hendrick, and du Plessis. Australia pulled things back with the ball in the last couple of overs, but too much damage had been done. This po
  
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• Sri Lanka v England: hosts seven down chasing 301 to win second Test – as it happened

  17-11-2018 12:24
  Four wickets from Jack Leach and some spectacular fielding from Keaton Jennings moved England within sight of a famous series victory in Sri Lanka 11.24am GMT We have a match report for you to peruse, so I’ll leave you with that. The great Tim de Lisle will be here tomorrow morning to describe the end of this marvellous Test match. Thanks for your company, goodnight!Related: England spin their way to within three wickets of series win in Sri Lanka11.23am GMT Superstar fielder Keaton Jennin
  
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• England spin their way to within three wickets of series win in Sri Lanka

  17-11-2018 12:21
  • Sri Lanka 336 & 226-7; England 290 & 346
  • Hosts will start final day 75 runs from levelling seriesEngland withstood a gutsy Sri Lankan fightback as seven wickets of spin and two magical moments from Keaton Jennings brought them within sight of a series-clinching victory in Kandy.Rain prevented the second Test reaching a conclusion on day four but with the home side 226 for seven and needing 75 runs to force a decider in Colombo, England will resume as firm favourites. If the
  
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• Sri Lanka v England: hosts six down chasing 301 to win second Test – live!

  17-11-2018 10:55
  Over-by-over updates from the Pallekele International StadiumShrubsole hat-trick helps England thrash South Africa
  And feel free to email your thoughts to Rob 9.55am GMT 64th over: Sri Lanka 223-6 (Dickwella 25, Perera 0) Leach replaces Root. England have endured and eventually enjoyed a few nail-biters this year: they beat India by 31 runs at Edgbaston and by 60 runs at the Ageas Bowl. This is equally tense. Dickwella, who looks frantic even by his standards, makes a mess of a reverse sweep and
  
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• Impressive England thrash South Africa to reach World T20 semi-finals

  17-11-2018 10:23
  • South Africa 85, England 87-3; England win by seven wickets
  • Shrubsole claims hat-trick as bowlers turn on the styleAnya Shrubsole started her 2018 learning that she would be the first woman featured on the front cover of Wisden for her heroics in last year’s World Cup final. Now, becoming just the second player of her gender to take a hat-trick at the World T20, she has the chance to finish it with a second major trophy in two years with England progressing to the final four
  
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• Australian Test hopefuls fail to impress

  17-11-2018 08:58
  Marsh brothers blow the chance to find form in Sheffield ShieldRenshaw and Handscomb fall cheaply too but Lyon takes 4-83
  The Marsh brothers were among a bunch of batsmen who blew a chance to find form on Saturday in Sheffield Shield matches.While Test incumbent Marnus Labuschagne made 52, Shaun Marsh (21), his brother Mitch (1), Peter Handscomb (4) and Matt Renshaw (21) fell cheaply. Related: Cricket Australia surprise as Marsh and Hazlewood appointed Test joint vice captainsContinue reading...
  
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• Sri Lanka v England: second Test, day four – live!

  17-11-2018 08:45
  Over-by-over updates from the Pallekele International StadiumShrubsole hat-trick helps England thrash South AfricaEmail Tanya here. Tweet @tjaldred 7.45am GMT 36th over: Sri Lanka 125-4 (Roshen 11, Mathews 45) Roshen and Mathews watchful of Rashid. He’s mixing it up, slider, legbreak but not quite on top of his length and line. 7.42am GMT 35th over: Sri Lanka 122-4 (Roshen 10, Mathews 43) Leach again. Beautiful from Roshen. Feet still, a short-armed drive through the covers for four. Then
  
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• Australia v South Africa: Twenty20 international – live!

  17-11-2018 07:59
  Updates from the one-off T20 match on the Gold Coast
  Any thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 6.59am GMT If you are looking for the Sri Lanka v England game, it is here:Related: Sri Lanka v England: second Test, day four!Continue reading...
  
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• Sri Lanka v England: third Test, day four – live!

  17-11-2018 06:15
  Over-by-over updates from the Pallekele International StadiumShrubsole hat-trick helps England thrash South AfricaEmail Tanya here. Tweet @tjaldred 5.15am GMT 6th over: Sri Lanka 20-2 (Karunaratne 10, Mendis 0) That really was a super catch by Jennings, the more you see it, the better it looks. Dhananjaya should have swept it, says Athers, instead he just steered it into Jennings’ paws. Four byes from the over as one of Leach’s spins past batsman, keeper and Stokes at slip. 5.11am GM
  
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• Women's World Twenty20: West Indies reach semi-finals

  17-11-2018 05:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Hosts and defending champions West Indies reach the semi-finals of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 with a brilliant 83-run win over Sri Lanka.
  
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• Women's World Twenty20 highlights: England and West Indies make semi-finals

  17-11-2018 04:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch the best moments from day eight of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 as England and hosts West Indies make the semi-finals.
  
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• Impressive England thrash South Africa to close in on World T20 semi-finals

  17-11-2018 01:02
  • South Africa 85, England 87-3; England win by seven wickets
  • Shrubsole claims hat-trick as bowlers turn on the styleAnya Shrubsole started her 2018 learning that she would be the first woman featured on the front cover of Wisden for her heroics in last year’s World Cup final. Now, becoming just the second player of her gender to take a hat-trick at the World T20, she has the chance to finish it with a second major trophy in two years with England all-but guaranteed progress to
  
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• Women's World Twenty20: Anya Shrubsole hat-trick inspires England win over South Africa

  17-11-2018 00:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch highlights as England take a big step closer to the Women's World T20 semi-finals as they thrash South Africa by seven wickets.
  
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• Women's World T20: England beat South Africa to close on semis – as it happened

  17-11-2018 00:08
  Anya Shrubsole took a hat-trick as South Africa set England a target of 86, which they reached in style to make a last-four place all but certain 12.55am GMTRelated: Impressive England thrash South Africa to close in on World T20 semi-finals10.40pm GMT England’s net run rate is 2.27, according to Sky, while West Indies’ is 2.28. But that will be immaterial if England keep playing as well as this. They were right on it throughout, and poor old South Africa were only on it for 20 minut
  
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