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• Aravind Adiga: ‘Cricket has become the spearhead of the new Indian capitalism’

  01-12-2018 19:00 via theguardian.com
  The Booker-winning novelist on how disgust for his national sport fuelled his novel Selection Day and why he’ll always love Somerset MaughamAravind Adiga’s debut novel, The White Tiger, was a searing portrait of the clash between rich and poor, rural and urban, in contemporary India; it won the 2008 Man Booker prize. His subsequent novels include Last Man in Tower and Selection Day, which tells the story of two brothers growing up poor in Mumbai and chasing cricketing stardom. Kamila
  
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• T10 League: Alex Hales hits 87 to beat Jonny Bairstow's record

  01-12-2018 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Alex Hales hits 87 not out in the T10 League in Sharjah, beating Jonny Bairstow's 84 set only a day earlier.
  
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• England’s Ben Foakes and Ben Stokes turn setbacks into success

  01-12-2018 13:01 via theguardian.com
  Spectacular entrance of Ben Foakes and supreme application of Ben Stokes were highlights of England’s Sri Lanka whitewashIt is hard to recall a more tranquil, stress-free or successful tour. The last time England whitewashed opponents away from home in a three-Test series was in the spring of 1963 in New Zealand, under the leadership of Ted Dexter. After a gruelling Ashes series Ken Barrington and Colin Cowdrey scored stacks of runs before Fred Trueman and Fred Titmus kept bowling out a mo
  
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• Women's Big Bash League returns with a bang as Villani fires

  01-12-2018 06:28 via theguardian.com
  Perth Scorchers 147-4 (19.3 overs) beat Hobart Hurricanes 143-7Southern Stars skipper Meg Lanning out cheaplyMeg Lanning fell cheaply in her Big Bash return but it mattered little as national teammate Ellyse Villani powered Perth Scorchers to a six-wicket defeat of Hobart Hurricanes.Villani top-scored with 58 at Melbourne’s Junction Oval as the Scorchers chased down their target of 144 with three balls to spare on Saturday. Related: Women's Big Bash League gets major boost with 23 matches
  
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