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• Ashley Giles the disciplinarian demands tough cricket from England

  12-01-2019 19:01 via theguardian.com
  • Director of cricket wants teams to play hard and be respected
  • Giles has removed Clarke and Kohler-Cadmore from Lions tourAshley Giles wants England to play hard on the field but also be the most respected team in the world, having already demonstrated his self-confessed disciplinarian side during his first week as director of cricket.Five days into the role Giles found himself removing two talented young players, Joe Clarke and Tom Kohler-Cadmore, from the England Lions tour to Ind
  
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• BPL live streaming online: How to watch Dhaka Dynamites vs Sylhet Sixers?

  12-01-2019 14:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  BPL live stream information is available with Chittagong Vikings, Khulna Titans, Dhaka Dynamites and Sylhet Sixers all in action today and Express Sport is on hand with all the details.
  
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• Rahul and Pandya banned by India following comments about women

  12-01-2019 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul are suspended by India's cricket board after their comments about women on a television show.
  
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• England and Joe Root search for Ashes clues against wayward West Indies

  12-01-2019 13:00 via theguardian.com
  The visitors may be favourites to win the Test series but focus will be on key positions before Australia visitOff to the Caribbean we go. Once English cricketers went there with trepidation: quick pitches, quick-scoring West Indian batsmen and very quick, skilful bowlers easily trumped the prospect of blissful sandy beaches and a few rum punches. A tour of the West Indies was an ordeal that used to encompass visits to some of the great cricketing arenas, Sabina Park in Jamaica, the Queen’
  
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• Rohit century in vain as Australia win opening ODI against India

  12-01-2019 11:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia win the first match of the three-match one-day series against India in Sydney by 34 runs, despite a century from Rohit Sharma.
  
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• Inexperienced Australians shock India in first ODI

  12-01-2019 11:44 via theguardian.com
  Australia 288-5, India 254-9; hosts win by 34 runsJhye Richardson starred with the ball taking 4-26Australia’s reserve pace bowlers and recalled batters shocked India by 34 runs at the SCG, where even Rohit Sharma’s 133-run knock couldn’t overhaul the hosts’ 288-5 in the ODI series opener.Desperate to shore up a World Cup defence that looked in awful shape after three wins from Australia’s past 21 completed ODIs, the selectors made six changes. Usman Khawaja scored
  
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• Australia beat India by 34 runs in first ODI - as it happened

  12-01-2019 11:35 via theguardian.com
  Australia 288-5 defeated India 254-9Jhye Richardson took player of the match honours 10.56am GMTRelated: Inexperienced Australians shock India in first ODI10.21am GMT It got pretty close in the end thanks to that late work from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who did what most other batsmen couldn’t do and found runs at a decent clip.India shouldn’t have got anywhere near it after losing three wickets with four runs on the board. Dhawan, Kohli and Rayudu all fell, and Rayudu used India’s on
  
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• Australia beat India by 34 runs in first one-day international – live!

  12-01-2019 11:21 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the series opener at the SCGIndia suspend Pandya and Rahul over TV remarksAny thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 10.21am GMT It got pretty close in the end thanks to that late work from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who did what most other batsmen couldn’t do and found runs at a decent clip.10.19am GMT 50th over: India 254-9 (Bhuvneshwar 29) The Stoin to finish things off. Bhuvi toe-ends a slower ball way up in the air but again it lands between a couple of pursuers. So once Shami
  
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• Steve Smith comeback to be delayed by elbow surgery

  12-01-2019 10:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Australia captain Steve Smith will have elbow surgery and may not be fit to make his international return from a 12-month ban at the end of March.
  
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• Australia's suspended captain to undergo elbow surgery

  12-01-2019 09:33 via theguardian.com
  Surgery scheduled for TuesdaySmith set to be in a brace for six weeksSteve Smith will undergo elbow surgery on Tuesday following a fielding mishap, almost certainly ruining the suspended star’s hopes of an international comeback in March. Smith, set to be in a brace for six weeks following the operation, is on track to be fully fit long before Australia start their World Cup defence on 1 June. Australia’s sacked skipper, currently serving a 12-month ban for his role in the Cape Town
  
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• Australia's former captain Steve Smith to undergo elbow surgery

  12-01-2019 09:33 via theguardian.com
  Surgery scheduled for TuesdaySmith set to be in a brace for six weeksSteve Smith will undergo elbow surgery on Tuesday following a fielding mishap, almost certainly ruining the suspended star’s hopes of an international comeback in March. Smith, set to be in a brace for six weeks following the operation, is on track to be fully fit long before Australia start their World Cup defence on 1 June. Australia’s sacked skipper, currently serving a 12-month ban for his role in the Cape Town
  
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• Renegades seal WBBL semi-final berth with last-ball win

  12-01-2019 05:22 via theguardian.com
  Renegades 146-6; Hurricanes 143-6 (20 overs)Strikers 138-7; Scorchers 108 (18.3 overs)The Melbourne Renegades have hung on to a nail-biting three-run victory over the Hobart Hurricanes to secure a spot in the WBBL finals. Amy Satterthwaite produced a fine captain’s knock of 66 from 57 balls to inspire the Renegades to 146-6 before the Hurricanes were held to 143-6 in a last-ball heart-stopper in St Kilda. With the Hurricanes needing nine to win off the last over, Molly Strano held her nerv
  
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• Renegades seal semi-finals berth

  12-01-2019 05:22 via theguardian.com
  Renegades 146-6 defeated Hurricanes 143-6Strikers 138-7 defeated Scorchers 108The Melbourne Renegades have hung on to a nail-biting three-run victory over the Hobart Hurricanes to secure a spot in the WBBL finals. Amy Satterthwaite produced a fine captain’s knock off 66 from 57 balls to inspire the Renegades to 6-146 before the Hurricanes were held to 6-143 in a last-ball heart-stopper in St Kilda. With the Hurricanes needing nine to win off the last over, Molly Strano held her nerve and,
  
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• Australia v India: first one-day international – live!

  12-01-2019 03:06 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the series opener at the SCGAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam 2.06am GMT Hardik Pandya has actually been sent home. I missed this earlier today, reports that he now will face the BCCI music for some fairly low-rent comments he and KL Rahul made on a talk show last weekend.Meanwhile, I don’t want to make too much of this (what on Earth was his manager doing allowing this to happen?) but I have to share with you Monty on Mastermind. Absolutely incredible performance from
  
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• India suspend Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul over controversial TV remarks

  12-01-2019 01:12 via theguardian.com
  • Duo return home from Australia to answer charges
  • Comments condemned by India captain, Virat KohliIndia have suspended the opening batsman KL Rahul and all-rounder Hardik Pandya with immediate effect following the controversial comments they made on a recent television show.Rahul and Pandya, both of whom have featured in all formats for India in recent months, have been widely criticised for remarks that were widely construed to be sexist during the talk show Koffee with Karan earli
  
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