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• Two last-ball thrillers and a super over - drama in Women's Big Bash semis

  19-01-2019 21:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Sydney Sixers will face Brisbane Heat in the Women's Big Bash League final after both semi-finals go to the last ball - and one is decided by a super over.
  
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• Trevor Bayliss hopes for England Ashes and World Cup double before he quits

  19-01-2019 19:00
  • Head coach confident team are prepared well to win both
  • On West Indies series: ‘It’s not easy playing away from home’Trevor Bayliss is confident he has readied England’s cricketers for the pressures of their World Cup and Ashes year, as the head coach enters the final stretch of his tenure in the relative calm of the Caribbean.The three-match Test series against West Indies that gets under way at the Kensington Oval on Wednesday sees Joe Root’s side be
  
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• West Indies to provide Joe Root’s in-form England side with fresh test

  19-01-2019 18:58
  Visiting fans have every right to feel optimistic of a Caribbean cruise but history suggests choppy waters await in three-Test seriesOver the next few days an estimated 9,000 England supporters will have arrived in Barbados, packing out the hotels, bars and sun-kissed beaches before descending on the famous Kensington Oval for Wednesday’s first Test against West Indies.They would come in their droves regardless of England’s chances, such is the appeal of the Caribbean island known co
  
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• Bayliss keen to find settled Ashes top three on Windies tour

  19-01-2019 14:34 via bbc.co.uk
  England coach Trevor Bayliss wants to establish a settled top three batting order for the Ashes during the West Indies Test series.
  
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• WBBL: Perry launches Sixers into final against Brisbane Heat

  19-01-2019 10:07
  Sydney Sixers beat Melbourne Renegades in epic super overBrisbane Heat beat Sydney ThunderA sublime all-round performance from Ellyse Perry has propelled the Sydney Sixers to an epic super over WBBL semi-final victory over the Melbourne Renegades.In front of 3,500 fans at Sydney’s Drummoyne Oval, Perry crunched Molly Strano for a six with two balls remaining in the super over to steer the two-time reigning champions into their fourth consecutive grand final after scores were tied at the en
  
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• WBBL: Brisbane Heat beat Sydney Thunder to reach final

  19-01-2019 05:00
  Thunder’s chase started poorly when Rachel Priest fell for a duck in the opening
  player of the match was Sammy-Jo Johnson with 1-12 off four oversA stunning boundary catch from Haidee Birkett has helped the Brisbane Heat reach their first WBBL final after edging past the Sydney Thunder by four runs in a gripping semi-final at Drummoyne Oval.With the Thunder chasing 141 for victory and needing five to win off the final delivery, Nicola Carey connected beautifully as she slog swept Jess Jona
  
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