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• Mitchell Starc adds to Australia's injury concerns ahead of World Cup defence

  06-02-2019 22:36
  Paceman joins Josh Hazlewood on sidelinesExpected to miss tour to India this monthAustralia’s World Cup preparations have suffered a new blow, with Mitch Starc expected to be sidelined from this month’s India tour. The fast bowler is understood to have an upper-body injury and will be a glaring absentee when the squad for India is named on Thursday.Fellow paceman Josh Hazlewood is already out of action with a back injury, suffered during the home Test series loss to India and will mi
  
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• Jack Leach bides his time to add to four Test appearances for England | Vic Marks

  06-02-2019 19:00
  Somerset bowler has been as down as the rest after the two recent Test defeats and hopes he soon gets the chance to show what he can doEngland’s Test players may be feeling a bit miserable after two wretched defeats, despite the waves lapping at their breakfast tables in St Lucia, but what about those not in the Test team? They are spared the agony of a very public humiliation but they must also live with the reality that the team are playing hopelessly and still they cannot get a game.Thi
  
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• England need to find a way in unfamiliar choppy waters of St Lucia | Vic Marks

  06-02-2019 17:03
  Tourists prepare for first ever Test on the island where their current crisis involves poor play rather than bad behaviourNot for the first time England find themselves in a bit of a pickle in St Lucia. They have never played a Test here but they have been involved in two significant World Cup matches on the island with contrasting outcomes.In 2007 England were comfortably beaten by New Zealand by six wickets in their first 50-over game. Well, that happens and it is a match long since forgotten
  
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• Uncapped Davies gets one of 21 England Women contracts

  06-02-2019 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Freya Davies gets a central contract with England Women, taking the number of players contracted to the ECB to 21 for 2019.
  
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