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• Australia put demoralised England to the sword yet again in Ashes T20

  28-07-2019 20:16
  • Second T20: England 121-8; Australia 122-3 (Aus win by 7 wkts)
  • Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry share match-winning partnershipEngland may win passages of play but Australia have the ruthless streak required to get themselves over the line, every time. In yet another commanding performance, Australia triumphed in the second Women’s Ashes T20 by seven wickets with 13 balls to spare, courtesy of an unbeaten 87-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Meg Lanning (43 not out) a
  
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• Pat Cummins: ‘In England you can always sense a wicket coming’

  28-07-2019 20:00
  Australia paceman, after years of injury, is determined to make the most of this Ashes series and believes the conditions will suit himMost people in cricket know the Pat Cummins story. The teen prodigy, man of the match in his first Test aged 18, bowling like the wind to smash through South Africa before his vital runs sealed an absurd victory chase. Six years in purgatory, injury after injury limiting him to the odd white-ball match and the physio room. Then the comeback that has made him the
  
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• T20 Blast: Martin Guptill, Alex Carey & Babar Azam all make runs on Sunday

  28-07-2019 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  New Zealand's Martin Guptill leads Worcestershire to victory, while Alex Carey stars for Sussex on his T20 Blast debut.
  
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• Australia’s Josh Hazlewood ready to exploit English conditions in Ashes

  28-07-2019 19:30
  • Paceman says he has plans for inexperienced Jason Roy
  • ‘It’s hard to bat five at a level below and open in Test cricket’Australia’s best chance of winning an Ashes series in England since 2001 lies in the hands of their bowlers. It is Josh Hazlewood, though, rather than Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc or James Pattinson who perhaps will play the most significant role once the first Test starts at Edgbaston on Thursday.The 28-year-old is more of a craftsman than a
  
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• Women's Ashes: Australia clinch T20 series against England with another win

  28-07-2019 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia clinch the Twenty20 portion of the Women's Ashes with a comfortable seven-wicket win over England at Hove.
  
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• Women's Ashes: Australia's Meg Lanning & Ellyse Perry partnership defeats England

  28-07-2019 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry lead Australia to a comfortable seven-wicket Twenty20 win over England at Hove in the Women's Ashes.
  
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• Australia beat England by seven wickets: Women's Ashes, second T20 – as it happened

  28-07-2019 17:41
  The tourists cruised to another victory in the penultimate match of their dominant series 7.30pm BSTRelated: Australia put demoralised England to the sword yet again in Ashes T204.41pm BST Never in doubt. Yes, Australia did lose three wickets early on but the moment the best two players in the world came together was the moment the contest came to a close. They are unstoppable, their stand unbeaten on 87 when the winning run was scored. Lanning’s side are now one win away from going throug
  
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• The true effect of sledging on performance is nothing to shout about | Sean Ingle

  28-07-2019 17:19
  When England and Australia meet in the Ashes there will be plenty of talk on the field but there is no evidence that it worksTick.”“Tock.” Related: James Pattinson: ‘Every wicket is like a release ... I need that feeling’Related: The new tough: skill trumps sledge as Australian cricket moves into new era | Sam PerryRelated: Australia’s new coach Justin Langer: sledging is a fun part of the gameContinue reading...
  
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• England v Australia: Women's Ashes, second T20 – live!

  28-07-2019 16:47
  Women’s Ashes updates from the second Twenty20Australia intent on demolishing England after sealing seriesAnd feel free to email Adam or tweet @collinsadam 3.47pm BST 4th over: Australia 26-1 (Mooney 5, Lanning 1) Target 122. Lanning is nearly run out for a diamond duck! The throw from Cross was quick but not quite accurate enough - it needed to be perfect. Jones gets the bails but a dive from the Australian skipper gets her home. Mooney isn’t far away from losing her wicket too, mis
  
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• Ashes 'makes hairs on your neck stand up' - Jones

  28-07-2019 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Ashes 2005 fast bowling hero Simon Jones outlines the importance of the Test series between England and Australia.
  
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• Ashes 2019: Where is Wales' next cricketing hero to follow Simon Jones?

  28-07-2019 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  As the Ashes starts this week, it is 14 years since a Wales-born player has represented England when Simon Jones excelled in the 2005 triumph.
  
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• England’s Jofra Archer may be held back from first Ashes Test, says Bayliss

  28-07-2019 15:48
  • Coach says no wish to hurt paceman’s recovery from sidestrain
  • Bayliss had ‘fairly stern chat’ after stuttering win over IrelandJofra Archer may be held back from the first Ashes Test, the England coach, Trevor Bayliss, said.The pace bowler was outstanding in the World Cup, bowling the decisive super over in the final, and is in the squad for Edgbaston on Thursday. But Bayliss said he wanted to avoid damaging Archer’s recovery from a sidestrain. Related: Jame
  
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• Women's Ashes - England v Australia: Wyatt caught by Mooney

  28-07-2019 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  England opener Danielle Wyatt is well caught by Beth Mooney during the second Ashes Twenty20 at Hove.
  
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• Beyond boundaries: English cricket takes its integration test

  28-07-2019 14:31
  The diversity of Eoin Morgan’s World Cup winners has provided a platform the ECB wants to build onOn a field in east London where WG Grace notched a century in 1898, Riswan Bishar, a mobile phone shop owner originally from Islamabad, watched his son take part in a fast-developing national programme to try to use cricket to boost social and ethnic integration.Dashing after balls on Leyton cricket ground, Izaan, nine, was joined by Ongon, eight, wearing a Bangladesh cap, Orson, a nine-year o
  
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• James Pattinson: ‘Every wicket is like a release ... I need that feeling’

  28-07-2019 09:00
  Australia’s feared right-armer is fit again after back surgery and will bring his abrasive style to this Ashes seriesThe fabled Australian attack that shared all but three of the 90 English wickets to fall during the last Ashes series could well be broken up by a bowler who many believe to be the fastest, fieriest and, ultimately, best of the lot.James Pattinson is not new to Ashes cricket. He arrived on these shores back in 2013 – the younger brother of the once-capped England seame
  
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• A little mental rehearsal is a huge help on sport’s biggest stages | Tim Lewis

  28-07-2019 09:00
  Novak Djokovic and England’s cricketers have all used ‘visualisation’ to help plot their way to victoriesEngland were 152 for four, 37 overs in, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes at the crease, chasing 242 against New Zealand in the World Cup final. “Our producer has got a sense of humour,” said a chuckling Mike Atherton in the commentary box. “He’s just reminded us to remind everybody out there that there will be a Super Over should this game end in a tie.&rdq
  
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• A little mental rehearsal is a huge help on sport’s biggest stages

  28-07-2019 09:00
  Novak Djokovic and England’s cricketers have all used ‘visualisation’ to help plot their way to victoriesEngland were 152 for four, 37 overs in, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes at the crease, chasing 242 against New Zealand in the World Cup final. “Our producer has got a sense of humour,” said a chuckling Mike Atherton in the commentary box. “He’s just reminded us to remind everybody out there that there will be a Super Over should this game end in a tie.&rdq
  
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• England chief Ashley Giles explains decision to re-appoint Ben Stokes on eve of Ashes

  28-07-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  BEN STOKES has been re-appointed as vice-captain of the England Test side after his World Cup heroics.
  
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• Why Australia want to face England star Jofra Archer in the Ashes - Graeme Hick EXCLUSIVE

  28-07-2019 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE past is a foreign country to Graeme Hick. He was born and raised in Zimbabwe, and he played 65 Test matches and in a World Cup final for England.
  
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• New Zealand's Jimmy Neesham: 'The cards didn’t fall our way that day'

  28-07-2019 00:00
  The Black Caps’ tragic hero puts World Cup final misery behind him as he heads to play T20 in CanadaJimmy Neesham arrived in Toronto on Monday from the UK and is set to play in the Global T20 Canada getting under way just outside the city. The New Zealand all-rounder hasn’t been home since that fateful day a couple of weeks ago in the World Cup final at Lord’s. Related: Nothing could take away from England’s World Cup win. Except Jacob Rees-Mogg | Max Rushden I don’
  
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