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• Women's Ashes: England's Katherine Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone & Mady Villiers star v Australia

  31-07-2019 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  England's Katherine Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone and Mady Villiers star as the hosts gain a consolation win in the Women's Ashes.
  
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• Joe Root riled by Australia's pre-match handshake plan for Ashes

  31-07-2019 23:17
  England and Australia players will greet each other before playRoot and Trevor Bayliss were not asked about ritual’s inclusionJoe Root has been left frustrated at discovering pre-match player handshakes are listed among the events before the Ashes opener today despite not being consulted.Tim Paine, the Australia captain, has looked to bring in the football‑inspired goodwill ritual at the start of every Test series his side play as a way of rebuilding their image after the ball‑
  
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• Villiers and Ecclestone help England salvage some pride against Australia

  31-07-2019 23:10
  • England 139-5 Australia 122-8
  • Young bowling pair shine as England win final T20 by 17 runs“Australia are producing 20-year-old superstars,” Tammy Beaumont had said as she bemoaned the disparity between the two sides after England’s defeat at Hove on Sunday. On Wednesday England finally showed some fight, courtesy of two 20-year-old stars of their own, Mady Villiers and Sophie Ecclestone, who between them took five wickets to reduce Australia to 122 for eight, afte
  
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• Tim Paine on Edgbaston: 'I could name 15 venues more intimidating' – video

  31-07-2019 23:05
  Tim Paine has fired back at suggestions Edgbaston is the most intimidating cricket venue in the world, while also revealing a supposed Churchillian wisdom Australia will embrace during the Ashes.
  Much has been made of the hostile reception awaiting Australia in Birmingham, especially for the reformed ball-tampering trio of Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.
  Paine told reporters that he could name 15 venues more intimating than the location of the first Test, and noted that
  
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• Women's Ashes: England beat Australia by 17 runs in third T20 – as it happened

  31-07-2019 22:30
  England produced a proud, purposeful display to deservedly beat Australia in Bristol and end a miserable series on a high 9.24pm BST They are best team in the world by a mile, and for the most part they have completely outplayed England. But England will hope this was a glimpse of a brighter future, particularly in the performances of their two 20-year-old spinners, Sophie Ecclestone and the debutant Mady Villiers. They bowled beautifully to take combined figures of five for 42 from eight overs,
  
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• Old enemies ready for battle but Ashes series is much too close to call | Vic Marks

  31-07-2019 21:03
  England’s World Cup triumph has meant a shorter, lower-key buildup to a series against Australia that promises melodramaThis is the summer that keeps on giving. It is debatable whether fans are ready for another gut-wrenching, umbrella-handle-chewing sequence of cricket matches, let alone the protagonists in the middle, who have rollercoasted as far as the final and semi-final of a World Cup, which came to its sensational climax little more than a fortnight ago. But the Ashes are here afte
  
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• I could name 15 more intimidating venues than Edgbaston, says Tim Paine

  31-07-2019 20:05
  • Australia captain unfazed at visit to England’s stronghold
  • ‘Crowd and grandstand won’t play part in deciding Test’Tim Paine has dismissed suggestions that Edgbaston could have a detrimental effect on his Australia players in the first Ashes Test starting on Thursday by claiming it would not make his top 15 most intimidating grounds.Striking a slightly prickly figure on the eve of the series – perhaps understandably so after 14 months of fielding questi
  
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• In from the cold to lead Ashes charge: Tim Paine determined to make chance count | Adam Collins

  31-07-2019 20:00
  The Tasmanian would be as mindful as anybody that this is a one-time chance to do something no Australian skipper has since 2001Four years ago, Tim Paine was behind the stumps for Banbury Cricket Club. He wasn’t the overseas player in the county championship, but rather, the Home Counties Premier League – and living with the club chairman in North Oxfordshire. He was 30, had averaged 18 in his previous Sheffield Shield season and his most important finger had been operated on seven t
  
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• 'My bowling isn't beautiful, I don't care!' - Romanian Pavel Florin defends 'unusual' bowling style

  31-07-2019 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Romanian Pavel Florin goes viral for his unusual bowling style in the European Cricket League, with the 40-year-old Cluj player admitting his action is "not beautiful".
  
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• Women's Ashes: England v Australia, third and final T20 – live!

  31-07-2019 19:45
  All the action from the day-night game in Bristol (6.30pm BST start)Meg Lanning back firing and still unfathomable to England bowlersEmail [email protected] with your thoughts 6.45pm BST Jess Jonassen strikes with her third ball! Beaumont runs down the track and chips tamely to mid-on, where Beth Mooney takes a comfortable catch. That was a pretty meek stroke from Beaumont, who was berating herself even before it had reached Mooney. 6.43pm BST 3rd over: England 28-0 (Wyatt 15, Beaumont 5
  
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• Fuss over Joe Root’s move to No 3 is just another part of Ashes mythology | Barney Ronay

  31-07-2019 18:40
  Australian fast bowlers against English batsmen has been the defining contest in this most famous of sporting encountersThere are the usual signs that it is getting closer. The Ashes white noise starts to fade. The Ashes hum starts to die back, wider current of Ashes anxiety to fall away. And suddenly Test cricket begins to pare itself back to the basic, atomic level business of Australian bowlers against English batsmen, Baggy Green in the field against starchy whites at the wicket. Look back a
  
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• Joe Root on Ashes dreams, Australia's behaviour and omission of Jofra Archer – video

  31-07-2019 16:55
  England's captain Joe Root insists he has confidence in the side named for the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston and believes Jofra Archer will play a part later in the series after the decision to delay the Barbados-born paceman's introduction to the red-ball format.Ben Stokes says Australia’s clean-cut image will not last long Continue reading...
  
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• The Ashes predictions: Who will win? Who will be top run scorer? and more - Big Debate

  31-07-2019 15:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE ASHES is here as England look to build on a World Cup winning summer by beating old foes Australia - and here are our predictions for the series.
  
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• Jofra Archer left out of England Ashes squad for first Test, Jason Roy opens batting

  31-07-2019 15:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  JOFRA ARCHER has been left out of England's squad for the first Test in the Ashes starting tomorrow at Edgbaston.
  
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• Jofra Archer misses out as Broad and Anderson reunite for first Ashes Test

  31-07-2019 14:55
  Curran, Stone and Archer left out as England trust experienceAnderson has been recovering from a calf injury but will playEngland have named their team for the first Ashes Test, with no place for Jofra Archer. The Barbados-born paceman received his maiden call-up for the series opener following his crucial role in England’s World Cup win but must wait for his chance.He joins all-rounder Sam Curran and fellow quick Olly Stone in missing out, with senior seamers Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Bro
  
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• David Gower was always so welcoming to viewers but he now faces long goodbye | Emma John

  31-07-2019 13:59
  Gower is ‘being retired’ by Sky after the Ashes. His palpable kindness, making us feel safe in a sport that can be – especially to the uninitiated – a little intimidating, will be missedThe news that David Gower will be laying down his microphone – or, rather, unclipping the lapel mic from whatever elegant silk tie he happens to be wearing that day – caused a murmur of sadness in my family. He had retired from international cricket when I started watching the
  
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• Why England selectors will have mixed feelings on eve of first Ashes Test

  31-07-2019 11:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND's selectors will be glad to have a number of bowling options to pick from for the Ashes, but won't be enjoying the dilemmas surrounding the top-order batsmen.
  
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• The Ashes urn: How big is it? How much does it weigh? What does it say on the urn?

  31-07-2019 10:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE Ashes urn is what England and Australia will be playing for over five Tests - but how big is it, how much does it weigh and how much is it worth?
  
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• Former England star and Australia coach Graeme Hick makes Ashes prediction - EXCLUSIVE

  31-07-2019 10:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND’s Cricket World Cup triumph will not impact this summer’s Ashes Test series against Australia, says former Three Lions batsman Graeme Hick.
  
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• Ashes prize money: How much will England or Australia win during the 2019 Ashes?

  31-07-2019 09:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE ASHES is about to get underway but how much could England and Australia earn in prize money?
  
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• Ashes betting preview: Best bets and markets to watch as England host Australia

  31-07-2019 09:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND set off for the 2013/14 Ashes series Down Under as the number one Test team in the world.
  
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• Cameron Bancroft backed to overcome Ashes boo boys as Justin Langer predicts fireworks

  31-07-2019 08:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  JUSTIN LANGER will not tell the sandpaper-gate trio to hold back when it comes to the cut and thrust of Ashes combat – insisting he expects flash-points during the series.
  
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• Why is it called the Ashes? Reason behind England vs Australia series revealed

  31-07-2019 08:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  ASHES 2019 is about to get underway but why is the England vs Australia series called the Ashes? Express Sport reveals where the name came from.
  
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• Andrew Strauss delivers Ashes prediction, Ben Stokes verdict and talks future of cricket

  31-07-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  AS one of the chief architects of England’s white-ball revolution few were prouder with the World Cup win at Lord’s than Andrew Strauss.
  
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• England batsman Joe Denly reveals how World Cup snub will spur him on for Ashes success

  31-07-2019 07:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  JOE DENLY says missing out on the World Cup could prove to be a blessing in disguise after it allowed him to bat himself into form ahead of the biggest challenge of his career.
  
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• Ashes 2019: AB de Villiers shares his predictions on the batting line-ups

  31-07-2019 07:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Legendary South Africa batsman AB de Villiers gives us the batting low-down for this summer's Ashes.
  
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• Pavel Florin: cricket's newest hero in action – video

  31-07-2019 06:15
  Pavel Florin, a professional bodyguard by day and player-president of Romania’s Cluj cricket club in his spare time, became an overnight sensation after a video emerged of him bowling against French club Dreux in the European Cricket League, a tournament held at La Manga in Spain. The 40-year-old allrounder, who took up the game at the age of 32, bowled a single over at a cost of 13 runs. ‘Maybe someone says my bowling is not beautiful or not effective, but I don’t care, becaus
  
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• Romanian cricketer hailed as hero after admitting bowling action 'not beautiful'

  31-07-2019 03:59
  Shane Warne and Jofra Archer offer encouragement to Pavel Florin, after video emerges of his efforts in European Cricket LeagueA Transylvanian cricketer whose bowling technique initially attracted online mockery has been hailed as a hero and received backing from Shane Warne and Jofra Archer after he said his love of the game trumped any criticism.Pavel Florin, a professional bodyguard by day and player-president of Romania’s Cluj Cricket Club in his spare time, became an overnight sensati
  
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• Ben Stokes issues Ashes rallying cry to England stars - 'Be switched on from ball one'

  31-07-2019 01:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  BEN STOKES says England cannot afford to ease their way into the Ashes, insisting they have to hit Australia hard “from ball one” at Edgbaston on Thursday.
  
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