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• Time catches up with New Zealand, a nation in need of sporting solace | Matthew Engel

  01-11-2019 16:30
  Cricket tour allows supporters to be enthusiastic again after semi-final defeat in the Rugby World CupWhichever side loses the Rugby World Cup final in Yokohama on Saturday, the country concerned will be plunged into what you might call shallow mourning. Or at least a portion of it will: largely but not wholly white, male and middle-class.But in a faraway and now, once again, more or less forgotten country, it goes deeper and wider than that. Continue reading...
  
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• David Warner stays unbeaten as Australia complete T20 series sweep

  01-11-2019 12:53
  Sri Lanka 142-6; Australia 145-3 (off 17.4 overs)Warner hits 57 from 50 balls as series ends 3-0Australia completed a crushing 3-0 Twenty20 series clean sweep against Sri Lanka, the home side cruising to a comfortable seven-wicket win in game three at the MCG.In warm conditions on Friday night, Australia made 145-3 after sending the visitors in and restricting them to 142-6 from their 20 overs. Related: Australia beat Sri Lanka in third Twenty20 international – as it happenedContinue readi
  
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• Australia beat Sri Lanka in third Twenty20 international – as it happened

  01-11-2019 12:35
  David Warner guides hosts to seven-wicket win at MCGAustralia complete 3-0 series sweep over Sri Lanka 11.55am GMT And here’s the match report: Related: David Warner fires again as Australia complete T20 series sweep11.35am GMT With that, it’s time for me to log off. Thanks for your company over the course of this T20I double header on the OBO. We’ll be back on Sunday for more short-form action, Australia hosting Pakistan in Sydney for the first of their three T20s and New Zeal
  
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• Australia v Sri Lanka: third Twenty20 international – live!

  01-11-2019 11:33
  Updates from the final match of the series at the MCGAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam 10.33am GMT 5th over: Australia 34-0 (Finch 16, Warner 16) Target 143 Lahiru is swung around to bowl from the Artist Formerly Known As the Hilton Hotel End. For about two years at uni, their car park backed onto my dodgy apartment balcony. Living 200m from the ‘G was quite the experience. And he’s had a chance put down off him too! Finch time time, shelled by Oshada moving to his right. Not
  
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• James Vince hoping to capitalise on World Cup rests to secure regular England spot

  01-11-2019 10:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  James Vince inspired England to victory against New Zealand in the opening Twenty20 match.
  
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• New Zealand v England: James Vince stars in seven-wicket win

  01-11-2019 05:56 via bbc.co.uk
  James Vince's fluent half-century helps England begin their tour of New Zealand with a seven-wicket win in the first Twenty20.
  
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• James Vince guides England to comfortable T20 win over New Zealand

  01-11-2019 05:40
  England take 1-0 series lead after seven-wicket victoryVince hits 59 from 38 deliveries at Hagley OvalEngland’s five-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand began with a relative stroll in Hagley Park as a typically stylish hand from James Vince helped set up a seven-wicket victory with nine balls to spare.When Eoin Morgan launched his opposite number, Tim Southee, over deep mid-wicket for six, it completed a chase of 154 that rarely felt in doubt after Vince had finessed 38-ball 59 from
  
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• England beat New Zealand in first Twenty20 international – as it happened

  01-11-2019 05:21
  England win opening match of series by seven wicketsJames Vince leads tourists with classy 59 from 38 balls 4.46am GMT And here’s Ali Martin’s report from Hagley Oval: Related: James Vince guides England to comfortable T20 win over New Zealand4.21am GMT And that’s that. The five-game series continues in two days time at Wellington. Thanks for your company for the first leg of this T20I OBO double header. I’ll be back in three hours for Australia v Sri Lanka at the MCG. An
  
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• New Zealand v England: first Twenty20 international – live!

  01-11-2019 02:20
  Updates from the first match of the T20 seriesMorgan puts his faith in rookies for opening matchGet in touch with Adam via email or on Twitter 1.20am GMT 4th over: New Zealand 15-1 (Munro 7, Seifert 3) Sam Billings is on the TV mic, England’s wicketkeeper and vice-captain in this tour. Thrilled to see him back in business after a tough 2019 where he missed most of the season with a bad shoulder injury. He makes a handy diving stop down the legside, Tom Curran missing his mark for the first
  
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• Eoin Morgan backs England’s rugby union side to seal World Cup double

  01-11-2019 00:01
  • World Cup-winning captain says team must stick to gameplan
  • Jamie George has had input from Morgan and Sam BillingsEoin Morgan, a World Cup-winning captain this year, has urged England’s rugby team to stick to the methods that have served them so well when they face South Africa in the Yokohama final on Saturday.Morgan, a keen Saracens fan, has spoken to the hooker Jamie George about the secrets to delivering on the big stage after his cricket side held their nerve in the supe
  
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