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• Steve Smith says he plays 'better' under captaincy pressure

  06-11-2019 23:54
  Batsman backed by some to lead Australia againLeadership ban ends in March next yearThe captaincy questions keep coming for Steve Smith as another Australian leader-in-waiting prepares to put his best foot forward.Smith’s leadership ban expires next March, and debate has swirled in recent weeks about whether he should again head up the Test side once incumbent skipper Tim Paine retires. Related: Line drawn under tumultuous period with Mel Jones appointed to Cricket Australia boardRelated:
  
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• Jonny Bairstow and Chris Jordan in line for early England return in New Zealand

  06-11-2019 18:59
  • Experienced pair could play in Napier to help save T20 series
  • Matt Parkinson and Tom Banton expected to keep placesIt was in Napier, the art deco-styled coastal city on the North Island playing host to Friday evening’s fourth T20 between New Zealand and England, that Alan Mullally once left a dead shark in Mike Atherton’s bed as a prank.On his first tour with England in the winter of 1996-97, the left-armer was ribbing his captain for a lack of fishing success and was t
  
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• WBBL opportunities and depth of talent pool set Australian women's cricket apart | Geoff Lemon

  06-11-2019 18:00
  With a platform to showcase emerging players such Phoebe Litchfield, rivals are struggling to keep paceThere was a buzz this season when Phoebe Litchfield started her Big Bash career. A 16-year-old playing a ramp shot for four over the wicketkeeper’s head a few balls into her batting debut. The way she flayed boundaries from Australian national representatives Ash Gardner and Erin Burns. She made 26 that day, then doubled it next game in a big run chase for the Sydney Thunder.Martina Hingi
  
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• Brett Hutton: Northants seamer has ankle surgery after sustaining injury in May

  06-11-2019 12:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Northamptonshire seamer Brett Hutton has ankle surgery after playing through most of last season with the injury.
  
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• Qais Ahmad: Gloucestershire sign Afghanistan leg-spinner for 2020

  06-11-2019 11:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Gloucestershire sign Afghanistan sinner Qais Ahmad for the T20 Blast and six Championship matches in 2020.
  
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• Paul Coughlin: Durham re-sign all-rounder from Nottinghamshire

  06-11-2019 11:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Durham have re-signed Paul Coughlin two years after the all-rounder left the club to join Nottinghamshire.
  
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• Pat Brown: Worcestershire's England T20 fast bowler signs Melbourne Stars Big Bash deal

  06-11-2019 09:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Worcestershire's England T20 fast bowler Pat Brown is to join Australian Big Bash League side Melbourne Stars in January.
  
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• Sean Abbott: Derbyshire sign ex-Australia fast bowler for first half of 2020

  06-11-2019 09:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Australia fast bowler Sean Abbott will join Derbyshire for the first half of the 2020 season.
  
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• Nicholas Pooran: Yorkshire re-sign West Indies international for T20 Blast

  06-11-2019 08:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Yorkshire re-sign West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran for "the majority" of the group stages of next year's T20 Blast.
  
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• Line drawn under tumultuous period with Mel Jones appointed to Cricket Australia board

  06-11-2019 00:18
  CA board returns to full compliment of nineJones is first former female player to become directorFormer women’s Test player Mel Jones has been appointed to fill the vacant director’s role on Cricket Australia’s board. CA on Wednesday confirmed Jones’ elevation as Victoria’s nominee, which makes her the first former female player to become a state-appointed director.The move officially ends the chapter of one of the most tumultuous periods in the board’s histor
  
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