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Village side Swardeston given go-ahead to play in European Cricket League

18-12-2019 18:52

• Ipswich-based club won English domestic double last season
• Sixteen teams will play T10 over eight days this summerLook out Pavel Florin: the English are coming. The England and Wales Cricket Board has granted permission for the village side Swardeston to become the first English T20 club champions to play in the European Cricket League.The ECL is the self-styled Champions League of cricket, designed to grow the game around Europe in what is a huge and largely untapped market. Relat

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Australia’s latest ODI squad continues shift away from T20 approach | Geoff Lemon

18-12-2019 18:00

Tough calls were made as selectors moved their 50-over approach closer to a shortened Test than an elongated T20With a Twenty20 World Cup on home soil less than a year away, it is interesting that the Australian men’s team will sail into 2019 with a 50-over team that looks much closer to the Test line-up than a 20-over outfit. Few of the tyros of the Big Bash are there: instead they will be back home playing in that T20 tournament while the one-day team makes a lightning trip to the subcon

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England want Moeen Ali back for Tests when he is ready, says Ashley Giles

18-12-2019 12:11

• ‘There is no doubt … he’s shown his abilities in Tests and ODIs’
• Giles wary of pressures packed schedule puts on playersAshley Giles has said there is “no doubt” England want Moeen Ali to make a Test comeback but is mindful that a packed international schedule is heaping more pressure on players than ever before.Moeen, 32, has made himself unavailable for selection in the longer format since the end of last summer and turned down a berth on the

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Ben Stokes: England all-rounder relives his special summer of cricket

18-12-2019 07:39 via bbc.co.uk

England all-rounder Ben Stokes looks back on some of the photographs that tell the story of a special summer of cricket.

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Ellyse Perry wins top honours as Australian players scoop ICC awards

18-12-2019 00:16

Alyssa Healy named T20 player of the yearLanning, Schutt and Jonnasen also honouredEllyse Perry has been crowned the international women’s cricketer of the year, as Australia scooped the pool at the ICC awards. Perry claimed the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint award for the second time in three years, and was also named the ODI player of the year.Alyssa Healy also claimed the Twenty20 award, while Meg Lanning was named captain of both sides. Continue reading...

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