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• England’s Zak Crawley shows right qualities despite finding going tough | Chris Stocks

  16-01-2020 18:54
  
  Opener buried his natural instincts to amass 44 from 137 balls on a slow wicket in Port Elizabeth to lay a solid base for rest of England’s batsmenFor Zak Crawley, after three hours and 23 minutes of hard graft in the searing Port Elizabeth heat, the disappointment at missing out on a maiden Test half-century was palpable.Yet his innings of 44 from 137 balls played a major part in helping England end the opening day of this third Test ahead of the game given the spin and variable bounce &n
  
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• England coach Lisa Keightley sets sights on Twenty20 World Cup final

  16-01-2020 18:08
  
  • England travel to Australia hoping to match 2018 achievement
  • ‘I am planning to be in the final and so are the players’The new England Women’s head coach, Lisa Keightley, has challenged her players to reach the final of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in Australia next month.The 48-year-old has replaced Mark Robinson and will not have long with the squad before she is thrust into the pressure of a major tournament. Related: Pope and Stokes lead England fightback after s
  
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• England are ‘planning to be in final’ of Women’s T20 World Cup, says coach

  16-01-2020 18:08
  
  • Lisa Keightley: ‘The Aussies are definitely favourites’
  • England travel to Australia hoping to match 2018 achievementThe new England Women’s head coach, Lisa Keightley, has challenged her players to reach the final of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in Australia next month.The 48-year-old has replaced Mark Robinson and will not have long with the squad before she is thrust into the pressure of a major tournament. Related: Pope and Stokes lead England fightback after slo
  
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• Pope and Stokes lead England fightback after slow start and Rabada double

  16-01-2020 16:41
  
  • England 224 for four at stumps on first day of third Test
  • Stokes unbeaten on 39 and Pope 38 not out overnightThis was a slow burner of a day – except for those spectators foolish enough to stay out of the shade as a fierce sun blazed out of a cloudless sky. The pitch was slow, the band was surprisingly slow to play their trademark “Stand By Me” and for much of the time the batting was slow until Ollie Pope launched a mini-assault against the second new ball in fro
  
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• I was made a scapegoat for England’s Test defeats, says Moeen Ali

  16-01-2020 16:09
  
  • All-rounder says he was an easy target after poor results
  • ‘If we lose I feel I am one of the first guys to get the blame’Moeen Ali has claimed he was made a scapegoat for England’s Test failings when he was in the side and that is why he took a break from the long form of the game and is not ready yet to make his return.The all-rounder stepped away from red-ball cricket following England’s decision not to renew his central contract last September and has sin
  
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• I was a made a scapegoat for England’s Test defeats, says Moeen Ali

  16-01-2020 16:09
  
  • All-rounder says he was an easy target after poor results
  • ‘If we lose I feel I am one of the first guys to get the blame’Moeen Ali has claimed he was made a scapegoat for England’s Test failings when he was in the side and that is why he took a break from the long form of the game and is not ready yet to make his return.The all-rounder stepped away from red-ball cricket following England’s decision not to renew his central contract last September and has sin
  
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• England's James Anderson on 'worst pain I've been in on cricket field'

  16-01-2020 12:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's all-time leading wicket-taker James Anderson says breaking a rib in the second Test against South Africa was "the worst pain I've been in on a cricket field".
  
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