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• Joe Root heads to Sri Lanka ready to celebrate with fist bumps

  02-03-2020 20:17
  
  England squad ban handshakes due to coronavirusTwo-Test series starts in Galle on 19 MarchEngland will swap handshakes for fist bumps in Sri Lanka as they look to steer clear of any illnesses and make advances in the World Test Championship.Joe Root’s players flew out of Heathrow on Monday night for a two-Test series that begins in Galle on 19 March, the tour having been cleared to proceed despite sporting events coming under increasing threat from the global spread of the coronavirus. Rel
  
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• England to swap handshakes for fist bumps for Sri Lanka tour

  02-03-2020 20:17
  
  Joe Root hoping to keep threat of coronavirus at bayTwo-Test series starts in Galle on 19 MarchEngland will swap handshakes for fist bumps in Sri Lanka as they look to steer clear of any illnesses and make advances in the World Test Championship. Related: England's Rory Burns quits football until cricket playing days are overRelated: Australia into Women's World T20 semis but joy tempered by Ellyse Perry injuryContinue reading...
  
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• England to swap handshakes for fist bumps during Sri Lanka tour

  02-03-2020 20:17
  
  Joe Root hoping to keep threat of coronavirus at bayTwo-Test series starts in Galle on 19 MarchEngland will swap handshakes for fist bumps in Sri Lanka as they look to steer clear of any illnesses and make advances in the World Test Championship. Related: England's Rory Burns quits football until cricket playing days are overRelated: Australia into Women's World T20 semis but joy tempered by Ellyse Perry injuryContinue reading...
  
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• England players will not shake hands on Sri Lanka tour because of coronavirus

  02-03-2020 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Captain Joe Root says England's players will not shake hands during the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka because of the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Glenn Maxwell: Lancashire re-sign Australia all-rounder for 2020 T20 Blast

  02-03-2020 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lancashire re-sign Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell for the upcoming 2020 T20 Blast.
  
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• Marcus Trescothick: Somerset rename pavilion in tribute to England batsman

  02-03-2020 15:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Somerset will rename their pavilion at Taunton's County Ground in tribute to former England batsman Marcus Trescothick.
  
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• Coronavirus: Ireland women's tour to Thailand called off because of virus

  02-03-2020 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Ireland women's cricket tour to Thailand for a four-team tournament has been cancelled over coronavirus fears.
  
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• New Zealand v India: Virat Kohli's behaviour questioned by journalist following defeat

  02-03-2020 10:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India captain Virat Kohli criticises his team and skirts around questions about his own behaviour as New Zealand complete a 2-0 Test series win.
  
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• Women's T20 World Cup highlights: Australia knock out New Zealand to reach semi-finals

  02-03-2020 09:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Beth Mooney stars with the bat and Megan Schutt and Georgia Wareham share six wickets as Australia beat New Zealand to reach the semi-finals of the Women's T20 World Cup.
  
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• Women's T20 World Cup: Australia through but New Zealand out

  02-03-2020 08:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Defending champions Australia avoid an early exit at the T20 World Cup with a four-run victory over New Zealand putting them into the semi-finals.
  
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• Australia beat New Zealand by four runs: Women's Twenty20 World Cup – as it happened

  02-03-2020 08:19
  
  Australia 155-5; New Zealand 151-7 | Hosts win by four runsConcern over Ellyse Perry after allrounder hobbles off 7.19am GMTThanks for your company. We’ll be back with the OBO for the semi-finals on Thursday. Until then, bye for now! 7.16am GMT The match report (and Ellyse Perry’s injury). Related: Australia into Women's World T20 semis but joy tempered by Ellyse Perry injury7.15am GMT Meg Lanning speaks. A lot of love for Beth Mooney and a love of interest in Perry’s injury. &
  
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• Australia into Women's World T20 semis but joy tempered by Ellyse Perry injury

  02-03-2020 08:12
  
  Australia 155-5; New Zealand 151-7 | Hosts win by four runsPerry hobbles off Junction Oval with hamstring injuryAustralia’s Twenty20 World Cup hopes are alive after holding off New Zealand by four runs in a sudden-death trans-Tasman battle to secure a semi-final spot.But the victory looks to have come at a major cost, with a shattered Ellyse Perry hobbling off Melbourne’s Junction Oval with a hamstring injury. Related: Australia beat New Zealand by four runs: Women's Twenty20 World C
  
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• Australia beat New Zealand by four runs: Women's Twenty20 World Cup – live!

  02-03-2020 08:01
  
  Updates from the crunch match at Melbourne’s Junction OvalAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam7.01am GMT 20th over: New Zealand 151-7 (Martin 37, Kasperek 3) Target 156 Gardner to bowl the final over for Australia. Kasperek does the right thing and takes one first ball to fine leg. But Martin returns serve, giving the strike right back - that doesn’t help. Kasperek takes another, leaving Martin 17 to get from the final three balls. She slaps two to midwicket - the result now a f
  
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• Women's T20 World Cup: Ellyse Perry pulls up with hamstring injury

  02-03-2020 07:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia's star player Ellyse Perry hobbles off the field after appearing to pull her hamstring their Women's T20 World Cup game against New Zealand in Melbourne, Australia.
  
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• Women's T20 World Cup: Suzie Bates takes 'superb' catch to remove Beth Mooney

  02-03-2020 06:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealand's Suzie Bates takes a "superb" catch to dismiss Australia's Beth Mooney for 60 in their Women's T20 World Cup game in Melbourne, Australia.
  
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• Women's T20 World Cup: Shashikala Siriwardene stars as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh

  02-03-2020 05:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sri Lanka finish their T20 World Cup campaign with their first victory of the tournament against Bangladesh.
  
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• Australia v New Zealand: Women's Twenty20 World Cup – live!

  02-03-2020 04:26
  
  Updates from the crunch match at Melbourne’s Junction OvalAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam3.26am GMT Remember the time Perry bowled Australia to a World Cup Final win on a broken ankle? She has form. Let’s go back t0 2013 in Perry’s words, recounted to Russell Jackson in 2015. Of all her matchwinning efforts, this is the most absurd.Related: Ellyse Perry: 'It's the most exciting time in women's cricket' | Russell Jackson3.23am GMT According to reports on twitter, from
  
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