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• Australia suffer six-wicket defeat in second ODI as South Africa win series

  04-03-2020 22:16
  
  South Africa 274-4 beat Australia 271 to win three-match seriesNgidi stars for Proteas with six-wicket haul against touristsLungi Ngidi’s blistering haul and an unbeaten century from Janneman Malan helped South Africa to a dominant six-wicket victory over Australia in Bloemfontein as they clinched the One-Day International series.The Proteas, who won the opening match at Paarl by 74 runs, bowled Australia out for 271, with Ngidi claiming six wickets. David Warner made 35 off 23 balls, befo
  
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• Worcestershire: Sussex fixture switched to Kidderminster due to New Road flooding

  04-03-2020 14:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Worcestershire confirm their County Championship match against Sussex in April will switch to Kidderminster after flooding.
  
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• 'It’s been extreme': Worcestershire cricket stay upbeat despite floods

  04-03-2020 14:47
  
  Club’s pre-season tour threatened by coronavirus‘It’s a hold-our-breath and fingers crossed job’Worcestershire could be forgiven for feeling down on their luck at present, with their ground still submerged following its fifth flood of the winter and their upcoming pre-season tour in the balance due to the coronavirus.The Pears announced on Wednesday that their first home match of the 2020 season against Sussex on 25 April must now be staged in nearby Kidderminster given N
  
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• Josh Cobb: Northamptonshire white-ball captain signs new two-year deal

  04-03-2020 12:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northamptonshire white-ball skipper Josh Cobb signs a new contract until the end of the 2022 season.
  
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• Men's and women's competitions in the Hundred to have equal prize money

  04-03-2020 08:04
  
  Each competition will be worth £300,000 in totalECB: ‘This is a step towards making cricket gender-balanced’A £600,000 total prize pool will be split evenly between the men’s and women’s competitions in the Hundred this summer. The England and Wales Cricket Board has announced that both competitions will be worth £300,000 in prize money, with the winning men’s and women’s teams earning £150,000 each, the runners-up £75,000, as wel
  
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• The Hundred: Men's and women's winners to receive equal prize money

  04-03-2020 07:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The winners of the men's and women's Hundred competitions will receive equal prize money, it has been announced.
  
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• Women's World T20: late bid for Australia to have rain reserve day rejected

  04-03-2020 02:17
  
  Showers forecast for scheduled Thursday semi-finals in SydneyICC says there is no provision for them to be played another dayAustralia’s Women’s Twenty20 World Cup fate may yet be determined by the weather after Cricket Australia’s request to introduce a reserve day was rejected by the International Cricket Council.The CA chief executive, Kevin Roberts, told SEN he had asked the ICC if the tournament’s semi-finals at the SCG – which are under threat due to forecast
  
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