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• Sri Lanka’s Mickey Arthur: ‘England can expect some tough cricket’

  07-03-2020 21:00
  
  Sri Lanka’s experienced new coach is excited by his team’s new spin options for the two-Test series, and eyes revenge for 2018England have been warned to expect a war of attrition in Sri Lanka, with the country’s new head coach, Mickey Arthur, also keen to unleash one of the brightest young spin talents he has seen during the upcoming Test series.Arthur held talks with Ashley Giles over England’s head coach vacancy last year but, after Chris Silverwood got the nod to repl
  
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• More than a game of cricket: MCG final is defining moment for women's sport | Megan Maurice

  07-03-2020 20:00
  
  There are hopes of a record crowd for the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup final but that should not be the end of the journeyEach game of this Twenty20 World Cup has been leading to this – the attempted world record crowd for a women’s sporting event at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for Sunday’s final between Australia and India. For months, Cricket Australia and the local organising committee have been boldly espousing their hopes to break the current record of 90,185 set at t
  
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• Australia in South Africa: Marnus Labuschagne hits hundred but Proteas seal whitewash

  07-03-2020 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Africa comfortably beat Australia by six wickets in the third one-day international in Potchefstroom to complete a 3-0 series win.
  
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• England in Sri Lanka: Jos Buttler & Joe Root score fifties in warm-up

  07-03-2020 14:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jos Buttler scores 79 and Joe Root 78 as England make 316 on day one of their opening warm-up match in Sri Lanka.
  
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• Jofra Archer to focus on fitness for Sussex and Tests and ignore IPL

  07-03-2020 13:30
  
  • ECB rules injured bowler out of Rajasthan Royals return
  • Archer had said he had ‘fingers crossed’ for comeback in IPLJofra Archer has been told to train his sights on the Test series against West Indies in June and a spell of county cricket beforehand rather than return from injury in the Indian Premier League.The 24-year-old England fast bowler said in midweek he had “fingers crossed” over featuring for Rajasthan Royals at the back end of the IPL campaign, h
  
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• Jofra Archer: England fast bowler unlikely to play in IPL

  07-03-2020 11:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England fast bowler Jofra Archer is unlikely to play in this year's Indian Premier League as he continues his recovery from an elbow injury.
  
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• Australia meet India in World Cup final, bookended by Katy Perry concert on IWD

  07-03-2020 08:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport previews the T20 World Cup final between Australia and India, which could become a record-breaking day.
  
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• Meg Lanning: Australia's captain hoping to become a five-time world champion

  07-03-2020 08:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why Meg Lanning's sheer will to win, combined with a compassionate human side, is marking her out as one of Australia's greatest ever captains.
  
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