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• English football joins global sport shutdown in deepening virus crisis

  13-03-2020 20:23
  
  Football bodies act after managers and players test positiveLondon Marathon, Masters golf and Giro d’Italia all postponedEnglish football was forced to join the sweeping global shutdown of sport on Friday with all elite matches – including the Premier League, the Football League and the Women’s Super League – suspended until the start of April at the earliest.The postponements came on a day when the London Marathon was also postponed until 4 October, next month’s Ma
  
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• Sport's role as the great distraction reluctantly cancelled but it will be back | Barney Ronay

  13-03-2020 18:32
  
  The beauty, the grace, the basic pleasure of these gaudy entertainments will remain unaffected though help needs to go to everyone, not just the loudest
  And, breathe. Preferably, it goes without saying, into a vacant space. At the end of a week when the sporting news cycle has seemed to pulse and spread and multiply like a malevolent bacillus, two things are abundantly clear. The correct decision on containment has – and this is important: only reluctantly – been made. And profession
  
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• Coronavirus: MCC v Essex - Champion County fixture in Sri Lanka called off

  13-03-2020 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Essex's Champion County fixture with MCC in Sri Lanka is cancelled, while four other counties curtail pre-season trips.
  
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• India-South Africa series off, Pakistan Super League condensed

  13-03-2020 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India's one-day series against South Africa is postponed because of coronavirus, while the Pakistan Super League's play-offs are condensed.
  
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• Coronavirus: Scotland's one-day internationals with USA & UAE postponed

  13-03-2020 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scotland's planned one-day internationals with USA and UAE are postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Australia thrash New Zealand in first one-day international

  13-03-2020 12:01
  
  Australia 258-7; New Zealand 187 all outDavid Warner and Aaron Finch put on 124 for first wicketAdam Zampa bowled the ball of the summer but no-one was there to see it as Australia beat New Zealand by 71 runs behind closed doors at the SCG. On a day when the coronavirus consumed the sporting landscape, Australia recorded their first ODI win in six matches.With the pandemic leaving fans locked out just hours before the first ball was bowled, Aaron Finch (60) and David Warner (67) led Australia to
  
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• Coronavirus: England Test series in Sri Lanka called-off

  13-03-2020 11:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's Test series against Sri Lanka is called off because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Australia beat New Zealand by 71 runs first one-day international – as it happened

  13-03-2020 11:44
  
  Australia’s opening pairing set them on their way to victory over New Zealand, who struggled to build partnerships 11.05am GMT Here is the report: Related: Australia thrash New Zealand in first one-day international10.44am GMT That’s it for me. Thanks for your company across what has been a very strange day at the cricket. Provided the second ODI goes ahead on Sunday, we’ll be back again with the OBO - you can rely on that! Please everyone, take care. Bye for now.10.43am GMT Aa
  
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• England cricket tour of Sri Lanka called off due to coronavirus

  13-03-2020 11:23
  
  Players and support staff to be brought home as soon as possibleECB statement says ‘these are completely unprecedented times’England’s tour of Sri Lanka has been officially called off due to the global spread of the coronavirus.The decision was announced by the England and Wales Cricket Board and their Sri Lankan counterparts on Friday morning while Joe Root’s players were out in the middle playing the second day of their final warm-up fixture in Colombo. Continue reading
  
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• Coronavirus: IPL season start delayed because of outbreak

  13-03-2020 11:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The start of the 2020 Indian Premier League season is delayed from 29 March to 15 April as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• The Hundred: Trent Rockets captains confirmed as Nat Sciver and Lewis Gregory

  13-03-2020 10:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England all-rounders Nat Sciver and Lewis Gregory will captain Trent Rockets in The Hundred.
  
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• The Hundred: Sophie Devine to captain Birmingham Phoenix women's team

  13-03-2020 08:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealand's Sophie Devine is appointed to lead Birmingham Phoenix women's team in the inaugural Hundred in 2020.
  
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• Ben Stokes: England all-round withdraws from Sri Lanka warm-up with abdominal problem

  13-03-2020 08:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ben Stokes withdraws from England's warm-up match in Sri Lanka to undergo abdominal tests - but it is not linked to any coronavirus concerns.
  
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• Australia v New Zealand: first one-day international – live!

  13-03-2020 04:05
  
  Updates on the match behind closed doors at the SCGAny thoughts? Email to tweet @scott_heinrich 3.05am GMT To the eerie backdrop of not a sod in the stands, Australia captain Aaron Finch calls correctly and wastes no time in electing to wield the willow. “Looks like a nice wicket and a little on the dry side. So hopefully we can post a decent score,” Finch says. “It’s an unusual feeling to turn up and there’s no one around.”SCG looking beautiful ahead of the f
  
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• Fans shut out from Australia's ODI series with New Zealand due to Covid-19

  13-03-2020 00:26
  
  Three-match series goes behind closed doors‘Public health and safety must take priority,’ says CACrowds will be banned from Australia’s one-day cricket series against New Zealand with the series to be played behind closed doors because of coronavirus. Cricket Australia took the drastic step on Friday, just hours before the series opener at the SCG. Related: Formula One’s Australian Grand Prix cancelled amid coronavirus fearsContinue reading...
  
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• ECB insists England's Sri Lanka series is on as virus crisis worsens

  13-03-2020 00:15
  
  First Test is due to start in Galle next ThursdayGoverning body acknowledge ‘evolving situation’The England and Wales Cricket Board issued a statement on Thursday evening insisting the two-Test series against Sri Lanka that begins on 19 March remains on, but also urged travelling supporters due to arrive in the coming days to keep up to date with the latest government advice.A spokesperson said: “At this stage the series is planned to continue but we want to stress that this is
  
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