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• England v West Indies: Hosts win five-over match by three wickets to take series 5-0

  30-09-2020 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England complete a clean sweep in their Twenty20 series against West Indies with a three-wicket win in a truncated fifth and final match in Derby.
  
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• England v West Indies: fifth and final women's T20 international – as it happened

  30-09-2020 22:41
  
  After a whole lot of rain, England won the first-ever five-over women’s international to win the five-match series 5-0 9.41pm BST Thanks all for your company – enjoy the rest of your days and nights. Cheerio.9.41pm BST There we go then; it is with a heavy heart that I declare the English international summer closed. So, just the IPL, Blast and Australia Women v New Zealand women to be getting on with then; whatever shall we do? What a world.9.38pm BST A slightly upsetting ending, but
  
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• England v West Indies: Stafanie Taylor takes a brilliant catch

  30-09-2020 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor takes a "brilliant" diving catch to remove Katherine Brunt in the five over match between England and the West Indies in Derby.
  
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• England v West Indies: Heather Knight and Amy Jones out in first over

  30-09-2020 22:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England lose Heather Knight and Amy Jones in the first over as they chase 42 to beat the West Indies in a five over match in Derby.
  
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• England v West Indies: Davies and Brunt take two early wickets

  30-09-2020 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Freya Davies and Katherine Brunt take early wickets, before Sophie Ecclestone grabs a third as the West Indies post 41-3 in their five overs in the final rain-affected T20 between England and the West Indies in Derby.
  
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• 'When she speaks, you listen': Cricket Australia prepares to lose Belinda Clark | Megan Maurice

  30-09-2020 19:30
  
  The former Australia women’s captain and giant of the game will shift her focus towards the end of the yearOn International Women’s Day this year, 86,174 people packed into the MCG to watch a game of women’s cricket, something unimaginable during Belinda Clark’s time as Australia captain. However, without her legacy and the work she did both during her playing days and after her retirement, this dream may never have become a reality.This week Clark announced that she will
  
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• Giles praises England players' pay realism as Bairstow drops off red-ball list

  30-09-2020 19:22
  
  Crawley, Pope and Sibley elevated to Test contractsPlayers ‘not blind to reality’, says Ashley GilesAshley Giles insisted England’s cricketers are not blind to the financial uncertainty facing the sport after the latest batch of men’s central contracts were announced despite the fact talks over pay cuts are still ongoing.Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope and Dom Sibley have earned their first Test deals after encouraging starts to their international careers, while Jonny Bairstow d
  
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• Tom Fell & Charlie Morris extend Worcestershire contracts

  30-09-2020 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Worcestershire duo Tom Fell and Charlie Morris sign contract extensions until the end of the 2022 season.
  
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• England v West Indies: fifth and final women's T20 international – live!

  30-09-2020 18:00
  
  Updates from the game at Derby, England lead 4-0Email Daniel or tweet @DanielHarris with your thoughts 3.13pm BST Friends, I say this with intense trepidation and profound regret, but I fear we have finally reached the end of the cricketing summer. I’m so, so sorry. England have been excellent in this series, not only winning all four matches but winning them by significant margins – 47 runs, 47 runs, 20 runs and 44 runs. Which is to say that they’ve batted first on each occasi
  
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• Phil Simmons: West Indies coach hopes England tour Caribbean

  30-09-2020 17:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Indies coach Phil Simmons hopes England will return the favour and tour the Caribbean in the near future.
  
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• Jonny Bairstow: England batsman loses Test central contract for 2020-21

  30-09-2020 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow is not offered an England central contract for Test cricket, though he retains a limited-overs deal.
  
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• PCA Awards: Zak Crawley nominated for player and young player of the year

  30-09-2020 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kent and England batsman Zak Crawley is nominated for both player and young player of the year at the PCA awards.
  
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• Glamorgan to contact cricketers over racism accusations

  30-09-2020 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Glamorgan want to speak to two ex-cricketers following accusations of racism levelled at the Welsh county.
  
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• T20 Blast quarter-finals: Eight sides aiming to reach Finals Day at Edgbaston

  30-09-2020 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Smith explains how several Gloucestershire players have coped with personal adversity, before their T20 Blast quarter-final.
  
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• Jonny Bairstow drops off red-ball list as England players face pay cuts

  30-09-2020 14:13
  
  Crawley, Pope and Sibley elevated to Test contractsPlayers ‘not blind not blind to reality’ says Ashley GilesAshley Giles insisted England’s cricketers are not blind to the financial uncertainty facing the sport after the latest batch of men’s central contracts were announced despite the fact talks over pay cuts are still ongoing.Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope and Dom Sibley have earned their first Test deals off the back of encouraging starts to their international careers, whi
  
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• Jonny Bairstow drops off red-ball list as England hand deals to Crawley and Pope

  30-09-2020 13:16
  
  Crawley, Pope and Sibley elevated to Test contractsTom Curran takes Joe Denly’s place on white-ball listZak Crawley, Ollie Pope and Dom Sibley have seen promising starts to their Test careers rewarded with England central contracts, but wage cuts appear to be coming for the players as the Covid-19 pandemic bites the game’s finances.For all three batsmen it is the first time they have been elevated to deals that were worth around £650,000 last year, with Jonny Bairstow, who has
  
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• Ian Cockbain: Gloucestershire batsman signs new contract

  30-09-2020 11:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gloucestershire batsman Ian Cockbain extends his contract with the club until the end of the 2022 season.
  
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• Tim Key: when the Ashes and the Edinburgh festival aligned in 2005

  30-09-2020 09:00
  
  The poet, comedian and actor takes on his generation’s big one. And, yes, he is well aware of the responsibilityBy Tim Key for Wisden Cricket MonthlyYou think I’m not nervous writing about the 2005 Ashes? You think I don’t understand the responsibility? If you’re over 50 there is another contender. Of course there is. You’ve got Botham, 1981 and all that: commentators checking out of hotels early, olden-days folk listening to the wireless in traffic jams, Willis&rsq
  
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• New Zealand beat Australia in third women's Twenty20 international – as it happened

  30-09-2020 08:51
  
  New Zealand end lengthy losing streak to AustraliaAmelia Kerr steers tourists to five-wicket win in Brisbane 7.51am BST That’s it from me. An important win from New Zealand, successfully getting to the finish line against the world champions. It wasn’t the most clinical chase but none of that matters now. And of course, they put in a a fine performance with the ball to make it possible. We’ll be back with the OBO for the first ODI on Saturday. Bye! 7.49am BST The Australian all
  
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• New Zealand beat Australia in third women's Twenty20 international – live!

  30-09-2020 08:49
  
  New Zealand end lengthy losing streak to AustraliaAmelia Kerr steers tourists to five-wicket win in Brisbane 7.49am BST The Australian all-rounder says the time away served her well during lockdown but coming back to quarantine ahead of this series, it was like she had never left. Sophie Devine’s turn to talk. “To finally do it on the park today, it was really well deserved. We are disappointed we couldn’t put the performances together earlier but it is good to have that confid
  
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• Australia v New Zealand: third women's Twenty20 international – live!

  30-09-2020 05:17
  
  Updates from the final match of the series in BrisbaneAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam 4.17am BST Full teams shortly but Australia are unchanged. 4.14am BST After Australia easily accounted for New Zealand in the first two T20s of this series, the focus was more on the visitors than the world champions. How can a team with so many talented individual players, who perform so well in the Women’s Big Bash year after year, have such a dreadful short-form record against their old rival
  
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