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• IPL: Kings XI Punjab beat Delhi Capitals despite Shikhar Dhawan century

  20-10-2020 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Indian Premier League leaders Delhi Capitals are beaten by Kings XI Punjab despite a second successive century from Shikhar Dhawan.
  
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• The WBBL is not just a domestic cricket tournament. It’s the future of our game | Megan Schutt

  20-10-2020 18:30
  
  The rapid evolution of tournaments like the WBBL is changing the nation in positive ways not just confined to sportThis is the story of how I got it wrong.I remember the first time the prospect of a Women’s Big Bash League was mentioned to me. I was sceptical. It sounded to me like a box-ticking exercise piggy-backing off the early success of the boys’ tournament. We had been hanging out for a T20 tournament of our own, but instead it felt like we were being shrunk down and shoe-horn
  
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• Eoin Morgan: England captain warns of mental health issues in bio-secure bubbles

  20-10-2020 16:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England players can withdraw from tours if playing in bio-secure bubbles is impacting their mental health, says Eoin Morgan.
  
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• Zak Crawley, Sir Alastair Cook & Sophie Ecclestone win Cricket Writers' Club awards

  20-10-2020 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England batsman Zak Crawley is named Young Cricketer of the Year by the Cricket Writers' Club.
  
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• Jason Holder urges cricket not to abandon Black Lives Matter message

  20-10-2020 13:58
  
  West Indies captain feted at Cricket Writers’ Club awards‘I haven’t had one conversation in the IPL around it’Jason Holder has urged cricket not to abandon the Black Lives Matter message after his impressive captaincy of West Indies this year was recognised among the annual Cricket Writers’ Club awards.Holder’s side were the first international sports team to travel overseas during the Covid-19 pandemic and then led a public display of racial equality when the
  
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• The Spin | Cannonball Cricket: the indoor revolution that failed to take off

  20-10-2020 11:30
  
  Once hailed as the future and huge in Australia, for some reason the idea was not a hit. But it could be back in 2021
  It was in this week in 1985 that the Guardian first reported on a new form of indoor cricket, apparently set to take the nation by storm. A centre had opened in Wellingborough, another in Ipswich was following the week later and two courts at Lord’s were coming on stream the week after that, to add to venues already open in Hounslow and Peterborough. The ambition was for 15
  
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• Rashid Khan says Afghanistan need to play more against the world's best teams

  20-10-2020 10:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rashid Khan says Afghanistan need to play against "the big teams" more to further develop cricket in the country.
  
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• Sydney an option to host India with Queensland cricket plan yet to be finalised

  20-10-2020 03:13
  
  Six games with Australia scheduled in BrisbaneQuarantine proposal currently being considered Cricket Australia may soon need to contemplate Plan D for India’s lucrative tour as Queensland government and health officials continue to mull over its quarantine proposal.CA is yet to announce updated dates for this summer’s international schedule, the highlight of which is a four-Test series between Australia and Virat Kohli’s team. Related: Eoin Morgan warns of mental health withdra
  
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• Sydney emerges as option to host India with Queensland plan yet to be finalised

  20-10-2020 02:38
  
  Six games with Australia scheduled in BrisbaneQuarantine proposal currently being considered Cricket Australia may soon need to contemplate Plan D for India’s lucrative tour as Queensland government and health officials continue to mull over its quarantine proposal.CA is yet to announce updated dates for this summer’s international schedule, the highlight of which is a four-Test series between Australia and Virat Kohli’s team. Related: Eoin Morgan warns of mental health withdra
  
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