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• Ben Stokes believes England's T20 World Cup potential is 'scary'

  02-12-2020 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘If we play our best game of cricket we can beat most teams’England top of T20 rankings after 3-0 series win in South Africa Ben Stokes has described England’s potential in Twenty20 cricket as “scary” and, while wary of sounding cocky, fancies they are reaching the stage where they can take down any team in the world.As the heartbeat of the dressing room, Stokes is always a useful barometer of confidence levels. After the 3-0 series win in South Africa these appear
  
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• Hampshire: Chris Wood agrees new white-ball contract until end of 2021

  02-12-2020 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hampshire seam bowler Chris Wood agrees a new white-ball contract with the county until the end of 2021.
  
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• Jordan Cox: Kent wicketkeeper-batsman extends contract until 2023

  02-12-2020 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kent's Jordan Cox signs an extended contract to keep him at the club until the end of the 2023 season.
  
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• The raw truth about fast bowling

  02-12-2020 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  How do bowlers deal with hitting batsmen? Which approach works best against speed? When do you turn to Paul McKenna?By James Wallace for Wisden Cricket MonthlyIt will take you longer than 0.4 seconds to read this sentence. It will take your brain longer still to make sense of it. The fastest bowlers propel the ball at speeds in excess of 90mph. At the point of release, they are just shy of 19 metres away from their intended target. That’s if the intended target is the wooden stumps. A big
  
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• Australia v India: Hardik Pandya helps tourists end ODI series with win

  02-12-2020 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India end their one-day series in Australia with a 13-run win in Canberra, while Sydney is given go-ahead for 100% capacity for third Twenty20 match.
  
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• India avoid whitewash with 13-run win over Australia in third ODI

  02-12-2020 12:53 via theguardian.com
  
  India 302-5; Australia 289 all out | India win by 13 runsAustralia win series 2-1 despite defeat at Manuka OvalAustralia’s shot at a rare series clean sweep of India were killed off in the final overs as they fell short by 13 runs in the third ODI in Canberra.Glenn Maxwell put the hosts in a position to win the game with a dominant 59 from 38 balls, but his dismissal in the 45th over saw Australia lose 4-21 to be all out for 289. Related: India beat Australia by 13 runs in third one-day in
  
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• India beat Australia by 13 runs in third one-day international – as it happened

  02-12-2020 12:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Series ends 2-1 in Australia’s favour after India’s first winGlenn Maxwell’s blistering 59 not enough at Manuka Oval11.38am GMT When India limped to 152-5 in a dead rubber featuring two much-changed sides, this ODI had little to mark it out as a potential classic. But Hardik Pandya (92) and Ravi Jadeja (66) regrouped, then launched a ferocious assault at the death to power India to something approaching par on a good batting track with more pace than previously seen this series
  
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• The Spin | Cricket must make bold climate choices in post-Covid world

  02-12-2020 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Protests at Australia v India against a damaging coal project are a reminder that the game must not shirk its responsibilitiesLast Sunday, Steve Smith fidgeted to his second successive 62-ball century against India. The night before, Sydney broiled in its warmest November night (25.4 degrees at 1am), while Smithville recorded New South Wales’s hottest November temperature as the mercury hit 46.5 degrees. In rural New South Wales, bushfires are already burning and less than half of Australi
  
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• India set Australia 303 to win third one-day international – live!

  02-12-2020 08:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from Aus vs Ind at Manuka Oval in Canberra India win toss before final match of 2020 ODI seriesAny thoughts? Email or tweet @JPHowcroft7.16am GMT What a partnership to finish that innings. It ended up at 150 from 108 balls, unbeaten. 86 runs in the last six overs. 7.11am GMT 50th over: India 302-5 (Pandya 92, Jadeja 66) Abbott to bowl the last. Jadeja gets an outside edge, and nearly picks up four but Labuschagne sprints across from deep backward to keep it to two. Another couple as Jade
  
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• Channel Seven accused of making 'Trump-like' claims in dispute with Cricket Australia

  02-12-2020 03:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Broadcaster claims CA incentivised to host BBL games in TasmaniaCricket Tasmania hits back at ‘absurd and untrue’ allegationsCricket Tasmania chairman Andrew Gaggin has dismissed Channel Seven’s “Trump-like allegations” as “patently absurd and untrue”, while Test skipper Tim Paine has leapt to the defence of his home ground.The bitter spat between Cricket Australia and its free-to-air broadcaster Seven has dramatically escalated, with the latter’s
  
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