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• Australia's cricket tour of South Africa in doubt amid Covid bubble fears

  07-12-2020 23:01
  
  England’s trip cancelled after five positive casesAustralia monitoring situation ahead of early 2021 tourAustralia’s scheduled three-Test tour of South Africa has been thrust under the microscope after England cancelled their one-day international series due to an apparent loss of faith in the country’s biosecurity arrangements.England are due to fly home from Cape Town this week following Monday’s decision to call off the remaining matches after five positive Covid-19 ca
  
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• South Africa left to count the cost after edgy England opt for safety first | Ali Martin

  07-12-2020 22:06
  
  An increasingly nervous England decided against taking any further risks on a tour that has highlighted the problems international sport still faces during the pandemic
  Cape Town was overcast for much of the day on Monday but around 3pm, just as word came through that England’s ODI leg of the tour of South Africa was off, blue skies and sunshine broke out, showing off Table Mountain in all its glory.The mood in the England squad was in keeping with this change of weather, as increasingly a
  
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• South Africa left to count the cost after edgy England opt for safety first

  07-12-2020 21:31
  
  An increasingly nervous England decided against taking any further risks on a tour that has highlighted the problems international sport still faces during the pandemic
  Cape Town was overcast for much of the day on Monday but around 3pm, just as word came through that England’s tour of South Africa was off, blue skies and sunshine broke out, showing off Table Mountain in all its glory.The mood in the England camp was in keeping with this change of weather, as increasingly anxious thoughts
  
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• England cricket: What next for bio-bubbles after South Africa tour abandoned?

  07-12-2020 19:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What will the consequences be after the bubble of England's tour of South Africa was burst by a number of positive coronavirus tests?
  
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• South Africa v England: ODI series called off after Covid-19 tests

  07-12-2020 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's tour of South Africa is abandoned after a number of positive coronavirus tests.
  
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• England to fly home after South Africa ODI series called off due to Covid-19

  07-12-2020 13:53
  
  Two of five positive tests are members of England’s tour party
  They may be left behind to self-isolate if test results confirmedEngland’s tour of South Africa has been called off without the one-day series being played following the recent outbreak of Covid-19 at the team hotel.The players and support staff were informed of the early departure at a team meeting on Monday afternoon and are now preparing to leave Cape Town on a chartered flight, three days earlier than was originally s
  
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• Tom Banton: Why has England batsman withdrawn from Big Bash League?

  07-12-2020 08:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tom Banton will not be taking part in the Big Bash League with Brisbane Heat - but why did he pull out of his contract?
  
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• Tom Curran second English player to leave BBL as bubble fatigue takes toll

  07-12-2020 07:29
  
  Curran pulls out of Sydney Sixers after ‘challenging year’Follows Tom Banton, who opted out of Brisbane HeatCovid-19 has cost the Big Bash League another English star with Tom Curran pulling out of the Sydney Sixers squad.Curran made the call to skip this year’s competition – which will start in front of heavily capped crowd numbers – in desperate need of a break after five months of living in biosecure bubbles. The English quick’s decision came after countrym
  
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• Australia v India: Justin Langer may rope Test stars into tour match

  07-12-2020 02:52
  
  Langer has addressed CA board about alarming injury tollSays it is ‘very tempting’ to keep Test players in SydneyJustin Langer has addressed Cricket Australia’s board about the challenges of playing the sport in the Covid-19 era amid an alarming injury toll ahead of the four-Test series.Australia suffered a six-wicket loss to India in the second Twenty20, meaning the tourists will shoot for a fourth consecutive win over Langer’s team when they clash in Sydney on Tuesday n
  
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• Tom Curran withdraws from BBL season with Sydney Sixers

  07-12-2020 01:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Curran joins England colleague Tom Banton in withdrawing from this season's Big Bash League in Australia.
  
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