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• England Women to face strict quarantine rules in New Zealand

  14-01-2021 21:41
  
  Team will have to undergo a week in isolation on arrivalEngland recall bowler Tash Farrant to squad England Women will fly out to New Zealand later this month facing stringent new quarantine measures before their series in February.The team had originally anticipated being able to train after four days spent in their hotel rooms, but fears about the new UK variant of the virus are making the New Zealand government extra-cautious. Instead, the team will have to undergo a full week in isolation be
  
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• England Women facing a week's quarantine before New Zealand ODIs

  14-01-2021 21:41
  
  Team will have to undergo a week in isolation on arrivalEngland recall bowler Tash Farrant to squad England Women will fly out to New Zealand later this month facing stringent new quarantine measures before their series in February.The team had originally anticipated being able to train after four days spent in their hotel rooms, but fears about the new UK variant of the virus are making the New Zealand government extra-cautious. Instead, the team will have to undergo a full week in isolation be
  
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• Cricket: England Women to face strict quarantine rules in New Zealand

  14-01-2021 21:41
  
  Team will have to undergo a week in isolation on arrivalEngland recall bowler Tash Farrant to squad England Women will fly out to New Zealand later this month facing stringent new quarantine measures before their series in February.The team had originally anticipated being able to train after four days spent in their hotel rooms, but fears about the new UK variant of the virus are making the New Zealand government extra-cautious. Instead, the team will have to undergo a full week in isolation be
  
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• Sri Lanka's Galle fortress in danger of crumbling after an insipid first day | Rex Clementine

  14-01-2021 18:49
  
  England are in control after the home side collapsed to their lowest first-innings total at the venue in a flurry of sloppy shotsGalle has been a real fortress of Sri Lankan cricket. The heat, rank turners and some fine spin bowlers have ensured visiting teams last barely three days in a Test match here. England fans, though, have been attending in numbers for nearly two decades since the ground became an international venue. More in hope than conviction that their team will do well, the Barmy A
  
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• England's Dom Bess claims he was lucky to take five-wicket haul in Sri Lanka

  14-01-2021 17:41
  
  ‘I probably haven’t bowled as well as I could have’Bess pleased Jack Leach marked return with a wicketDom Bess was in a philosophical mood after his second five-wicket haul in Test cricket, reminding himself and others that the sport is one where more impressive performances with the ball can just as easily go unrewarded.The 23-year-old’s five for 30 on day one in Galle owed much to factors beyond his control, with three slightly gifted wickets and one huge slice of fortu
  
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• Dom Bess accepts good fortune on way to five-wicket haul in Sri Lanka

  14-01-2021 17:41
  
  ‘I probably haven’t bowled as well as I could have’Bess pleased Jack Leach marked return with a wicketDom Bess was in a philosophical mood after his second five-wicket haul in Test cricket, reminding himself and others that the sport is one where more impressive performances with the ball can just as easily go unrewarded.The 23-year-old’s five for 30 on day one in Galle owed much to factors beyond his control, with three slightly gifted wickets and one huge slice of fortu
  
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• Sri Lanka v England: Hosts' batting display 'one of the worst we've seen'

  14-01-2021 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "Awful", "diabolical", "farcical" - just three of the adjectives used to describe Sri Lanka's collapse in the opening Test against England.
  
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• England in control of first Test after Dom Bess skittles Sri Lanka for 135

  14-01-2021 13:49
  
  First Test, day one: Sri Lanka 135; England 127-2Bess takes five wickets and Root eases to half centuryEngland knocked over a haphazard Sri Lanka for just 135 to take immediate control of the first Test in Galle, with Stuart Broad outstanding and Dom Bess riding his luck all the way to a five-wicket haul.The tourists were wary of making a sloppy start to the tour after just one day of intra-squad warm-up action since touching down in Hambantota, but instead found themselves cashing in on a dread
  
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• The 80s and 90s Cricket Show: the podcast that revisits the bad old days

  14-01-2021 13:20
  
  If you want to relive the trauma of England’s worst years, you’ll enjoy The 80s and 90s Cricket ShowA new podcast about English cricket in the 1980s and 1990s? Yes, nice one, any other childhood traumas you’d like to talk about? Here’s the thing: despite being probably the worst period in England’s Test history, the end of the 20th century provides the richest nostalgia for cricket fans. There are plenty of reasons for that: the characters, the stories, the occasion
  
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• Australia v India: Tim Paine says Steve Smith will 'feed' off criticism

  14-01-2021 11:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia will "see the best of Steve Smith" in the deciding final Test against India, says captain Tim Paine.
  
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• England women recall Tash Farrant for New Zealand tour

  14-01-2021 10:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Left-arm seamer Tash Farrant is in line to play for England for the first time since 2018 after being recalled for the tour of New Zealand.
  
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• Sophie Devine hits 36-ball hundred - fastest in women's T20 cricket

  14-01-2021 09:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealand captain Sophie Devine smashes a 36-ball hundred, the fastest in women's Twenty20 history.
  
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• Liverpool v Manchester United, cracking catches and desert rallying | Classic YouTube

  14-01-2021 09:00
  
  This week’s round-up also features a maverick assist, Aimee Fuller’s snowboard days and much more1) The Premier League leaders once again play at Anfield on Sunday, but on this occasion Manchester United are the team top of the pile, rather than Liverpool. The clash has brought many famous moments. There was the 3-3 draw in 1988, the 3-3 draw in 1994, Jerzy Dudek forgetting what his job was, a John O’Shea winner, and, not to mention, a brief compilation of other things. There w
  
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• Quiz: Can you name all of England men's Test players from this century

  14-01-2021 06:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With Dan Lawrence becoming the 123rd player to represent England in Test cricket this century, how many of the other 122 can you remember?
  
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• Marcus Harris replaces injured Will Pucovski for Australia in fourth Test

  14-01-2021 04:16
  
  Pucovski unable to prove fitness for series decider at the GabbaHarris, in first recall for 16 months, to open batting with WarnerMarcus Harris’s 16-month wait for a Test recall is over, with the opener locked in to replace the injured Will Pucovski in Australia’s XI for the series decider against India.Harris was dumped after the 2019 Ashes and repeatedly overlooked since. The 28-year-old has been part of Australia’s enlarged Test squad throughout the current series, which is
  
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