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• India v England: Jofra Archer targets T20 World Cup & Ashes

  12-03-2021 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England bowler Jofra Archer says he must "take care" of his elbow injury if he wants to play a full part in the Twenty20 World Cup and the Ashes this year.
  
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• England trounce India in first T20 international – as it happened!

  12-03-2021 19:39
  
  Roy blasts 49 from 32 balls as England cruise to victoryYou can email Tim or send him a tweet 5.33pm GMT That’s the end of a perfect day for England. They produced a proper team performance, to the extent that nobody failed, with the bat or the ball. Every bowler took a wicket apart from Sam Curran, who induced the mighty Rishabh Pant to duck his bouncer in a triumph of sorts. And all of the top four made at least 20, which is a lot more than the top order was managing in the Test series.
  
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• Jason Roy sets up successful England run chase in first T20 against India

  12-03-2021 19:13
  
  India 124-7; England 130-2; England win by eight wicketsRoy’s 49 from 32 balls followed Archer’s three for 23Full scorecard from the first T20 in AhmedabadA change of format brought a change of fortune for England in Ahmedabad as the excellence of Jofra Archer and an aggressive performance with the bat saw the tourists cruise to a dominant eight-wicket victory over India in their Twenty20 series opener.Gone were the demons experienced on the same ground during the recent 3-1 defeat i
  
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• Jason Roy blasts England home in first T20 in India after Jofra Archer excels

  12-03-2021 19:13
  
  India 124-7; England 130-2; England win by eight wicketsRoy’s 49 from 32 balls followed Archer’s three for 23Full scorecard from the first T20 in AhmedabadA change of format brought a change of fortune for England in Ahmedabad as the excellence of Jofra Archer and an aggressive performance with the bat saw the tourists cruise to a dominant eight-wicket victory over India in their Twenty20 series opener.Gone were the demons experienced on the same ground during the recent 3-1 defeat i
  
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• India v England: Jofra Archer & Jason Roy star in first T20 win

  12-03-2021 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A magnificent bowling performance sets England on the way to an eight-wicket victory over India in the first Twenty20 in Ahmedabad.
  
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• England beat India by eight wickets in first T20 international – live reaction!

  12-03-2021 17:51
  
  Roy blasts 49 from 32 balls as England cruise to victoryYou can email Tim or send him a tweet 4.51pm GMT The next T20 World Cup, which should have taken place in Australia last autumn, is now down for India this autumn. Ahmedabad is one of the venues and England have put in some immaculate prep today. Jofra Archer was back to his immense best, fast and accurate, and Mark Wood was faster still. The whole bowling performance was reminiscent of England’s very first T20, when they caught Austr
  
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• India set England target of 125 to win first T20 international – live!

  12-03-2021 16:43
  
  Live updates from the first T20 match in AhmedabadEngland and India seek answers to T20 World Cup questions
  You can email Tim or send him a tweet 3.43pm GMT 4th over: England 29-0 (Roy 24, Buttler 5) Kohli, trying everything, replaces Kumar with Shardul Thakur. Buttler glides past backward point for two, then gets in a tangle trying a ramp and edging into his own thigh. “It’s just not a good pitch to bat on,” says Stuart Broad, whereupon Roy slams a length ball back past the bo
  
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• Sam Curran, Tom Curran and Reece Topley sign new Surrey contacts

  12-03-2021 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England internationals Sam Curran, Tom Curran and Reece Topley sign new long-term contracts with Surrey.
  
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• India v England: first Twenty20 international – live!

  12-03-2021 13:30
  
  Live updates from the first T20 match in AhmedabadEngland and India seek answers to T20 World Cup questions
  You can email Tim or send him a tweet 11.33am GMT Afternoon everyone. Once more unto the crease, dear friends, once more unto the Ahmedabad colosseum. But this time it’s a different ballgame. The clothes are coloured, the ball is white, the timing is congenial for anyone in the West. And the scales are beautifully balanced.This is a shoot-out between the world’s two best teams
  
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• Jason Holder replaced by Kraigg Brathwaite as West Indies captain

  12-03-2021 13:19
  
  Holder earned widespread praise on UK tour last summerBrathwaite led team to famous 2-0 away victory in BangladeshJason Holder earned widespread praise in the UK last summer after leading the first international cricket tour during the Covid-19 pandemic. But the all-rounder has now been stood down as Test captain of West Indies and replaced by Kraigg Brathwaite.Holder, 29, was one of 10 West Indies players who opted out of a tour of Bangladesh last month due to Covid-related concerns only for Br
  
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• Kraigg Brathwaite named West Indies Test captain

  12-03-2021 10:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kraigg Brathwaite will replace Jason Holder as West Indies Test captain, says Cricket West Indies.
  
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