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• ECB ponders Covid passports to get fans back into grounds for championship

  30-03-2021 18:53
  
  ECB exploring all possibilities for spectators to returnNew season will begin without fans on 8 AprilAs the county season prepares to burst into life on 8 April with the first round of Championship matches, the ECB revealed that it is pondering the use of Covid passports once crowds are again allowed into grounds.Games will be played in front of empty stands until at least 17 May, when venues will be allowed to fill up to 25% capacity. The ECB is then exploring all possibilities to allow as many
  
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• Shreyas Iyer: Lancashire chief Paul Allott hopeful over shoulder injury

  30-03-2021 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Lancashire signing Shreyas Iyer is to undergo shoulder surgery following his injury in India's ODI against England.
  
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• IPL: England stars could quit in future if barred from tournament - Ashley Giles

  30-03-2021 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England could lose their best players in the future if they are not allowed to play in the IPL, says director of cricket Ashley Giles.
  
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• New Zealand v Bangladesh: Hosts win second T20 after DLS confusion

  30-03-2021 12:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 28 runs in the second Twenty20, despite play being stopped to adjust the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern target.
  
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• The Spin | Cricket's storied siblings, from missionaries to the seven Fosters

  30-03-2021 12:36
  
  The recent ODI series saw the Curran and Pandya brothers face off but teams full of siblings used to be more commonThe presence of both a pair of Pandyas and a couple of Currans on a single pitch during England’s one-day international series in India was a delicious echo of the days when a team with only two sporting siblings was practically a disappointment, with some families sending an unlikely succession of scions out of the clubhouse.Several siblings lining up together to play first-c
  
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• New Zealand v Australia: Hosts produce thrilling last-ball victory

  30-03-2021 08:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealand produce a thrilling last-ball victory to beat Australia by four wickets and level the three-match Twenty20 series at 1-1.
  
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• New Zealand level T20 series in final-ball thriller against Australia

  30-03-2021 07:21
  
  Australia 129-4; New Zealand 131-6 | NZ win by four wicketsThree-match series will be decided in Auckland on ThursdayNew Zealand levelled the women’s T20 international series with Australia after a dramatic final-ball win at McLean Park in Napier.Hannah Green found the boundary with an inside edge on the last ball to secure a four-wicket victory for the hosts and set up a series decider in Auckland on Thursday. Related: New Zealand beat Australia by four wickets in second women's T20 inter
  
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• New Zealand beat Australia by four wickets in second women's T20 international – as it happened

  30-03-2021 07:16
  
  New Zealand level series at 1-1 with final-ball win Win sets up decider in Auckland on Thursday 6.16am BST That was a fun day. Swings of fortune, some periods of grind, some flashes of freedom. This series will come down to a decider on Thursday, and we’ll have coverage with Emma Kemp. Thanks for your company today. Related: New Zealand level T20 series in final-ball thriller against Australia 6.14am BST Amy Satterthwaite is the stand-in captain. “I felt a bit rusty to begin with, yo
  
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• New Zealand beat Australia by four wickets in second women's T20 international – live!

  30-03-2021 07:14
  
  New Zealand level series at 1-1 with final-ball win at Mclean Park
  Any thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport6.14am BST Amy Satterthwaite is the stand-in captain. “I felt a bit rusty to begin with, you’re having to think all the time. I spoke about it before the game, said that if everyone executed their role then we’d be in a good position, and everybody did that. We fielded outstanding, all the bowlers did their job. I said before batting that I wanted us to try to get ahe
  
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• New Zealand v Australia: second women's T20 international – live!

  30-03-2021 04:21
  
  Updates from the second cricket match of the series at Mclean Park
  Any thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport3.21am BST 4th over: Australia 19-1 (Mooney 15, Lanning 0) The captain Meg Lanning to the crease for the final ball of the fourth over. Defends. 3.18am BST Another good piece of fielding to start the over, this time Newton is able to offset her previous miss with a diving stop at backward point after Mooney steers the ball looking for the boundary at deep third. They take a run, and He
  
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• Steve Smith 'interested' in Australia captaincy three years after ball tampering scandal

  30-03-2021 01:21
  
  Former captain’s leadership ban expired last year‘I’ve grown as a human being,’ says batsmanSteve Smith is ready and willing to captain Australia again, three years on from the infamous ball-tampering scandal. One of Australia’s greatest batsmen, Smith received a 12-month ban from international cricket following the dramatic events on the 2018 tour of South Africa.He was also barred from holding any leadership position with the national team for two years as Tim Pai
  
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