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• Pakistan in South Africa: Fakhar Zaman hits 193 but hosts win to level series

  04-04-2021 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman hits a stunning 193 but South Africa win the second one-day international by 17 runs to level the series.
  
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• Australia's women a symbol of durability on long world record road

  04-04-2021 09:10
  
  Ricky Ponting’s last loss came days before his winning streak started; Meg Lanning’s last came in 2017In any area of life, women are told to wait. We cannot expect equality to happen overnight; we cannot rush change; we cannot move too quickly otherwise people won’t like it. Women who play cricket have experienced the same: waiting to be allowed to play at Lord’s, waiting to get media coverage, waiting to discard the skirts that amateur players were once made to wear. The
  
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• Division bell rings as county cricket looks to make up for lost time | Simon Burnton

  04-04-2021 09:00
  
  There is a mixed reception for a championship that is more like last year’s Bob Willis Trophy than what we saw in 2019The last time we saw the County Championship, in 2019, Nottinghamshire had been relegated from Division One with a paltry 67 points, while Lancashire, Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire had been promoted from Division Two.“I’m now looking forward to the challenge and I know the players are excited about that,” trilled Gloucestershire’s head coach,
  
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• Women's ODI: Australia set new world record in win over New Zealand

  04-04-2021 08:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia's women set a new world record for consecutive one-day international victories with a six-wicket win over New Zealand.
  
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• Australia's women break world record with ODI win against New Zealand

  04-04-2021 08:28
  
  Lanning’s side beat White Ferns by six wickets in series opener22nd straight win surpasses the 21 set by Ponting’s men’s sideMegan Schutt and Alyssa Healy have powered Australia to a world-record 22nd straight ODI win, crushing New Zealand by six wickets and setting a new benchmark for dominance of the sport.In Mount Maunganui on Sunday, Meg Lanning’s side eclipsed the 21-match winning streak of Ricky Ponting’s 2003 World Cup winners to become the holders of the lon
  
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• Australia's women's team break ODI world record against New Zealand – as it happened

  04-04-2021 08:06
  
  Lanning’s side beat White Ferns by six wickets in series opener22nd straight win surpasses the 21 set by Ponting’s men’s side 7.06am BST That performance by Australia suggests a few potential players of the match, but the honour is well-deserved by the prolific Schutt. She was instrumental in restricting NZ to a total of 212. The chase was set up for success by Alyssa Healy (65 off 68), who put the tourists in control and put on a 78-strong partnership with Ellyse Perry, who sc
  
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• Australia's women's team break ODI world record against New Zealand – live!

  04-04-2021 07:31
  
  Updates from the one-day international at Bay OvalAny thoughts? Email or tweet @emmavkemp6.31am BST Megan Schutt is player of the match for her outstanding 4-32 which kept New Zealand to a below-par 212.“It’s nice to have it now,” Schutt says of the record. “We didn’t mention it before we went out to field today but it’s obviously nice to have the record ... we were pretty good throughout the entire match. we strung ‘em together really well and then towa
  
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• Australis's women's team break ODI world record against New Zealand – live!

  04-04-2021 07:25
  
  Updates from the one-day international at Bay OvalAny thoughts? Email or tweet @emmavkemp6.25am BST Here is the moment!A six to bring up @akgardner97's third ODI fifty...and a record victory for @AusWomenCricket!
  Australia defeat New Zealand by six wickets to go 1-0 up in the Rose Bowl series.#NZvAUS pic.twitter.com/RIAwrvtrH1 6.22am BST And break the WORLD RECORD. That’s win No 22 on the bounce, which betters Ricky Ponting’s 2003 team (21 victories).Australia must be arguably the gr
  
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• New Zealand v Australia: first women's ODI – live!

  04-04-2021 00:30
  
  Updates from the one-day international at Bay OvalStart time in Mount Maunganui is 11am local, 9am AESTAny thoughts? Email or tweet @emmavkemp 11.29pm BST Welcome to the first ODI between New Zealand and Australia from the always gorgeous Bay Oval at Mount Maunganui. Had the world been a different place over the last year, this would have been a ground where both teams featured in the World Cup earlier in 2021, but instead we have to wait until early 2022 for that after it delayed because of Cov
  
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