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• Al Jazeera documentary had 'insufficient evidence' on spot-fixing in England match, says ICC

  17-05-2021 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The International Cricket Council says there is "insufficient credible and reliable evidence" to bring spot-fixing charges for claims made in a 2018 Al Jazeera documentary.
  
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• Stuart Broad feels former England selector Ed Smith ‘didn’t rate me’

  17-05-2021 20:38
  
  Veteran pace bowler disappointed with lack of communicationSquad for New Zealand Tests to be announced on TuesdayStuart Broad has described his relationship with Ed Smith as a case of working under somebody who did not rate him and said he would accept missing a Test match this summer provided the reasons are communicated properly.England will name their squad for the upcoming Test series against New Zealand on Tuesday, the first since Smith’s three-year spell as national selector was term
  
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• Marnus Labuschagne: Batsman to miss Australia tour for logistical reasons

  17-05-2021 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne will miss his country's July Caribbean tour and stay at Glamorgan because of travel problems.
  
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• ICC finds insufficient evidence of Al Jazeera spot-fixing claims

  17-05-2021 16:51
  
  No charges to be brought under anti-corruption codeAl Jazeera had alleged fixing in India v England match in 2016The International Cricket Council said it has not found sufficient “credible and reliable evidence” regarding the spot-fixing claims made by Al Jazeera in 2018 and will not bring any charges under the governing body’s anti-corruption code.The Al Jazeera programme “Cricket’s Match Fixers”, broadcast on 27 May 2018, alleged incidents of spot-fixing in
  
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• Cameron Bancroft: Cricket Australia ask batsman if he has 'new information' on ball-tampering

  17-05-2021 15:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cricket Australia has reached out to Cameron Bancroft to see if he has "new information" about the sandpaper scandal after newspaper comments.
  
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• Cricket Australia asks Bancroft for new information on ball-tampering scandal

  17-05-2021 14:10
  
  CA integrity unit offers batsman chance to shed new lightAdam Gilchrist: ‘I think people are ready to pull the trigger’Cricket Australia has formally contacted Cameron Bancroft seeking new information about the 2018 sandpaper scandal after an interview with the batsman placed the issue firmly back on the agenda.Australian cricket was plunged into crisis by the incident in South Africa, which saw Bancroft receive a nine-month ban for tampering with the ball while captain Steve Smith a
  
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• County cricket talking points: Essex the big movers in rain-affected week

  17-05-2021 13:50
  
  It was a productive week for the reigning champions and an emotional one for Durham bowler Chris RushworthBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogHaving been uncharacteristically out of sorts for a few weeks, Essex cranked up the mean machine and brushed aside Derbyshire as they leapfrogged to the top of Group One. Having lost the first day to rain, the plan was to have a look, go hard for the bonus points that come with a total of 400 and then bowl the opposition out twice. Easier said than do
  
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• D'Arcy Short: Hampshire sign Australia international for T20 Blast

  17-05-2021 10:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hampshire sign Australia's D'Arcy Short for their 2021 T20 Blast campaign.
  
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• Returned IPL stars available for Australia’s tour of West Indies

  17-05-2021 08:05
  
  Nine of those in Sydney quarantine named in 23-man squadUK-based Marnus Labuschagne misses out due to logisticsAustralia’s quarantining Indian Premier League players will be made available for the white ball tour of the Caribbean, with nine of the stars named in a preliminary squad.Just hours after Australia’s 38-strong contingent jumped off a flight and into hotels for the next fortnight, selectors revealed their plans for the path to the Twenty20 World Cup. Related: Australia&rsquo
  
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• IPL: Australian cricketers caught by India ban fly home

  17-05-2021 03:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It comes as the government faces fresh criticism for failing to support Australians stranded in India.
  
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• Australia’s stranded cricketers touch down in Sydney two weeks after IPL suspended

  17-05-2021 03:07
  
  Majority of 38-strong group arrive on BCCI charter flight Returning players come in over NSW’s quarantine cap
  The majority of Australia’s stranded cricket cohort has returned home after a charter flight carrying the Indian Premier League players, coaches and broadcasters touched down in Sydney on Monday morning. Most of the 38-strong group, who escaped to the Maldives following the postponement of the lucrative Twenty20 tournament due to the Covid crisis, arrived on a flight paid for
  
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• Sport 2050: Beneath the dome - how cricket could look due to climate change

  17-05-2021 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Is a bio-dome the saviour of summer cricket? BBC Sport imagines a new world of indoor cricket - and how players and fans might react.
  
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