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• Jofra Archer will return to peak fitness for England, insists bowling coach

  19-05-2021 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Fast bowler misses New Zealand series with injury‘We want him to help us win Ashes,’ says Jon LewisJofra Archer has set his sights on returning as a force in Test cricket amid an upbeat prognosis from England’s bowling coach, Jon Lewis, that his current elbow injury does not present a long-term threat to his career.After reporting soreness in the elbow during his first-team comeback for Sussex last week, Archer missed out on selection for next month’s two-Test series agai
  
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• Australian bowlers and Cameron Bancroft ‘clear the air’ over ball tampering

  19-05-2021 09:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Cummins, Hazlewood, Starc and Lyon speak to Bancroft‘Everyone’s looking forward to moving on,’ says Tim PaineThe four Australia bowlers who played in the Cape Town Test match in 2018 have been in touch with Cameron Bancroft to “clear the air” following comments made by the batsman about ball-tampering, captain Tim Paine has said.Speaking to the Guardian last week, Bancroft was asked directly if Australia’s bowlers knew about the plan to use sandpaper on the ba
  
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• Australia aim to start busy Test summer at full-strength against Afghanistan

  19-05-2021 07:36 via theguardian.com
  
  One-off Test the only red-ball preparation for Ashes seriesWomen’s team set to play Tests against India and EnglandAustralia hope to unleash a full-strength side for the opening Test of the summer against Afghanistan, their only red-ball hit out before the Ashes. Cricket Australia announced its 2021-22 international schedule on Wednesday with the one-off match against Afghanistan in Hobart the first of six men’s Tests to be played within a two-month period.Chairman of selectors Trevo
  
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