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• Afghanistan’s first Test against Australia still set for November

  01-09-2021 23:57
  
  ‘We want good relations,’ says Taliban cultural spokesmanMatch scheduled to take place in Hobart in NovemberPlans for Afghanistan’s first Test match against Australia are proceeding at pace after multiple sources confirmed the Taliban’s willingness for the historic fixture to go ahead as scheduled in November.On Wednesday Hamid Shinwari, chief executive of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, told AFP that “we have got approval to send the team to Australia”. Contin
  
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• England v New Zealand T20: Brilliant Tammy Beaumont hits 97 in England win

  01-09-2021 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch the best moments from Tammy Beaumont's brilliant 97 as England beat New Zealand by 46 runs.
  
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• England v New Zealand: Tammy Beaumont crashes 97 as hosts win first Twenty20

  01-09-2021 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tammy Beaumont crashes a sensational 97 as England romp to a 46-run victory over New Zealand in the first Twenty20 at Chelmsford.
  
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• Tammy Beaumont powers England to comfortable T20 win over New Zealand

  01-09-2021 22:57
  
  First T20: England 184-4; NZ 138. England win by 46 runsBeaumont hits superb 97 from 65 ballsEngland reclaimed Fortress Chelmsford with a vengeance, hitting their highest T20 score against New Zealand – 184 for four – before bowling out their opponents for 138 in 18.5 overs to finish with a huge 46-run win.Two years ago, England were subject to an onslaught from the mighty Meg Lanning here. Tammy Beaumont’s 97 from 65 balls – her fourth half-century of the international s
  
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• England too good for New Zealand in first women’s T20 international – as it happened

  01-09-2021 22:47
  
  Tammy Beaumont scored 97 as England amassed 184-4 and a rusty New Zealand were never in the match, bowled out for 138 in the 19th overSciver knew she’d be captaining yesterday and feel bad for her captain, but is happy to lead the team. She’d have bowled too, and is her players are looking forward to testing themselves against brilliant players; she hopes the music gets pumping and the crowd get involved. Sophie Devine thinks there might be something in the pitch, which is why she ma
  
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• England v New Zealand T20: Tash Farrant's tumbling catch dismisses Maddy Green

  01-09-2021 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's Tash Farrant takes a tumbling catch to dismiss New Zealand's Maddy Green.
  
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• Unpredictable series leaves England and India seeking stability

  01-09-2021 21:00
  
  Pope and Woakes could replace Butler and CurranOff-spinner Ashwin poised to return for IndiaThe Oval Test is synonymous with summer’s end; one final hurrah before the leaves begin to fall and, along with settling any unfinished business, a chance for England’s cricketers to book their places on the plane for the winter tours.Not this time. The fourth Test against India that starts on Thursday will not decide a series that is locked at 1‑1 and still has a finale in Manchester ne
  
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• County cricket: Bohannon hits century for Lancashire; Somerset thrashed by Nottinghamshire

  01-09-2021 18:37
  
  Yorkshire will be confident of securing victory against Hampshire after taking two early wickets in the final inningApologies, Glenn Chapple just came up and talked about Lancashire’s Championship win ten years ago. Glamorgan 134 & 112 v Essex 320. Essex 22 points, Glamorgan 3 points. Sam Cook 5-37; Chris Cooke 47 not out. Continue reading...
  
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• County cricket: Bohannon hits century for Lancashire; Hampshire face tough final day v Yorkshire

  01-09-2021 18:37
  
  Yorkshire will be confident of securing victory against Hampshire after taking two early wickets in the final inningApologies, Glenn Chapple just came up and talked about Lancashire’s Championship win ten years ago. Glamorgan 134 & 112 v Essex 320. Essex 22 points, Glamorgan 3 points. Sam Cook 5-37; Chris Cooke 47 not out. Continue reading...
  
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• England v New Zealand: first women’s T20 international – live!

  01-09-2021 18:30
  
  Updates from the first match of the series at ChelmsfordDunkley eager to face New Zealand and judge Hundred impactAnd you can contact Daniel by email or on Twitter Good morrow one and all and welcome to the first of five T20 internationals between England and New Zealand! This promises to be a belter of a series. England are closing in on Australia at the top of the world rankings, swept the White Ferns when the teams met in March, and are riding a Hundred wave which should ensure a sell-out cro
  
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• Moeen Ali says journey from wilderness to vice-captain shows ‘beauty of sport’

  01-09-2021 17:39
  
  All-rounder will be Joe Root’s deputy against India at OvalMoeen promoted in absence of Ben Stokes and Jos ButtlerTwo matches and barely three weeks after his recall from the Test wilderness to which he had been exiled for more than two years, Moeen Ali will face India at the Oval on Thursday as England’s vice-captain. His assimilation from the outer margins to the heart of the team has been startlingly rapid, a process the 34-year-old described with typically pleasing spin as demons
  
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• ‘Form of my life still to come,’ says world No 1 Joe Root

  01-09-2021 16:37
  
  ‘As nice as it is the focus doesn’t change,’ says England captainSeries level at 1-1 for Fourth Test at the OvalJoe Root will go into the fourth Test of an enthralling series against India at the Oval on Thursday as the world’s No 1 batsman. The International Cricket Council’s latest update confirmed his stunning run of form in 2021 has carried him to the top of the rankings for the first time since 2015, 15 months before he succeeded Alastair Cook as the England ca
  
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• ‘Form of my life still to come’: Joe Root reaches No 1 but insists he can improve

  01-09-2021 16:37
  
  ‘As nice as it is the focus doesn’t change,’ says England captainSeries level at 1-1 for fourth Test at the OvalJoe Root will go into the fourth Test of an enthralling series against India at the Oval on Thursday as the world’s No 1 batsman. The International Cricket Council’s latest update confirmed his stunning run of form in 2021 has carried him to the top of the rankings for the first time since 2015, 15 months before he succeeded Alastair Cook as the England ca
  
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• Joe Root not letting No 1 Test batting ranking get to him as he eyes India series win

  01-09-2021 13:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  England captain Joe Root is now the number one ranked Test batsman.
  
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• Lancashire v Warwickshire, Hampshire v Yorkshire and more: county cricket – live!

  01-09-2021 11:35
  
  Updates from day three of the latest County Championship matchesTuesday roundup: Patterson-White damages Somerset’s hopesAnd you can contact Tanya on email, Twitter or comment BTL 10.35am BST Division One
  Old Trafford: Lancashire 100-1 v Warwickshire 371 all out 10.35am BST Liam Patterson-White’s maiden first-class century sparked a spicy Nottinghamshire performance against a diminished Somerset, shorn of Lewis Gregory and Craig Overton. Notts biffed their way to 448, before slicing
  
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• Pant’s attacking style is priceless but India need him to be more thoughtful

  01-09-2021 09:00
  
  India need their wicketkeeper to score runs at the Oval if they are to bounce back from England’s emphatic Headingley win It was 50 years ago that India won a historic Test at the Oval to seal their first series win on English soil. The hero then was the leg-spinner Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, who took six for 38 in the second innings, leaving India with a target of 173, which they chased down with four wickets to spare, thanks to a team batting effort in which no batsman reached a half century
  
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