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• Maddy Green keeps New Zealand in series after England top order falters

  21-09-2021 21:40 via theguardian.com
  
  3rd ODI: NZ 181-7, beat England, 178, by three wicketsLea Tahuhu takes five wickets but England lead series 2-1Despite eve-of-game nerves surrounding a potential security threat, the third one-day international between England and New Zealand took place without a single hiccup. Unless, that is, you count the home side’s batting: for the second time in two matches, England’s top-order looked shot, as they stumbled to 78 for seven after 23 overs.The 30-year-old Lea Tahuhu wreaked the h
  
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• England v New Zealand ODI: Lea Tahuhu takes five wickets and hits winning six

  21-09-2021 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch New Zealand's Lea Tahuhu take her first five-wicket haul in ODI cricket and then hit the winning runs against England at Leicester.
  
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• England v New Zealand ODI: Katherine Brunt claims four New Zealand wickets

  21-09-2021 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as Katherine Brunt gives England hope with four wickets against New Zealand in the home side's three-wicket defeat at Leicester.
  
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• England v New Zealand: third women’s ODI – as it happened

  21-09-2021 21:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Lea Tahuhu and Maddy Green starred as New Zealand kept the series alive with a nervy three-wicket victory at LeicesterReview! Loud appeals as Tahuhu’s delivery hits Beaumont on the front pad, but the on-field umpire is unimpressed. New Zealand sent it upstairs, and there’s heavy breathing from the TV umpire, who sounds like he’s just had to sprint from the gents. Happily his job is straightforward: it looks out, and it’s swiftly demonstrated that it is out.2nd over: Engla
  
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• Hampshire rally with ball after Lancashire dismiss them cheaply

  21-09-2021 20:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Hampshire 143; Lancashire 25-3Abbas and Barker make early inroads into home side’s replyIf the scene was serene, the bowlers were not. Spectators unfolded in camping chairs and stretched across green benches as the Liverpool sun dipped towards its 7.13pm nightcap, but no one was leaving early. Mohammad Abbas and Keith Barker were pawing the ground, desperate to put Hampshire back in the game after they had been bowled out for 143.Barker, trousers hitched up to reveal his patterned socks, a
  
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• Hampshire rally in county title tussle after Lancashire dismiss them cheaply

  21-09-2021 20:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Aigburth: Hampshire 143; Lancashire 25-3Abbas and Barker make early inroads into hosts’ replyIf the scene was serene, the bowlers were not. Spectators unfolded in camping chairs and stretched across green benches as the Liverpool sun dipped towards its 7.13pm nightcap, but no one was leaving early. Mohammad Abbas and Keith Barker were pawing the ground, desperate to put Hampshire back in the game after they had been bowled out for 143.Barker, trousers hitched up to reveal his patterned soc
  
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• County cricket: Hampshire rally as wickets fly at Lancashire – as it happened

  21-09-2021 20:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Hampshire were all out for 143 before taking three Lancashire wickets at Aigburth, while Warwickshire pushed on against SomersetThe other title contenders, Warwickshire and Notts, are also batting. And at Edgbaston, young Rob Yates has been caught off Davey for 3. Warwicks 3-1. Nottinghamshire, meanwhile, are 9-0, HH has squeaked a boundary.An interruption in the first over at Bristol, where an air ambulance has landed. Fingers crossed they’ve got there in time.Continue reading...
  
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• Pakistan feel ‘used and binned’ by England’s withdrawal, says PCB chair

  21-09-2021 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Ramiz Raja has no faith in England’s promise of 2022 tourECB made ‘independent’ decision, says High CommissionerPakistan have lost faith in English cricket and the promise of a tour in 2022, with contingency plans set to be drawn up amid a belief they will once again be left in the lurch.The decision by England to cancel a short visit to Pakistan next month and renege on their show of gratitude for the biosecure summer tour last year has drawn widespread criticism with Ramiz Ra
  
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• England v New Zealand ODI: Lea Tahutu claims five England wickets

  21-09-2021 15:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as New Zealand's Lea Tahuhu takes her first five-wicket haul in ODI cricket as England collapse at the County Ground, Leicester.
  
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• England v New Zealand: third women’s ODI – live!

  21-09-2021 13:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the third ODI at Grace RoadCounty cricket live – the latest from the final round of gamesAnd you can contact Simon by email or on TwitterNew Zealand make two changes, giving Molly Penfold, “an absolute beast of a bowler” into the team. Hayley Jensen is also in. Hannah Rowe and Jess Kerr drop out.England would also have bowled first. “I don’t think it’ll change too much,” says Heather Knight. “Hopefully we can be ruthless and win the se
  
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• Security increased for England v New Zealand ODI after email threat

  21-09-2021 11:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Third ODI at Leicester will go ahead at 1pm on TuesdayInvestigation deemed the threat against NZ Cricket not credibleSecurity at Tuesday’s third one-day international between England Women and New Zealand Women has been raised after the emergence of a “threatening email” relating to the tourists.The game, at Leicestershire’s Uptonsteel County Ground, is due to go ahead as planned with a 1pm start after the threat was investigated and judged not to be credible. Continue re
  
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• County cricket finale: Lancashire v Hampshire and four-way title fight – live!

  21-09-2021 10:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Warwickshire host Somerset, Notts face YorkshireTalking points: four counties still in title raceAnd you can email Tanya, tweet or comment BTLDivision OneAigburth: Lancashire v Hampshire Continue reading...
  
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• Peter Moores: Nottinghamshire head coach agrees new three-year deal

  21-09-2021 10:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nottinghamshire head coach Peter Moores signs a new three-year deal ahead of their final Championship game of the season.
  
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• Australia win 25th consecutive ODI with nine-wicket victory over India

  21-09-2021 09:04 via theguardian.com
  
  India 225-8; Australia 227-1 (Haynes 93, Lanning 53)Teenager Darcie Brown takes four wickets in Mackay3rd over: India 30-0 (Shafali 8, Smriti 12)Another wide from Perry to start the third over, she’s looking frustrated at being unable to find her line and length early. She follows it up with a nice length ball for a dot, before a brilliant cut shot from Smriti, which nearly goes for four, but is saved by a brilliant fielding effort from Rachael Haynes. Unfortunately the next ball is a full
  
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• Kent’s Blast triumph a rare authentic moment in an endless sprawl of cricket | Jonathan Liew

  21-09-2021 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Finals Day is one of the few constants in the domestic game with the sport becoming bewildering and exhausting to followThe woman in the bird costume can scarcely believe what she’s seeing. The man dressed as a bottle of mustard is mesmerised by the flight of the white ball against the dark night sky. The pair of jockeys leaping in anticipation of a Somerset six now clutch their heads as Jordan Cox of Kent hurls himself skywards, flips the ball back over the boundary rope and into play aga
  
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• IPL: Liam Livingstone credits Riyan Parag's bat with six-hitting summer

  21-09-2021 07:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liam Livingstone reveals the secret behind this summer's incredible six-hitting streak… a borrowed bat from Rajasthan Royals team-mate Riyan Parag.
  
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• Australia v India: first women’s one-day international – live!

  21-09-2021 01:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Play gets under way in Mackay at 10.05am AESTGot thoughts? Email Megan or tweet @meganmauriceIt’s cricket season!! Can you believe it? After months of dreary football we’re finally ready for the delight that can only be brought to us through the magical sound of leather on willow. It’s going to be a huge summer of cricket for the Australian women - starting with this multi-format series against India, followed by the WBBL, a home Ashes series and then over to New Zealand to try
  
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