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• Rafiq accuses Yorkshire of protecting abusers by refusing to publish names

  07-10-2021 22:46
  
  County club admitted player was ‘victim of racial harassment’Yorkshire have yet to share full report publicly or with RafiqAzeem Rafiq has accused Yorkshire of protecting the people who abused him during his two spells at the club by refusing to publish their names or the report that eventually forced the county to admit last month that Rafiq had been “the victim of racial harassment” during his time at Headingley.Yorkshire made their admission on the morning England&rsqu
  
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• Ian Watmore leaves role as ECB chair after only a year at the helm

  07-10-2021 14:25
  
  Watmore cited demands of Covid pandemic taking a tollECB chair leaves after 13 months of a five-year contractIan Watmore has left his role as ECB chairman with immediate effect after only 13 months of a five-year contract.Watmore cited the extra unexpected demands of the role during the Covid-19 pandemic as a reason for his departure after reaching agreement with the ECB board to stand down at the end of the domestic season. Continue reading...
  
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• Ian Watmore leaves role as ECB chair after only 10 months at the helm

  07-10-2021 14:04
  
  Watmore cited demands of Covid pandemic taking a tollECB chair leaves after 10 months of a five-year contractIan Watmore has left his role as ECB chairman with immediate effect after only 10 months of a five-year contract.Watmore cited the extra unexpected demands of the role during the Covid-19 pandemic as a reason for his departure after reaching agreement with the ECB board to stand down at the end of the domestic season. Continue reading...
  
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• Ian Watmore: Chairman leaves England and Wales Cricket Board

  07-10-2021 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chairman Ian Watmore leaves the England and Wales Cricket Board only 13 months into a five-year term.
  
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• Australia v India: first women’s T20 international abandoned due to rain – as it happened

  07-10-2021 13:03
  
  First of three 20-over games rained off at Metricon StadiumBoth teams awarded a point; Australia lead multi-format series 7-5Two in three balls! The delivery in between is smashed for six, tossed up by Gardner and slog-swept by Verma all the way out to the fence over midwicket. But the next ball is fast and flat, darting across Verma wide of the off stump, and the batter plays the same shot but drags it much flatter. The Australians know Verma’s game, and Wareham at deep mid is positioned
  
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• Ashes downpours, Mackenzie Dern and unbeatable goalkeepers | Classic YouTube

  07-10-2021 11:00
  
  This week’s roundup also features George Graham, Alex Ferguson and college football’s biggest-ever win1) The upcoming Ashes series is still in the balance, but let’s close our eyes and pretend we’re at the Gabba anyway. Here’s a brutal bout of rain from 1987, a sensational hailstorm discharged in 1992, and a further classic enjoyed in 1998.2) On Saturday night, Mackenzie Dern takes on Marina Rodriguez in the UFC’s straw-weight division. The daughter and step-d
  
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• Australia v India: first women’s T20 international – live!

  07-10-2021 10:15
  
  Updates from the 20-over opener at Metricon StadiumPlay tonight starts at 7:40pm AEDT on the Gold CoastAny thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSportHave a look, then chase. The T20 mantra. Australia get that chance.This is... part three. Of the multiformat series, that is, between Australia and India. And the whole thing is on the line. The Australians would have come into this affair confident of bossing the fixtures on home ground, and that was borne out when they wiped out India in the first
  
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• Ben Stokes: England all-rounder likely to miss Ashes after second operation on finger

  07-10-2021 09:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England all-rounder Ben Stokes has a second operation on his injured finger and is unlikely to play in the Ashes against Australia this winter.
  
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