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• T20 World Cup: Kyle Coetzer leads Scotland to Super 12s with win over Oman

  21-10-2021 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer leads his team to an eight-wicket victory against Oman to qualify for the main draw of the T20 World Cup for the first time.
  
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• England and David Willey handling wet balls in T20 World Cup buildup | Simon Burnton

  21-10-2021 20:04
  
  With dew and sweat set to be factors in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, players are preparing for a slippery ballWith all but one of England’s games at the Twenty20 World Cup to be played in the evening, the team have taken extreme measures to prepare for the amount of dew that is expected to fall after sunset – as well as the amount of sweat their players are likely to produce – including dunking balls in buckets of water during training so they are as slippery as is likely
  
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• Coetzer helps steer Scotland past Oman and into Super 12 stage at T20 World Cup

  21-10-2021 20:03
  
  Oman 122; Scotland 123-2 off 17 oversJosh Davey takes 3-25, Kyle Coetzer scores 41 off 28 ballsScotland sealed their spot in the next stage of the T20 World Cup on a momentous night for Kyle Coetzer’s side as they thrashed tournament co-hosts Oman by eight wickets to finish top of their group.Despite two opening wins, Scotland knew they had to avoid defeat on Thursday following Bangladesh’s win over Papua New Guinea, owing to Bangladesh and Oman having superior net run-rates. Continu
  
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• T20 World Cup: Scotland & Bangladesh win to reach Super 12s

  21-10-2021 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scotland qualify for the Super 12s as Group B winners with an eight-wicket thrashing of Oman, their third victory in three games.
  
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• T20 World Cup: Richie Berrington thumps six out of stadium for Scotland against Oman.

  21-10-2021 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch Richie Berrington hit a six out of the Al Amerat stadium as Scotland qualify for the T20 Cricket World Cup Super 12 with victory against Oman.
  
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• Mix-and-match Australia face tough assignment at T20 World Cup | Geoff Lemon

  21-10-2021 18:30
  
  The world’s best have been honing their 20-over games since 2016 but it is hard to draw the impression that Australia have done the sameOnce upon a time, picking an Australian limited-overs team was easy. You could drop a captain like Mark Taylor or Steve Waugh because there was a rank of replacements waiting for that spot. Your all-rounder could be Andrew Symonds or Ian Harvey or Shane Lee. Bat Michael Bevan at five or at six? Put your wicketkeeper up to open? Test spearhead like Glenn Mc
  
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• T20 World Cup: England's Eoin Morgan on motivation, captaincy and future

  21-10-2021 16:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England captain Eoin Morgan tells BBC Sport what is driving him and his players at the T20 World Cup - and what the future holds for him.
  
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• T20 World Cup: David Willey says England considering dunking balls in water

  21-10-2021 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England players are considering practising with wet balls to replicate the dew they will face at the T20 World Cup, says seamer David Willey.
  
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• The cricketer who dazzled on her Test debut but was never picked again

  21-10-2021 13:34
  
  Grace Gooder took six English wickets in one innings, yet was never picked for New Zealand again. Instead, she became a psychiatric nurse and spent her life caring for prisonersBy Trevor Auger for The NightwatchmanSo there I was at the beginning of November 2020, sitting in Auckland’s Spark Arena anticipating the Covid-delayed concert by local musical legend Dave Dobbyn, shortly to become Sir Dave Dobbyn and already “world famous in New Zealand”.I was particularly enjoying the
  
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• Dom Sibley pulls out of England Lions tour to end his Ashes hopes

  21-10-2021 11:50
  
  ECB reveals batsman will ‘work on his batting at home’Yorkshire’s Harry Brook called up for trip to AustraliaDom Sibley has pulled out of England Lions’ upcoming trip to Australia, in effect ending his Ashes hopes. Yorkshire’s Harry Brook has been called up as a replacement, with Sibley to “work on his batting at home”.Warwickshire batsman Sibley played 22 Tests for England before being dropped for the third Test against India in August, but the opener w
  
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• Dom Sibley pulls out of England Lions tour to effectively end his Ashes hopes

  21-10-2021 11:50
  
  ECB reveals batsman will ‘work on his batting at home’Yorkshire’s Harry Brook called up for trip to AustraliaDom Sibley has pulled out of England Lions’ upcoming trip to Australia, effectively ending his Ashes hopes. Yorkshire’s Harry Brook has been called up as a replacement, with Sibley to “work on his batting at home”.Warwickshire batsman Sibley played 22 Tests for England before being dropped for the third Test against India in August, but the opener
  
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• England Lions: Dom Sibley pulls out of Ashes shadow squad to work on batting

  21-10-2021 11:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Opener Dom Sibley withdraws from the England Lions squad for the tour of Australia this winter to work on his batting at home.
  
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• Ben Stokes: Australia spinner Nathan Lyon expects England all-rounder to return for Ashes

  21-10-2021 10:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia spinner Nathan Lyon expects England all-rounder Ben Stokes to play some part in the 2021-22 Ashes series.
  
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• Australia dealt Ashes blow with Georgia Wareham ruled out by serious injury

  21-10-2021 05:36
  
  Spinner suffers ruptured ACL in Renegades’ WBBL matchPlayer in doubt for next year’s one-day World Cup as wellAustralia are set to be without their first-choice legspinner for the women’s Ashes and one-day World Cup with Georgia Wareham suffering a serious knee injury.Wareham was hurt while fielding for the Melbourne Renegades in Wednesday’s loss to Adelaide, going down as she ran across the boundary. Scans have since confirmed a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in the
  
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