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• David Warner is coming into form just as Australia need him | Geoff Lemon

  06-11-2021 23:39 via theguardian.com
  
  The man who legitimised T20 in his homeland has had a lean spell but has sprung to life in time for the World Cup knockoutsAs Australia qualified for the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals by chasing 158 against West Indies, the most important piece dropped into place with a click. David Warner is Australia’s defining T20 player, ever since rising to prominence with a pyrotechnic national debut back in 2009. His current captain, Aaron Finch, may edge him on career runs after 13 matches in the
  
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• David Warner sinks West Indies then England help Australia into semis

  06-11-2021 21:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Group 1: Australia, 161-2, bt West Indies, 157-7, by eight wicketsWest Indies’ Chris Gayle sparks speculation he will retireDavid Warner struck a 56-ball 89 after fast bowler Josh Hazlewood’s four-wicket blitz to help Australia beat the West Indies by eight wickets in Abu Dhabi and put themselves in a commanding position to make the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals, which they duly accomplished on net run rate, ahead of South Africa. The Proteas beat England but by far too few runs.Cha
  
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• Protests and death threats stoke Yorkshire cricket’s racism scandal

  06-11-2021 21:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Demonstrators at Headingley were joined by the son of former captain Azeem Rafiq amid unconnected claims that staff were targetedThe continuing racism scandal at Yorkshire County Cricket Club intensified this weekend with protests outside the ground on Saturday and claims staff have received death threats.The club was plunged into turmoil last week after a report carried out into a culture of racism described the use of the p-slur against former Yorkshire captain Azeem Rafiq as “banter&rdq
  
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• Yorkshire CCC racism storm should focus on institutions, not people | Jonathan Liew

  06-11-2021 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Racist behaviour does not occur in a vacuum, and the ultimate lesson here is how many of our structures are indictedThe allegations of systematic racism made against Yorkshire County Cricket Club by Azeem Rafiq first surfaced in August 2020. Rafiq gave a wide-ranging interview to the Wisden journalist Taha Hashim, ostensibly about his work providing free meals for key workers during the pandemic. But he also spoke about the racism he experienced at Yorkshire, including an “openly racist&rd
  
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• Jason Roy: England opener to be assessed after leg injury in South Africa defeat

  06-11-2021 20:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England opener Jason Roy will be assessed on Sunday after suffering a leg injury in their T20 World Cup defeat by South Africa.
  
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• T20 World Cup: England reach semi-finals despite defeat by South Africa

  06-11-2021 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England qualify for the semi-finals of the Men's T20 World Cup despite a 10-run defeat by South Africa in Sharjah.
  
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• T20 World Cup - England v South Africa: Rabada takes hat-trick in final over

  06-11-2021 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kagiso Rabada takes a hat-trick in the final over as England fail to chase South Africa's 189 at the Men's T20 World Cup.
  
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• South Africa beat England by 10 runs: T20 World Cup – as it happened!

  06-11-2021 19:18 via theguardian.com
  
  England top their group despite the loss but Jason Roy had to retire hurt with a potentially tournament-ending injury2nd over: South Africa 9-0 (Hendricks 2, de Kock 7) At the other end it’s Chris Woakes, who’s been bowling with such authority in this World Cup. He produces three dots and three singles, and his length is as immaculate as his hair. 1st over: South Africa 6-0 (Hendricks 1, de Kock 5) It’s Moeen Ali to get the game under way. Morgan fancies him to get Quinton de K
  
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• England reach T20 World Cup semi-finals despite South Africa defeat

  06-11-2021 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Group 1: South Africa, 189-2, bt England, 179-8, by 10 runsEngland win group ahead of Australia with South Africa outEngland are into the T20 World Cup semi-finals as winners of their Super 12s group but a first defeat of the campaign against South Africa was compounded by a leg injury to Jason Roy.Rassie van der Dussen’s career-best 94 not out and a sparkling, unbeaten 52 off just 25 balls from Aiden Markram in a boundary-laden unbroken 103-run partnership underpinned what was an insurmou
  
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• T20 World Cup: Australia reach semi-finals after win over West Indies

  06-11-2021 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia qualify for the semi-finals of the Men's T20 World Cup thanks to an eight-wicket win over West Indies.
  
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• T20 World Cup - England v South Africa: Jason Roy retires with leg injury

  06-11-2021 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jason Roy retires hurt on 20, limping off after pulling up with a leg injury, as England chase 190 against South Africa in their final Super 12s match at the T20 World Cup.
  
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• 'Shut him up!' - Scandal peaks as cricket club exec tries to bury racist abuse allegations

  06-11-2021 17:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A FOUL-mouthed Yorkshire Cricket Club executive faced with Azeem Rafiq's racism allegations demanded action to "shut the ****** up".
  
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• T20 World Cup - England v South Africa: Rassie van der Dussen hits unbeaten 94

  06-11-2021 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch the best shots of Rassie van der Dussen's "brilliant" unbeaten 94 in 60 balls as South Africa beat England by 10 runs at the T20 World Cup.
  
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• Yorkshire have rightly become pariahs – and as a fan it hurts

  06-11-2021 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Will I go and see Yorkshire next season? Probably, but the Rafiq affair has forced me to revaluate my relationship with the clubI wake up this morning desperately sad and ashamed. I’m not a member of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, but I watch them play three or four times a year. Those are some of my favourite moments of the summer and I look forward to the season starting and I hate it coming to an end, but all that feels tainted now.The thing I can’t get over, that almost makes me
  
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• T20 World Cup - West Indies v Australia: Best shots of David Warner's unbeaten 89

  06-11-2021 15:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch the best shots of David Warner's 89 not out, which included four sixes and nine fours, as he guides Australia to an eight-wicket victory over West Indies at the T20 World Cup.
  
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• David Warner hits 89 to help Australia to eight-wicket T20 win over West Indies

  06-11-2021 15:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Group 1: Australia, 161-2, bt West Indies, 157-7, by eight wicketsWest Indies’ Chris Gayle sparks speculation he will retireDavid Warner struck a 56-ball 89 after fast bowler Josh Hazlewood’s four-wicket blitz to help Australia beat the West Indies by eight wickets in Abu Dhabi and put themselves in a commanding position to make the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals.Australia have eight points from five matches, level on points with an in-form England who play South Africa later in Shar
  
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• T20 World Cup - West Indies v Australia: Is this Chris Gayle's last match for Windies?

  06-11-2021 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Gayle hits two big sixes and claims the wicket of Mitchell Marsh in what could be his last match for West Indies, who lose by eight wickets to Australia at the T20 World Cup.
  
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• Australia beat West Indies by eight wickets: T20 World Cup – as it happened

  06-11-2021 14:42 via theguardian.com
  
  David Warner hammered an unbeaten 89 as Australia moved to the brink of the semi-finals by thrashing West Indies in Abu Dhabi1st over: West Indies 4-0 (Gayle 3, Lewis 0) Starc’s first ball is an attempted yorker that Gayle inside-edges for a couple. Gayle then scrambles a quick single to mid-off; if this is his last game for the West Indies, I doubt he’ll miss running (sic) between the wickets. A leg-bye brings Gayle back on strike, and he leaves a couple of deliveries outside off st
  
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• Yorkshire CCC needs to be ‘dragged into 2021’, says Mark Ramprakash

  06-11-2021 14:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Former England batsman criticises club’s ‘disappointing’ reaction to racism allegations and calls for action to promote diversityThe former England batsman Mark Ramprakash has called for Yorkshire County Cricket Club to be “dragged into 2021” after what he said was their “disappointing” reaction to accusations of racism in the club.The scandal that has engulfed Yorkshire County Cricket Club sparked recriminations and resignations on Friday as the chairma
  
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• England v South Africa: T20 World Cup – live!

  06-11-2021 14:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Live updates from the Super 12 match (2pm GMT start)Morgan ready to face South Africa side desperate for winGet in touch! You can email Tim or tweet himThe first email comes in and it’s from our man on the spot, Simon Burnton. “Apparently they’re using the same track that New Zealand and Namibia played on yesterday,” he reports. “I didn’t see that game but I’m told it wasn’t the best, with occasional inexplicably low bounce. More happily, the last
  
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• Yorkshire County Cricket Club investigating after another ex-player alleges racial abuse

  06-11-2021 10:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire County Cricket Club launches an investigation after another former player alleges he was subject to repeated racial abuse at the club.
  
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• Australia v West Indies: T20 World Cup – live!

  06-11-2021 10:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the match at Sheikh Zayed StadiumStart time in Abu Dhabi is 2pm local, 9pm AEDT, 10am GMTAny thoughts on the match? Feel free to email RobHello, good evening and welcome to live coverage of Australia v West Indies in Abu Dhabi. Whatever your preferred nomenclature – Judgement Day, Super Saturday or, as it was once known, Saturday – this is a very big day (and night) for Australia. In around 10 hours’ time they will either be planning for a semi-final, probably agai
  
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