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• Stokes hails Bethell after England’s ‘phenomenal’ victory in New Zealand

  08-12-2024 11:03
  
  Win by 323 runs inside three days secures series triumphStokes: Bethell ‘proved why we rate him so highly’After securing a win inside three days in a howling gale, the series victory over New Zealand also claimed with a Test match to spare, Ben Stokes was blown away himself. “Quite phenomenal,” was the England captain’s reaction to the monstrous 323-run scoreline, not least after losing four wickets on the first morning of the match.What followed from Stokes was a d
  
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• Bigger challenges than a debut with nothing to lose await Sam Konstas in Sri Lanka | Geoff Lemon

  25-01-2025 20:00
  
  The teenage prodigy who scooped his way into national consciousness on Boxing Day has a lot to prove on Australia’s upcoming tour and beyondIf you’re Sam Konstas, you’re used to things moving quickly. It took 718 first-class runs to get into the Australian team. It took 113 Test runs to potentially change the way it is set up. For almost two years since Travis Head won a shootout in India, the plan has been clear: on the next ragging Asian pitch, the usual No 5 would skip up th
  
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• Tilak Varma denies England as India edge to dramatic victory in second T20

  25-01-2025 18:34
  
  England 165-9; India 166-8 – India win by two wicketsTilak’s unbeaten 72 proves vital in nail-biting chaseThis was a night of push and pull in Chennai, a match undecided until the final hit, the 20-over game at its best, initially belonging to Brydon Carse but ending with the roar of Tilak Varma. The India No 3 was both responsible and electric in a chase of 166, an unbeaten 55-ball 72 providing his side with a 2-0 lead in this five-match series with England.Carse excelled, his 17-ba
  
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• India beat England by two wickets in a T20 thriller – as it happened

  25-01-2025 18:34
  Over-by-over updates on the action in ChennaiAny comments? You can email TimHardik Pandya shares the new ball again and soon hits Duckett on the side of the helmet – jaw rather than temple. There’s a dot of blood on his cheek as the physio conducts the noe-standard tests, but happily Duckett looks fine.1st over: England 8-1 (Duckett 2, Buttler 1) Salt had started so well, needing only one ball to improve on his duck in the first game. It was a gentle inswinger from Arshdeep and Salt
  
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• India v England: second men’s T20 international – live

  25-01-2025 16:20
  Over-by-over updates on the action in ChennaiAny comments? You can email TimHardik Pandya shares the new ball again and soon hits Duckett on the side of the helmet – jaw rather than temple. There’s a dot of blood on his cheek as the physio conducts the noe-standard tests, but happily Duckett looks fine.1st over: England 8-1 (Duckett 2, Buttler 1) Salt had started so well, needing only one ball to improve on his duck in the first game. It was a gentle inswinger from Arshdeep and Salt
  
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• Beth Mooney’s cool head and sheer class runs England ragged

  25-01-2025 14:30
  
  Australia’s opener extends her remarkable record of batting long in the shortest formatContrary to general perception, even T20 cricket does not have to be all about the boundaries. The final over of Australia’s innings showed that, in a running masterclass staged by Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath. It was all the more impressive given Mooney had been out there for the entire innings. It was, staggeringly, the ninth time she has batted through the 20 overs for Australia, nearly one in
  
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• Women’s Ashes: Australia defeat England again in third T20 – as it happened

  25-01-2025 12:59
  Beth Mooney outscores England by herself as Heather Knight’s side capitulate at Adelaide2nd over: Australia 19-0 (Mooney 17, Voll 2 ) Three successive fours from Freya Kemp’s first over as Mooney tucks into a couple of full tosses and throws out airy drive. Not the parsimoniousness Knight is looking for.1st over: Australia 6-0 (Mooney, 5, Voll 1 ) Left-arm spinner Linsey Smith, veteran of three summers in the Big Bash, starts things off to the accompaniment of the Barmy Army –
  
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• ‘I’m trying not to cry’ – Knight ‘gutted’ after Australia pile Women’s Ashes pain on England

  25-01-2025 12:52
  
  England 90 all out; Australia 162-5 (win by 72 runs)Australia take 12-0 lead in series and eye whitewashAustralia are six from six in the Women’s Ashes after England put on an embarrassing display with the bat, collapsing to 90 all out in 17.3 overs – one of their worst performances in a T20 – to hand Australia a 72-run victory in the series’ final T20.Chasing 163, only two England players – Heather Knight and Danni Wyatt-Hodge – made it into double figures, i
  
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• England’s Women’s Ashes pain worsens after limp third T20 defeat by Australia

  25-01-2025 12:52
  
  England 90 all out; Australia 162-5 (win by 72 runs)Australia take 12-0 lead in series and eye whitewashAustralia are six from six in the Women’s Ashes after England put on an embarrassing display with the bat, collapsing to 90 all out in 17.3 overs – one of their worst ever performances in a T20 – to hand Australia a 72-run victory in the final T20 of the Ashes series.The result will once again put pressure on the England coach Jon Lewis, who had claimed 24 hours ago that the
  
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• Australia v England: Women’s Ashes, third T20 – live

  25-01-2025 09:38
  
  Over-by-over coverage of the action at the Adelaide OvalSign up for The Spin weekly email | And email Tanya2nd over: Australia 19-0 (Mooney 17, Voll 2 ) Three successive fours from Freya Kemp’s first over as Mooney tucks into a couple of full tosses and throws out airy drive. Not the parsimoniousness Knight is looking for.1st over: Australia 6-0 (Mooney, 5, Voll 1 ) Left-arm spinner Linsey Smith, veteran of three summers in the Big Bash, starts things off to the accompaniment of the Barmy
  
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• Warwickshire re-sign paceman Hasan for most of 2025

  24-01-2025 15:21 via bbc.com
  
  Warwickshire re-sign Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali for a third season at Edgbaston.
  
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• Carse replaces Atkinson for second T20 in India

  24-01-2025 14:52 via bbc.com
  
  England replace Gus Atkinson with fellow pace bowler Brydon Carse for the second T20 against India in Chennai on Saturday.
  
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• England’s Jon Lewis has no plans to step down despite disastrous Women’s Ashes

  24-01-2025 14:22
  Head coach under fire as Australia dominate Ashes series‘I’m really comfortable with the job that I’m doing’The England head coach, Jon Lewis, has said he has no intention of stepping down despite a disastrous Women’s Ashes tour which has seen England lose five out of five matches played so far, saying his position was not up for debate.“I don’t know if I need to defend my position,” he said. “I don’t employ myself. I’m really com
  
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• England's Billings guides Thunder to Big Bash final

  24-01-2025 13:15 via bbc.com
  
  Sam Billings leads Sydney Thunder to the Big Bash final with a four-wicket victory against city rivals Sydney Sixers in the Challenger.
  
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• England did not lose because of athleticism - Lewis

  24-01-2025 12:27 via bbc.com
  
  Australia are more athletic and powerful than England - but that is not the reason for the gulf between the two teams, says head coach Jon Lewis.
  
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• Robinson signs on for three more years with Durham

  24-01-2025 11:41 via bbc.com
  
  Wicketkeeper-batter Ollie Robinson will remain at Chester-le-Street until the end of the 2027 season.
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: Australian Open, NFL and England cricket woe

  24-01-2025 09:00
  Have you been following the big (and small) stories in football, tennis, cricket and beyond? Continue reading...
  
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• ICC chair Shah joins new MCC global advisory board

  23-01-2025 17:50 via bbc.com
  
  International Cricket Council chair Jay Shah joins a new Marylebone Cricket Club global advisory board as its world cricket committee is scrapped.
  
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• England can point at luck but Australia are the team that turn up and win | Geoff Lemon

  23-01-2025 16:59
  
  Heather Knight can feel frustrated by the umpires and the rain, but her team have made too many mistakesWhen you’re down, circumstances can conspire to make sure you’re out. Across the first four matches of the Women’s Ashes, England had nobody to blame except for Australia for being better than them. A wan total batting first in the first ODI, a botch of chasing an even smaller one in the second, then conceding massive scores in the third ODI and the first T20 to be no chance
  
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• 'We want to win 16-0 and embarrass England' - Harris eyes clean sweep

  23-01-2025 15:13 via bbc.com
  
  Australia batter Grace Harris says she has her eyes on a 16-0 clean sweep in the Women's Ashes after her side won the series outright in Canberra.
  
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• Tailenders podcast: The Tat Modern

  23-01-2025 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The eBay £15 Challenge, Coldplay, Women’s Ashes, and cricket on horseback.
  
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• England heartbroken as Australia win rain-affected T20

  23-01-2025 14:29 via bbc.com
  
  England remain winless in the Women's Ashes as Australia won a dramatic rain-affected encounter by six runs in the second T20 to complete an outright series victory.
  
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• Lancashire sign Australia batter Harris for 2025

  23-01-2025 14:17 via bbc.com
  
  Former Gloucestershire and Leicestershire opener Marcus Harris will play for the Red Rose in four-day cricket and the One-Day Cup.
  
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• England dramatically denied by weather as Australia seal Ashes

  23-01-2025 14:05 via bbc.com
  
  England remain winless in the Women's Ashes as Australia edge a rain-affected thriller in Canberra by six runs.
  
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• Australia win Women’s Ashes series as rain halts dramatic England T20 chase

  23-01-2025 13:24
  
  Australia win second T20 in Canberra by six runs (DLS)Knight on charge for England as time runs out in delugeAustralia have won the Ashes outright after sealing victory in the second Twenty20 international in Canberra on Thursday in a controversial finish as England fought to complete a tight rain-affected run chase. The hosts won by six runs under the DLS method and are now 10-0 up on points.There remains the prospect of a series whitewash, which Australia’s stand-in captain, Tahlia McGra
  
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• Australia pip England in second T20 international to win Women’s Ashes – as it happened

  23-01-2025 13:17
  
  The hosts won a rain-affected thriller by six runs to win the Ashes outright and move 10-0 ahead in the series4th over: Australia 36-0 (Mooney 32, Voll 0) Beth Mooney is flying. She comes down the track to drive the new bowler Charlie Dean over mid-off for her sixth four. Dean moves over the wicket, so Mooney skips down to crash a drive between the two cover fielders. That’s a glorious stroke.Mooney has 32 from 23 balls, Voll 0 from 2. Continue reading...
  
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• Australia pip England in rain-hit second T20 to win Women’s Ashes – as it happened

  23-01-2025 13:17
  
  The hosts won a rain-affected thriller by six runs (DLS) to win the Ashes outright and move 10-0 ahead in the series4th over: Australia 36-0 (Mooney 32, Voll 0) Beth Mooney is flying. She comes down the track to drive the new bowler Charlie Dean over mid-off for her sixth four. Dean moves over the wicket, so Mooney skips down to crash a drive between the two cover fielders. That’s a glorious stroke.Mooney has 32 from 23 balls, Voll 0 from 2. Continue reading...
  
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• Rain stops play with five balls remaining

  23-01-2025 13:10 via bbc.com
  
  Australia beat England by six runs via the DLS method as rain stops play with just five balls remaining and Heather Knight's team agonisingly short of their target.
  
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• Flintoff, 16, scores blistering century for England Lions

  23-01-2025 12:37 via bbc.com
  
  Teenager Rocky Flintoff, son of former England all-rounder Andrew, scores a century for England Lions in Australia.
  
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• Schutt double strike swings match towards Australia

  23-01-2025 12:35 via bbc.com
  
  Megan Schutt dismisses Dani Wyatt-Hodge for 52 and Sophia Dunkley for 32 in the space of four balls to put Australia in control of the second T20 in Canberra.
  
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