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Australia crush West Indies to close in on semi-final spot

Australia took a sizeable step towards the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup with a crushing eight-wicket win over the West Indies in Abu Dhabi. Victory applied huge pressure on South Africa, who were left needing to beat England in their final Super 12s game, as well as overtake Australia’s superior run rate, to book a semi-final spot. David Warner […]

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Embarrassment in Headingley: Cricket fans and residents alike shamed by racism row engulfing Yorkshire

Dark clouds over Headingley reflect the prevailing mood surrounding Yorkshire cricket On the gates of Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s stadium in Headingley, Leeds, there is a poster declaring the 18,000-capacity ground a hate-free zone: “challenge it, report it, stop it,” it says. On Friday morning, on the streets surrounding this historic venue, sports fans and local residents tended to have […]

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Young talent crime: Where is Australia’s generation next?

In 2011, Cricket Australia high-performance boss Pat Howard asked then national talent boss Greg Chappell and the state talent managers to pick hypothetical squads for the following year’s Twenty20 World Cup, the 2013 Ashes and the 2015 one-day international World Cup. Five players were nominated in all three squads: David Warner, Pat Cummins, James Pattinson and the Marsh brothers, Shaun […]

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This England can win from anywhere, Anderson believes

England’s greatest ever wicket-taker Jimmy Anderson has been an integral part of some of its finest teams. Certainly, some with bigger reputations than Joe Root’s squad to contest this Ashes series. Anderson is adamant, though, that no England side he’s been a part of has been as stacked with match-winners – players who can turn a game in a session […]

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