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West Indies vs England: Liam Livingstone embracing ‘new career’ after going from dropped to stand-in ODI captain | Cricket News
This is quite some turnaround for Liam Livingstone. After initially being dropped by England for September’s one-day internationals against Australia, he now finds himself captaining his country against West Indies in the same format. Jos Buttler’s calf injury – an ongoing issue that means the regular white-ball skipper has not played an innings since June…
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England vs New Zealand: Jacob Bethell named in Test squad as Jamie Smith misses series; Jordan Cox to keep wicket | Cricket News
England have named Warwickshire all-rounder Jacob Bethell in their squad for the three-Test tour of New Zealand with Jamie Smith to miss the trip due to the birth of his first child. Jordan Cox will keep wicket in Smith’s absence with Bethell – who, like Cox, is uncapped at Test level – added to a…
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Women’s Big Bash League 2024/25: Full fixtures, format and which England players are involved in T20 competition | Cricket News
The newly-streamlined Women’s Big Bash League returns on Sunday, live on Sky Sports, with a number of England players involved and Adelaide Strikers targeting a third straight title. What is the format? There will be 43 matches in this year’s competition, down from 59 last term, with the eight sides playing four teams once and…
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Pakistan vs England: Ben Stokes’ side collapse to meek series loss to jubilant hosts in Rawalpindi | Cricket News
Pakistan romped to a series win over England inside the opening session on day three of the third and final Test in Rawalpindi as they wrapped up a nine-wicket victory. Noman Ali (6-42) and Sajid Khan (4-69) again combined to devastating effect in sharing all 10 wickets, the latter finishing with 10-for in the match,…
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England’s tour of West Indies: Rehan Ahmed and Jordan Cox added to white-ball squad | Cricket News
Rehan Ahmed and Jordan Cox have been added to England’s white-ball squad for the forthcoming tour of the West Indies. Leg-spinner Ahmed has been picked for the third Test in Pakistan – live on Sky Sports – and will transfer directly from Rawalpindi to the Caribbean once the match is complete. Wicketkeeper-batter Cox has not…
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Jos Buttler: England captain to miss ODI series against West Indies as injury recovery continues | Cricket News
England white-ball captain Jos Buttler will miss the upcoming one-day international series against the West Indies after a setback in his recovery from injury. Lancashire all-rounder Liam Livingstone will instead captain England for the first time in the three-day ODI series, which starts on October 31 in Antigua. England said Buttler, who missed England’s T20…
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Sky Sports’ Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 team of the tournament with five countries represented | Cricket News
Following New Zealand’s triumphant victory at the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, we have put together our team of the tournament. Of course, with South Africa and New Zealand making the final and guaranteeing a new winner, the White Ferns coming out on top, they dominate the line-up with seven names between them. Australia also…
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Pakistan’s second-Test win over England in Multan ‘cannot be the template’, says Nasser Hussain | Cricket News
Sky Sports’ Nasser Hussain called on Pakistan to look at how they prepare their pitches, saying their second-Test win over England on a used surface “cannot be the template”. Pakistan levelled the three-match series against England with a convincing 152-run win in Multan, on a pitch that had already been used for the series opener,…
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England and Pakistan player ratings as hosts win second Test in Multan to set up series decider | Cricket News
Here’s how we rated the England and Pakistan players out of 10 after the hosts’ 152-run victory in the second Test in Multan. Zak Crawley – 5 out of 10 England’s opener notched scores of 27 and three across the second Test and was unable to provide the usual threat he does at the top…
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England vs Pakistan: Resurgent hosts complete 152-run victory in second Test to level series and force Rawalpindi decider | Cricket News
England suffered an extraordinary second-innings collapse against a resurgent Pakistan side as the hosts won the second Test by 152 runs to level the three-match series at 1-1. England resumed day four on 36-2 but collapsed to 88-6 after Pakistan’s spinners Sajid Khan (2-93) and Noman Ali (8-46) ripped through the middle order, before slumping…
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