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A half-century Joe Root was always going to convert
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Wednesday, 03 February 2021 14:06
This was one half-century he was always going to convert.From the moment Joe Root toddled out to bat in Nagpur - really, did old-school Yorkshiremen like Brian Close or Ray Illingworth, look as young as Root did that day even in their pre-natal scans? - it looked likely he would spend a decade and more in the side. A hundred…
Pakistan women end South Africa tour with consolation win
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Wednesday, 03 February 2021 10:10
Pakistan women 127 for 6 (Javeria 56*, Imtiaz 29, Shangase 3-20, Sekhukhune 2-15) beat South Africa women 68 for 4 (du Preez 24*, Amin 2-14) by eight runs via DLS methodAfter being swept 3-0 in the ODI series and losing the first two T20Is, Pakistan women ended their South Africa tour with a consolation victory in a rain-hit third T20I…
Mark Boucher: Quinton de Kock to be released from 'burden' of Test captaincy after Pakistan tour
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Wednesday, 03 February 2021 04:57
Quinton de Kock will not continue as South Africa's Test captain after the Rawalpindi Test, with coach Mark Boucher saying that it's important to "release him from that burden" of leading all three sides in the international arena. But it's not a decision the team needs to make in a hurry, because the "disappointing and disruptive" development of Australia postponing…
'My job is to take a back seat and help Kohli' - Rahane happy to return to vice-captaincy role
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Wednesday, 03 February 2021 08:02
India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane is pleased at Virat Kohli's return to the team and is gearing for his normal and "easy" role as deputy, one he says he enjoys best by being in the back seat.Rahane took over as stand-in captain, when Kohli left on paternity leave after the first Test of the Australia series, in Adelaide, and led India…
Channel 4 secure free-to-air UK coverage of England-India Test series
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Wednesday, 03 February 2021 07:16
Test cricket is set to return to free-to-air television in the UK for the first time in more than 15 years, after Channel 4 struck a deal with Star Sports, the global rights holders, to broadcast England's Test series against India.The four-match series, which begins in Chennai on Friday, will be the first Tests to be shown by a terrestrial…
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