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For years to come, when we reflect on ODI’s great finishes, this game hardly deserves a mention. After all, there was no World Cup at stake. No Super Over breathless or no final delivery. The final margin of victory, 24 races, might even convince those flipping through Wisden’s pages 30 …

Josh Hazlewood pitched brilliantly for 3/26 and took a catch on key terrain from Jonny Bairstow to help Australia beat England by 19 runs despite an inaugural century from Sam Billings at their one-day international on Friday. Needing a record pursuit at Old Trafford of 295 to win, England was …

There is a key reason why performances against Australia remain the barometer of the health of England’s teams. It is not just history or tradition. And it’s not just that there isn’t a deadly match involving a team that seems to have a love for beating England in their DNA. …

Australia was left without star hitter Steve Smith for the one-day opening international match against England on Friday after being hit to the head with a ball in practice. Australia said it was a precautionary measure after Thursday’s incident, which occurred when a member of the coaching staff was pulling …

Eoin Morgan has been in great shape for England for as long as the mind can remember. He continued as England’s captain after the disastrous 2015 Cricket World Cup, but fortunes turned, culminating with the team winning its first World Cup title last year. In addition to the captaincy, Morgan …

Dawid Malan is the new man at the top of the ICC standings for T20I hitters, his 129 runs in the three-game series against Australia, which England won 2-1, pushing Pakistan’s Babar Azam to No. 2 in the latest update. . Malan, who has a remarkable T20I record (682 runs …

English hitter Dawid Malan’s impeccable consistency with the bat in T20Is has earned him comparisons to arguably the best hitter of all Virat Kohli formats today. Malan, who averages more than fifty in each alternate game, has seven half centuries and one century in just 16 innings. Despite these staggering …

Jos Buttler’s unbeaten 77 led England to a six-wicket victory over Australia in the second T20I at Southampton on Sunday. With a goal of 158 to win, Buttler remained undefeated with 77 of 54 balls, which included eight limits and two sixes, as England reached the goal with seven balls …

Birmingham Stabbing Live Updates: A man died, another man and a woman suffered serious injuries, while five others received injuries not believed to be life-threatening, the BBC reported. Several people were stabbed in central Birmingham, England, and British police declared it a “major incident” earlier today. “We can confirm that …

Big picture By no means should England have won (or Australia lost) the series opener: 39 of 36 balls with nine wickets in hand and two established hitters is child’s play. Except, of course, that the T20 can throw off some extraordinary finishes. That one has created this series wonderfully: …