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Twenty20 comes home to England

LONDON - Cricket’s newest format returns to its birthplace when England hosts the World Twenty20 with the event kicking off a bumper summer which includes one of the sport’s oldest combats, the Ashes.

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Poise, power as women make mark

PARIS - The sleepy octagenerians of Lord’s might struggle to grasp it, but there’s more to women’s cricket than scantily-clad dancers at the IPL or admirable sponge cakes in English village pavillions.

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Colly tells England to seize the day

LONDON - England captain Paul Collingwood said his side had to be “brave” if they were to win the World Twenty20 even though fitness doubts surround star batsman Kevin Pietersen, their boldest player.

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