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2nd ODI
AUS 389-4 Smith 1024 Warner 83 Labuschagne 70 Finch 60 Maxwell 63 no
IND 338-9 Kohli 89 Rahul 76 Cummins 3-67 Hazelewood 2-59 Zampa 2-62
AUS beat IND by 51 runs

3RD T20I
SA 191-3 van der Dussen 74 no du Plessis 52 no
Eng 192-1 Malan 99 no Buttler 67 no
Eng beat SA by 9 wickets

Not a day for batsmen, it looked like South Africa had got 30 run too many, yet it wasn't nearly enough as Malan & Buttler added an unbroken 167 a 2nd wicket t20I record. Both captains miss-read the pitch & wanted to bat first, thinking a used pitch would be harder to score on, not the case.
This win puts England on top of the T20 world rankings.

Great to see Stuart Broad nominated for the Sports Personality of the Year, highly unlikely that a cricketer will win in consecutive years.

3RD ODI
India 302-5 H Pandya no Jadeja 66 no Kohli 63 Agar 2-44
Aus 28Finch 75 Maxwell 59 Thakur 3-51 Bumrah 2-43
India beat Australia by 13 runs

The 3 match ODI series between South Africa & England start today, 11am (UK), Sunday 8am (UK) & Wednesday 11am (UK)

^^ Match abandoned, due to a South African player testing positive for covid. All players will have to be tested & they hope to play all 3 games will todays match being moved to Monday. There has to be some doubt as to whether Sundays fixture will go ahead.

NZ v WI 1st Test Seddon Park
New Zealand are playing their first Test Match since March, but no signs of rustiness from skipper Kane Williamson, 97 no after day one,& went on to make his highest Test score 251 as the Kiwi's posted 519-7 dec. West Indies are 49-0 at stumps on day 2.

India beat Australia by 11 runs in the 1st T20I, as man of the Match Chahal took 3-25, he was a concussion substitute for Jadeja who made 44 0ff 23 to help India recover from 92-5 to 161-7. After being hit on the helmet, Jadeja batted on, but was replaced in the interval.

After day 3 of the 1st Test West Indies trail New Zealand by 185 runs with 4 wickets remaining. Forced to follow-on after being bowled out for 138 with Southee taking 4-35, they found themselves in trouble again at 89-6, Blackwood 80 no & Joseph 59 no have put on 107 unbroken.