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Australia chased 150 with 17 balls to spare in the Women's T20 World Cup final at Lord's, Beth Mooney's 64 sealing a seventh title against England.
Selectors leave out a bowler fresh from a seven-wicket haul as the captain and his fast-bowling partner return from suspension, turning the Trent Bridge decider into a referendum on England's judgement.
The England captain's public apology has turned the deciding Test against New Zealand into a wider test of leadership and discipline.
Captain returns to a stronger XI after a frank conversation with the head coach, drawing a line under a disciplinary episode that followed a heavy defeat at the Oval.
England captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson will face no regulatory action after a review of a London nightclub episode, but both have been handed written warnings before the deciding Test at Trent Bridge.
England are set to face Bangladesh in a one-off Test at Lord's in late May, giving the side a red-ball staging post before a demanding summer aimed squarely at the 2027 Ashes.