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Preamble
Hello, cricket nuffs. It is already time for game three of the T20 component of this multiformat Ashes series. The first match saw England make a very good score, then Australia pulverise it in reply. The second match yesterday was a washout in what is otherwise supposed to be a fairly dry week in Canberra. The forecast for today looks fine. Or so I thought…
Not so for Tayla Vlaeminck though. Australia’s fastest woman missed a lot of cricket starting in 2020 with a stress fracture in her foot. Now after a few matches back it has gone again. Awful news for her, with another missed World Cup coming up.
England need to find something in her absence today, otherwise they’ll be looking at a 5-1 points tally and a series already slipping away.
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