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Ben Gardner: ICC letting down Women’s Cricket

Ben Gardner says the best cricket currently being played is being badly served by the sports’ governing body

West Indies and Scotland are deep into the chase of the opening game of the Women’s World Cup Qualifier and it’s West Indies who are struggling.
Hayley Matthews, their talisman-captain, has retired hurt with cramp, but as the eighth wicket falls, she decides to give it another go.
She limps back to the middle, hits the ball that’s both her first and her 100th for four to move to 99, but, as she seizes up again, it looks like that’s all she’ll get.
Stretchered off, Matthews receives ...

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