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Australia to play three T20s in Pakistan ahead of next month’s T20 World Cup

By The Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and Australia will play a three-match Twenty20 series in Lahore as part of their final preparations for next month’s cricket T20 World Cup.

Gaddafi Stadium will host the three games on Jan. 29, 31 and Feb. 1 before India and Sri Lanka co-host the T20 World Cup from Feb. 7-March 8.

Pakistan is in Group A and will play all its World Cup games in Sri Lanka. Australia is in Group B and will play all its group games also in Sri Lanka.

“The tour marks a blockbuster beginning of the year for Pakistan cricket fans,” Pakistan Cricket Board chief operating officer Sumair Ahmed Syed said on Wednesday.

“I urge them (fans) to turn out in numbers during the series to support both the teams as they put final touches to their T20 World Cup preparations.”

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AP cricket: https://apnews.com/hub/cricket

Australian golf mourns as 18-year-old rookie Jessica Bang dies in Thailand

By The Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rookie professional golfer Jessica Bang of Australia died in a hospital in Thailand on Thursday at the age of 18, the WPGA Tour of Australasia said. Bang collapsed on Aug. 1 as she was preparing in Thailand for a tournament and was transported to a hospital in Bangkok, where she underwent emergency brain surgery. The “Australian golf community is deeply saddened by the passing of young tour member Jessica Bang in Thailand,” the WPGA Tour of Australasia said in a statement. “Jessica was an outstanding young talent who made a significant impression in her short time on the tour.” Bang earned her place on the tour through qualifying school at the end of last year, and won the Women’s New South Wales Open Regional Qualifying Event in February in just her fifth professional start.
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