the usual white ball captain jos buttler is injured.cted to back for the t20 series which follows. buttler has joined test captain ben stokes in extending his central contract with the ecb. buttler had originally agreed a two—year deal but has committed for a further 12 months, the same length as stokes' new contract. a total of 29 players have been awarded england men central contracts — full details on the bbc sport website and app. meanwhile, buttler has not been retained by the rajasthan royals, the indian premier league team he's been with since 2018, and will enter the auction instead. rugby union's autumn internationals are almost upon us, with scotland taking on fiji and england playing new zealand at the allianz stadium. there's already bit of spice ahead of that match, with the all blacks coach scott robertson saying england propjoe marler could have "chosen his words better" when he called for new zealand's haka to be "binned". marler called the pre—match ritual challenge "ridiculous" in a post on x, before deactivating his a

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jos buttler returns from injury to lead the side for three one day internationals and five t20 matchess races inneos now have a 6—4 lead in the first to seven series — and therefor only need 0ne more victory to see them through, . and sir mark cavendish has said it will be "really nice" to race as a knight commander, as he received a knighthood at windsor castle earlier today. the 39 year old finished this season with a record—breaking 35th stage win in the tour de france, and although he says he won't ride the race again, he's still keen to complete his season on the road. cavendish said one of his children expected him to emerge from the ceremony wearing a suit of armour after being knighted! it's the biggest honour you can have as a sports person to have this bestowed upon you. everything we do in our career, and ourjob coming put the work into trying to get results and we can control that. to be honoured is something different, something that's given to you out of your control and it's very, very special. it means so much. and that's all the sport for now. analysis of the champions

the first of 31—day internationals, but they will be without captain jos internationals, but they will be without captainjos buttlerin. instead liam livingstone will captain the side while phil salt is expected to continue behind the stumps. ahead of the match, liam livingstone spoke of his pride at leaving out his country. you alwa s at leaving out his country. you always dream _ at leaving out his country. you always dream of— at leaving out his country. yfrl. always dream of captaining your country, so when i got the call the other week, pretty easy decision to make but, yeah, like i said, we got a young group, a lot of fresh faces and they are new not only to english cricket but also international cricket and it's great for me to be able to lead the way and hopefully create the way and hopefully create the environment for the young boys to flourish. to the environment for the young boys to flourish.— boys to flourish. to america where the — boys to flourish. to america where the la _ boys to flourish. to america where the la dodgers - boys to flourish. to america where the la dodgers havel boys to flourish. to

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