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Ward carried her daughter Hallie around the Twickenham pitch after the win against Canada.
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By the time the next series against Australia starts in summer 2027 it will be 12 years since England last won the urn.
From BBC
Aged 21 years and 114 days, Somerset's James Rew became the youngest Englishman to score 10 first-class hundreds last year and was given a first England call-up soon after for the Test against Zimbabwe though he did not play.
From BBC
James made 92 not out against a Prime Ministers' XI in the Lions' day-night match in Canberra.
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Thomas scored 55 against England in their Lilac Hill warm-up before the first Test, and 47 in a thrashing at the hands of a strong Australia A in Brisbane.
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