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BBC Sport says Former Australia Test captain Tim Paine is set to miss the Ashes series against England after announcing he will take an immediate break from cricket.

The Independent says Michael Vaughan has been removed from the BBC’s Ashes team ahead of the first Test next month following allegations that he made a racist comment while playing for Yorkshire in 2009.

The Sun says ENGLAND cricketer Alex Hales paints his face black in a photo heaping more shame on a sport rocked by racism.

BBC Sport says Tim Paine has stepped down as Australia Test captain over a historical investigation into texts sent to a female colleague.

BBC Sport says Australia powered to an eight-wicket victory over New Zealand to win the Men’s T20 World Cup for the first time.

T20 World Cup: Australia beat New Zealand: Australia powered to an eight-wicket victory over New Zealand to win the Men’s T20 World Cup for the first time.

The Daily Mirror says New Zealand are into the T20 World Cup final after the batting heroics of Daryl Mitchell and Jimmy Neesham led them to a five-wicket win over England.

The Guardian says The chairman of Yorkshire, Roger Hutton, has quit and “apologised unreservedly” over the club’s handling of Azeem Rafiq’s racism allegations.

The Sun says MAJOR sponsors have ditched Yorkshire over their handling of the Azeem Rafiq race scandal – with ex-England star Gary Ballance admitting to using a ‘racial slur’ against the spinner.

The Independent says Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan sensationally negotiated a potentially tricky chase of 152 as Pakistan claimed a historic first World Cup win over arch rivals India at the 13th attempt.