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Cricket doesn’t get much more competitive than The Ashes. This summer, there’s double the drama too, as the English and Australian men’s and women’s cricket teams both do battle!

In case you don’t already know, The Ashes are a series of cricket matches between England and Australia. The men’s cricket team began their rst Ashes test at Edgbaston yesterday (16 June) and on Thursday (22 June) the women’s teams will go head-to-head at Trent Bridge. The women’s competition runs in a slightly different way to the men’s. The women play one ve-day test, three one day internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 (T20) matches. A test victory is worth four points (two points each for a draw), and each ODI and T20 win is worth two points (one point each for a draw). It’s a full on festival of cricket! Australia’s women have kept hold of the Ashes for the last four competitions, so it’s a big task facing England’s women. A record-breaking 70,000 tickets have been sold already for the Women’s Ashes. That means we can expect to hear plenty of home fans cheering as England try to reclaim the Ashes on home soil.

Coverage of the Women’s Ashes series will be shown on Sky Sports. The first ODI on 1 July will also be shown on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Highlights of all matches will also be shown on ‘Today at the Test’ on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer at 7pm.

Cricket’s amazing! It’s played by people all over the world and from all walks of life – rich and poor, young and old, all genders and all races. There are even different versions of cricket: test matches last for days; one-day games that last for, well, a day; and T20 matches that are played in just two-and-a-half hours. This got me thinking about God’s Kingdom, which is amazing! And it’s for everyone, from all walks of life. There are even different versions of church: house churches and mega churches; churches that meet outdoors, in grand cathedrals, in tin sheds, in schools and community centres; churches where they sing along to organs, or brass bands, or rock bands, or churches where there’s no music at all… I could go on.

The most amazing thing about God’s Kingdom is that you have a place in it! I hope you know that’s true.

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Show You Care

says Cara Mott

In this week’s Bible cartoon Jacob’s life takes another turn – what a rollercoaster! Jacob had 12 sons and he didn’t hide the fact that Joseph was his favourite. This made his other sons very angry. So angry that they sold Joseph into slavery and tricked their dad by telling him Joseph was dead. That takes ghting with your siblings to a whole new level! Joseph even ended up in a country far away from his home. He must have been pretty scared. Unfortunately, there are people today who are tricked into leaving their homes and treated badly. There are also people who have to leave their homes because it’s not a safe place to live, such as refugees.

This week, on Tuesday 20 June, many people will be marking World Refugee Day. Are there any refugee children in your school? It must be incredibly scary to have to leave your home and travel to a strange country where, perhaps, people speak differently or eat different foods. How would you feel if it happened to you?

It’s really important that we take time to think about people who are facing situations that make them leave their homes. It’s also important to do what we can to help them and show them love, respect and care. After all, that’s what being a Christian is all about. What can you do this week to show you care?