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• Stuart Broad delighted with Steve Smith’s frustration at England tactics

  25-11-2017 14:58
  • Australia captain says England have been ‘pretty defensive’
  • Broad: ‘Perfect. We know the Australians like to score quickly’After scoring the 21st and slowest century of his career during the first Ashes Test, the Australia captain, Steve Smith, highlighted the defensive tactics employed by England. The response from Gabba favourite Stuart Broad in the opposition camp? “Perfect.”The meticulous planning of Joe Root during the home side’s firs
  
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• Joe Root braves Gabbatoir hostility but Alastair Cook’s woes cause concern

  25-11-2017 12:38
  The England captain was greeted with a bouncer into the helmet – and genuine concern from Australia’s fielders – but the form of Root’s predecessor brings another headacheBang. After nearly three days of engrossing but glacial cricket, suddenly the Gabbatoir was alive and kicking as Mitchell Starc, the left-arm heir to Mitchell Johnson, produced a moment of pure Ashes white heat amid one of those very English passages of creeping dread.Having spent much of the day trying
  
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• Ashes: Stuart Broad says James Anderson is fully fit

  25-11-2017 11:53 via bbc.co.uk
  England's Stuart Broad rejects fears about James Anderson's fitness, saying his team-mate is "fully fit".
  
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• Pint-sized Ashes: Day three's best bits as Australia captain Steve Smith takes charge

  25-11-2017 11:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia take hold of the first Ashes Test thanks to captain Steve Smith's epic century on day three in Brisbane, while the TMS team discuss the possibility of killer moths.
  
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• Steve Smith goes against natural instincts to suck oxygen out of England | Adam Collins

  25-11-2017 11:25
  Australia’s captain dug deep on his way to the hosts’ slowest century since 2010, which was also one of the most important of his careerWhen Steve Smith reached three figures at Pune in February he thumped his chest so hard it must have left a bruise. It was an innings he assessed as the best of his life. At the Gabba on Saturday he repeated the act to mark his second masterpiece in the space of a year. In both cases, they were undeniably magnificent in their unfashionable ways. Rela
  
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• Ashes: Steve Smith and Josh Hazlewood ROCK England as Joe Root escapes injury on Day Three

  25-11-2017 09:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  JOE ROOT took a crashing blow on the helmet as Australia ramped up the short-pitched attack in search of a knockout punch at The Gabba.
  
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• Ashes AS IT HAPPENED: England end Day Three on 33-2 after Smith masterclass saves Aussies

  25-11-2017 09:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  ASHES live: the latest news, views, scores, reaction and updates on day two as England meet Australia at the Gabba in the first Test.
  
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• Ashes: England struggle with the bat after Steve Smith scores century for Australia – video report

  25-11-2017 09:20
  Alastair Cook was caught out in the fourth over of England's second innings after scoring only seven runs at the Gabba on Saturday. James Vince followed shortly after to leave England 33 for 2 and struggling at the end of day three of the first Ashes Test. Australia ended their first innings 328 all out aided by a masterful 141 not out from the captain, Steve Smith, in BrisbaneAustralia seize upper hand against England after Steve Smith’s hundred
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• Australia seize upper hand against England after Steve Smith’s hundred

  25-11-2017 09:08
  • England 302 & 33-2; Australia 328
  • Tourists jolted by two late wickets after Smith carves out leadAfter two soporific sessions at the Gabba the stadium came to life as the sun started to dip. First the 30,000 locals roared their approval at a superb, hard-earned century by Australia’s captain, Steve Smith, who has imposed himself on this series at the earliest opportunity. Then there was joyous celebration at the departure of England’s former captain, Alastair Cook,
  
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• Ashes 2017-18: Australia v England, first Test, day three – as it happened

  25-11-2017 08:32
  Steve Smith’s epic 141 not out gave Australia a slight first-innings lead at the Gabba before England lost two wickets in a torrid final session 8.14am GMTVic Marks’s day three report from the Gabba: Related: Australia seize upper hand against England after Steve Smith’s hundred7.32am GMT16th over: England 33-2 (Stoneman 19, Root 5) Root and Stoneman play out the last over of the day from Nathan Lyon, although Stoneman did edge one delivery short of the vacant gully area. These
  
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• Ashes: Australia captain Steve Smith reaches brilliant century against England

  25-11-2017 07:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia captain Steve Smith hits a four to reach his 21st Test century on day three of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
  
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• Ashes LIVE updates: Steve Smith goes big as Aussies reach 328 to secure first-innings lead

  25-11-2017 07:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  ASHES live: the latest news, views, scores, reaction and updates on day two as England meet Australia at the Gabba in the first Test.
  
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• Ashes LIVE updates: Jimmy Anderson suffers injury scare after getting Aussies seven down

  25-11-2017 03:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  ASHES live: the latest news, views, scores, reaction and updates on day two as England meet Australia at the Gabba in the first Test.
  
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• Ashes 2017-18: Australia v England, first Test, day three – live!

  25-11-2017 01:48
  Over-by-over updates from day three of the first Test at the GabbaRoot’s meticulous approach pays Ashes dividends for EnglandAnd feel free to email Adam or tweet him @collinsadam 12.47am GMT72nd over: Australia 186-5 (Smith 72, Paine 5) They are really going to give Smith a work out here with the short stuff, multiple catchers in and around the bat on the leg side. But he controls a pull first ball, off strike with one to backward square. He’s back on strike later in the over, and on
  
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• Why is Nathan Lyon nicknamed Garry? Why is Tim Paine shouting 'bowled Gazza' during Ashes?

  25-11-2017 01:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  NATHAN LYON - why is he called Garry? Why is Tim Paine shouting 'bowled Gazza'?
  
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• Ashes LIVE updates: Stuart Broad gets Shaun Marsh early as England put pressure on Aussies

  25-11-2017 01:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  ASHES live: the latest news, views, scores, reaction and updates on day two as England meet Australia at the Gabba in the first Test.
  
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• India vs Sri Lanka LIVE stream: How to watch Test match cricket online and on TV

  25-11-2017 01:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  INDIA host Sri Lanka in the second of a three-game Test series in Kolkata - and here is how you can watch the cricket match live.
  
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• Ashes: This is how captain Joe Root prepares us to outwit Aussies - Jake Ball

  25-11-2017 01:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  FAST BOWLER Jake Ball has revealed how captain Joe Root has spent hours poring over statistics and footage of the Australian top order in order to try and produce a blueprint of how to dismantle their batting line-up.
  
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• Ashes scorecard LIVE: Latest from the Gabba as England face Australia in first Test

  25-11-2017 01:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND fought back with three wickets before tea to put the pressure back on Australia on day two of the Ashes at the Gabba - but Steve Smith got the hosts back into it.
  
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• Ashes LIVE stream: How to watch England vs Australia online and on TV

  25-11-2017 01:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE Ashes is here as England go in search of glory Down Under - and here’s how you can watch online and on TV.
  
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