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• Ashes 2017-18: Australia v England first Test, day five – live!

  26-11-2017 23:36
  Australia start final day needing 56 runs with 10 wickets remainingECB investigates alleged altercation between Bairstow and BancroftAnd feel free to email Geoff or tweet him @GeoffLemonSport 10.33pm GMTHello, fellow knell-watchers. Or listeners, I suppose, but on the OBO you can listen by reading. It’s a veritable feast of the senses, an information-glut. It is only fitting that in a series called the Ashes there should be times when we gather for the last rites.That’s what we&rsquo
  
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• Moeen Ali says England have let themselves down in first Test – video

  26-11-2017 15:22
  Moeen Ali admits that England had let themselves down on the fourth day of the opening Test in Brisbane, but has few complaints about his own controversial dismissal. The tourists could only manage 195 in their second innings, leaving their hosts the modest target of 170 to chase. Australian bowler Mitchell Starc describes his side as being in a ‘great spot’ before day five Continue reading...
  
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• Australia on verge of Ashes win in first Test after day four – video report

  26-11-2017 14:31
  A familiar England batting collapse left Australia on the verge of victory in the opening Ashes Test in Brisbane. Despite promising stands from Joe Root, Moeen Ali and Jonny Bairstow, the tourists could only set a modest total of 170 for the hosts to chase. Strong starts from David Warner and Cameron Bancroft took Australia to 114-0 at the close of play on day four.• Moeen sparks white line fever but England’s issues run deeper Continue reading...
  
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• Australia on the verge of Ashes win in first Test after day four – video report

  26-11-2017 14:31
  A familiar England batting collapse left Australia on the verge of victory in the opening Ashes Test in Brisbane. Despite promising stands from Joe Root, Moeen Ali and Jonny Bairstow, the tourists could only set a modest total of 170 for the hosts to chase. Strong starts from David Warner and Cameron Bancroft took Australia to 114-0 at the close of play on day four.• Moeen sparks white line fever but England’s issues run deeper Continue reading...
  
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• ECB investigates alleged physical altercation between Bairstow and Bancroft

  26-11-2017 12:38
  • Incident allegedly took place in a Perth bar after tour match earlier this month• Bancroft and Bairstow involved in on-field heated exchange at the GabbaThe England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is investigating a physical altercation between Jonny Bairstow and Cameron Bancroft that allegedly occurred in a Perth bar earlier this month. Related: England on brink of first Ashes Test loss as Lyon and Starc blow batsmen awayRelated: Moeen Ali sparks white line fever but England’s A
  
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• Pint-sized Ashes: Australia dominate plus day four’s best TMS moments

  26-11-2017 12:06 via bbc.co.uk
  England are on the verge of losing the first Ashes Test after Australia dominate the fourth day in Brisbane, as TMS scorer Andrew Samson gets his own stats phone line.
  
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• Lyon puts Australia into winning position to cap off wonder year | Adam Collins

  26-11-2017 11:49
  Only a year ago, the off-spinner’s international career was near-terminal. Soon, he will become Australia’s sixth all-time wicket-takerA year ago at the Gabba, Nathan Lyon morphed into the least likely cult hero with wicketkeeper Matthew Wade’s ‘Nice Garry’ catch cry suddenly the soundtrack of the Australian summer. But the naff meme masked that the off-spinner’s international career was in near-terminal decline over a disastrous two-month period. His confiden
  
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• Lyon ensures Australia's position infallible to cap off wonder year

  26-11-2017 11:49
  Only a year ago, the off-spinner’s international career was near-terminal. Soon, he will become Australia’s sixth all-time wicket-takerA year ago at the Gabba, Nathan Lyon morphed into the least likely cult hero with wicketkeeper Matthew Wade’s ‘Nice Garry’ catch cry suddenly the soundtrack of the Australian summer. But the naff meme masked that the off-spinner’s international career was in near-terminal decline over a disastrous two-month period. His confiden
  
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• Mitchell Starc warns England’s tail they will be targeted for rest of Ashes series

  26-11-2017 11:10
  • ‘We have spoken about their tail … they can expect some more short stuff’
  • Moeen says England were always going to miss Ben Stokes in middle orderMitchell Starc has told England’s tailenders to expect more of the same for the remainder of this Ashes series after Australia’s attack blew away their opposite numbers for the second time at the Gabba.The fourth and decisive day in Brisbane was another case of Starc – nicknamed The Mop for his ability
  
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• Mitchell Starc warns England tail they will be targeted for rest of series

  26-11-2017 11:10
  • ‘We have spoken about their tail … they can expect some more short stuff’
  • Moeen says England were always going to miss Ben Stokes in middle orderMitchell Starc has told England’s tail-enders to expect more of the same for the remainder of this Ashes series after Australia’s attack blew away their opposite numbers for the second time at the Gabba.The fourth and decisive day in Brisbane was another case of Starc – nicknamed The Mop for his ability
  
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• Moeen Ali sparks white line fever but England’s Ashes issues run far deeper | Ali Martin

  26-11-2017 10:27
  An atomic level of analysis followed the dismissal – including the wobbliness of the line – but England need to put it behind them and quell talk of a whitewashShoddyline? Wobblyline? Amid a frenetic fourth afternoon at the Gabba that saw the hopes the suncream-slathered travelling support rise, before eventually crashing down, it was the marginal decision that sent Moeen Ali on his way that sparked some curious white line fever.When the scorebook for this Ashes opener is pored over
  
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• England on brink of first Ashes Test loss as Lyon and Starc blow batsmen away

  26-11-2017 09:01
  • England 302 & 195; Australia 328 & 114-0 (need 56 to win)
  • Lyon and Starc dismiss England cheaply in second inningsThe chances of England storming the Brisbane fortress diminished to almost zero as the Reverend kept the assembled throng entranced on a sunny Sunday evening. David Warner held sway and the Gabba congregation applauded every stroke, not so much with an Alleluia as a C’mon Aussie, C’Mon”. He was guiding his flock home in some style.Australia, ha
  
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• England on brink of crushing defeat in first Ashes Test

  26-11-2017 08:37 via bbc.co.uk
  England are on the verge of losing the first Ashes Test after Australia dominate the fourth day in Brisbane.
  
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• Ashes 2017-18: Australia v England first Test, day four – as it happened

  26-11-2017 08:33
  Australia moved to within 56 runs on an emphatic victory after Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc dismissed England cheaply in the second innings 8.05am GMTVic Marks’s day four reportRelated: England on brink of first Ashes Test loss as Lyon and Starc blow batsmen away7.33am GMT34th over: Australia 114-0 (Bancroft 51, Warner 60) Anderson starts the last over of the day with an absurd wide beamer to Warner. It was an attempted slower ball. Anderson is still ticking, though, and such bad losing
  
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• Ashes: Joe Root out next ball after making half-century

  26-11-2017 07:43 via bbc.co.uk
  England captain Joe Root makes his half-century in the second innings against Australia - only to be out for lbw the next ball on day four of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
  
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• Ashes 2017-18: Australia v England first Test, day four – live

  26-11-2017 01:20
  Over-by-over updates from day four of the first Test at the GabbaDay three report: England feel pressure after Smith hundredAnd feel free to email Geoff or tweet him @GeoffLemonSport 12.20am GMT20th over: England 50-2 (Stoneman 21, Root 20) Jim Maxwell on the radio is enjoying Stoneman’s work, as he finally gets back on strike. Trades singles with Root, and thereafter he’s leaving Starc with discipline, and when the bowler goes at his ribs, he just hauls bat and gloves well up out th
  
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