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• Intercontinental Cup: Ireland beat Scotland by 203 runs in Dubai

  01-12-2017 16:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland beat Scotland by 203 runs with a day to spare in their Intercontinental Cup match in Dubai.
  
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• Under-19s World Cup: Jonathan Trott & Jon Lewis to join England coaching staff

  01-12-2017 15:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Former England Test players Jonathan Trott and Jon Lewis are to join England's coaching staff at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
  
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• ‘It’s cricket. We’re not trying to save the world’: Darren Lehmann in conversation with Jason Gillespie

  01-12-2017 13:17
  As the Australia coach prepares for the second Ashes Test, he chats to our columnist about their love of cricket, time together on the pitch and his nine years at Yorkshire. And drinking champagne out of a helmet before batting …
  Jason Gillespie Mate, I have to start with the nickname “Boof”…Darren Lehmann A friend called Johnny Giannetto gave it to me when we were playing [Aussie rules] footie growing up in Gawler, north of Adelaide, when we were 12. I used to have a b
  
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• Steve Smith hits back at Jimmy Anderson over Ashes ‘bully’ claims

  01-12-2017 11:32
  • Australia captain brands Anderson ‘one of biggest sledgers’
  • Paceman had criticised Australia for sledging Bairstow in first TestSteve Smith has hit back at Jimmy Anderson’s suggestion that Australia are acting like bullies in their Ashes sledging campaign, claiming the England seamer is “one of the biggest sledgers in the game”.Smith was also keen to clarify to the England captain, Joe Root, that there was no intent to mock the tourists as he and Camer
  
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• Moeen may not be fit to bowl but conditions 'like being at home' for England

  01-12-2017 11:23 via bbc.co.uk
  England all-rounder Moeen Ali will play in the second Ashes Test in Adelaide, but fitness concerns mean he may not be able to bowl.
  
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• James Faulkner: Lancashire sign Australian all-rounder for Twenty20

  01-12-2017 09:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Lancashire sign Australia all-rounder James Faulkner, who helped the team to the T20 Blast title in 2015, on a two-year T20 deal.
  
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• Overton or Ball? Who you selected in England's second-Test XI

  01-12-2017 08:03 via bbc.co.uk
  One England player must be dropped and there should be some changes to the batting order for the second Ashes Test, say BBC Sport users.
  
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• Joe Root backs Moeen Ali to play second Ashes Test despite injured finger

  01-12-2017 05:45
  England captain says Moeen will play even if not fully fit to bowlMoeen will bat at No6 with Jonny Bairstow at No7 at Adelaide OvalWe are on the brink of the cricket having a chance of taking centre stage again. On the eve of the second match of this Ashes series it was almost a relief to hear Joe Root talking about injury worries, which used to be the staple diet of discussion in between Tests. Related: Australia’s Steve Smith plays mind games with Joe Root over lbw decisionsRelated: Engl
  
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• A new Ashes world awaits England after Adelaide’s mid-life crisis | Geoff Lemon

  01-12-2017 05:45
  The advent of pink balls, evening sessions and a grassy pitch has changed the very nature of contests at Adelaide OvalWhen England’s cricketers walk onto Adelaide Oval on Saturday afternoon Australian Central Daylight Time, they’ll enter a new Ashes world. Cricket doesn’t so much have revolutions as fine gradations of change – the thickness of a bat here, the length of a game there. Playing Test matches at night with a different type of ball is the sport’s equivalen
  
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• Australia’s Steve Smith plays mind games with Joe Root over lbw decisions

  01-12-2017 05:00
  • Australia captain attempts to unsettle England opener
  • Hosts aim to be on top in every department in Ashes seriesThere are more cunning plans being bandied around in this series than Baldrick ever had in Blackadder. My cynical streak suggests many are more bluff and balderdash rather than brilliant insights.We have heard quite a lot about Shane Bond being in his bunker with Joe Root poring over the techniques of the Australia batsmen. Then Jimmy Anderson lets slip that England do no
  
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