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• Stuart Broad and Steve Smith ramp up trash talk in second Ashes Test | Ali Martin

  02-12-2017 18:38
  England deliver new hard-nosed, opening day response to Australia sledging, but umpire Aleem Dar issues a warningDifferent coloured ball, same old nonsense. The 2017-18 Ashes may have witnessed less than a week of cricket but when it comes to behaviour, the latest battle for the little urn is already shaping up as a race to the bottom.The opening day in Adelaide, where a record-breaking 55,317 spectators flocked through the turnstiles for the first day-night men’s Test between Australia an
  
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• Pint-sized Ashes: Best TMS moments from day one as as England are left frustrated

  02-12-2017 16:04 via bbc.co.uk
  England are frustrated on the first day of the second Ashes Test, taking only four wickets after putting Australia in to bat in Adelaide.
  
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• Usman Khawaja finally makes Ashes mark but Anderson invites familiar error

  02-12-2017 15:14
  The Australia No3 looked destined for another day-night century at Adelaide after riding his luck but his dismissal gave England a chink of light in the darkThese were meant to be words about an Usman Khawaja century as he finally set straight seven years of Ashes false starts to salute in conditions where he has excelled. Where the No3 replicated the poise and control that underpinned his masterful ton at the same venue 12 months ago to make Joe Root’s decision to put Australia in look di
  
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• Steve Smith was saying I was slow, it was nice to beat him for pace, says Overton

  02-12-2017 14:52
  • Craig Overton delighted at claiming his debut Test wicket
  • ‘It looked like we got under his skin, but he still got 40’Wherever Craig Overton’s career takes him from here, he will always have Steve Smith. At the home of Sir Donald Bradman, and on a day when cricket here drew more spectators to it than ever before, he made Australia’s modern day equivalent his maiden Test wicket. Related: Australia dig in but England’s Craig Overton nabs Steve SmithRelate
  
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• Ashes: Australia 209-4 after England debutant Craig Overton bowls Steve Smith – video report

  02-12-2017 13:29
  Australia, sent to bat by England captain Joe Root, end day one of the second Test 209-4 in Adelaide. England debutant Craig Overton provided the day's biggest moment when he bowled Australia captain Steve Smith in the final sessionAustralia dig in but England’s Craig Overton nabs Steve SmithContinue reading...
  
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• Ashes 2017-18: Australia v England second Test, day one – as it happened

  02-12-2017 13:13
  Updates from the day-night Test at Adelaide OvalAustralia close on 209-4 after England elected to bowl firstCraig Overton makes debut and bowls Steve Smith for maiden Test wicket12.38pm GMT Related: Australia dig in but England’s Craig Overton nabs Steve Smith12.13pm GMTThat’s all from here. Join us tomorrow for day two. England have a new ball that’s moving and two batsmen who will need to start again. Kevin Pietersen gets the last word:
  Win toss - choose to bowl.Claim 4 Aus w
  
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• Australia dig in but England’s Craig Overton nabs Steve Smith

  02-12-2017 12:59
  • Day one: Australia 209-4 v England; England won toss and fielded
  • Usman Khawaja makes 53; debutant Overton dismisses Smith for 40There have been bigger gambles in Ashes history and there have been worse outcomes. But the decision to put Australia in at Adelaide, the first time England have done so here since the ill-fated decision of Bob Willis on the 1982-83 tour, did not look so good after the 81 overs that were bowled on Saturday.At the end of a blustery day and night when play w
  
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• Ashes: Debutant Craig Overton takes the wicket of Australian captain Steve Smith

  02-12-2017 12:22 via bbc.co.uk
  England debutant Craig Overton dismisses Australian captain Steve Smith for 40 runs on day one of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide.
  
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• The best books on sport of 2017

  02-12-2017 10:00
  We pick a celebration of Britain’s female hockey players, an exposé of youth football and a study of Muhammad AliHistory is too often written not only by, but about, the winners. Marginalised groups – poor, female, the wrong colour – are silenced, the indifference or worse of gatekeepers meaning that their stories and exploits go unrecorded, making retrieval essential to balance historical accounts.This vital recovery process is exemplified by Jenny Landreth’s Swel
  
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• Ashes 2017-18: Australia v England second Test, day one – live!

  02-12-2017 03:07
  Updates from the day-night Test at Adelaide OvalGet in touch with Jonathan on email or via Twitter @JPHowcroft 2.03am GMTGreetings intrepid OBOers, wherever you are, whenever it happens to be. If this Ashes series wasn’t already wreaking havoc with your circadian rhythm the first day-night contest in a men’s series between England and Australia will surely nudge it out of kilter.Yes, that’s right, a day-night Ashes Test at Adelaide Oval (mental note, sure fire way to enrage a l
  
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