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• Meticulous, tenacious, confident: Meet Dawid Malan - England's new Ashes star

  14-12-2017 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  How Dawid Malan went from having his middle peg knocked out of the ground in club cricket to being an Ashes centurion.
  
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• Meet Dawid Malan - England's new batting star

  14-12-2017 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  How Dawid Malan went from having his middle peg knocked out of the ground in club cricket to being an Ashes centurion.
  
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• ICC to investigate Ashes spot-fixing plot claims but say no evidence of corruption

  14-12-2017 16:01 via theguardian.com
  • Newspaper report claims fixers offered to rig periods of play at third Test
  • ICC, Cricket Australia and ECB distance Ashes players from claimsThe International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit has confirmed a full investigation will be held into a report by the Sun newspaper that the ongoing third Ashes Test has been targeted by match-fixers, despite no evidence of any wrongdoing at this stage.It made for alarming start to the opening day at the Waca, with the newspaper&
  
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• Ashes: Dawid Malan century gives England strong start over Australia – video report

  14-12-2017 15:51 via theguardian.com
  England were in trouble on day one of the third Ashes Test before Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow took control of proceedings in Perth. Malan made his maiden Test century and was 110 not out at stumps while Bairstow made an unbeaten 75. The tourists ended the day 305-4Dawid Malan maiden century hands England strong start in third Ashes TestContinue reading...
  
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• England forced to work hard for their considerable first-day gains at Ashes | Adam Collins

  14-12-2017 15:37 via theguardian.com
  Only once since speed-gun records began has a group of quick bowlers averaged a faster speed than Australia’s did on the first day of the Waca TestIf the plan was to manage expectations ahead of the Waca’s final Ashes fling, it was expertly done. Not hot enough to bake the pitch, we were told by groundstaff. A bit soft, Steve Smith warned. Stories from recent years illustrated that the famous track was like Seattle’s grunge scene: once awesome, long finished.Australia’s p
  
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• Pint-sized Ashes: Dawid Malan magic gives England hope

  14-12-2017 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow put England in a strong position on the opening day of the third Ashes Test in Australia.
  
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• Dawid Malan close to tears after his maiden century in third Ashes Test

  14-12-2017 14:13 via theguardian.com
  • Unbeaten 110 witnessed by his parents, who had flown over from South Africa
  • Player started tour as one of three batsmen dubbed ‘no-name’ by AustraliansDawid Malan joked about overcoming the jump from facing “78mph dibbly-dobblies” in county cricket to a phalanx of Australia fast bowlers at the Waca following a maiden Test century for England that left him close to tears upon reaching the milestone.The 30-year-old arrived at the start of the tour as one of th
  
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• Mark Stoneman courage on show in eye of Australian storm at Ashes Test | Ali Martin

  14-12-2017 13:12 via theguardian.com
  The England opener showed all his tenacity in recording his Test best score but the manner of his dismissal proved a bigger talking pointWhen it comes to telling the story of Mark Stoneman’s first day of Test cricket in the Wild West of Australia – one of courage, fortune and controversy – it is hard not to begin at the end.As the England opener trudged off with 56 to his name, debate was already raging as to the process by which his Test best had been snuffed out. Caught behin
  
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• Mark Stoneman courage on show in eye of Australian storm at Ashes Test

  14-12-2017 13:12 via theguardian.com
  As the England opener trudged off with 56 to his name, debate was already raging as to the process by which his Test best had been snuffed outWhen it comes to telling the story of Mark Stoneman’s first day of Test cricket in the Wild West of Australia - one of courage, fortune and controversy - it is hard not to begin at the end.As the England opener trudged off with 56 to his name, debate was already raging as to the process by which his Test best had been snuffed out. Caught behind super
  
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• Ashes: England batsman Dawid Malan 'almost started crying' after reaching century

  14-12-2017 13:00 via bbc.co.uk
  England batsman Dawid Malan thanked his parents for the "sacrifices" they have made, after scoring his first Test century during the Ashes.
  
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• The Anti-Sports Personality of the Year awards 2017

  14-12-2017 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Before the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year awards on Sunday celebrate the best of 2017, here are our anti-heroes from the sporting world this yearThe retiring Taylor’s last year on the PDC circuit has not been without incident. There has of course been sporting success, including a 16th World Matchplay title, but also controversy, much of it centred on the Grand Slam of Darts, where he lost in the semi-finals to Michael van Gerwen. During that match the players were seen in heat
  
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• Dawid Malan maiden century hands England strong start in third Ashes Test

  14-12-2017 11:43 via theguardian.com
  • Stoneman and Bairstow played important innings in total of 305-4
  • Malan delivered the first hundred of England’s Ashes campaign
  On a ground that has often been a graveyard for English cricket Dawid Malan kept alive hopes of heading for Melbourne with the destination of the Ashes still undecided. Malan hit his maiden Test century, an innings of great character, a bit of luck and some silky strokeplay. His unbroken partnership of 176 with Jonny Bairstow, belatedly promoted to No
  
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• Ashes 2017-18: Australia v England third Test, day one – as it happened

  14-12-2017 11:09 via theguardian.com
  England had a fine first day in Perth, finishing on 305 for four after Dawid Malan made a superb maiden Test century 10.09am GMTWhen England won the toss and batted this morning, they wouldn’t have dared ask for more than a score of 305 for four at the close. It’s already theirir highest total of the series. They were in a bit of trouble before Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow gave a lesson in how to bat in Australian conditions. Malan made his maiden Test century, an innings that was
  
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• Ashes: ICC forced to deny reports of third Test spot-fixing allegations

  14-12-2017 10:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE ICC, ECB and Cricket Australia joined forces to pour cold water on allegations made in a UK newspaper that the third Ashes Test had been targeted by fixers.
  
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• Ben Stokes: Why is he not playing in the Ashes? Will he play any part? What's the latest?

  14-12-2017 09:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  BEN STOKES remains out of the reckoning for England as Australia close in on the Ashes.
  
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• BBC Sport advent calendar: Henry Blofeld retires from TMS commentary box - 'Thank you all for listening!'

  14-12-2017 07:11 via bbc.co.uk
  In day 14 of BBC Sport's advent calendar, Henry Blofeld bows out from the Test Match Special commentary box as he signs off for the last time.
  
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• Ben Stokes scores 93 off 47 balls for Canterbury Kings

  14-12-2017 06:50 via bbc.co.uk
  England's Ben Stokes makes 93 off 47 balls for Canterbury Kings in New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 competition.
  
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• Ashes 2017-18: Australia v England third Test, day one – live!

  14-12-2017 03:38 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the first day at the Waca in the third Ashes TestICC admits allegations of Ashes spot-fixing plot are ‘of grave concern’Virtual reality gives ECB tantalising portrait of future Ashes seriesAnd feel free to email Geoff or fire him a tweet @GeoffLemonSport 2.38am GMT2nd over: England 4-0 (Cook 0, Stoneman 4) Swing for Hazlewood as well. He’s coming over the wicket, swings his second ball too much, and it hits Stoneman but would have been going just down leg. This is
  
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• NICK COMPTON: England must do these three things to fight back in the Ashes - EXCLUSIVE

  14-12-2017 01:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND are one defeat away from losing the Ashes to Australia but Nick Compton, Express Sport’s exclusive columnist, thinks application with the bat, a fresh attitude against Nathan Lyon and a brand new batting order could see them fight back into the series.
  
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• ICC says no evidence of corruption after claims of Ashes spot-fixing plot

  14-12-2017 00:47 via theguardian.com
  • Newspaper report claims fixers offered to rig periods of play at third Test
  • ICC, Cricket Australia and ECB distance Ashes players from claimsThe International Cricket Council has launched an investigation into allegations the third Ashes Test has been targeted by spot-fixers after a newspaper’s undercover investigation claimed to have been offered details of rigged periods of play.The ICC admitted the matter was “of grave concern” but the organisation’s anti
  
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• ICC admits allegations of Ashes spot-fixing plot are ‘of grave concern’

  14-12-2017 00:47 via theguardian.com
  • Newspaper report claims fixers offered to rig periods of play at third Test
  • Cricket Australia promises to co-operate fully with any investigationThe International Cricket Council has admitted allegations that the third Ashes Test between Australia and England in Perth has been targeted by spot-fixers is “of grave concern” after a newspaper’s undercover investigation claimed to have been offered details of rigged periods of play.According to a report in The Sun, tw
  
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