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• No rest for the wickedly fast: Mitchell Starc loth to miss Boxing Day Test

  22-12-2017 22:00
  The fast bowler’s existence is a tenuous one and Australia’s fastest won’t want to risk missing out in MelbourneYou would have to chloroform Mitchell Starc to stop him playing in the Boxing Day Test. Admittedly, when you look into the eyes of Cricket Australia fixer Pat Howard, you can see him pulling off a Breaking Bad move with a metal post and a bike lock. Whatever it takes. But as long as Starc doesn’t find himself confined to a cellar, he’ll be at the MCG unles
  
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• Ashes: Mason Crane reveals plan for Australia skipper Steve Smith in Melbourne

  22-12-2017 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE last time Mason Crane saw international action for England, he found himself caught in the headlights of a steam train in the shape of AB de Villiers.
  
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• Tom Curran in line for England debut in fourth Ashes Test against Australia

  22-12-2017 18:59
  • Surrey bowler could replace injured Craig Overton
  • England searching for right attack to take 20 wicketsTom Curran is the frontrunner to replace Craig Overton in the England team and make his Test debut at a sold-out Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day.Curran was not part of the original Ashes squad – nor even first reserve when it was named in September – but after Overton was diagnosed with a cracked rib during the defeat in Perth, the 22-year-old Surrey right-armer
  
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• Aggers takes a sharp edge off Boycott | Brief letters

  22-12-2017 18:46
  Barbara Castle | High-speed broadband | Jonathan Agnew | Solution to clue | Giles FraserIn her comments on Barbara Castle, Anne Perkins (Opinion, 21 December) fails to mention her introduction of home responsibility allowance for state pensions. This made a huge difference to the pensions of carers. I raise a glass to her every time my pension is paid.
  Barbara Purvis
  Winchester• So everyone in the UK is to have a legal right to high-speed broadband (Report, 21 December). I think quite a few
  
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• India's Rohit equals fastest T20 century

  22-12-2017 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  India batsman Rohit Sharma scores the joint fastest Twenty20 international century, from 35 balls in an 88-run win over Sri Lanka.
  
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• T20 cricket in, shooting out? Four unanswered questions about Birmingham 2022

  22-12-2017 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Birmingham has been confirmed as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, but there are several issues still to be addressed.
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: El Clásico, Ashes thrashings and Bristol City beverages

  22-12-2017 14:42
  Who won in Canada? Who is feeling relaxed? And who gulped down some red?• The big sports quiz of the year 2017What was Wayne Rooney talking about when he said: "We actually don’t even talk about football in there. It’s a refreshing place to go and it’s relaxing"?The players’ bar at Goodison ParkThe Everton dressing room under Sam Allardyce The trophy room in his house The garden centre where he is doing community serviceWho went to Laval and secured a 26th successive
  
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• NICK COMPTON: How my mate Dawid Malan turned himself into the Ashes star England need

  22-12-2017 13:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE ASHES may be gone but for anyone thinking that’s it for the Australian summer, think again. There is still a huge amount to play for.
  
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• There are no Ashes dead-rubbers: Australia will be ruthless at the MCG | Jason Gillespie

  22-12-2017 13:00
  Steve Smith’s side have taken back the urn from England but no one will dare ease off in front of 100,000 fans at the MCG on Boxing DayThere is no such thing as a dead-rubber Ashes Test match. You are representing your country and whether you are an Australian cricketer or a touring Englishman, the prospect of playing in front of nearly 100,000 fans at the MCG on Boxing Day is reason enough to remember this.Christmas Day might seem a strange thing for a professional cricketer to enjoy with
  
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• Australia’s Tim Paine in doubt for Boxing Day Test due to family illness

  22-12-2017 12:09
  • Wicketkeeper has not travelled to Melbourne with Australia team-mates
  • A decision is expected on Paine’s availability for the MCG on SaturdayAustralia’s Tim Paine is a doubt for the Boxing Day Test against England. The wicketkeeper has not travelled to Melbourne with the rest of Steve Smith’s squad for personal reasons.A Cricket Australia statement explained an update will be issued in due course. The 33-year-old Tasmanian was a surprise selection for this Ashes se
  
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• Australia’s Tim Paine a doubt for Boxing Day Test owing to family illness

  22-12-2017 12:09
  • Wicketkeeper has not travelled to Melbourne with Australia team-mates
  • Decision expected on Paine’s availability for the MCG on SaturdayAustralia’s Tim Paine is a doubt for the Boxing Day Test against England. The wicketkeeper has not travelled to Melbourne with the rest of Steve Smith’s squad for personal reasons.A Cricket Australia statement explained an update will be issued in due course. The 33-year-old Tasmanian was a surprise selection for the Ashes ahead of
  
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• 'Hopefully it can be the start of a long journey' - Crane ready for debut

  22-12-2017 08:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Leg-spinner Mason Crane says he is ready to make his England debut in the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne.
  
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• Hopefully it can be the start of a long journey - Crane

  22-12-2017 08:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Leg-spinner Mason Crane says he is ready to make his England debut in the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne.
  
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• Ashes: Steve Smith tells bowlers to not spare England tailenders any mercy in fourth Test

  22-12-2017 01:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  STEVE SMITH says there will be no let up in the short-pitched attack on England’s tailenders when the fourth Test gets underway on Boxing Day.
  
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