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• Australia's Bancroft admits to ball-tampering - and captain Smith knew in advance

  24-03-2018 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia's Cameron Bancroft admits he tampered with the ball against South Africa - and captain Steve Smith says he knew in advance.
  
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• Cameron Bancroft and Steve Smith admit ball-tampering plan for Australia against South Africa

  24-03-2018 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch Australia's Cameron Bancroft admit ball-tampering during the third Test against South Africa and skipper Steve Smith reveal the team's "leadership group" planned it.
  
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• Steve Smith admits to Australia ball-tampering plan against South Africa

  24-03-2018 18:06
  ‘It was the players and the leadership group that came up with this’Small yellow object seen in Bancroft’s hands after working on ballAustralia captain Steve Smith has admitted that his side deliberately tried to tamper with the condition of the ball on the third day of the third Test against South Africa at Newlands on Saturday in an orchestrated attempt to gain an advantage. Cameron Bancroft has been charged by the International Cricket Council and Smith told reporters that i
  
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• Cameron Bancroft ball-tampering claims mar South Africa v Australia

  24-03-2018 15:23
  Small yellow object seen in Bancroft’s hands after working on ballBancroft spoken to by umpires after incident in afternoon sessionAn apparent ball tampering controversy involving Australia’s Cameron Bancroft overshadowed play during day three of the tourists’ third Test against South Africa.Bancroft was spoken to by the on-field umpires Nigel Llong and Richard Illingworth after television cameras captured him holding a small, yellow object when working on the rough side of the
  
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• India's Saha scores 20-ball T20 century for club side

  24-03-2018 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  India wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha scores a 20-ball century in a local club match in India.
  
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• Virat Kohli may join Surrey to tune up for India’s Test series in England

  24-03-2018 13:08
  • County confirm interest in signing cricket’s biggest name
  • Kohli keen to tune up for English conditions before August TestSurrey have confirmed their interest in signing Virat Kohli on a possible short-term deal before India’s Test series in England this summer.Reports on Saturday suggested a deal has already been struck, with the India captain expected to miss the one-off Test with Afghanistan in Bangalore on 20 June and a Twenty20 series with Ireland in order to tune u
  
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• ECB to review North-South series for 2019

  24-03-2018 12:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The North-South series is unlikely to take place in 2019 in its current format, says director of England cricket Andrew Strauss.
  
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• England may need to rely on the rain until ECB gets its priorities right | Vic Marks

  24-03-2018 11:33
  If England are trounced in New Zealand Test series the ECB will come under increasing scrutiny for agreeing to this scheduleIt is taking a while for England’s batsmen to have a chance to get back in the saddle after being bowled out for a paltry 58 in their first innings. On Friday and Saturday there were just 26 overs of cricket at Eden Park and those batsmen dutifully shuffled around the field, no doubt noting that the ball was not jagging around quite so deviously as on Thursday afterno
  
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• New Zealand v England: first Test, day three – as it didn't happen

  24-03-2018 06:54
  Just 17 balls were possible on the third day of the pink ball Test in Auckland, but New Zealand remain well in charge with a lead of 175 and six first innings wickets in hand 5.53am GMT It seems a decent time to sign off. It’s been as good a wicketless day as England have had in the field for a while. Just 17 balls bowled, and New Zealand remain right in charge. The weather seems better tomorrow, and England will still have to bat very well to save the game. “We’ve got to show
  
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• New Zealand v England: first Test, day three – live!

  24-03-2018 02:33
  Barney Ronay: why England need to ditch BaylissEngland women ease to T20 victory over Australia
  And email Tim here or tweet him here, if you fancy 1.33am GMT In case you’re just tuning in, rain has stopped play. The day began on time but the umps took the players off after 17 balls, no wickets, and four runs – three of them to Henry Nicholls, who completed a fifty from the 1950s.1.24am GMT “Not going to bed,” says Peter Rowntree, sounding magnificently like a seven-year-o
  
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