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• ACA: 'Cricket Australia should reconsider ball tampering bans' – video

  03-04-2018 18:20
  Australian Cricketers’ Association president Greg Dyer has called on Cricket Australia to reconsider the sanctions handed out to Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft over the ball tampering scandal Continue reading...
  
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• We must improve our behaviour - Australia captain Paine

  03-04-2018 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Captain Tim Paine says Australia must improve their "behaviour" after they are thumped by South Africa to lose the controversial series 3-1.
  
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• Hilton Cartwright: Middlesex sign Australia all-rounder for start of season

  03-04-2018 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Middlesex sign Australia all-rounder Hilton Cartwright as an overseas player for the start of the 2018 domestic season.
  
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• Joe Root: England captain to miss first two Yorkshire games in County Championship

  03-04-2018 14:57 via bbc.co.uk
  England captain Joe Root will miss Yorkshire's first two games of the season as the ECB announces player availability.
  
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• Ireland to play Scotland and Netherlands in T20 tri-series

  03-04-2018 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland will play the Netherlands and Scotland in a Twenty20 tri-series in the Netherlands from 12-20 June.
  
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• Cricket scandal's ripple effect gives Alex Hales his IPL chance at last | Ali Martin

  03-04-2018 13:25
  ‘It’s amazing how quickly things can change in cricket,’ says Sunrisers Hyderabad’s late pick-up for the 2018 IPLWhen Cameron Bancroft took sandpaper to the ball on the third day in Cape Town, it was not just the spark for a funeral pyre that a seemingly unpopular Australian team had been dousing in gasoline for some time.Indeed the ripple effect caused by this spot of DIY – one that has seen three hefty bans handed down, the head coach quit, tears flow like the Wal
  
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• South Africa thrash Australia by 492 runs to win fourth Test – as it happened

  03-04-2018 11:54
  Australia crumble for 119 South Africa win by 492 runsVernon Philander man of the matchKagiso Rabada man of the series 10.54am BST Thanks for your company on here over the past few days, it’s been a blast. We’ve shared a series of incredible drama, unexpected scandal, and no shortage of gripping cricket. I can’t wait to do it all again soon. 10.50am BST Here’s your full report from Johannesburg. Related: South Africa thrash Australia by 492 runs to complete series rout10.
  
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• South Africa rout Australia to complete 3-1 series win

  03-04-2018 11:51 via bbc.co.uk
  South Africa wrap up a dominant win over Australia in the fourth Test between the sides in Johannesburg to claim the controversial series 3-1.
  
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• South Africa thrash Australia by 492 runs to complete series win

  03-04-2018 11:49
  • South Africa 488 & 344-6dec, Australia 221 & 119 | Full scorecard
  • Tim Paine says Australia ‘mentally exposed’ by Philander’s burstThere was always a risk of it going like this. Despite Australia’s best efforts to hang tough with South Africa through the first four days of the fourth Test, the calamitous collapse remained the ending most likely. It took one ball for Vernon Philander to get his name in the book on the fifth morning and four deliveries
  
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• South Africa thrash Australia by 492 runs to complete series rout

  03-04-2018 11:49
  • South Africa 344-6, Australia 221 & 119 all out | Full scorecard
  • Vernon Philander took six wickets on the final day in JohannesburgSouth Africa completed their first Test series win at home to Australia since readmission after thumping the beleaguered tourists by 492 runs in Johannesburg.Australia were all out for 119 in pursuit of a fanciful 612 victory target after Vernon Philander bulldozed through their batting line-up on the final morning with six wickets in the space of 3
  
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• Bayliss hints at changes for winless England

  03-04-2018 11:43 via bbc.co.uk
  There are "chances available" for domestic players to make their way into the England Test team, says head coach Trevor Bayliss.
  
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• Joe Root says England 'could not have done more' against New Zealand

  03-04-2018 11:37
  England draw second Test in New Zealand and lose series 1-0Root praises Jack Leach for his ‘encouraging debut’Joe Root expressed a mixture of frustration and pride after his side drew the second Test and failed to level the series against New Zealand at Hagley Oval, which suggests that his expectations of this England side are diminishing. After all, England have only lost a series in New Zealand once before – in 1984.“We could not have done more. I was proud of them. We
  
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• Harry Podmore: Kent sign pace bowler after he leaves Middlesex

  03-04-2018 11:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Pace bowler Harry Podmore leaves Middlesex to join County Championship Division Two rivals Kent.
  
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• South Africa v Australia: fourth Test, day five – live!

  03-04-2018 10:43
  Updates from the final day of play in JohannesburgEngland frustrated as New Zealand take series winFeel free to get in touch on email or tweet @JPHowcroft 9.43am BST 38th over: Australia 99-6 (Paine 7, Cummins 0) Maharaj into the attack early but there’s not much to report from his opening over. “Does Philander not completely debunk England’s one dimensional ‘latest’ theory that we need raw pace in order to compete at the test level?” asks Scott Roberts rhetor
  
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• South Africa vs Australia LIVE stream: How to watch fourth Test on TV and online

  03-04-2018 10:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  SOUTH AFRICA vs Australia live stream - here’s how you can watch the action on TV and online.
  
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• England suffer series loss as Ish Sodhi guides New Zealand to dramatic draw in second Test

  03-04-2018 09:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLANDS’s cruel winter ended on an all too fitting note as they extended their winless run of overseas Tests to a national-record 13 with a Christchurch draw and 1-0 series defeat to New Zealand.
  
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• New Zealand v England: Ish Sodhi guides hosts to draw and series win

  03-04-2018 08:45 via bbc.co.uk
  New Zealand hold their nerve to secure a dramatic draw against England in the second Test and claim a 1-0 series victory.
  
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• New Zealand hold England to draw on final day of second Test – as it happened

  03-04-2018 08:22
  New Zealand won a series at home to England for the first in 34 years after an immense rearguard action on a dramatic day at Christchurch 7.22am BST I suppose that’s an appropriate end to a trying winter for England. But today is more about New Zealand - a resourceful, likeable, sometimes brilliant side who fully deserve this victory. On behalf of all the OBO writers, thanks for your company all winter, and for keeping us sane during the small hours. It feels a long time ago that James Vin
  
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• England frustrated by New Zealand and bad light as second Test is drawn

  03-04-2018 08:19
  England 307 & 352-9 dec; New Zealand 278 & 256-8 Draw sees New Zealand win two-Test series 1-0It was captivating until the end and – for England – hugely frustrating. They could not bowl New Zealand out on the final day at the Hagley Oval despite the bonus of taking two wickets with the first two deliveries of the day, which were bowled by Stuart Broad.At lunch England had taken four wickets; at tea they had six and the second new ball had only been used for two overs. But in
  
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• ACA labels ball tampering bans 'disproportionate' and calls for reduction

  03-04-2018 04:41
  Cricket Australia urged by players’ union to recalibrate bansPlayers showed ‘extraordinary contrition’, says Greg DyerCricket Australia should take into account “extraordinary contrition” shown by Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft over the ball-tampering scandal, the players’ union says.
  Australian Cricketers’ Association president Greg Dyer has called on CA to consider recalibrating the bans placed on the Test trio, citing their “disp
  
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• New Zealand v England: second Test, day five – live!

  03-04-2018 01:18
  Live updates on the fifth day of the second Test in Christchurch
  Read Vic Marks’ match report from day four
  Email Tom or tweet: @tomdaviesE1712.18am BST 33rd over: New Zealand 69-3 (Latham 38, Nicholls 0; target 382). Leach, buoyed by becoming the first English bowler under 30 to take a wicket in this match, continues, and he’s got his pecker up now, finding those rough-ish areas outside the left-hander’s off-stump. They don’t do anything dramatic but force Latham to be c
  
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