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• The classic Test match Australia never deserved to win… and didn’t | Geoff Lemon

  10-12-2018 23:40
  It was tight at Adelaide Oval but had Australia miraculously made 31 more runs, it would have been an injusticeThere can come a point in cricket matches when people start believing the impossible. When the ones in offices who don’t care about sport find themselves drawn into the spectacle. When their colleagues who were covertly following the game abandon all pretence.When the last couple of batsmen in a team need 150 runs to win, no one pays attention. But when that target dips under 100,
  
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• England name unchanged Test squad for tour of West Indies

  10-12-2018 19:48 via bbc.co.uk
  England retain the players that finished the series win over Sri Lanka for their three-Test tour of the West Indies next month, but tweak their ODI squad.
  
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• Bat flip to replace coin toss in Big Bash

  10-12-2018 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  This year's Big Bash League will have a bat flip instead of a coin toss to decide who bats first.
  
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• England spinner Gordon sidelined by stress fracture

  10-12-2018 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  England left-arm spinner Kirstie Gordon is sidelined by a stress fracture in her lower back, making her a doubt for their spring tour of India and Sri Lanka.
  
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• Sri Lanka spinner Dananjaya suspended for illegal action

  10-12-2018 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Sri Lanka spin bowler Akila Dananjaya is suspended with immediate effect for an illegal action.
  
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• England's Ed Smith does not rule out Jofra Archer for World Cup

  10-12-2018 15:59
  Joe Denly handed reprieve for West Indies Test series
  Ollie Stone left out of ODI squad for Caribbean tripEd Smith declined to rule out the possibility of Jofra Archer entering England’s World Cup thoughts next summer despite the fast bowler’s impending eligibility coming too late for the Test and one-day tours to the Caribbean that start a bumper 2019.A recent decision by the England and Wales Cricket Board to cut national qualification by way of residency from seven years down to t
  
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• England keep faith with winning formula for West Indies Test series

  10-12-2018 15:59
  Denly handed reprieve as Smith sticks by stars from Sri Lanka
  Stone’s World Cup chances hit after being left out of ODI squadEngland have kept faith with the squad that delivered a historic Test whitewash in Sri Lanka, naming the same 16 players that finished that tour for next month’s series against the West Indies.That means no place for Surrey’s Ollie Pope, who was initially selected for Sri Lanka but left early to get game time with the Lions, and a reprieve for Kent’
  
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• Australia v India: Tourists claim first Test win in Australia since 2008

  10-12-2018 08:33 via bbc.co.uk
  India clinch a dramatic 31-run victory in the first Test against Australia to claim only their sixth Test win down under.
  
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• India beat Australia by 31 runs on final day of first Test – as it happened

  10-12-2018 07:00
  India 250 & 307; Australia 235 & 291 India win Test series opener in Australia for first time6.00am GMT I think that’s all you need from us for now. Keep your eyes peeled elsewhere on the site for all the reaction from Adelaide and all the build up to the second Test in Perth.From Adam, Geoff, and I, thank you for your company. Let’s do it all again later this week. Related: Resistance ends as India secure rare victory on Australian soil in first Test5.52am GMT I am reliably
  
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• Australia v India: first Test, day five – live!

  10-12-2018 06:17
  Updates from the final day of play in AdelaideAny thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 5.17am GMT Australia’s last six wickets all put on at least 30 runs, but none went beyond 41. A magnificent rearguard effort, but just lacking one more substantial contribution to see the job through. Amazing grit displayed by the Australian lower order, but this is a moment to savour for a long time for Team India. The bowlers gave it everything and let’s just enjoy this and carry the momentu
  
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• Resistance ends as India secure rare victory on Australian soil in first Test

  10-12-2018 06:14
  India 250 & 307; Australia 235 & 291 | India win by 31 runsIndia win Test series opener in Australia for first timeA relieved India were made to sweat but eventually wrapped up a rare victory in Australia after the tourists took the required six wickets just before the tea break on the final day to win the first Test by 31 runs at Adelaide Oval.With plenty of pressure resting on his shoulders heading into day five, Shaun Marsh shrugged off the early loss of Travis Head to reach his half
  
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