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• Steyn takes South Africa Test wickets record

  26-12-2018 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  South Africa's Dale Steyn surpasses Shaun Pollock to become his country's leading Test wicket-taker of all time.
  
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• Warner suggested I tamper with the ball, so I did to fit in and feel valued - Bancroft

  26-12-2018 14:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia's Cameron Bancroft says he tampered with the ball against Australia because he wanted to "fit in and feel valued".
  
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• The Spin | The Spin awards: Our terrific Test team of 2018

  26-12-2018 12:00
  Usman Khawaja steps up to the plate, AB de Villiers bows out in style and Yasir Shah rewrites the record bookAfter 45 Tests, 1,575 wickets, 43,424 runs, and countless hours of argument, here is the Guardian’s Test XI of the Year. The selectors were Vic Marks, Ali Martin, Rob Smyth, Tim de Lisle, Tanya Aldred, Geoff Lemon, Adam Collins, and Andy Bull. Everyone picked their own XI, and when we tallied the votes this is what we came up with. Related: Test sensation, overnight millionaire: it&
  
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• Mayank Agarwal and Cheteshwar Pujara put India on top in third Test

  26-12-2018 11:30
  • India reach 215 for two on first day in Melbourne
  • Mayank Agarwal makes half-century on India debutMayank Agarwal made a half-century on debut as India ended the first day of the Boxing Day Test against Australia on 215 for two in Melbourne.Agarwal made 76 while Cheteshwar Pujara was unbeaten on 68 at the close as Australia toiled on what appeared to be another flat MCG pitch. Related: Australia v India: Boxing Day Test, day one - as it happenedContinue reading...
  
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• Mayank Agarwal and Cheteshwar Pujara put India on top in Boxing Day Test

  26-12-2018 11:30
  • India reach 215-2 on day one in Melbourne
  • Mayank Agarwal makes half-century on India debutMayank Agarwal made a half-century on debut as India ended the first day of the Boxing Day Test against Australia on 215 for two in Melbourne.Agarwal made 76 while Cheteshwar Pujara was unbeaten on 68 at the close as Australia toiled on what appeared to be another flat MCG pitch. Related: Australia v India: Boxing Day Test, day one - as it happenedContinue reading...
  
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• Australia v India: Boxing Day Test, day one - as it happened

  26-12-2018 08:23
  India reach 215-2 after winning the tossMayank Agarwal makes 76 on debutCameron Bancroft opens up on ball tampering scandal 7.04am GMT When Geoff Lemon began this OBO by describing the MCG pitch as a twenty-yard slab of solidified cat sick he set the tone for a day of cricket that was always up against it in the beauty and excitement stakes. The moribund deck allied with the obstinate Kookaburra ball made for attritional viewing with Australia unable to fashion many chances and India content to
  
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• Cameron Bancroft opens up on ball tampering scandal and David Warner

  26-12-2018 03:25
  Bancroft suggests he ‘didn’t know any better’ and ‘just wanted to fit in’ when asked by Warner to tamper with the ball in South AfricaThe scars resulting from the Cape Town cheating scandal have been scratched during one of the most momentous days on the Australian cricket calendar, with Cameron Bancroft revealing how desperate he was to “fit in and feel valued”.Bancroft, speaking in depth for the first time since getting a nine-month suspension for his
  
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• Cricket ball tampering scandal: I just wanted to fit in, says Cameron Bancroft

  26-12-2018 02:29
  Bancroft suggests he “didn’t know any better” when asked by David Warner to tamper with the ball in South AfricaThe scars resulting from the Cape Town cheating scandal have been scratched during one of the most momentous days on the Australian cricket calendar, with Cameron Bancroft revealing how desperate he was to “fit in and feel valued”.Bancroft, speaking in depth for the first time since getting a nine-month suspension for his role in the ball-tampering furore,
  
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• Australia v India: Boxing Day Test, day one - live!

  26-12-2018 01:18
  Live updates from day one of the third cricket Test at the MCGJoin the conversation: via email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 12.18am GMT 11th over: India 28-0 (Vihari 3, Agarwal 21) Vihari is like a kid playing with his Christmas Lego set: block, block, block. Gets a couple of accidental runs off a safe inside edge, with Hazlewood continuing.12.16am GMT 10th over: India 26-0 (Vihari 1, Agarwal 21) And with Lyon continuing, Agarwal is happy to chill out, take a look at him and see what’s what.
  
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