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• India's magic Melbourne moment – but Sydney Test matters more

  30-12-2018 20:41
  Retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is sweet, but becoming the first Indian side to win a Test series in Australia drives KohliYou can’t spell ‘magic’ without MCG. I’m not sure that’s significant in any way, but it’s nice. In some ways, India’s Test win this week at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was magical. Related: Paine's pain a familiar refrain as Australia's dire year ends flat | Adam CollinsRelated: Australia v India: Boxing Day Test, day five - as
  
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• India's magic Melbourne moment - but Sydney Test matters more

  30-12-2018 20:41
  Retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is sweet, but becoming the first Indian side to win a Test series in Australia drives KohliYou can’t spell ‘magic’ without MCG. I’m not sure that’s significant in any way, but it’s nice. In some ways, India’s Test win this week at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was magical. Related: Paine's pain a familiar refrain as Australia's dire year ends flat | Adam CollinsRelated: Australia v India: Boxing Day Test, day five - as
  
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• 100-ball cricket is coming – get over it | Letters

  30-12-2018 18:11
  Mike Stein applauds modern ‘white-ball’ formats of the game, and Alec Mitchell explains his ‘not out’ LBW ruleYour pessimism about the proposed 100-ball game of cricket (Editorial, 28 December) echoes the prophets of doom – most notably the Yorkshire grumblers’ club – in response to the launching of the Indian Premier League, Australia’s Big Bash and the T20 county format. Yet all these “white-ball” formats have been successful in attra
  
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• Semenya’s Cas case and Tiger’s 15th – resolutions and predictions for 2019 | Sean Ingle

  30-12-2018 16:03
  Expect English cricket to thrive, women’s football to have a record-breaking year and more controversy surrounding Russia“It is dangerous to make predictions, especially about the future.” Some attribute that quote to Mark Twain. Others to the legendary baseball player and coach Yogi Berra. Either way it is useful advice for anyone daring to decipher what 2019 might hold. With that in mind, consider what follows as less of a forecast and more of a game of Pin the Tail on the Do
  
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• Semenya’s Cas case and Tiger’s 15th – my sporting predictions for 2019 | Sean Ingle

  30-12-2018 16:03
  Expect English cricket to thrive, women’s football to have a record-breaking year and more controversy surrounding Russia“It is dangerous to make predictions, especially about the future.” Some attribute that quote to Mark Twain. Others to the legendary baseball player and coach Yogi Berra. Either way, it’s useful advice for anyone daring to decipher what 2019 might hold. So with that in mind, consider what follows as less of a forecast and more of a game of pin-the-tail-
  
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• Sporting highlights for 2019 - another bumper year to look forward to

  30-12-2018 12:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The new year is almost upon us, but who will have a stellar 2019? BBC Sport experts give us their views.
  
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• Cameron Bancroft lasts three balls on return from nine-month absence

  30-12-2018 12:16
  Batsman back in action after ban for ball-tampering Perth Scorchers fall to six-wicket loss against HobartIt was nine months in the making, but Cameron Bancroft’s return to top-flight cricket lasted just three balls.The right-handed batsman made his much-anticipated return from a ball-tampering ban for Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League on Sunday in Launceston. He found himself in the middle earlier than expected, with the Scorchers crumbling to 16-3 in the fourth over against Hobart H
  
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• Bancroft makes two on return from ball-tampering ban

  30-12-2018 12:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Cameron Bancroft makes only two on his return from a nine-month suspension as Perth Scorchers lose to Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash.
  
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• Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith - cricket's winners and losers in 2018

  30-12-2018 10:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Hollywood endings, angry celebrations and lots of tears - BBC Sport hands out the awards after an eventful year in the cricket world.
  
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• NZ crush Sri Lanka by 423 runs to move up to third in rankings

  30-12-2018 09:01 via bbc.co.uk
  New Zealand thrash Sri Lanka by 423 runs in Christchurch to win the Test series 1-0 and move up to third in the rankings.
  
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• India win third Test for 2-1 series lead over Australia

  30-12-2018 08:26 via bbc.co.uk
  India ease past Australia by 137 runs in the third Test in Melbourne, to take a 2-1 series lead into the final Test in Sydney.
  
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• Paine's pain a familiar refrain as Australia's dire year ends flat | Adam Collins

  30-12-2018 07:41
  With selection headaches ahead Steve Smith and David Warner’s return can’t come soon enough for Australia’s underfire skipperOnce again, Tim Paine walks in to front the cameras at the end of a match where his side has been flogged.There will be no shortage of moments that the Australian captain remembers about the year he ascended to the job, but he won’t quickly forget these sorry post mortems, mostly due to the sheer volume of them. Related: India retain Border-Gavaskar
  
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• Paine's pain a familiar refrain as Australia's dire year ends flat

  30-12-2018 07:41
  With selection headaches ahead Steve Smith and David Warner’s return can’t come soon enough for Australia’s underfire skipperOnce again, Tim Paine walks in to front the cameras at the end of a match where his side has been flogged.Related: India retain Border-Gavaskar trophy after cleaning up Australia on day fiveRelated: Cummins strikes, but Australia's bowlers are at breaking pointContinue reading...
  
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• Australia v India: Boxing Day Test, day five - as it happened

  30-12-2018 03:46
  India 443-7 decl. & 106-8 decl. defeat Australia 151 & 261 by 137
  India take 2-1 series lead and first MCG win in 37 years 2.46am GMT And here’s the day five match report. For all 27 balls of it. Related: India retain Border-Gavaskar trophy after cleaning up Australia on day five2.38am GMT Jasprit Bumrah is man of the match. And rightly so, his nine wickets for the match, including 6/33 in Australia’s first innings, was the major difference between these sides. On that note,
  
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• India retain Border-Gavaskar trophy after cleaning up Australia on day five

  30-12-2018 03:44
  India 443-7 decl. & 106-8 decl. defeat Australia 151 & 261 by 137 India take 2-1 series lead and first MCG win in 37 yearsIndia have retained the Border-Gavaskar trophy with ease at the MCG, claiming a 137-run victory on day five of the third Test after rain provided more resistance than many of Australia’s batsmen. Related: Australia v India: Boxing Day Test, day five - live!Continue reading...
  
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• Australia v India: Boxing Day Test, day five - live!

  30-12-2018 01:47
  Live updates from day five of the third Test at the MCGJoin the conversation: via email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 12.47am GMT Here’s a useful link via Liam.A really top scientific understanding of the follow-on decision is here: https://t.co/YwsbbcOvby 12.45am GMT I’m getting a lot of tweets about the follow-on, which for some reason really gets people going. Let’s just make the personal record clear.The follow-on is trash. It’s the most pointless tactical device around.
  
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