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• Cricket’s vices are no more common – it’s just harder to keep them secret | Andy Bull

  15-01-2019 21:56 via theguardian.com
  Players have been fighting, drinking and sleeping around for as long as they’ve been batting, bowling and catching but these days you can guarantee everyone will know about itWhenever David Green belched he would say “Boycott!” and since he belched a lot “Boycott” was probably one of the first few words I ever heard him say, followed, in short order, by a philippic against “whichever fucker” had forgotten to replace the cellophane wrap on the tray of san
  
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• 'Minor Counties' to become the National Counties Cricket Association from 2020

  15-01-2019 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Minor Counties cricket is to change its name after 124 years to the rebranded National Counties Cricket Association in 2020.
  
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• West Indies recall Bravo after two-year absence for first Test against England

  15-01-2019 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  West Indies recall batsman Darren Bravo after an absence of more than two years from Test cricket for the first Test against England.
  
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• The Spin | Cricket’s American dream remains as USA welcomed back into ICC fold | Emma John

  15-01-2019 14:44 via theguardian.com
  Three years after they were kicked out, the USA have had their member status restored and a new governing body has big ideas for the progression of the game for both men and womenWas that a whiff of fatted calf we could smell this week? The USA finally returned to the cricketing fold, three years after being kicked out of the ICC for behaviour unbecoming an associate member, and the whole affair had a slight feel of the prodigal son about it.“The International Cricket Council today welcome
  
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• Kohli and Dhoni shine with bat as India beat Australia

  15-01-2019 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Captain Virat Kohli scores 104 and MS Dhoni an unbeaten fifty as India level the three-match one-day series in Australia at 1-1.
  
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• Kohli and Dhoni shine as India beat Australia

  15-01-2019 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Captain Virat Kohli scores 104 and MS Dhoni an unbeaten fifty as India level the three-match one-day series in Australia at 1-1.
  
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• James Harris: Bowling all-rounder extends Middlesex contract

  15-01-2019 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Middlesex fast bowler James Harris extends his contract, and will remain at Lord's until the end of the 2021 season.
  
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• India beat Australia by six wickets in second one-day international – as it happened

  15-01-2019 12:32 via theguardian.com
  MS Dhoni hits winning runs after Virat Kohli scores centuryShaun Marsh’s ton in vain for Australia at Adelaide Oval 11.18am GMT Australia in Sydney, India in Adelaide. This was the result that we expected to see in the first match: a target under 300 on a good batting pitch against the best chasers in the world.That first game, Australia took three wickets with four runs on the board to gain the advantage. But Virat Kohli averages 69 in ODI run chases, and 99 in winning run chases. Relying
  
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• Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni fire India to series-levelling win over Australia

  15-01-2019 12:30 via theguardian.com
  Australia 298-9 (50 overs); India 299-4 (49.2 overs)Series tied at 1-1 heading to final game at MCGAnother Virat Kohli masterclass propelled India to a six-wicket win against Australia to square their limited overs series at one-all. Chasing 299 runs to win at Adelaide Oval, Kohli struck a sublime 104 from 112 deliveries as India reached their target with four balls remaining.Kohli’s 39th ODI ton was followed by a typically ice-cool finish from MS Dhoni (55 not out from 54 balls) as India
  
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• India beat Australia by six wickets in second one-day international – live!

  15-01-2019 12:22 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the match at Adelaide OvalTweet @GeoffLemonSport with your thoughts 11.18am GMT Australia in Sydney, India in Adelaide. This was the result that we expected to see in the first match: a target under 300 on a good batting pitch against the best chasers in the world.That first game, Australia took three wickets with four runs on the board to gain the advantage. But Virat Kohli averages 69 in ODI run chases, and 99 in winning run chases. Relying on getting him out in single figures isn
  
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• Scotland appoint South African all-rounder Burger as head coach

  15-01-2019 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Gauteng and Lions all-rounder Shane Burger is announced as Scotland's new head coach.
  
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• Australia v India: second one-day international – live!

  15-01-2019 06:47 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the match at Adelaide OvalAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam 5.47am GMT 34th over: Australia 167-4 (Marsh 77, Stonis 17) The pitch is giving a bit to the spinners so Marsh responds by jumping down the track, smashing Kuldeep back over his head for four. That the shot of the day so far, Marsh well on his way to a ton. He tries to replicate the stroke to finish, albeit along the ground for two. Earlier on, Stonis was looking to go as well, creaming a drive out to the sweeper at
  
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