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• England need batting 'hero' to win second Test - Broad

  01-02-2019 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  England need one of their batsmen to be a "hero" if they are to win the second Test against West Indies, says fast bowler Stuart Broad.
  
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• England in West Indies: Stuart Broad calls for batting 'hero'

  01-02-2019 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  England need one of their batsmen to be a "hero" if they are to win the second Test against West Indies, says fast bowler Stuart Broad.
  
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• Australia v Sri Lanka: second Test, day two – live!

  01-02-2019 23:39
  Updates from the second day of play in CanberraAny thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 10.39pm GMT Good morning or evening or afternoon all, wherever you are on our tiny blue dot. Hello also to anyone in orbit who has managed to access the uplink. (And watch out for the supercomputer, it’s slowly going mad!) Australia will resume today in Canberra in a dominant position with the bat for the first time this home season, and indeed the first time in just under a year, since the Durban
  
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• England frustrated as patient West Indies build significant lead

  01-02-2019 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  England endure a frustrating day in Antigua as West Indies build an 85-run first-innings lead on day two of the second Test.
  
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• Stuart Broad earns just reward but England sleepwalk towards oblivion

  01-02-2019 23:04
  • Second Test day 2: England 187; West Indies 272-6
  • Broad takes 3-42 but West Indies lead by 85The tough, gritty, frill-free professionals are outplaying the wayward talents. West Indies are beating England. Despite the best efforts of Stuart Broad, whose new short run has come in handy since he has already bowled 28 overs, Jason Holder’s side have a first-innings lead of 85, which should be decisive with four wickets standing.Broad took three wickets. He may feel that he deser
  
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• West Indies v England: second Test, day two – as it happened

  01-02-2019 22:29
  England bowled admirably, with little luck, as a courageous, discplined West Indies inched towards a potentially matchwinning lead in Antigua 10.05pm GMT Vic Marks’ report has landed so I’ll leave you with that. Thanks for your company, goodnight! Related: Stuart Broad earns just reward but England sleepwalk towards oblivion9.29pm GMTRelated: How England could do with qualities of an opener like Kraigg Brathwaite | Ali Martin9.27pm GMT That was a really good day’s play. England
  
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• How England could do with qualities of an opener like Kraigg Brathwaite | Ali Martin

  01-02-2019 19:49
  Brathwaite’s stoic work - he was out in the middle for 53 overs – embodies much of what is admirable about West IndiesLike many Caribbean cricketers of Kraigg Brathwaite’s generation, he was drawn to play the sport by the dashing brilliance of Brian Lara. But as he grew to appreciate the nuances of the sport it was another batsman who became his muse: Shiv Chanderpaul.After first entering the West Indies dressing room in 2011, aged 19, Brathwaite spent four years studying Chand
  
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• Australia release Pucovski from squad to focus on 'wellbeing'

  01-02-2019 15:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia release Will Pucovski from their Test squad so the batsman can "continue managing his wellbeing".
  
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• Ryan Davies: Durham batsman leaves club for personal reasons

  01-02-2019 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Durham announce that 22-year-old batsman Ryan Davies has opted to leave the club for "personal reasons".
  
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• West Indies v England: second Test, day two – live

  01-02-2019 14:42
  Latest updates from the second Test in Antigua
  Email: [email protected] | Tweet: @Simon_BurntonBairstow happy with his 52 on testing day for batsmen 1.42pm GMT Here’s some snippets from Stuart Broad’s pre-action chat:Every time you get the chance to play for England it’s a special feeling. we’d have liked yesterday to go maybe slightly better but I’ve got no clue what this pitch is going to do. I just hope it continues to play as it played yesterday.Barbado
  
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• Sam Curran, Tom Curran and Ben Foakes agree new Surrey deals

  01-02-2019 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  England internationals Sam Curran, Tom Curran and Ben Foakes all extend their contracts with Surrey.
  
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• Australia v Sri Lanka: second Test, day one – as it happened

  01-02-2019 08:21
  Joe Burns unbeaten on 172; Travis Head smacks 161
  Paine reverses poor luck with bizarre coin toss 7.26am GMT And here’s the match report: Related: Centuries for Joe Burns and Travis Head put Australia in control7.04am GMT After a long and draining summer this was finally the day Australia’s batsmen had been dreaming of. Well, two of them anyway: Travis Head and Joe Burns. Proceedings actually began worryingly to type with three early wickets. None of Marcus Harris, Usman Khawaja or M
  
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• Centuries for Joe Burns and Travis Head put Australia in control

  01-02-2019 08:19
  Second Test, day one: Australia 384-4Batsmen reach three figures after barren summerPaine reverses poor luck with bizarre coin tossIt took six Tests but Joe Burns and Travis Head have become the first Australian batsmen this summer to stake their claims for Ashes berths, smashing the hosts to 384-4 against Sri Lanka on day one in Canberra.After Sri Lanka had Australia wobbling a 28-3 inside Friday’s first hour, Burns and Head hit centuries in a record-breaking 308-run fourth-wicket st
  
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• Australia captain Tim Paine reverses poor luck with bizarre coin toss – video

  01-02-2019 06:40
  Tim Paine employed an unusual technique for the coin toss before the start of play against Sri Lanka in the second Test in Canberra. Paine has developed a reputation for losing tosses – before Friday he had a win percentage of just 12.5 – but his luck reversed with the frisbee-like throw at Manuka Oval. He opted to bat first and, despite the loss of three early wickets, his side went on to score more than 300 runs on day one. Continue reading...
  
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• Australia v Sri Lanka: second Test, day one – live!

  01-02-2019 01:25
  Updates from the opening day of play in CanberraAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam 12.25am GMT 10th over: Australia 30-3 (Burns 11, Head 1) Fernando is on the money to Burns first up, finding an inside edge that squirts away behing square, Head then giving the strike back with a push off his hip to get off the mark. The Sri Lankan seamer goes upstairs to the Queenslander a couple of times, but he wants none of it and understandably so after what has gone down here so far today.
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• Jonny Bairstow happy with his 52 on testing day for batsmen in second Test

  01-02-2019 00:32
  • Bairstow ‘chuffed’ with his knock at No 3 as England make 187
  • Batsman expects England to make full use of pitch on day twoJonny Bairstow expects England to make full use of the capricious Antigua pitch on day two after sharing his delight at a half-century made in spite of the testing conditions. Related: Moeen Ali rescues England after another collapse against West IndiesRelated: Wild card wicket puts England in a tangle as West Indies flip expectations | Ali MartinCon
  
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