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• 'I have never doubted my ability': Steve Smith on two centuries in opening Ashes Test – video

  04-08-2019 22:50 via theguardian.com
  Steve Smith became only the fifth Australian to make two centuries in the same Ashes Test after another near-perfect innings left England needing to bat for the entirety of the final day in the series opener at Edgbaston to avoid defeat.Smith, who is playing red ball cricket for the first time in 16 months, said: 'I have never doubted my ability ... it has been a dream comeback.'England chasing 398 to beat Australia in first Ashes Test: day four – as it happened Continue reading...
  
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• Ashes 2019: Steve Smith's Australia return 'like Christmas morning every morning'

  04-08-2019 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia batsman Steve Smith says his return to Test cricket has been like "Christmas morning every morning".
  
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• Steve Smith bats in space of his own, no historical comparison required | Barney Ronay

  04-08-2019 20:53 via theguardian.com
  Australian’s second hundred of the Test shows he is a sporting phenomenon to be treasured whatever your passportWell, what did you see my blue eyed son? And what did you see, my darling young one? I saw a man batting without a chance for 149 overs. I saw Joe Denly bowling in mid-afternoon. I saw a thousand pad-roll fiddles and five hundred box-flicks. I saw a game and a series and a career defined.And yes, like everyone else I saw quite a lot of Steve Smith. The fourth day of this first As
  
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• Ashes 2019: Steve Smith leaves England facing battle to save first Test

  04-08-2019 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Yet another Ashes century from Australia's Steve Smith, his second of the match, left England facing a huge battle to save the first Test at Edgbaston.
  
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• T20 Blast: AB de Villiers leads Middlesex to victory, Yorkshire tie with Birmingham

  04-08-2019 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  AB de Villiers delivers again, Sussex win in bizarre style and Yorkshire tie with Birmingham - catch up with Sunday's T20 Blast action.
  
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• Ashes: Australia's Steve Smith & Matthew Wade hit centuries v England at Edgbaston

  04-08-2019 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia's Steve Smith and Matthew Wade hit centuries as England reach 13-0, chasing 398, to win the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.
  
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• England chasing 398 to beat Australia in first Ashes Test: day four – as it happened

  04-08-2019 19:52 via theguardian.com
  England closed on 13-0 after being set a daunting target of 398 to win the first TestInjured Anderson will not bowl again in first Test 8.03pm BSTRelated: Steve Smith bats in space of his own, no historical comparison required | Barney Ronay6.47pm BST Here’s Vic Marks’s report: Related: Australia take control after batsmen turn the screw on England6.45pm BST Thanks for all the emails, too many to open, let alone copy’n’paste. “Message for Sarah in Hoi An,” say
  
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• England chasing 398 to beat Australia in first Ashes Test: day four – live!

  04-08-2019 19:47 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the fourth day of play at EdgbastonInjured Anderson will not bowl again in first TestAny thoughts? Email Tim or tweet @TimdeLisle 6.47pm BST Here’s an initial report on the day’s play. Vic Marks’s full report to follow: Related: Australia take control after batsmen turn the screw on England6.45pm BST Thanks for all the emails, too many to open, let alone copy’n’paste. “Message for Sarah in Hoi An,” says Bernadette, picking up on the 93rd ove
  
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• Australia take control of Test after batsmen turn the screw on England

  04-08-2019 19:43 via theguardian.com
  • Australia 284 & 487-7dec; England 374 & 13-0
  • Steve Smith and Matthew Wade hit tons to build 384-run leadAnd so the English attack was blown to smithereens by you-know-who. Steve Smith, effortlessly taking charge of an increasingly unyielding strip of brown turf – at least for the faster bowlers – glided to his second century of the match, a new achievement for him in Test cricket. In the process he has helmed his side out of the choppy waters of Saturday evening
  
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• Australia take control after batsmen turn the screw on England

  04-08-2019 19:43 via theguardian.com
  • Australia 284 & 487-7dec; England 374 & 13-0
  • Steve Smith and Matthew Wade hit tons to build 384-run leadSteve Smith completed a majestic return to Test cricket with his second century in the Ashes opener at Edgbaston to leave England scrapping to salvage a result.Smith, back in the Baggy Green 16 months after being banned for his role in the sandpaper scandal, followed a brilliant 144 on day one with an equally fine 142 on day four to become just the fifth Australian to hit
  
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• Ashes: Australia's Steve Smith edges England's Chris Woakes to Jonny Bairstow at Edgbaston

  04-08-2019 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia's Steve Smith edges England's Chris Woakes to 'keeper Jonny Bairstow to fall for 142 in the first Test at Edgbaston.
  
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• Ashes LIVE: Scorecard updates as Australia grow lead over England with Steve Smith batting

  04-08-2019 15:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE ASHES see England renew their rivalry with Australia as Joe Root and Tim Paine battle for the famous urn – Express Sport brings you live coverage throughout the first Test at Edgbaston.
  
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• England v Australia: Ashes 2019 first Test, day four – live!

  04-08-2019 15:23 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the fourth day of play at EdgbastonInjured Anderson will not bowl again in first TestAny thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 2.23pm BST 69th over: Australia 253-4 (Smith 110, Wade 25) Wade is doing exactly what he was brought in to do: get the game moving from No.6. Another boundary as he works Woakes away through fine leg. The bowlers can’t settle because they know he’s looking to score fast. Interesting thought from Geoff Wignall on Stokes and Head: “I&rsqu
  
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• Ben Stokes makes the breakthrough but Steve Smith is proving elusive once again

  04-08-2019 14:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  BEN STOKES provided a crucial breakthrough to dismiss Travis Head 20 minutes before lunch on day four of this finely poised first Test at Edgbaston.
  
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• Ashes LIVE: Scorecard updates as Steve Smith helps grow Australia lead over England

  04-08-2019 14:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE ASHES see England renew their rivalry with Australia as Joe Root and Tim Paine battle for the famous urn – Express Sport brings you live coverage throughout the first Test at Edgbaston.
  
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• Ashes: England's Ben Stokes removes Australia's Travis Head at Edgbaston

  04-08-2019 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia's Travis Head edges Ben Stokes behind to fall for 51 as the tourists look to set England an imposing target in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.
  
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• South Africa: Ottis Gibson let go from head coach role after World Cup

  04-08-2019 12:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Ottis Gibson, who has been linked with replacing Trevor Bayliss as England coach, is released from his role with South Africa.
  
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• Ashes: Australia's Steve Smith attempts to play England's Moeen Ali's moon-ball

  04-08-2019 12:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch England spinner Moeen Ali bowl a "ridiculous" moon-ball at Australia's Steve Smith on day four of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.
  
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• Playing England feels like Christmas every day, says Steve Smith

  04-08-2019 12:13 via theguardian.com
  • Batsman made a century in both innings on his Test return• ‘I’ve never doubted my ability; it has been a dream comeback’Steve Smith claimed playing against England was like Christmas every day after his second century of the first Test left Joe Root’s side needing to bat through day five to prevent Australia from claiming a 1-0 Ashes lead.Smith ground England’s Jimmy Anderson-deprived attack into the dust on day four. In following his first-innings 144 w
  
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• Jimmy Anderson will not bowl again in first Ashes Test because of calf injury

  04-08-2019 12:13 via theguardian.com
  • ‘He will not take the field in Australia’s second innings,’ says ECB
  • England a bowler down for remainder of first TestEngland’s push for victory in the first Ashes Test was hit by confirmation that Jimmy Anderson will not be available to bowl for the remainder of the match.Anderson suffered an injury to his right calf on the first morning, restricting him to four overs, and other than a cameo appearance with the bat he has played no further part. Related: En
  
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• Steve Smith stands between England and victory in opening Ashes showdown

  04-08-2019 10:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  NOT for the first time in an Ashes series, and almost certainly not for the last time this summer, the twitching, bewitching figure of Steve Smith appeared to stand between England and victory.
  
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• Tim Paine wife: Meet the stunning blonde cheering on Australia’s Ashes captain

  04-08-2019 10:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  TIM PAINE bids for Ashes glory with Australia but who is his wife and do they have any children?
  
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• Ben Stokes wife: Who is England’s Ashes star married to and do they have children?

  04-08-2019 10:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  BEN STOKES is helping England in their bid to reclaim the Ashes - but who is the cricket star married to and how many children do they have?
  
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• Why are England fans holding up sandpaper during the Ashes? Scandal details revealed

  04-08-2019 10:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND fans have been seen holding up sandpaper during the first Test of 2019 Ashes against Australia - but why are they doing this?
  
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• Cherish those occasions when tribal division yields to collective joy | Tim Adams

  04-08-2019 10:00 via theguardian.com
  At the Ashes, the chauvinism that bedevils so much of our public life is conquered by the sheer love of the game and a communal spiritYou don’t often hear booing in a cricket ground. But a wall of jeers greeted the Australian pantomime villain David Warner as he walked out to the crease in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Thursday. The reception for the opening batsman was even louder as he walked back to the pavilion a few short minutes later, the first of England bowler Stuart Broad&
  
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• Chris Woakes gives worrying Jimmy Anderson update over England ace's recurring calf injury

  04-08-2019 01:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  CHRIS WOAKES admitted the outlook for Jimmy Anderson is “not promising” after the fast bowler attempted to prove his fitness with a net session on Saturday.
  
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• 'That's the kind of person he is' - Pattinson praises Warner for reaction to England fans

  04-08-2019 01:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  JAMES PATTINSON insisted David Warner was not letting the crowd get to him despite posting single figures scores in both innings for the first time in an Ashes Test.
  
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• England plot Steve Smith masterplan as stubborn Australia batsman carries Ashes hopes

  04-08-2019 01:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND will have a second brainstorming session in an effort to come up a plan to dislodge Australia star Steve Smith.
  
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