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• The Ashes: Latest scorecard as England extend lead, Joe Denly out for 94

  14-09-2019 21:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The final Ashes Test of the series is well poised for day three at The Oval.
  
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• Joe Denly sets sights on England winter tours after setting new Test best

  14-09-2019 21:07 via theguardian.com
  • Denly battles to 94 against Australia at the Oval
  • ‘This Australian attack make you work hard for every run’Joe Denly hopes he has now booked a place on England’s winter tours after a rollercoaster match during which he has witnessed the birth of his second child and now registered a career-best Test score.While falling six runs short of a maiden hundred on day three at the Oval, Denly’s third half-century in three matches has seen his series end on an upward
  
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• Joe Denly shows a wealth of class to prove Ed Smith’s hunch on the money | Barney Ronay

  14-09-2019 21:06 via theguardian.com
  The England selector, Ed Smith, has his critics but a bold decision was fully vindicated by his former teammate’s imperious batting display against Australia at the OvalEd Smith doesn’t look as if he goes around punching the air much, at least not in public. But then England’s national selector doesn’t really resemble an England selector either, traditionally the home of the florid, blazered eminence. Smith tends to look as if he’s stopped off briefly on a motoring
  
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• Ben Stokes’ epic summer with the bat ends in polite fashion | Ali Martin

  14-09-2019 20:56 via theguardian.com
  England are in charge of the final Test against Australia but, apart from an odd spot of feral behaviour, it was a bit subduedAt 4.17pm on Saturday Ben Stokes’s work with the bat this summer came to an end. Nathan Lyon, the bungling henchman to his superhero at Headingley, got one to dip into the pads, rag past the outside edge and kiss the top of off stump.It was a beautiful piece of spin bowling. But when a drowsy Oval crowd offered Stokes the polite applause that a score of 67 might usu
  
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• Ashes highlights: England's Ben Stokes & Joe Denly hit fifties v Australia at The Oval

  14-09-2019 20:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Joe Denly and Ben Stokes hit half-centuries as England build up a commanding lead of 382 over Australia in the final Ashes Test at The Oval.
  
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• Joe Denly misses out on century but steers England to dominant position

  14-09-2019 19:46 via theguardian.com
  • Final Test, day three: England 294 & 313-8; Australia 225
  • Joe Denly dismissed for 94 but England build lead of 382Suddenly Joe Denly is a Test batsman. Actually he has been tiptoeing in this direction throughout this series, in which he has only failed to reach double figures on two occasions. But here on a serene September Saturday Denly posted his highest Test score, an elegant yet exasperating 94, in front of a full house at the Oval.This will not be as good a feeling as bec
  
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• Ashes 2019: England v Australia, fifth Test day three – as it happened

  14-09-2019 19:39 via theguardian.com
  Joe Denly fell six runs short of a maiden Test century and Ben Stokes struck 67 as England extended their lead to an imposing 382 at the Oval 6.49pm BST Vic’s report. Related: Joe Denly misses out on century but steers England to dominant positionRelated: Joe Denly shows a wealth of class to prove Ed Smith’s hunch on the money | Barney RonayRelated: Joe Denly sets sights on England winter tours after setting new Test bestRelated: Ben Stokes’ epic summer with the bat ends in pol
  
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• Ashes: Australia's Steve Smith takes brilliant catch to remove England's Chris Woakes at The Oval

  14-09-2019 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia's Steve Smith takes "a beauty" to remove England's Chris Woakes as the hosts build a commanding lead in the final Ashes Test at The Oval.
  
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• Ashes: England's Joe Denly dismissed by Australia's Peter Siddle at The Oval

  14-09-2019 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  England opener Joe Denly falls for 94 - agonisingly short of a maiden Test century - against Australia as the hosts look to extend their lead in the final Ashes Test at The Oval.
  
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• David Gower caught in x-rated rant by Sky Sports microphone during the Ashes

  14-09-2019 16:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  David Gower left a lasting impression in his final stint in the commentary box for Sky Sports after being caught swearing live during coverage of The Ashes.
  
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• Nathan Lyon finds a way through but England remain in control of final Ashes Test

  14-09-2019 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Nathan Lyon made the breakthrough at the Oval but England remain in control
  
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• Ashes: England's Joe Root edges Australia's Nathan Lyon to Steve Smith at slip

  14-09-2019 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  England captain Joe Root edges Australia's Nathan Lyon to Steve Smith at slip to fall for 21 as the hosts look to build a healthy lead in the final Ashes Test at The Oval.
  
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• Ashes 2019: England v Australia, fifth Test day three – live!

  14-09-2019 11:23 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the third day of play at the OvalThe Spin: sign up and get our free weekly emailAny thoughts? Email or tweet @JPHowcroft 10.23am BST Geoff Lemon has had little alternative but to extol the virtues of Steve Smith at regular intervals throughout this series. Yesterday was no exception. Had No 4 been filled by a batsman of similar calibre, Australia might have come to the Oval trailing 4-0. Instead the visitors have had Smith, meaning the fifth Test panned out like the fourth, and the
  
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• The England XI that will try to regain the Ashes in two years time Down Under

  14-09-2019 10:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Express Sport picks the England XI that should start the 2021/22 Ashes series in Australia.
  
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• Steve Smith backs Jofra Archer to be England's Ashes weapon for years after six-for

  14-09-2019 01:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Australia talisman Steve Smith has hailed England bowler Jofra Archer and tipped him to grow in stature for future Ashes series.
  
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• Jofra Archer’s six-wicket Ashes haul already shows England how to manage star

  14-09-2019 01:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jofra Archer took six wickets on day two of the Ashes fifth Test and England cannot afford to overwork their new star bowler in the years to come.
  
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• Jofra Archer takes six as England bowl Australia out to take control of final Ashes Test

  14-09-2019 01:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jofra Archer took six wickets on day two of the final Ashes Test as England took control at the Oval.
  
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• Jofra Archer says Steve Smith 'didn't look as nailed on as usual' – video

  14-09-2019 00:33 via theguardian.com
  Jofra Archer said he had a feeling something was not right with Australia’s Steve Smith on day two at the Oval. ‘It might just be my perception of it but he didn’t look as nailed on as he usually is’. When told by a journalist that Smith was flu-ridden, Archer replied: ‘I knew there was something!’Jofra Archer says flu-ridden Steve Smith ‘didn’t look as nailed on as usual’Continue reading...
  
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