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• Sports quiz of the week: songs, animals, goals and sex tips

  22-11-2019 19:20
  
  Who has no champagne? Who loves poultry? Who is punching? Wales fans sang “Wales, golf, Madrid” to Gareth Bale during their Euro 2020 qualifier on Tuesday night. What did they sing to Joe Allen?“Wales, Pirlo, Stoke” “Wales, chickens, Stoke”“Wales, snooker, Stoke” “Wales, Swansea, Stoke” How has Indian academic Dhruv Prajapati paid tribute to Sachin Tendulkar?He wrote a thesis about Tendulkar’s batting technique and won the Nobel p
  
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• England’s Sam Curran felt ‘bleak’ before delivering Kane Williamson’s wicket

  22-11-2019 12:42
  
  • England 353 all out; New Zealand 144-4
  • Williamson’s late dismissal gives tourists the edgeThe virtue of being an all-rounder means you are never out of the game. And so while Sam Curran felt “bleak” after the second golden duck of his Test career, it was also the driving force behind his golden arm delivering the cherished wicket of Kane Williamson.Curran’s previous first-baller came against Sri Lanka in Pallekelle last winter but a side injury sustained ear
  
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• Centurion David Warner clicks with Joe Burns as Australia take control of first Test

  22-11-2019 08:53
  
  Opener rides luck at times on way to 151 not outPartner Burns falls just short of ton with 97 at GabbaAustralia have found their answer at the top, with centurion David Warner and Joe Burns hitting the team’s highest opening stand in four years in their pummelling of Pakistan. Warner went to stumps at 151 not out and Joe Burns struck 97 at the Gabba as Australia finished Friday’s second day on 312-1, in reply to Pakistan’s 240.Marnus Labuschagne also joined the run-fest, unbeat
  
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• Sam Curran snares Williamson to give England the edge against New Zealand

  22-11-2019 07:02
  
  England 353 all out; New Zealand 144-4Black Caps trail by 209 runs at stumps on day twoThe second evening of Mount Maunganui’s maiden Test match was another bathed in spring sunshine and for the supporters who lay idly on the grass banks and drank in a gem of an innings from Kane Williamson, it was bliss.England’s first innings total of 353 looked competitive – certainly more so than the 295 for eight it had been after a morning collapse – and now here was the local boy n
  
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• England gain upper hand in first Test against New Zealand

  22-11-2019 07:02
  
  England post 353 before taking four wickets Black Caps trail by 209 runs at stumps on day twoThe second evening of Mount Mauganui’s maiden Test match was another bathed in spring sunshine and for the supporters who lay back on the grass banks and drank in an absorbing battle for control, it was bliss.Kane Williamson, New Zealand’s captain, was putting on a clinic in frictionless batting and though England’s first innings total of 353 looked competitive – certainly more so
  
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• Sophie Molineux takes break from WBBL to focus on mental health

  22-11-2019 05:54
  
  Renegades all-rounder will miss derby with StarsThree men’s internationals have also stepped awayAustralia and Melbourne Renegades all-rounder Sophie Molineux is the latest cricketer to take a break from the sport to focus on her mental health. The Renegades announced on Friday that Molineux would miss this weekend’s WBBL derby clash with the Melbourne Stars in Ballarat.Elite men’s players Glenn Maxwell, Will Pucovski and Nic Maddinson have also recently stepped away from the s
  
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