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• Rising temperatures could imperil future of Boxing Day Test cricket, report warns

  26-12-2019 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Event may need to be played at night or in shoulder season as climate crisis exposes players and fans to unprecedented levels of extreme heatMelbourne’s celebrated Boxing Day Test may have to be played at night or moved away from Christmas to November or March, as the number of extreme heat days rises over coming decades, a new report says.The analysis by the Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub says the climate crisis is already disrupting Australian cricket, citing the cancel
  
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• England pleased after first day’s play in South Africa, says Sam Curran

  26-12-2019 19:26 via theguardian.com
  
  • Stuart Broad and Jofra Archer make it through first day injury-free
  • Quinton de Kock says ‘it will get more difficult’ following his 95Sam Curran is an effervescent cricketer but a measured, mature speaker. He almost sounded like an old pro when asked to assess an intriguing day’s play at Centurion, during which he was England’s most effective bowler with a career best four for 57 as South Africa finished on 277 for nine.“It’s been a tough week as
  
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• England happy with start after ‘tough week’ in South Africa, says Sam Curran

  26-12-2019 19:26 via theguardian.com
  
  • Stuart Broad and Jofra Archer make it through injury-free
  • Quinton de Kock says ‘it will get more difficult’ following his 95Sam Curran is an effervescent cricketer but a measured, mature speaker. He almost sounded like an old pro when asked to assess an intriguing day’s play at Centurion, during which he was England’s most effective bowler with a career best four for 57 as South Africa finished on 277 for nine.“It’s been a tough week as a squad,
  
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• England’s Sam Curran takes four but De Kock’s 95 rallies South Africa

  26-12-2019 17:10 via theguardian.com
  
  • First Test day one: South Africa 277-9 v England• Jimmy Anderson strikes with opening ball of four-Test seriesIt was a day of baby-faced aggressors at Centurion. An innings of joyous abandon and 95 runs from South Africa’s Quinton de Kock did little for the health of England’s bowling attack. It was as if De Kock, who seldom looks as if he has been on the planet for 27 years, had been so thrilled with a brand new bat for Christmas he was going to play every shot in the bo
  
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• Steve Smith in the runs again in gripping opening to Boxing Day Test

  26-12-2019 08:23 via theguardian.com
  
  New Zealand win toss and bowl first at MCGSmith and Marnus Labuschagne hit fiftiesSteve Smith conquered his short-ball issues to hit his first half-century of the summer and help Australia to 257-4 on Boxing Day against New Zealand. Smith went to stumps unbeaten on 77 after a gripping day of Test cricket, where Australia claimed the honours in front of a bumper crowd of 80,473 after being sent in to bat.The right-hander took himself into the top 10 of all-time Australian run-scorers, having play
  
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• Australia v New Zealand: Boxing Day Test, day one – as it happened

  26-12-2019 07:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Australia in box seat after opening day of play at MCGMarnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith hit half centuries 6.59am GMT Australia take the honours after an absorbing day of Test cricket.6.58am GMT 90th over: Australia 257-4 (Smith 77, Head 25) The day ends exactly as it deserved to, with New Zealand engineering an edge that fails to go to hand and runs away for four. This time it was Southee to Head, but it has happened on numerous occasions today with most combinations of bowlers and batters.6.5
  
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• Australia v New Zealand: Boxing Day cricket Test, day one – live!

  26-12-2019 00:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the opening day of play at the MCGAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam11.43pm GMT 2nd over: Australia 6-1 (Warner 2, Labuschagne 4) Tim Southee has the ball in his hand from the Great Southern Stand End, Warner clipping him to long leg for his second single. New Zealand won’t mind that, getting another look at Labuschagne who wafted at his first two balls. Four slips in place. “I like this,” says Warne. “Good move.” He has the good sense the bust o
  
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• Australia v New Zealand: Boxing Day Test, day one – live!

  26-12-2019 00:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the opening day of play at the MCGAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam11.00pm GMT Good work, MCG. Nice work ⁦@MCG⁩ #AUSvNZ pic.twitter.com/v1kdJYiEU8Last year a significant portion of Bay 13 were ejected for "show us your visa" taunts to India fans, this year the Bay itself has been ejected, replaced by "The Boundary Social" #AUSvNZ pic.twitter.com/hnRVzo6Prh 10.49pm GMT Confirmed from the ground, via Justin Langer on radio. Head will retain his spot; Neser to again
  
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