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• England's cricketers and exceptional women in sport honoured

  27-12-2019 23:30
  
  Ben Stokes recognised with an OBE while England midfielder Jill Scott receives an MBE The victorious England World Cup cricket team and the exceptional contribution of a number of women in sport were recognised in the honours.A number of the squad who beat New Zealand in the final were awarded honours, with Ben Stokes’ triumphant summer recognised with an OBE. Continue reading...
  
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• Jofra Archer walks tightrope after bowling two beamers at nightwatchman

  27-12-2019 19:24
  
  • Umpire Reiffel withdraws second no-ball decision
  • You’ve got to make the right call, says Vernon PhilanderTwo leading figures of a frantic contest, Joe Denly and Vernon Philander, agreed about most things but not everything. Both acknowledge they are not playing on a batsman’s paradise but we may have guessed that after 15 wickets fell on the second day.“It was tough to begin with,” Denly said. “Philander and [Kagiso] Rabada are world‑class bowler
  
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• South Africa take charge of first Test against England as wickets tumble

  27-12-2019 17:08
  
  • First Test day two: South Africa 284 & 72-4, England 181
  • Tourists lose their last seven wickets for just 39 runsThe first Test is moving at a breakneck pace and in all probability in South Africa’s direction. On another steamy day 15 wickets fell, most of them English and the equation looks dire for the tourists.They were bowled out for 181 inside 54 overs, 103 runs behind South Africa’s first innings score. England have prevailed after a bigger deficit than this ea
  
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• Three memories of cricket in 2019

  27-12-2019 11:00
  
  Following on from his reviews of 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, Gary has picked out a few moments to savour from 2019By Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogIt was one of the all-time great performances. Steve Smith scored 144 and 142 in his first Test back after the ban, his mastery of the art of batting complete: the contemptuous pushes and clips to rotate the strike; the boundaries striking a tattoo on the boundary boards as the acceleration towards a winning position inevitably came; the
  
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• Travis Head gets his hundred before quicks keep Australia in charge at MCG

  27-12-2019 08:36
  
  Australia tally 467 before reducing New Zealand to 44-2Head answers critics with 114, his second Test centuryTravis Head shrugged off accusations of wastefulness to convert a start into a century before Australia’s bowlers rammed home their advantage over New Zealand on day two at the MCG. Head turned his ninth score above 50 into his second Test century to help Australia to 467, before the Black Caps reached 44-2 at stumps.Recalled paceman James Pattinson snared the key scalp of Black Cap
  
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• Australia v New Zealand: Boxing Day Test, day two – as it happened

  27-12-2019 08:12
  
  Travis Head’s second Test century guided Australia to 467New Zealand lost two quick wickets late in the day 7.02am GMT If Australia shaded Boxing Day they stamped their authority all over this Test match on day two against New Zealand, batting the tourists into distraction for most of the day and then firing out two top-order stars before the close. The Kiwis are already facing an uphill task to avoid consecutive humiliating defeats.Steve Smith laid the platform, patiently accumulating 85
  
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• Cricket Australia to 'look seriously' at future of four-day Test matches

  27-12-2019 04:09
  
  Home Test against Afghanistan in 2020 could be four-day gameCA is ‘asking ourselves the right questions about cricket’Four-day Tests could soon feature in the Australian summer, with Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts backing calls for shorter matches. The ICC approved a trial of shortened Tests with 98 overs per day in 2017, with two having been played to this point.Former Australia captain and ex-board member Mark Taylor has been a known proponent of the idea, putting
  
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• Johnny Mullagh was one of Australia's first cricketing heroes. His story deserves wider recognition

  27-12-2019 00:09
  
  Mullagh was a star of the all-Indigenous cricket team that travelled to England in 1868. But his story is about more than just sporting prowess“I’m not playing cricket with someone who won’t eat lunch with me.” This is how Johnny Mullagh explained his walk-off from the field at York on 13 July 1868. The Gentlemen of York had just denied him access to their luncheon tent, so he left the field in protest.Mullagh was a Jardwadjali man from western Victoria and he was in Engl
  
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• Australia v New Zealand: Boxing Day Test, day two – live!

  27-12-2019 00:02
  
  Updates from the second day of play at the MCGAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam 11.00pm GMT Some innings are bigger than others. For Travis Head, this really is one of those hits. Despite his impressive 2019 numbers, it’s clear the South Australian sits lowest on the Australian top six pecking order. A big ton on this big stage could change that in a real hurry. Getting a start during a tough period last night, now’s the moment for him to come back to the MCG - on what will m
  
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