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• Australia's best sporting moments of 2019 – in pictures

  28-12-2019 20:00
  
  Australia’s top photographers capture the action in a packed year of sport Continue reading...
  
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• Graham Thorpe says England have ‘fighting chance’ of sealing unlikely win

  28-12-2019 19:03
  
  • Batting coach believes Headingley heroics can inspire team
  • England chasing record 376 to beat South Africa in first TestThey are probably not that superstitious at the England and Wales Cricket Board but they did nominate their batting coach, Graham Thorpe, to talk to the press before the final day of that match at Headingley and here he was again at Centurion when the victory target of 376 is even bigger than the one required against Australia in August. Moreover the pitch here se
  
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• Rory Burns rumbles South Africa to keep England’s first Test hopes alive

  28-12-2019 16:49
  
  • Day three: South Africa 284 & 272, England 181 & 121-1
  • Burns’ unbeaten 77 leaves England needing 255 for miracle winEngland’s highest opening partnership for three years, 92, allowed the travelling faithful to dream. But are two cricketing miracles really possible within six months? After South Africa were finally bowled out for 272 on a pitch that is supposed to be deteriorating, England were set 376 to win.“Surely not possible” mumbled the sages an
  
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• South Africa set England 376 to win: first Test, day three – as it happened

  28-12-2019 16:46
  
  Rory Burns’ superb 77 not out took England to 121 for one at the close - and gave them an outside chance of another miraculous run-chase 3.49pm GMTRelated: Rory Burns rumbles South Africa to keep England’s first Test hopes alive3.49pm GMT That’s it for today’s blog. I’ll leave you with Vic Marks’ match report from Centurion. Please join us in the morning for what should be England’s final day of cricket in 2019. It’s been such a crazy year that a t
  
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• South Africa set England 376 to win: first Test, day three – live!

  28-12-2019 13:38
  
  Live updates from the third day at SuperSport ParkThe Spin: sign up and get our free weekly cricket email
  And feel free to email Rob here 12.38pm GMT 4th over: England 18-0 (Burns 12, Sibley 2) Philander makes a lone enquiry for caught behind - as much to his team-mates as the umpire - when Sibley is beaten outside off stump. It missed the bottom edge of the bat. Sibley is beaten again later in the over, this time by a gorgeous delivery. Whatever happens in this innings, I hope Sibley is given a
  
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• Sportwatch: Sixers edge Sydney Smash thriller, Phoenix beat Western - as it happened

  28-12-2019 13:22
  
  Big Bash League: Sydney Sixers win Sydney Smash in super overA-League: Western United 1-3 Wellington; Newcastle 1-1 Brisbane 12.21pm GMT A dramatic ending to Sportwatch tonight. They rarely fail to deliver, the Sydney Smashes, and it’s the Sixers who emerge, pretty in pink, against the Thunder. A blistering start had the Thunder in command, before a run of wickets saw the previously undefeated side pull up a little short total-wise, posting just 149, despite another Ferguson half-century.
  
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• Pat Cummins takes five before Australia build huge lead over New Zealand

  28-12-2019 08:28
  
  Australia close day three on 137-4, a lead of 456 runsCummins returns 5-28, Wagner removes Smith againAustralia will ask New Zealand to attempt a world-record run chase after their pace attack, led by Pat Cummins, gave the hosts a seemingly unassailable lead in the Boxing Day Test.The Aussies went to stumps at 137-4 on day three, leading the Black Caps by a mammoth 456 runs after they rolled them for just 148 at the MCG on Saturday. No team has ever chased more than 418 in a Test, with the Aussi
  
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• Australia v New Zealand: Boxing Day Test, day three – as it happened

  28-12-2019 08:15
  
  Australia lead by a massive 456 runs at the end of day threePat Cummins (5-28) helped skittle New Zealand for just 148 7.03am GMT If day one was Australia’s - just - and day two theirs convincingly, then day three was where they asserted their dominance over New Zealand in this Boxing Day Test, and in merciless fashion. Pat Cummins (5-28) and James Pattinson (3-34) tore through the visiting batting order with fast bowling that was in equal parts controlled and hostile. They exploited what
  
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• Australia v New Zealand: Boxing Day Test, day three – live!

  28-12-2019 00:10
  
  Updates from the third day of play at the MCGAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam 11.10pm GMT Back to the MCG, where solar panels are on the way. Good get this, from Andrew Wu at the SMH. It follows an Australian Conservation Foundation report yesterday, which detailed some serious challenges for the Boxing Day Test.Related: Rising temperatures could imperil future of Boxing Day Test cricket, report warns11.07pm GMT Speaking of the England team, did you catch the highlights overnight? Crazy
  
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