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• Marnus Labuschagne climbs 106 places in ICC Test batting rankings

  30-12-2019 23:35
  
  Labuschagne shoots from 110th to No4 in the worldHis 975 runs makes him 2019’s leading Test scorerMarnus Labuschagne’s stunning 2019 has been underscored by the Australia batsman’s meteoric rise from 110th to No4 in the ICC’s world Test rankings.India’s Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson are above the Australian but there is the potential for Labuschagne to catch the Black Caps skipper in the Sydney Test. Related: Marnus Labuschagne hun
  
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• England ponder second Test selection with Pope and Leach back in frame

  30-12-2019 12:04
  
  • Recovered duo could be recalled while Dom Sibley latest to fall ill
  • Spinner Dom Bess also under consideration for Friday’s TestThis is the age of the super analysts, who can churn out data to prove just about anything. Yet there may not yet be a formula that takes into consideration the impact of cricketers being afflicted by a flu epidemic before and during a Test match. No doubt some wizard is working on that right now. In the meantime assessing England’s performance
  
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• Dom Sibley the latest England player to fall ill in South Africa

  30-12-2019 12:04
  
  • Opener is the 11th player to suffer sickness or flu-like symptoms
  • Woakes, Leach and Pope have been removed from quarantineEngland have yet to see the back of the illness that has blighted their tour of South Africa, with Dom Sibley the latest player to be struck down.The opening batsman becomes the 11th player to suffer sickness or flu-like symptoms since the squad landed in Johannesburg a fortnight ago, in addition to five members of the backroom team. Related: Joe Root blames Eng
  
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• Dom Sibley the latest England player to be struck down by illness

  30-12-2019 12:04
  
  • Opener is the 11th player to suffer sickness or flu-like symptoms
  • Woakes, Leach and Pope have been removed from quarantineEngland have yet to see the back of the illness that has blighted their tour of South Africa, with Dom Sibley the latest player to be struck down.The opening batsman becomes the 11th player to suffer sickness or flu-like symptoms since the squad landed in Johannesburg a fortnight ago, in addition to five members of the backroom team. Related: Joe Root blames Eng
  
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• Olympics, World Cups and more: Tom Jenkins' pictures of the decade

  30-12-2019 09:00
  
  The Guardian and Observer sport photographer picks his favourite images from the thousands he shot during the past 10 yearsThis is a collection of images I have shot during the last decade. I wasn’t selecting them because they were necessarily the biggest moments or the greatest stars – it was purely because I liked them as pictures and some had nice stories attached. What jumped out at me when choosing them is there should be far more sportswomen featured. The amount of women’
  
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• 'I won’t be rested': Nathan Lyon rejects Warne's call to omit spinner for SCG Test

  30-12-2019 04:21
  
  Shane Warne pushing to include Mitchell Swepson
  Australia selectors may opt to include two spinnersNathan Lyon has delivered a stinging response to Shane Warne’s suggestion he could be rested from the Sydney Test to allow fellow spinner Mitchell Swepson to debut. “Did Warney ever want a rest and give Stuart MacGill a go? I won’t be rested,” said Lyon.Swepson is a small chance to play in this week’s third Test against New Zealand, particularly if the SCG wicket is ex
  
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• BBL umpire raises finger to give batsman out, changes his mind, scratches nose instead – video

  30-12-2019 01:16
  
  Big Bash League umpire Greg Davidson caused a furore during the Melbourne Renegades' game against Adelaide Strikers at Marvel Stadium on Sunday night. The on-field official appeared to be raising his finger to give Renegades batsman Beau Webster out for lbw, but changed his mind midway through and instead scratched his nose. “It was one of those things, heat of the moment,” Davidson told Channel 7. “I started to think and then got a second noise through my head, so I
  
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• Confusion reigns in BBL after umpire raises finger – to scratch nose

  30-12-2019 00:10
  
  Greg Davidson changed decision ‘halfway through’‘He’s only human,’ says Strikers opener Phil SaltPlayers and officials have laughed off one of the most bizarre umpiring incidents in Big Bash League history. Umpire Greg Davidson caused a furore at Marvel Stadium on Sunday night when he changed his mind midway through what looked like he was signalling a wicket from an lbw decision.Adelaide Strikers spinner Rashid Khan thought he had trapped Melbourne Renegades batsma
  
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