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• Australia v New Zealand: third Test, day one – live!

  02-01-2020 23:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the first day of play in SydneyAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam 10.57pm GMT On that World Test Championship point. India are out of the blocks with maximum points from the seven Tests they have played, on 360 points. Australia are second on 256 points in nine starts, tallying six wins and a draw. Of course, all Tests aren’t created equal in this competition. If you’re not across that, well, I don’t blame you. But in short: if the hosts win this, they move
  
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• Rory Burns ruled out of the rest of England's South Africa tour

  02-01-2020 20:14 via theguardian.com
  
  • Opener rolls left ankle playing football during training
  • Jofra Archer unlikely to play in the second TestBen Stokes revealed earlier this week that England’s players are calling this assignment in South Africa “the cursed tour” and yet more evidence that is indeed the case presented itself on Thursday when Rory Burns was ruled out of the rest of it after the opener sustained an ankle injury during the team’s customary pre-training game of football on the eve
  
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• England’s Rory Burns out of ‘cursed’ tour after rolling ankle playing football

  02-01-2020 20:14 via theguardian.com
  
  • England ban football after opener’s training injury
  • Jofra Archer to miss second Test with elbow problemBen Stokes revealed this week that England’s players are calling their assignment in South Africa “the cursed tour” and yet more evidence that is the case presented itself on Thursday when Rory Burns was ruled out of the rest of the series after injuring an ankle during a game of football on the eve of the second Test.The news, which leaves a sizeable hole
  
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• England in South Africa: Rory Burns limps out of practice after football match

  02-01-2020 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as England's Rory Burns limps out of a football match during practice the day before the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
  
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• Faf du Plessis says form not colour determines South Africa selection

  02-01-2020 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  • SA fail to meet target of selecting six non-white players
  • ‘We don’t see colour,’ says South Africa’s captainFaf du Plessis said form takes precedence over transformation after it emerged South Africa would again fail to meet their target of selecting six non-white players for the second Test against England at Newlands. Related: Rory Burns and Jofra Archer add to England injury woe on ‘cursed’ tourContinue reading...
  
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• Faf Du Plessis insists form takes priority over transformation for South Africa

  02-01-2020 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  • The team failed to meet target of selecting six non-white players
  • Du Plessis: ‘We don’t see colour’Faf Du Plessis has insisted form takes precedence over transformation after it emerged South Africa would again fail to meet their target of selecting six non-white players for the second Test against England at Newlands. Related: Rory Burns and Jofra Archer add to England injury woe on ‘cursed’ tourContinue reading...
  
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• Rory Burns and Jofra Archer add to England injury woe on ‘cursed’ tour

  02-01-2020 16:50 via theguardian.com
  
  • Opener rolls left ankle during pre-training football game
  • Zak Crawley placed on standby to partner Dominic SibleyBen Stokes revealed this week that England’s players are calling this trip to South Africa “the cursed tour” and yet more evidence that is indeed the case presented itself on Thursday when the opener Rory Burns was struck down with an ankle injury during the team’s customary pre-training game of football on the eve of the second Test at Newlands.B
  
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• England ready for tortoise and hare race in second Test at Newlands | Vic Marks

  02-01-2020 14:20 via theguardian.com
  
  With their quicker bowlers indisposed, the tourists may pit a slow and steady attack against South African paceAs Harold Macmillan is supposed to have explained, there are times when the best‑laid plans disappear like melting snow in springtime and a whole new landscape is created: “Events, dear boy, events.” Macmillan might have delivered these words in more patrician tones than Chris Silverwood or Joe Root but the two Yorkshiremen now have a clearer understanding of what a pr
  
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• England ace Ben Stokes would swap World Cup win and SPOTY glory to get dad out of hospital

  02-01-2020 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  England cricket hero Ben Stokes has admitted that he’d trade in his World Cup and Sports Personality of the Year wins, in exchange for getting his dad out of hospital, ahead of the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
  
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