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• 'We’ll find something else': Pope says England have accepted football ban

  03-01-2020 19:31
  
  • Kickabouts outlawed after Rory Burns is invalided out of tour
  • Pope top scores for England on another disappointing dayOllie Pope says England’s players have accepted the ban on football after the opener Rory Burns was ruled out of the rest of the series against South Africa with an ankle injury.Burns, who averages 55 this winter, sustained ligament damage to his left ankle during the customary pre-training game of football between the players on the eve of the second Test at
  
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• England’s cricketers to look elsewhere for fun after accepting football ban

  03-01-2020 19:31
  
  • Ollie Pope: ‘We’ll find something else to get us having a laugh’• Kickabouts outlawed after Rory Burns is invalided out of tourOllie Pope says England’s players have accepted the ban on football after the opener Rory Burns was ruled out of the rest of the series against South Africa with an ankle injury.Burns, who averages 55 this winter, sustained ligament damage to his left ankle during the customary pre-training game of football between the players on the e
  
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• England need to be honest: Joe Root’s captaincy is just not working out | Chris Stocks

  03-01-2020 18:35
  
  England need Root at his very best with the bat if they are to have any hope of progressing as a Test team. At the moment they are going backwardsYou had to commend Joe Root’s honesty when he walked after gloving behind a short ball from Anrich Nortje on the opening day of this second Test against South Africa. Yet perhaps the time is nearing for him to be equally honest about his own position as England’s Test captain.To be frank, it just isn’t working out. This latest innings
  
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• Cricket may seem insignificant while Australia burns but it shines some light | Barney Ronay

  03-01-2020 17:50
  
  At the elite level, sport is run, funded and used as a reputation-garnish by the world’s greatest carbon-gorgersEdgar Allan Poe wrote a brilliantly sinister short story about a man who wakes up in the night and sees a shadow against the curtains that looks just like a knife‑wielding murderer come to kill him in his sleep. The twist: it really is a knife-wielding murderer come to kill him in his sleep.The murderer has a plan for this. He freezes, knowing his victim will convince himse
  
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• Ollie Pope delivers solitary shaft of light for sorry England in second Test

  03-01-2020 17:36
  
  • England 262-9, South Africa
  • Pope 56 not out after England lose five wickets in final sessionHere is a tale of missed opportunities which heightens the eerie feeling that England are now embarked on a nightmarish tour of Ashes proportions. Here was the chance to lift the spirits despite all the setbacks of the past fortnight. The sun shone blissfully upon Newlands, which was packed to the rafters, Table Mountain had its fluffy hat on and England won a good toss on a good wicket. Yet
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: goals, gifts, gaffes and a garden fence

  03-01-2020 13:41
  
  Who dominated the decade? Who is acing it? Who lost his way? How did cricketer Rory Burns injure his ankle before England’s match against South Africa?Playing cricket Playing football Playing touch rugby Playing the drums It’s the FA Cup third round this weekend. When are Saturday’s fixtures being played?12.30pm, 3pm and 5.30pm 12.31pm, 3.01pm, 5.31pm12.19pm, 3.19pm, 5.19pm 12.20pm, 3.20pm, 5.20pm What will Nick Kyrgios do every time he hits an ace this month?He will give the u
  
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• More misery for New Zealand as Marnus Labuschagne hits another century

  03-01-2020 08:14
  
  Labuschagne 130 not out as Australia close day one on 283-3The Australia No3 has now scored four Test tons this summerMarnus Labuschagne celebrated the anniversary of his shock selection at No3 with another century as Australia piled on 283-3 on the opening day of the third Test against New Zealand.One year after selectors were criticised for picking him at first drop for the SCG Test against India, Labuschagne rewarded them with a fourth century of the summer at the same venue. The right hander
  
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• Australia v New Zealand: third Test, day one – as it happened

  03-01-2020 08:01
  
  Labuschagne’s 130 not out sets up another day of Australian dominanceNew Zealand’s XI features five changes from the Melbourne Test6.47am GMT New Zealand’s disastrous tour plumbed new depths on the opening day of the Sydney Test. The visitors made five changes to the side that was rolled over in Melbourne, the “outs” including injured stars Kane Williamson and Trent Boult. That meant a callow XI featuring two frontline spinners; so of course stand-in skipper Tom Lat
  
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• From champs to chumps: Melbourne Renegades set new Australian low

  03-01-2020 03:44
  
  Last year’s BBL champions are winless from five games‘It would’ve been nice to be 3-2 or 4-1 but it’s not the case’Melbourne Renegades have claimed an unwanted slice of Australian sporting history. The horror 0-5 start to their Big Bash League title defence under new coach Michael Klinger is the worst among major men’s sporting leagues this century.Manly Sea Eagles (NRL, 2009), Adelaide 36ers (NBL, 2002-03), Brisbane Roar (A-League, 2014-15) and Sydney Thunder
  
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