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• Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad play hits when world prefers new material | Jonathan Liew

  06-01-2020 22:06
  
  England’s grand old double act are consummate professionals who keep honing skills that could be lost to future generationsThe decline of music hall came slowly at first. By the 1930s and 1940s it had ebbed a little from its turn-of-the-century peak and was no longer the dominant form of popular entertainment. But through the Great War, the birth of jazz and swing, the spread of cinema and the gramophone, it endured. In the jaws of the television age, and to gently dwindling audiences, the
  
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• Dean Elgar: ‘I wouldn’t waste a referral knowing that I’d nicked it’

  06-01-2020 19:34
  
  • South Africa opener unhappy with dismissal to Joe Denly
  • Umpire’s decision was referred but a small spike proved enoughDean Elgar has risked the wrath of the International Cricket Council by openly questioning his controversial dismissal on the fourth day of the second Test.The South Africa opener was given out on 34 caught behind off the leg-spin of Joe Denly in the 29th over of his team’s second innings despite referring the decision made by the Australian umpire, Paul
  
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• Stokes’s brutal second Test batting cameo lays down marker for 2020 | Chris Stocks

  06-01-2020 17:57
  
  Forget the Hundred, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year pulverised South Africa’s bowlers in Cape TownBen Stokes missed the start of this tour to make sure he could pick up the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award in person after a stellar 2019. Six days into 2020 the all-rounder looks like he is in the mood to hang on to that crown for another year.Following a record-equalling five catches in South Africa’s first innings, Stokes pulverised the home bowlers during a re
  
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• Jimmy Anderson strikes late but South Africa remain in hunt against England

  06-01-2020 17:13
  
  • England 269 & 391-8d, South Africa 223 & 126-2
  • Pieter Malan unbeaten on 63 as hosts chase 438The bandwagon for four-day Tests lost a wheel at Newlands. Here the game has already captivated busy stands for four fluctuating days and on the fifth a good number will surely turn up to witness the outcome of an intriguing contest. All four results remains possible. At the close South Africa, who were set 438 to win from 146 overs, a required rate of exactly three runs per over, w
  
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• South Africa stall England's victory charge in second Test – as it happened

  06-01-2020 16:59
  
  Dom Sibley made his maiden Test hundred and Ben Stokes smashed 72 from 47 balls, but England still need eight wickets on the final day to square the series 3.59pm GMT Close of play England need eight wickets for victory tomorrow, South Africa 312 runs. We can probably discount the latter, Quinton de Kock notwithstanding, but the home side have a decent chance of batting out a draw. Their key men are the debutant Pieter Malan, who has already survived 193 balls for his 63, and the captain Faf du
  
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• Sibley and Stokes tighten England’s grip on second Test against South Africa – live!

  06-01-2020 16:54
  
  Hosts chasing 438 to win after England declaration
  Sibley is what England’s top order has needed for yearsFeel free to email Rob with your thoughts and feelings 3.54pm GMT 56th over: South Africa 126-2 (Malan 63, Maharaj 2) England give Malan a single off Curran’s first delivery, an unusual tactic that allows them to bowl at Maharaj. He is beaten, chasing a wide yorker, but there are no other alarms and he will return tomorrow morning. That’s stumps. 3.48pm GMT 55th over: South
  
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• Australia beat New Zealand to win third Test and series 3-0 – as it happened

  06-01-2020 08:18
  
  Australia win third Test by 279 runs and sweep series 3-0David Warner hits ton before Nathan Lyon takes five wickets 7.18am GMT I think that’s about all for now from the SCG. Thank you, as always, for joining in during this Test, this series, and this summer. There’s going to be plenty more cricket to cover over the coming weeks with ODIs, T20is and the BBL finals, so I hope you join us back here for those. And if your appetite for action today still hasn’t been sated, England&
  
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• Australia beat New Zealand to win third Test and series 3-0 – live!

  06-01-2020 08:06
  
  Australia win third Test by 279 runs and sweep series 3-0David Warner hits ton before Nathan Lyon takes five wickets 7.06am GMT Player of the match - and the series - Marnus Labuschagne“It’s good to see everything come together,” the run-machine says with his hands full of prizes.7.04am GMT Here’s the first take on the match report... Related: Nathan Lyon takes five wickets after Warner's ton sets up series sweep for Australia7.02am GMT No surprises that Neil Wagner got a
  
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• Nathan Lyon takes five wickets after Warner's ton sets up series sweep for Australia

  06-01-2020 08:02
  
  Australia win third Test by 279 runs on day four at SCGSpinner ends match with 10 wickets after Warner’s 111 noAustralia have completed a perfect summer of Test cricket after beating New Zealand by 279 runs at the SCG.The Australians dismantled the Black Caps for 136 on Monday, as the tourists fell well short of their chase of 416 on day four of the third Test. Continue reading...
  
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• Marcus Stoinis's homophobic slur came from clash of 'two alpha males', says coach

  06-01-2020 05:27
  
  Stars coach David Hussey says exchange went too farStoinis fined for abusive comment during BBL game
  Melbourne Stars coach David Hussey claims Marcus Stoinis’s homophobic slur towards Kane Richardson was the result of a battle between “two alpha males” that went a “little bit too far”.Stoinis was on Saturday night fined $7,500 after pleading guilty to an abusive comment directed at Richardson in the Stars’ win over the Renegades, but avoided a ban. The light p
  
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• Test matches 'should not be tinkered with', says Sachin Tendulkar

  06-01-2020 03:44
  
  India great voices opposition to four-day planSays five-day Tests are ‘purest form of cricket’Cricket great Sachin Tendulkar has become the latest high-profile figure to reject calls for four-day Tests, claiming it would unfairly disadvantage spinners and change the game. Tendulkar this week joined the chorus of calls against the move, which is set to be discussed by the ICC cricket committee this year for 2023 and beyond. Related: 'Ridiculous – I'm not a fan': four-day Tests p
  
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• Australia v New Zealand: third Test, day four – live!

  06-01-2020 00:05
  
  Updates from the fourth day of play in SydneyAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam 11.05pm GMT For those of you who weren’t with me during the Newlands OBO earlier, what an absorbing contest. It would be the most England thing imaginable if they end up pulling off a win after their previous week on tour. Here’s Vic Marks’ report.Related: Dominic Sibley nears century to put England in control against South Africa11.00pm GMT We are about two sessions behind where the first tw
  
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