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Marcus Stoinis overcomes unease to hammer unbeaten 147 and break BBL record

12-01-2020 22:44

Stoinis nervous following last week’s homophobic slur‘It didn’t sit well with my character,’ Stars player saysAfter smashing the highest score in BBL history, Marcus Stoinis says he carried the burden of unleashing a homophobic slur last week. The Melbourne Stars allrounder was fined $7,500 for abusing Melbourne Renegades quick Kane Richardson in a heated derby on 4 January but avoided a ban over the incident.Stoinis said he felt uneasy heading into Sunday night’s c

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Jos Buttler sorry for abusing Vernon Philander in England’s Cape Town win

12-01-2020 13:24

• Wicketkeeper apologises but unhappy with microphones
• England captain Joe Root misses training with stomach bugJos Buttler has apologised for his foul-mouthed verbal volley in the second Test against South Africa, but questioned whether television viewers should have access to the audio from stump microphones.Buttler was fined 15% of his match fee and given one demerit point after swearing repeatedly at South Africa’s Vernon Philander late on the final day in Cape Town as Engl

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Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara targets for bushfire relief cricket match

12-01-2020 09:12

Ponting, Warne to captain charity cricket matchMCG or SCG could host BBL final curtain-raiserRicky Ponting and Shane Warne are hoping to persuade Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and MS Dhoni to join their star-studded teams in next month’s bushfire relief match.The two Australian greats will come out of retirement to captain the sides in Cricket Australia’s Bushfire Cricket Bash, which will be played as a curtain-raiser to the Big Bash League final on February 8. The matches will form p

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AB de Villiers joins Brisbane Heat but has big shoes to fill

12-01-2020 03:38

South African great is readying for Big Bash debutReplaces 21-year-old English revelation Tom BantonSouth African legend AB de Villiers has some big shoes to fill at BBL’s Brisbane Heat. The man he’s replacing, Tom Banton, left quite the mark on the tournament over the opening eight matches.The Heat now have four wins and four losses, and changeover in international players as Banton and Zahir Khan make way for the incoming de Villiers and Mujeeb Ur Rahman. While there’s no que

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