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• Stuart Broad ready for another Ashes tour after thriving in South Africa

  23-01-2020 19:00
  
  England bowler is eager to supply more Wanderers theatrics after his 2016 star turn – and wants another shot at AustraliaFor England everything, even on the eve of this final Test against South Africa, is viewed through the prism of the next Ashes series. So the question for Stuart Broad is an obvious one.“Would I like to be part of another Ashes series in Australia?” he says. “Absolutely. But I’m not someone who looks that far ahead. It can be a long way. It feels
  
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• Pace holds key for England against South Africa in Wanderers shootout | Vic Marks

  23-01-2020 16:36
  
  Joe Root’s fast bowler choices, and their fitness, may be decisive at a venue that rarely hosts a dull Test between these sidesA sense of eager anticipation is justified when the Test match is at the Wanderers. Stuff happens here: a bouncy pitch excites fast bowlers as it did Allan Donald (in 1999), and Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel (2010). Some batsmen revel in the extra pace such as Marcus Trescothick and Herschelle Gibbs (2005); as the humidity increases and thunderstorms threaten, the ba
  
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• Joe Root says series win in South Africa would be his biggest achievement

  23-01-2020 14:24
  
  • England captain says ‘sky’s the limit for this team’
  • No decision yet made on bowling selection at the WanderersJoe Root has said sealing a Test series win in South Africa this week would be the biggest achievement of his England captaincy and insisted: “The sky’s the limit for this team.”Root’s side head into the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers on Friday 2-1 ahead following back-to-back victories at Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. That
  
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