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• Paul Collingwood insists Jos Buttler will be ‘backed to the hilt’

  26-01-2020 19:38
  
  • Wicketkeeper-batsman is having woeful time in South Africa
  • Buttler looks physically exhausted and mentally drainedPaul Collingwood, England’s assistant coach, insists Jos Buttler will be “backed to the hilt” despite the wicketkeeper-batsman’s desperate Test series against South Africa.Buttler, one of England’s best white-ball batsmen, looks physically exhausted and mentally drained after playing a leading role in last summer’s World Cup win and t
  
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• Chris Woakes’s quiet winter revival offers England hopeful pointers | Chris Stocks

  26-01-2020 19:00
  
  Improvement with ball has gone under the radar but recent displays suggest his struggles overseas are behind himWhen the awards are handed out at the end of this series victory for England in South Africa, Chris Woakes is unlikely to be at the front of the queue. Yet this ultimate team man probably would not have it any other way.While Ben Stokes, Mark Wood, Jofra Archer and the rest of England’s big names rack up thousands of column inches, Woakes flies under the radar, plying his trade w
  
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• Mark Wood claims five before England set South Africa target of 466 to win

  26-01-2020 17:44
  
  • Fourth Test day three: England 400 & 348; South Africa 183
  • England set South Africa 466 to win over final two daysThe third innings in a match such as this can be a bit dull. A ballast of 217 runs after declining to enforce the follow-on usually results in hours of relative tedium as an insurmountable lead is harvested.But it did not quite work out like that at the Wanderers as England lost wickets at regular intervals long before they had disappeared over the hill and far away
  
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• England set South Africa target of 466 to win fourth Test – as it happened

  26-01-2020 17:01
  
  Over-by-over updates from JohannesburgWood dominates with bat and ball to put England on topStokes escapes ban over ‘obscenity’ in row with supporterGet in touch! Email Adam or send him a tweet4.01pm GMT “Job done,” is the assessment of Alastair Cook. Even though it wasn’t a particularly convincing performance - especially from those who needed runs, not least Buttler - they are so far ahead in this Test Match that it doesn’t matter an awful lot. When we retur
  
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• Sportwatch: Hurricanes home in BBL runfest, seven goal A-League thriller - as it happened

  26-01-2020 12:27
  
  A-League: Adelaide win seven-goal thrillerTennis: Coco Gauff’s fairytale run comes to an endBig Bash: Thunder edge Scorchers; Hurricanes home in record runfest 11.24am GMT That’s terrific running from the Strikers - they take on the arm off a dicey French cut and push for three; but the replay suggests the man called Short is just short! Valiant running.Siddle strides in: 19 off 4 is the equation. He pushes one. Before Neser opens the shoulders and thumps Ellis over the boundary for
  
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• Sportwatch: Wade lights up BBL, seven goal A-League thriller, and more – live!

  26-01-2020 10:58
  
  A-League: Adelaide win seven-goal thrillerTennis: Coco Gauff’s fairytale run comes to an endBig Bash: Thunder edge Scorchers; Wade goes boom 9.58am GMT Big Bash - Strikers 0/14 (1), Salt 13*, Weatherald 1*And we’re away! Salt goes after the very first delivery, and he finds the rope. No guessing how they’re going to go about this, then the Strikers. 9.45am GMT While we wait for that - don’t forget the Barty Party is of course in action on centre court in Melbourne.It&rsqu
  
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• Sportwatch: Australian Open, BBL, W-League and A-League – live!

  26-01-2020 04:04
  
  Updates on a busy day of sport across AustraliaNick Kyrgios prevails in five-set rollercoasterAny thoughts? Get in touch on email or tweet @JPHowcroft 3.04am GMT Hello everybody and welcome to an action-packed Australia Day Sportwatch. It’s going to be a day of two halves on this page. In between the lamingtons and Hot-100, the early phase will focus on day seven of the Australian Open with game-by-game coverage of Novak Djokovic’s fourth round clash with Diego Schwartzman. That one
  
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