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• The times they are a-changing | Brief letters

  24-12-2020 18:29
  
  Severn Bridge and Bob Dylan | Where are the redwings? | Food scarcity | Julia Donaldson | Astrology | No more Vic MarksThe Severn Bridge (Local politicians row over renaming of Severn Bridge, 22 December) replaced the Aust Ferry in 1966. As Bob Dylan was one of the last people to make the crossing – the No Direction Home album cover shows him standing near the ticket office – why not rename the bridge after Dylan?John KirkwoodSheffield• It’s been a spectacular year for hol
  
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• Australia head into Boxing Day Test a different proposition to two years ago | Adam Collins

  24-12-2020 17:30
  
  Australia’s progress under Tim Paine has been marked since suffering a heavy defeat the last time they faced India at the MCG When considering the week ahead at the MCG, it is difficult to do so without reflecting on what happened to Tim Paine’s team at the same ground against their same Indian adversaries two years ago. The heavy defeat they suffered then, after conceding a 242-run deficit earlier in the encounter, was the punctuation point to end a brutal year – Australia&rsq
  
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• Cricket quiz: What can you remember from the iconic Boxing Day Tests?

  24-12-2020 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As India face Australia in Melbourne on 26 December, what can you remember from infamous Boxing Day Tests in years gone by?
  
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• Australia v India: Heading into the Boxing Day Test, this is Paine's Australia now

  24-12-2020 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Australia prepare for their Boxing Day Test against India, we look at how Tim Paine has grown into an undisputed leader of their Test team.
  
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• English cricket has a diversity problem among its coaches | John Stern

  24-12-2020 12:39
  
  There are only a handful of black or Asian coaches, and barely any women, at the elite level. What can be done?By John Stern for Wisden Cricket MonthlyWarwickshire are proud of their record as innovators in the English county game, hosting the first day/night county and Test matches and rebranding the T20 side as Birmingham Bears reflect their urban setting. At the start of November, the club announced they would adopt the Rooney Rule in the recruitment process of their next head coach following
  
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• Stuart Broad & James Anderson in their own words

  24-12-2020 08:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson talk about their incredible partnership following a summer in which Broad collected his 500th Test wicket and Anderson took his 600th.
  
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• 'All systems go' for Sydney Test as Cricket Australia presses on despite Covid uncertainty

  24-12-2020 07:14
  
  Match at SCG had been in doubt following NSW outbreakMCG preferred backup choice should situation changeCricket Australia remains determined to see out the remainder of the Test summer as per its initial schedule, and is working with the Queensland government to secure the necessary exemptions for players to travel from Sydney to Brisbane for the final Test.CA chief executive Nick Hockley on Thursday said it was “all systems go” for Sydney to host the third match of the series with I
  
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• Cricket Australia to press on with Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground despite Covid uncertainty

  24-12-2020 02:42
  
  SCG Test had been in doubt following NSW outbreakQueensland officials in discussions over border policyCricket Australia remains determined to see out the remainder of the Test summer as per its initial schedule, and is working with the Queensland government to secure the necessary exemptions for players to travel from Sydney to Brisbane for the final Test.Both the third and fourth Tests of the series with India were thrown into doubt following Sydney’s northern beaches Covid-19 outbreak a
  
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• Cricket Australia to press on with Test match at Sydney Cricket Ground despite Covid uncertainty

  24-12-2020 02:42
  
  SCG Test had been in doubt following NSW outbreakQueensland officials in discussions over border policyCricket Australia remains determined to see out the remainder of the Test summer as per its initial schedule, and is working with the Queensland government to secure the necessary exemptions for players to travel from Sydney to Brisbane for the final Test.Both the third and fourth Tests of the series with India were thrown into doubt following the Covid-19 outbreak on Sydney’s northern be
  
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• Australia's summer Test schedule moves closer to being finalised after Covid uncertainty

  24-12-2020 02:42
  
  Sydney and Brisbane Tests in doubt following NSW outbreakQueensland officials in discussions over border policyHopes that Australia’s summer Test schedule will not be too severely impacted by Sydney’s Covid-19 outbreak have been boosted with discussions under way to allow players to travel from New South Wales to Queensland for the series finale in Brisbane.Cricket Australia is scrambling to finalise its summer schedule after Sydney’s northern beaches coronavirus cluster threw
  
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