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Meg Lanning and Virat Kohli named captains of ICC teams of the decade

27-12-2020 14:14

Lanning one of three Australians in female ODI XIKohli leads male Test team containing four England playersVirat Kohli has been named captain of the men’s ICC Test team of the decade, while Meg Lanning leads the female ODI XI, which includes two other Australians, Alyssa Healy and the all-rounder Ellyse Perry. Related: Ajinkya Rahane century gives India big lead over Australia in second Test Your ICC Men's Test Team of the DecadeA line-up that could probably bat for a week!#ICCAwards pic.t

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Big Bash League: Lewis Gregory takes 3-22 on Brisbane Heat debut & dismisses Dawid Malan

27-12-2020 13:41 via bbc.co.uk

All-rounder Lewis Gregory takes 3-22 - including the wicket of England team-mate Dawid Malan - as Brisbane Heat beat Hobart Hurricanes.

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Ajinkya Rahane century gives India big lead over Australia in second Test

27-12-2020 08:47

Rahane unbeaten on 104 as India go to stumps 277-5 at the MCGStarc reaches 250 Test wickets but Smith and Head drop catchesStand-in India captain Ajinkya Rahane has filled Virat Kohli’s imposing shoes in impeccable style with his 12th Test century lifting the tourists to an 82-run first-innings lead over Australia in the second Test.Leading his country for the second time in Tests, Rahane’s unbeaten 104 – the first century of the series – allowed India to move past Austra

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Sydney Test a '50-50' chance as MCG starts work on standby pitch

27-12-2020 04:53

MCG ground staff ready new strip as back-up for third TestDecision expected from Cricket Australia within 48 hoursPreparations have begun on a fresh MCG pitch as Cricket Australia edges closer to a decision on where the third Test in the Border-Gavaskar series will be played, with officials labelling it a “50-50 situation”.The clock is ticking and, with Melbourne on standby, MCG ground staff have started the process of readying the strip immediately to the east of the one in use by A

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Australia v India: second Test, day two – live!

27-12-2020 01:35

Updates from the second day of play at the MCGAny thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 12.35am GMT Cummins into his seventh over, and gets the big one! Attacks the pads, cutting in. Pujara has to stab at the ball to defend, to protect himself from an lbw shout, and in doing so he gets just enough of an edge on it to make it carry. The ball would have hit the ground in front of Wade again, but this time Paine dives across his first slip and takes a one-hander just above the grass. Holds it i

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