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• Australia coronavirus news live: south coast venues added to NSW Covid hotspots as Victoria records no new cases

  06-01-2021 23:38
  
  Thousands more people urged to get tested as national cabinet meets to discuss vaccine and international travel. Follow all the latest news and updatesNSW hotspots; Victoria hotspotsCovid restrictions state by stateFollow the global coronavirus live blog 10.38pm GMT The RSPCA in Tasmania says it is “deeply saddened” by the death of a horse at the Devonport Cup, which was held in northwest Tasmania yesterday. The gelding, called Douglass, was euthanaised after he crashed into the barr
  
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• England's Zak Crawley plans opening moves like Queen's Gambit star | Ali Martin

  06-01-2021 18:57
  
  The batsman, who will open for England in the first Test, hopes his routine will help him be prepared for Sri Lanka’s bowlersIt presumably doesn’t involve pharmacological assistance but, like Beth Harmon, the protagonist in The Queen’s Gambit, Zak Crawley is someone who lies in bed, stares at the ceiling and maps how he intends to construct a match-winning performance. Related: England squad pass Covid retests in Sri Lanka with Moeen Ali in isolationRelated: Kane's gang carved
  
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• England's Zak Crawley is visualising his shots just like Queen's Gambit star | Ali Martin

  06-01-2021 18:57
  
  The batsman, who will open for England in the first Test, hopes his routine will help him be prepared for Sri Lanka’s bowlersIt presumably doesn’t involve pharmacological assistance but, like Beth Harmon, the protagonist in The Queen’s Gambit, Zak Crawley is someone who lies in bed, stares at the ceiling and maps how he intends to construct a match-winning performance. Related: England squad pass Covid retests in Sri Lanka with Moeen Ali in isolationRelated: Kane's gang carved
  
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• England in Sri Lanka: Zak Crawley says it is 'quite likely' he'll open the batting

  06-01-2021 16:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England batsman Zak Crawley says it is "quite likely" he will open the batting in the two-Test tour of Sri Lanka.
  
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• India in Australia: Claire Polosak makes history with fourth umpire role

  06-01-2021 16:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Claire Polosak becomes the first female official in a men's Test match when she took on the role of fourth umpire in the third Test between Australia and India in Sydney.
  
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• Kane's gang carved from same New Zealand granite as their No 1 batsman | Andy Bull

  06-01-2021 16:02
  
  Modest, hard-working, undemonstrative – the world’s top-ranked Test team are shaped by their self-effacing skipperIt’s not clear exactly how much mind Christina Rossetti paid to the ins and outs of the New Zealand club cricket scene, but when the old sports journalist Sir Terry McLean wrote his short history of the sport in the country he still opened it with a quote from one of her poems. “Does the road wind uphill all the way? Yes, to the very end.”It was, McLean
  
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• Pakistan CEO Wasim Khan says cricket needs to embrace diverse needs of players

  06-01-2021 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cricket needs to embrace its diverse range of players, says Pakistan cricket's chief executive Wasim Khan.
  
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• Big Bash League: Sydney Sixers suffer heavy defeat against Perth Scorchers

  06-01-2021 12:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's James Vince is dismissed without scoring as Sydney Sixers suffer a heavy 86-run defeat against Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash.
  
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• England squad pass Covid retests in Sri Lanka with Moeen Ali in isolation

  06-01-2021 09:57
  
  Root’s squad begin training for next week’s series openerAll-rounder’s positive test rules him out of first TestEngland’s Test squad has begun training for next week’s series opener in Sri Lanka after all members of the touring party – bar Moeen Ali – returned negative results from their latest round of Covid-19 testing.Joe Root’s players had been isolating in their hotel rooms since landing in Hambantota on Sunday, with the emergence of Moeen&rsqu
  
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• Australia's national cabinet to discuss tougher border processes 'in context of UK variant'

  06-01-2021 09:34
  
  MCG and Chadstone Shopping Centre investigated as acquisition sites for coronavirus as NSW reports four locally acquired cases and pushes ahead with Sydney Test NSW hotspots; Victoria hotspotsCovid restrictions state by stateFollow the Australia Covid live blogThe prime minister, Scott Morrison, has called a snap meeting of national cabinet to discuss a proposal to “strengthen the Covid safety” of international travel to Australia given the emergence of a virus variant in the UK whic
  
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• Australia's national cabinet to discuss strengthening border processes 'in context of UK variant'

  06-01-2021 09:34
  
  MCG and Chadstone Shopping Centre investigated as acquisition sites for coronavirus as NSW reports four locally acquired cases and pushes ahead with Sydney Test NSW hotspots; Victoria hotspotsCovid restrictions state by stateFollow the Australia Covid live blogThe prime minister, Scott Morrison, has called a snap meeting of national cabinet to discuss a proposal to “strengthen the Covid safety” of international travel to Australia given the emergence of a variant in the UK which spre
  
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• New Zealand v Pakistan: Black Caps top Test rankings after 2-0 series sweep

  06-01-2021 09:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealand rise to the top of the world Test rankings after they thrashed Pakistan by an innings and 176 runs to win the series 2-0.
  
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• Ashwin and Bumrah bring Twenty20 unorthodoxy to the Test stage | Barney Ronay

  06-01-2021 09:00
  
  India’s two premier bowlers have lit up the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by tormenting Australia with skills honed in the IPLThey’re coming for you. They’re coming for you. Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin – they’re coming for you. As cricket struggles into another bubble-bound year of living dangerously, and even as Thursday’s Sydney Test has been menaced by Australia’s Covid-19 surge, the four-match Border‑Gavaskar Test series feels like a beacon
  
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• England in Sri Lanka: Touring party all clear after being retested for Covid-19

  06-01-2021 07:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's touring party in Sri Lanka all pass coronavirus tests having been retested after all-rounder Moeen Ali's positive result on Monday.
  
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• India in Australia: Jasprit Bumrah - the story behind the bowling sensation

  06-01-2021 07:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Modest and likeable off the pitch but a fast-bowling demon on it - the story of India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah.
  
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• New Zealand leapfrog Australia as top Test team after routing Pakistan

  06-01-2021 07:33
  
  Black Caps sweep home series to top Test rankings for first timeMake claim for inaugural World Test Championship final berthKyle Jamieson took his second five-wicket haul of the match as New Zealand beat Pakistan by an innings and 176 runs in the second Test on Wednesday.The rout completed a 2-0 series sweep and lifts the Black Caps to the top of the world rankings for the first time, above world No 2 Australia and No 3 India. Related: Australia will watch anxiously if Will Pucovski makes Test d
  
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• Allowing fans at Sydney Test for ‘mental health’ labelled ‘laughable’ as Berala cluster perturbs authorities

  06-01-2021 06:43
  
  Epidemiologist rubbishes NSW health minister’s justification for allowing cricket amid warning outbreak in western suburbs is ‘greater challenge’ than AvalonNSW hotspots; Victoria hotspotsCovid restrictions state by stateFollow the Australia Covid live blogThousands of Victorians set to isolate after case at cricketFans at Sydney cricket Test must wear masks or face fineA Sydney epidemiologist has said it is “laughable” for the New South Wales health minister to sug
  
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• Fans at Sydney cricket Test told they must wear masks at all times inside the SCG

  06-01-2021 03:16
  
  Fans from two more suburbs banned from attendingAny casual contact of Victorian case from MCG Test also bannedFans attending the second Test at the SCG must wear a mask at all times except when eating and drinking, the New South Wales government has announced.The NSW health minister, Brad Hazzard, announced the ruling on Wednesday morning as part of further incremental changes to public health protocols for the third Test between Australia and India, beginning on Thursday. Related: Berala and we
  
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• Fans at Sydney cricket Test must wear masks at all times inside SCG, or face $1,000 fine

  06-01-2021 03:16
  
  Fans from two more suburbs banned from attendingAny casual contact of Victorian case from MCG Test also bannedFans attending the second Test at the SCG must wear a mask at all times except when eating and drinking, the New South Wales government has announced.The NSW health minister, Brad Hazzard, said on Wednesday morning anyone not wearing a mask faced a $1,000 fine, as part of further incremental changes to public health protocols for the third Test between Australia and India, beginning on T
  
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• Thousands of Victorians set to isolate after mystery Covid case in man who visited Boxing Day Test

  06-01-2021 02:25
  
  MCG and Chadstone Shopping Centre investigated as exposure sites for coronavirus as NSW reports four locally acquired cases and pushes ahead with Sydney Test NSW hotspots; Victoria hotspotsCovid restrictions state by stateFollow the Australia Covid live blogThousands of people may have to self-isolate in Victoria after a man tested positive for coronavirus after attending the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the second day of the Boxing Day Test.The MCG, which reported an attendance of 23,841 on 27 D
  
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