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• Bouncers, sledging and mischief: why Australia v India is series for these times | Barney Ronay

  15-01-2021 18:35
  
  The best sporting contest of the lockdown era has been full of qualities we’ve all needed: endurance, patience, transcendenceEvery man has his breaking point. You and I have one. Navdeep Saini, India’s seventh-choice seam bowler, reached his at The Gabba on Friday morning.Let’s take a walk, for a moment, down that quarantined hotel corridor. It is now five months since India’s cricketers began their bubble-bound odyssey across the continents, from Dubai to Sharjah to Sydn
  
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• Bouncers, sledging and mischief: Australia v India is a series for these times

  15-01-2021 18:35
  
  The best sporting contest of the lockdown era has been full of qualities we’ve all needed: endurance, patience, transcendenceEvery man has his breaking point. You and I have one. Navdeep Saini, India’s seventh-choice seam bowler, reached his at The Gabba on Friday morning.Let’s take a walk, for a moment, down that quarantined hotel corridor. It is now five months since India’s cricketers began their bubble-bound odyssey across the continents, from Dubai to Sharjah to Sydn
  
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• 'I did a lot of talking': Joe Root puts words into deeds with Galle century

  15-01-2021 17:29
  
  England captain says ton a case of turning words into deeds‘It was really important to go out there and do it myself’
  Joe Root described his first Test century in 13 months as a case of turning words into deeds and revealed that self-defeating thoughts about his conversion rate were partly to blame for the drought.Root had been stressing the need for his players to be ruthless with the bat at the start of a defining 12-month period but also knew the orders would struggle to cut throu
  
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• Dan Lawrence settles into Test cricket with formidable familiarity | Andy Bull

  15-01-2021 16:15
  
  England’s latest batting debutant looked instantly at home during an impressive maiden innings at GalleThe first ball Dan Lawrence faced in Test cricket was from Sri Lanka’s slow left-armer, Lasith Embuldinya. It was outside off stump, flatter and faster than the one before it, which had done for Jonny Bairstow. Lawrence sized it up, stepped back, and smacked it out to cover for an easy single. And that was the introductions done with, a brisk handshake before he settled down to the
  
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• Sri Lanka v England: Joe Root makes 168 not out as tourists build big lead

  15-01-2021 14:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Captain Joe Root scores his first Test century since 2019 to help England build a substantial lead over Sri Lanka in the first Test in Galle.
  
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• Joe Root hits century before the rain to tighten England's grip on first Test

  15-01-2021 13:25
  
  First Test, day two: Sri Lanka 135; England 320-4Captain unbeaten after superb ton while Lawrence impressesThe England captain Joe Root racked up a brilliant unbeaten century and debutant Dan Lawrence announced himself in style as the tourists strengthened their iron grip on the first Test against Sri Lanka.Just 53 overs were possible as heavy showers topped and tailed the second day but in between Root cruised to a game-shaping 168 not out, an English record on the island and an effort which le
  
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• Big Bash League: Adam Zampa takes 5-17 as Melbourne Stars thrash Adelaide Strikers

  15-01-2021 13:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa takes 5-17 as Melbourne Stars bowl Adelaide Strikers out for 68 in the Big Bash League
  
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• Sri Lanka v England: first Test, day two rain delay – live!

  15-01-2021 11:47
  
  Day one report: England dominant after skittling Sri Lanka
  The 80s and 90s Cricket Show: podcast relives England’s nadirAnd you can email Daniel here or tweet @DanielHarris 10.47am GMT More bad news: they’ve covered the whole pitch and put down tyres on top which, Mahela tells us, means they’re expecting winds. Perhaps they’ll blow the clouds away, but cricket is not imminent.10.45am GMT ‘Root only needs slightly less than 200, and to finish not out, to get his aver
  
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• Australia v India: Marnus Labuschagne's century punishes tourists in Brisbane

  15-01-2021 09:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marnus Labuschagne's century puts Australia on top after day one of the decisive fourth Test in Brisbane, as dropped catches cost India.
  
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• Marnus Labuschagne century revives Australia against injury-hit India

  15-01-2021 09:21
  
  Australia 274-5 at stumps on day one of fourth Test at the GabbaDebutant offspinning allrounder Sundar dismisses Smith for 36Marnus Labuschagne’s century has piloted his side to 274-5 at stumps on day one of the series-deciding fourth Test in Brisbane, where India’s unheralded attack exposed Australia’s early lack of ruthlessness.India’s bowlers, boasting a combined 13 Test wickets at the toss, are believed to be the most inexperienced attack Australia have confronted sin
  
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• Australia v India: fourth Test, day one – as it happened

  15-01-2021 08:50
  
  Labuschagne century revives Australia’s first inningsAustralia 274-5 at stumps on day one at the Gabba 7.50am GMT That’s all she wrote from day one, one that see-sawed in India’s favour through early wickets of Warner (1) and Harris (5). Smith appeared there to stay only to fall cheaply for 36, against the run of play, which doubled as a Test wicket on debut for Sundar.Australia rallied via Labuschagne’s fifth Test ton and solid partnership with Wade, only to both be disp
  
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