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• Jimmy Anderson makes Sri Lanka his happy hunting ground, for a change | Andy Bull

  22-01-2021 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
  England veteran showed undimmed resolve in his 157th Test to wring out three cheap wickets in tough bowling conditions Here he comes again then, running in from the Fort End, a flat and disobliging pitch underneath, and a new ball to work with. This is Jimmy Anderson’s 19th year in Test cricket, and his 157th Test, not that any of that seems to make much difference. As his teammate Mark Wood said at the end of the day, Anderson seems to be bowling just as well as ever. This is his fifth to
  
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• Mark Wood relieved to finally get wicket before rest from England tour

  22-01-2021 15:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Wood to be rested for first two Tests of India tourWicket of Dinesh Chandimal was first in three Test inningsIt was a wicket worth waiting for. After 233 deliveries spread across three Test innings, Mark Wood finally got his reward late on the first day of the second Test in Galle when he dismissed the Sri Lanka captain, Dinesh Chandimal, lbw with a wickedly quick full ball that hit him in front of leg stump.“I was beginning to feel like it was never going to happen,” Wood said. &ldq
  
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• Alex Hales: England and opener need to 'resolve their issues' - Michael Vaughan

  22-01-2021 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michael Vaughan says England and Alex Hales need to "resolve their issues" after the opener smashes 110 for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League.
  
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• James Hildreth: Somerset veteran extends contract until 2022

  22-01-2021 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Veteran Somerset batsman James Hildreth extends his contract until the end of the 2022 season.
  
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• Virat Kohli text message to India team led to Australia Test comeback - 'Masterstroke'

  22-01-2021 13:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Virat Kohli left his mark on the India squad by advising the selection of Ravindra Jadeja as his replacement against Australia.
  
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• Anderson blitz and Mathews century even up Sri Lanka v England first day

  22-01-2021 13:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Sri Lanka 229-4England bowler finishes with exemplary figures of 3-24Jimmy Anderson was a class apart on his return to the England side but a century from old adversary Angelo Mathews made it a fair fight on day one of the second Test against Sri Lanka.Anderson put his ego and record-breaking status aside to sit out the series opener but, having traded places with Stuart Broad in Galle, was quick to restate his enduring class as he got the better of the home side’s top order on a batsman&r
  
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• Anderson and Mathews star as Sri Lanka and England end day one even

  22-01-2021 13:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Sri Lanka 229-4England bowler finishes with exemplary figures of 3-24The opening day of the second Test in Galle was an absorbing arm-wrestle for control and one in which experience very much came to fore. Jimmy Anderson claimed three wickets on his England return but it was an unbeaten 107 from Angelo Mathews that left Sri Lanka the happier at stumps.When the imposing Mathews strode out to the middle in the fifth over of the morning session his side were a perilous seven for two. Anderson had h
  
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• Warwickshire appoint Mark Robinson as new first-team coach

  22-01-2021 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warwickshire name former England women and Sussex head coach Mark Robinson as their new men's first-team coach.
  
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• James Anderson and Stuart Broad warned of England 'plan' for India Test series

  22-01-2021 09:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  James Anderson and Stuart Broad may not play much cricket together this winter.
  
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• Virat Kohli story emerges which proves Michael Vaughan was wrong about India captain

  22-01-2021 08:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Virat Kohli has had a big influence on the career of Mohammed Siraj, the bowler has revealed.
  
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• 'Can’t compare': Cathy Freeman blasts Scott Morrison's 26 January first fleet comments

  22-01-2021 05:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Gold medallist and Indigenous rights campaigner rounds on PM’s criticism of Cricket Australia initiativeOlympic gold medal winner Cathy Freeman has become the latest high-profile critic of Scott Morrison following the prime minister’s comments about Cricket Australia’s initiative to make matches around the date of 26 January more inclusive.Morrison on Thursday criticised the decision by some Big Bash League clubs to follow CA guidance and drop references to “Australia Day
  
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