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Justin Langer hands over the keys to Andrew McDonald for India tour
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Tuesday, 07 January 2020 17:13
Australia coach head Justin Langer has promised he won't call his senior assistant Andrew McDonald as he hands over the reins for Australia's three-match ODI tour of India next week.Langer will remain in Perth to take a well-earned break following a triumphant home summer thus far where his side went undefeated across six T20Is and five Test matches.McDonald will take…
Tom Latham facing month out with fractured finger
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Tuesday, 07 January 2020 17:44
Tom Latham has been sidelined for a month after sustaining a fractured finger during the third Test against Australia at the SCG.The injury to his right little finger occurred when Latham, who was standing in as captain for Kane Williamson, took the catch to remove Marnus Labuschagne in Australia's second innings which brought the declaration. He opened in New Zealand's…
Love, loyalty, stamina: the secrets of Ben Stokes' immeasurable brilliance
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Tuesday, 07 January 2020 13:33
We live in an age when analysts believe almost everything can be measured. Win-rates, strike-rates, heart-rates, economy-rates… you name it, someone can put a figure on it.And there's no doubt such statistics can provide insight and illumination. But not everything that counts can be counted.So it is with Ben Stokes. He finished the Cape Town Test with the unremarkable figures…
'This is why five-day Test cricket should always be around'
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Tuesday, 07 January 2020 09:04
If, as the curious saying goes, Test cricket has a habit of biting you on the backside if you disrespect it, then the timing of the Newlands cliffhanger could hardly have been more apposite. A mere days after it emerged that the ICC is considering the introduction of mandatory four-day Test cricket, England and South Africa served up a fifth-day…
Ireland elect to bat, Gareth Delaney handed debut
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Tuesday, 07 January 2020 09:38
Toss Ireland elected to bat v West IndiesAndy Balbirnie won his first toss as captain and elected to bat in the first ODI at Bridgetown. Balbrinie channeled the positives from Ireland's clean sweep of Zimbabwe recently but said they weren't thinking too much about the past. He confirmed legspinning allrounder Gareth Delaney would be making a debut. Ireland left Gary…
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