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• Rickelton hits 259 as SA take control against Pakistan

  04-01-2025 17:10 via bbc.com
  
  Ryan Rickelton moves joint-seventh in South Africa's all-time top scorers in a Test innings after hitting 259 in the second Test against Pakistan.
  
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• Duckett's 67 helps Stars to victory over Renegades

  04-01-2025 13:28 via bbc.com
  
  England’s Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethell featured as Melbourne Stars beat local rivals Melbourne Renegades by five wickets in the Big Bash League.
  
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• Rishabh Pant blast rocks Australia on 15-wicket day to keep India’s hopes alive

  04-01-2025 11:55
  
  Fifth Test, day two: Australia 181, India 185 & 141-6India’s bowlers step up after Bumrah hurts backPant smashes 61 from 31 balls as wickets tumbleWhen the fourth Australia-India Test at Melbourne finished with an hour to go on the final day, those who love the long game were sated. The experience was hearty and nutritious, like working your way through a large slice of dense and worthy rye bread. The first two days of the fifth Test in Sydney, by contrast, have been a pure sugar rush.
  
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• Bancroft broke nose and shoulder in BBL collision

  04-01-2025 11:25 via bbc.com
  
  Cameron Bancroft broke his nose and shoulder when he collided with team-mate Daniel Sams in the Big Bash League on Friday, Sydney Thunder reveal.
  
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• 'This is brilliant cricket' - Konstas ramps Bumrah

  04-01-2025 10:10 via bbc.com
  
  Teenage Australia opener Sam Konstas ramps India's Jasprit Bumrah for four in the final Test of the series in Sydney.
  
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• Siraj removes Konstas and Head in same over

  04-01-2025 10:01 via bbc.com
  
  Mohammed Siraj removes Sam Konstas and Travis Head in the same over to leave Australia 39-4 in their final Test against India in Sydney.
  
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• Australia v India: fifth men’s cricket Test, day two – as it happened

  04-01-2025 08:50
  
  India reach 141-6 at stumps on day two to lead fifth Test by 145 runsAustralia quick takes four wickets while Pant blazes half-century6th over: Australia 15-1 (Konstas 11, Labuschagne 2) Konstas is beaten! Lovely outswinger by Siraj. It’s a set-up for the wobble seam delivery on middle and leg next. Konstas keeps it out. Fourth ball is a wide and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant lands on the ball in his tumble to stop byes. He can’t stop that one! Konstas cracks another swinging ball throug
  
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• 'It's a gimme' - Kohli angry after falling to Boland

  04-01-2025 08:47 via bbc.com
  
  Virat Kohli is angry with himself for edging Scott Boland to Steve Smith in the final Test between Australia and India.
  
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• 'Strewth!' - Pant hits Starc for back-to-back sixes to reach 50

  04-01-2025 08:25 via bbc.com
  
  India's Rishabh Pant hits Mitchell Starc for back-to-back sixes to reach his half-century from only 29 balls against Australia in Sydney.
  
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• Cummins ends electric innings by India's Pant

  04-01-2025 07:51 via bbc.com
  
  Pat Cummins removes Rishabh Pant for an astonishing 61 in the final Test between Australia and India.
  
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• ‘My call’: India captain Rohit Sharma insists he was not axed for fifth Test

  04-01-2025 04:58
  
  Opener stands down after scoring 31 runs in three TestsTourists need win at SCG to level series against AustraliaA defiant Rohit Sharma says he made the call to drop himself for the fifth Test in Sydney, insisting he was not axed by selectors. Speaking for the first time since falling out of India’s side for the decisive Test against Australia at the SCG, India’s captain also rejected any suggestion his career was over.India had refused to say whether Rohit would play the fifth Test
  
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• Australia v India: fifth men’s cricket Test, day two – live

  04-01-2025 02:10
  
  Updates from the New Year’s Test at the SCGSam Konstas falls after making a bright startAny thoughts? Email Angus6th over: Australia 15-1 (Konstas 11, Labuschagne 2) Konstas is beaten! Lovely outswinger by Siraj. It’s a set-up for the wobble seam delivery on middle and leg next. Konstas keeps it out. Fourth ball is a wide and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant lands on the ball in his tumble to stop byes. He can’t stop that one! Konstas cracks another swinging ball through covers for tw
  
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• New Zealand thrash Sri Lanka in first ODI - scorecard

  04-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scorecard from the first one-day international between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.
  
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