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Australia v England: first men’s cricket one-day international – live

Updates from the ODI series opener at Perth Stadium Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email All the talk of past deeds and perhaps even future global tournaments can be pushed aside as Xavier Bartlett stands at the top of his mark with Tom Banton on strike and Ben Duckett at the other end. Let’s play … Thanks for Will to nudging attention closer to the action in Perth as the players line up for the Welcome to Country and the national anthems. Continue reading...

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‘Women are pitted against each other. It’s a blood sport’: Billie Piper on industry infighting, Elsinore’s Oscar buzz and thriving on personal crisis

The teen pop star turned Olivier-winning actor stars as Andrew Scott’s best friend in the acclaimed Ian Charleson biopic. She talks kindred spirits, social media and trying to channel a ‘mad storm of grief’ The late Billie Whitelaw, whom Samuel Beckett considered “a perfect actress”, was on stage in the middle of rehearsals one day when she asked the playwright: “Where should I be looking?” To which Beckett replied: “Inwards.” Hearing this story, another Billie – the teen pop star turned Doctor Who companion and Olivier award-winning powerhouse Billie Piper – lets out a laugh so raucous and ex

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It’s Happy Harry Kane day as England’s finest seizes his moment in style | Barney Ronay

The Ballon d’Or validated the forward’s career and he extended his incredible record for England with yet another goal on his 126th appearance Happy Harry Kane day! And many happy Harry returns. There is a process in clinical psychology known as semantic satiation. Subjects are asked to repeat a word or phrase so many times that it loses any kind of meaning. Suddenly “daffodils” is just an absurd, empty set of sounds. So it was in the buildup to Harry Kane’s record-breaking 126th cap, at the end of Harry Kane Ballon d’Or fortnight, as Harry Kane’s England were led out by top scorer Harry Kane,

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Australia Test captain Pat Cummins calls Khawaja's sandpapergate claims ‘complete and utter nonsense’

Cummins insists he did not know of ball-tampering plot in South Africa ‘No masterplan around using illegal methods,’ Cummins says ‘Abrasive’, ‘arrogant’ and ‘ugly’: standout moments from the press conference Pat Cummins flatly denied Usman Khawaja’s claims that the entire Australian cricket team was implicated in the 2018 sandpaper scandal, saying at a press conference in Sydney the allegations were “complete and utter nonsense”and “100% wrong”. The Test captain’s defiant appearance on Friday morning prompted David Warner to later accuse Cummins of throwing Khawaja under the bus as the feud en

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Pegula saves match point to reach WTA Finals semi-finals as Gauff exits

American saves match point in 7-6, 4-6, 7-5 victory Pegula advances as compatriot Gauff is eliminated Hot-mic controversy adds spice to Andreeva semi Jessica Pegula saved a match point en route to a gritty 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 7-5 win over Linda Noskova on Thursday to advance from her round-robin group at the WTA Finals and send fellow American Coco Gauff packing from the season-ending championships. Pegula hit a career-high 16 aces while Wimbledon champion Noskova committed a career-high 15 double faults in a see-saw battle that lasted two hours and 45 minutes at the tournament, which was moved fr

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