England celebrate after winning the Ashes
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England only needed approximately 45 minutes to dismiss the last three Australian batsmen and regain the Ashes via an innings and 78-run drubbing.
Bairstow’s last Test for England came against Australia in January 2014
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England have decided to drop batsman Gary Ballance for the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston and have called up wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow as his replacement.
Rahman finished with figures of 4-37 off 17.4 overs
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Bangladesh pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman cannot do anything wrong at the moment as he claimed four wickets on debut to help his side slice through South Africa’s batting line-up.
Karunaratne scored his sixth Test fifty
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Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne scored 50 and captain Angelo Mathews made an unbeaten 43 to lead their side to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Pakistan on the fifth day of the second Test in Colombo.
“It is a very special day for me personally”
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England captain Alastair Cook has revealed that “it was an amazing moment” when he surpassed his mentor Graham Gooch as the country’s all-time leading run-scorer in Test history.
“I’m very excited to be signing for Yorkshire”
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Yorkshire have signed India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara as their overseas player after Pakistan veteran Younis Khan opted out of his deal.
“My ambition is to continue playing ODI and T20 cricket”
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Sri Lanka opener Tillakaratne Dilshan believes that he “can easily play for another 2-3 years”.
Smith won the Allan Border Medal, Test Player of the Year award and ODI Player of the Year award
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Australia batsman Steven Smith won the Allan Border Medal, Test Player of the Year award and ODI Player of the Year award at the Allan Border Medal award ceremony in Sydney.
“There are areas to be improved and in the next few weeks I hope we can sort them out”
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Sri Lanka chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya has admitted that he is not satisfied with the national team’s preparation for the World Cup.
“I didn’t want to take a risk with these youngsters and right now the government is helping us prepare a comprehensive security plan”
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Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal has been forced to close his cricket academy on a temporary basis after receiving threats from Islamic militants.
