12 h. ago South Africa v Australia: World Test Championship final cricket, day four – live

South Africa chasing a target of 282 to win at Lord’sPlay starts at 10.30am BST / 11.30am SAST / 7.30pm AESTRead the latest edition of The Spin | And email GeoffWho’s nervous? I’m nervous, on their behalf. The batters in next will have spent the evening telling themselves that they’re relaxed, but I’m sure there are thoughts flittering around, mostly that they would all really like to not be required. Australia need to turn that screw right away to have a chance.Then there was Andy Bull, who pondered the slips and the turn of fate that saw Steve Smith’s horrible hand injury. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Aiden Markram gives South Africa control against Australia at Lord’s

The Proteas need another 69 runs to win the World Test Championship final.

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30 h. ago Steve Smith suffers nasty injury after dropping catch in World Test Championship final

The Australia batter shelled a sitter at slip and could face months out

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60 h. ago Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper in hospital as he shares snap from A&E

Jeremy Clarkson's farm manager Kaleb Cooper has revealed he suffered a nasty injury and has been left in a lot of "pain", telling followers the situation is "not good"

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61 h. ago South Africa v Australia: World Test Championship final cricket, day two – live

Updates from the second day of the WTC final at Lord’sRead the latest edition of The Spin | And mail GeoffHello from London. The day dawns sunny here, though who knows which way it will turn – Lord’s atmospherics are often a game of snakes and ladders. So too can be Test cricket, as South Africa found yesterday: racing up the ladder of the Australian top order, sliding back thanks to Steve Smith, ascending again to bowl them out for 212, then having a serious slip of four wickets before stumps.They didn’t fall all the way back to the bottom, but they will if David Bedingham and the captain Temba Bavuma go quickly this morning. Rung by rung it will need to be for the South Africans, at 43 for 4. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago England v West Indies: third men’s T20 cricket international – live

T20 updates from Southampton; start 6.30pm BSTWTC final news | Sign up for The Spin | Email James We’ll be underway in less than ten minutes. Just enough time to dig into Don McRae’s wide reaching interview with Pat Cummins on the eve of the WTC Final. Some topics were still off-limits though But the ball-tampering saga remains an awkward topic. He listens quietly while I tell him about my 2021 interview with Cameron Bancroft who, as a callow opening batter trying to find his way in Test cricket, followed instructions to use sandpaper to rough up the ball. His captain, Steve Smith, David Warner and Bancroft were banned and the batter, when pressed on whether any of the bowlers had known of the plan, told me that “it’s probably self-explanatory”.Cummins took seven wickets in that Test, which Australia lost heavily, and I ask if he really had no idea what was being done to the ball. “I don’t want to talk about it,” he says bluntly.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Steve Smith not thinking about Ashes as Australia prepare for World Test final

Australia will face South Africa at Lord’s as they look to retain their title.

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8 d. ago Sam Thompson in complete agony and breaks down in tears as he FINALLY completes gruelling Soccer Aid challenge and raises £1.5M for Unicef after battling horrendous injuries

Despite suffering nasty injuries, the Made In Chelsea star, 32, battled through agonising pain to complete the 260-mile journey, crossing the finish line at Manchester's Old Trafford ground on Friday.

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2 w. ago Max Verstappen's dad, 53, suffers nasty crash as his car flips over during rally

Disaster struck for the former F1 driver, 53, as he was competing in the Royal Rally of Scandinavia in Sweden - part of the FIA European Rally Championship.

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2 w. ago Eddie Hearn drops Anthony Joshua injury update and reveals return fight plans

The two-time heavyweight world champion is hoping to return to competitive action later this year after undergoing successful elbow surgery

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3 w. ago The supportive husband by Lorraine Kelly's side (and he's about to see a lot more of her!): TV cameraman Steve Smith 'picks up the slack and always has' and 'his idea of hell is a premiere'

ITV Daytime bosses announced huge cuts on Tuesday with job losses in excess of 220. The Scottish presenter, 65, faced the brunt of the cuts.

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3 w. ago Red Bull confident Verstappen’s Imola win will be a turning point in F1 season

Christian Horner: ‘At all times, Max had the pace’McLaren admit surprise at speed of Red Bull carChristian Horner believes Max Verstappen’s victory at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix demonstrated Red Bull might have reached a turning point in their attempt to catch McLaren in the Formula One world championship, potentially igniting the season.Verstappen won in Imola having pulled off a striking pass to overtake the pole-sitter and title leader Oscar Piastri for the lead through the Tamburello chicane on the opening lap. After which the world champion went on to control Sunday’s race from the front with pace that was more than a match for the McLarens who had previously dominated the season. It marked the first time this year that Red Bull had definitively held the upper hand in race pace , having not overworked their tyres in doing so and Horner felt it indicated they were in the title fight. Continue reading...

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last month PGA Championship star pulls out of event just hours before opening tee

The PGA Championship gets underway on Thursday, but one player has been forced to drop out with injury just 15 hours before his tee-off time, despite practicising earlier this week

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