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Ben Stokes has dragged his battered, cramping body to the close on day two of the third Ashes Test, with the tourists chances of victory hanging by a thread.  Source link

Flying fruit pips are less menacing than the cork and leather cricket balls that Harold Larwood hurled at Australian batsmen during the infamous Bodyline series, but a showdown between the English fast bowler and a disgruntled crowd that was allegedly armed with pomegranate seeds is part of the rich story of Ashes acrimony. Source link

Snicko’s boss admits an operator error dudded England out of the wicket of Alex Carey on day one of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide. Source link

Alex Carey looked to the heavens as his name rang out from the Adelaide Oval stands, his emotional century saving Australia’s day one and furthering his push to one day stand among the great wicketkeeper-bats. Source link

Tim Tszyu has dominated against unbeaten American Anthony Velazquez, winning by unanimous decision at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.  Source link

Australia’s first-innings topscorers get some help from England’s sloppy fielders and the DRS technology on a tightly contested day in Adelaide. Here are the quick hits from day one of the third Ashes Test. Source link

Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg opens up on the future of day-night Tests in the future summer schedule. Source link

Dual Richmond premiership player Marlion Pickett receives a suspended prison term for possessing and dealing with proceeds of crime, in what a judge calls a “line-ball decision”. Source link

South Australian Police will be carrying rifles and exercising additional weapon and drug search powers at Adelaide Oval during the Third Ashes Test, following the Bondi terror attack on Sunday. Source link

Multi-division, undefeated world champion Terence Crawford has called time on his legendary boxing career and will hang up the gloves at age 38. Source link