Bairstow is Bazball’s spirit animal but maybe it’s time for the gloves to come off

Barney Ronay

Even if they win this first Test, England have a tender spot at wicketkeeper. A return for Ben Foakes would be progressive

As the clock ticked past 4.36pm, the sun already burning through the mid-afternoon haze, there was some literal Bazball to be seen on the lime-green Edgbaston outfield – raw, foraged Bazball – as Brendon McCullum took Jonny Bairstow for his wicketkeeping warmup before Australia’s fourth-innings chase.Read the rest

Australia’s Tim Tszyu delivers 72-second knockout of Carlos Ocampo in title defence

  • Sydney boxer KO’d challenger in first round with devastating barrage
  • Tszyu will now fight Jermell Charlo to unify super-welterweight belts

Guardian sport

Australian boxing’s prodigal son Tim Tszyu has shrugged off a dog bite that required 26 stitches to his arm 23 days ago, to come out swinging and knock out Carlos Ocampo 72-seconds into the first round of their super-welterweight bout on the Gold Coast.… Read the rest

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