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NEW DELHI (AP) Scoreboard at the end of the third test between India and Sri Lanka at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) Sri Lanka cricket board has complained to the sport’s governing body about the poor air quality in which its players have been compelled to play a test match in the Indian capital New Delhi.

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NEW DELHI (AP) Dhananjaya de Silva scored 72 in an unbeaten 84-run partnership with Dinesh Chandimal as Sri Lanka reached 119-4 at lunch on Wednesday, needing to survive two more sessions to draw the third test.

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Ben Stokes doesn’t appear to be in the kind of form that could save the Ashes for England, given the star all-rounder’s latest lean performance for Canterbury province in New Zealand’s domestic limited-overs cricket championship.

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ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) Australia has won the inaugural day-night Ashes test by 120 runs on the last day, with Josh Hazlewood striking twice in the first three overs and Mitchell Starc finishing off the tail as the pace attack crushed England’s slim hopes of a comeback victory.

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) Sri Lanka on Tuesday named Thisara Perera captain of a 16-member squad to play three one-day internationals against India, with opening batsman Kusal Perera also coming back into the squad after a nearly six-month injury layoff.

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ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) Jimmy Anderson gave England an outside chance of producing an unlikely win in the inaugural day-night Ashes test with a five-wicket haul to help dismiss Australia for 138 on day four, setting up a target of 354 for victory.

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LONDON (AP) The England and Wales Cricket Board says Alex Hales will face no criminal charges over a fracas outside a nightclub and is available for international selection again.

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NEW DELHI (AP) Scoreboard Monday at stumps on day three of the third test between India and Sri Lanka.

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ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) Scoreboard Monday after England’s first innings on day three of the day-night Ashes cricket test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval:

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NEW DELHI (AP) Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal extended their fourth-wicket partnership to 117 runs to help Sri Lanka reach 192-3 at lunch on day three of the third test against India in Delhi.

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ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) Pat Cummins took two wickets as Australia’s bowlers ripped through England’s top order on day three of the day-night Ashes test, with present and past captains Joe Root and Alastair Cook already out and the tourists reeling at 128-5 at tea.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) New Zealand beat the West Indies by an innings and 67 runs Monday in the first cricket test to take a 1-0 lead in the two-test series:

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NEW DELHI (AP) Sri Lanka’s cricketers wore face masks and the bowlers complained of shortness of breath as play was stopped three times during the middle session because of concerns over air pollution on day two of the third test match against India.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) Neil Wagner was twice on a hat trick to take career-best figures of 7-39, helping New Zealand dismiss the West Indies for 134 and take control of the first cricket test on Friday.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) New Zealand claimed three late wickets in the first cricket test against the West Indies on Friday, sending the tourists to lunch at 79-3.

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ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) England paceman Jimmy Anderson says tensions between his team and Australia ahead of the second Ashes test have only helped strengthen the touring squad.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) When two Zimbabwe cricketers, one black and one white, staged a daring protest against the regime of Robert Mugabe at a World Cup game 14 years ago, they knew it would probably end their careers at home and maybe even put their lives in danger.

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BRISTOL, England (AP) Police say the investigation into a late-night incident involving England cricketer Ben Stokes has been passed to prosecutors, who must now decide whether to charge the player.

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CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) New Zealand-born England allrounder Ben Stokes has landed in Christchurch, where he’s negotiating to play for Canterbury while under suspension for the Ashes series in Australia.

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Jonny Bairstow’s unorthodox method of greeting Cameron Bancroft in a pub last month overshadowed questions of cricket at the news conferences following Australia’s win over England in the Ashes series opener.

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) A contentious decision cost Moeen Ali his wicket at a crucial time in the Ashes series opener, and he wasn’t the only one stumped.

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CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) The West Indies took control of their four-day tour match against New Zealand A on the second day Sunday as they continue a solid build-up to the first test against New Zealand.

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CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) Uncapped batsman Sunil Ambris staked his claim for a test debut with an innings of 153 for the West Indies against New Zealand A in a four-day tour match.

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Stuart Broad is confident England can break its three-decade drought at the Gabba, despite conceding a small first-innings deficit and letting the Australians off the hook on day three of the first Ashes test.

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NAGPUR, India (AP) Murali Vijay scored his 10th test century as India reached 185-1 at tea on day two of the second cricket match against Sri Lanka in Nagpur on Saturday, trailing the visitors by 20 runs after a wicketless middle session.

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) James Vince is confident the Australian cricket critics will recognize him after the first day of the Ashes.

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Scoreboard at stumps Thursday after the first day of the first Ashes cricket test between Australia and England at the Gabba:

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) David Warner is confident he’ll overcome a painful neck strain in time to play for Australia in the Ashes series opener against England on Thursday.

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KOLKATA, India (AP) India’s last-day charge for victory against Sri Lanka in the first test was thwarted by bad light on Monday at Eden Gardens.

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