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Rhys Webb starts for Wales against Scotland with Alyn Wyn Jones set for record-setting appearance

The skipper will play in his 148th Test - levelling Richie McCaw - his 139th for Wales to add to nine for the British & Irish Lions. Meanwhile Webb wears the No 9 shirt for first time since 2017.




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Six Nations match between Wales and Scotland postponed due to coronavirus

In a shambolic development on Friday afternoon the final match of the Championship was officially postponed while Scotland were warming up for their captain's run ahead of Saturday's game.




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Disillusioned Welsh winger George North blasts back at trolls who make his life a living hell

WILL KELLEHER: George North has had enough. Not of rugby, nor of playing for Wales but of them. North has had it with online trolls who spout vile bile at him and his family.




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Joe Marler can play on until the 2023 Rugby World Cup says Eddie Jones

Eddie Jones has urged Joe Marler not to quit rugby and has scheduled a meeting with the prop once the lockdown is over. Marler was handed a 10-week ban for grabbing Alun Wyn Jones' genitals.




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Wales could play seven Tests in TEN weeks this autumn with Japan fixture set to be chalked off

EXCLUSIVE BY WILL KELLEHER: Wayne Pivac's side were due to play Japan in Shizuoka on June 27 before jetting down to New Zealand for a two-Test series shortly afterwards.




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VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Get back in the black after Christmas

If you're ever going to slip into the red, it will usually be over Christmas. The average household is expected to blow around £500 at this time of year, according to the British Retail Consortium.




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VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Remember the heroes and villains of the High Street

My partner Chris and I live in a first-floor flat, so when our neighbour sent us a message out of the blue insisting we use her front garden to enjoy the sunshine on Sunday, I could have kissed her.




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VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Be more vigilant than ever about online fraud

For many of us feeling cut off from loved ones, technology has proved to be a lifeline, but we must beware.




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Ashes 2019: Steve Smith takes swipe at England after smashing double century

LAWRENCE BOOTH AT OLD TRAFFORD: Steve Smith accused England of playing into his hands after he continued to punish their bowling with a magnificent 211 in Manchester.




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Andrew Flintoff admits desire to become England head coach

Trevor Bayliss will stand down from the role with England following the end of the Ashes, with the search for a successor among the ECB's high priorities.




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England v Australia, day three Ashes LIVE

England have mounted the start of recovery against Australia with Joe Root and Rory Burns sharing a century partnership on day three of the  fourth Test at Old Trafford.




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Ashes 2019: Rory Burns urges England to summon spirit of Headingley

LAWRENCE BOOTH AT OLD TRAFFORD: Three late wickets, including Joe Root, left England's Ashes hopes hanging by a thread on Friday night as they battled to save the fourth Test.




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Ashes 2019: England bowling coach Chris Silverwood slams Jofra Archer critics

LAWRENCE BOOTH AT OLD TRAFFORD: Archer finished Australia's first innings with figures of none for 97, returning to earth with a bump after taking 13 wickets in his first two Tests.




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England scrap plans to rest top stars for two-Test series in New Zealand this winter

England have abandoned plans to rest senior players from the two-Test series in New Zealand that begins this winter as they start to again prioritise the ultimate format.




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Ashes 2019: Australia take charge of fourth Test as Josh Hazlewood rips through England's top order

PAUL NEWMAN AT OLD TRAFFORD: Joe Root was battered and bruised as he tried desperately to keep England afloat at Old Trafford but he just could not steer his ship to Ashes safety.




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LIVE: The Ashes - England v Australia: Follow day four action

England are staring at defeat in the fourth Ashes Test after losing Rory Burns and Joe Root in the first over of their fourth-innings after being set 383 to win by Australia,




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It's painful to watch...but Australia's batting machine Steve Smith has run England into the ground 

CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Steve Smith was still there. Turning our summer to autumn in the September chill. Taking away the Ashes. Infecting the glorious memories of the World Cup final.




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Trevor Bayliss backs England to produce another Ashes miracle

England are on the verge of surrendering the Ashes after slumping to 18 for two on Saturday but coach Trevor Bayliss was still clinging to the belief that 'anything is possible'.




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Ashes news: England suffer dramatic collapse to leave Australia on the brink of retaining urn

RICHARD GIBSON AT OLD TRAFFORD: After the miracle of Headingley kept their Ashes hopes alive, England now need a marathon stonewall across the Pennines to stop Australia killing them off.




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The Ashes - England v Australia LIVE: Follow the final day of the fourth Test from Old Trafford

Australia retained the Ashes with a 185-run victory at Old Trafford despite some dogged resistance from England's lower order. Relive the action from day five with JAMES DUTTON.




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Joe Root insists he is still the right man to captain England despite Ashes defeat

LAWRENCE BOOTH AT OLD TRAFFORD: Joe Root insisted he was still the right man to captain England, despite Australia regaining the Ashes on a tense final day in Manchester.




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NASSER HUSSAIN: England captain Joe Root must know that the buck stops with him

NASSER HUSSAIN: The way that England have played their Test cricket in recent years, they were always going to be found out by a high-class bowling attack.




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Australia retain the Ashes with victory over England in fourth Test at Old Trafford

PAUL NEWMAN AT OLD TRAFFORD: Australia have retained the Ashes with victory over England in the fourth Test at Old Trafford, claiming their first away series win since 2001. 




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Steve Smith admits retaining the Ashes in England is a 'bucket list moment' as Australia celebrate

Steve Smith said retaining the Ashes in England was one to tick off his bucket list after Australia beat their traditional rivals by 185 runs to win the fourth test at Old Trafford on Sunday.




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The Ashes player ratings at Old Trafford: Steve Smith's brilliance is just getting ridiculous...

Sportsmail's Lawrence Booth assesses the performances of both sets of players after Australia got the better of England in the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford.




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England's new meal deal won't deliver... but Jamie Vardy's having a barbie at £2.5m mansion

SPORTS AGENDA BY MIKE KEEGAN: England's footballers may well have been delighted last week when the FA announced a multi-year sponsorship deal with food delivery app Deliveroo.




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England's defeat to Australia was inevitable... we'd seen this film before and knew how it finished

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Some time around 2012, an internet movie geek unearthed what was quickly tagged the worst death scene in cinema history.




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Cricket news: Steve Smith mocks Jack Leach with glasses celebration after Australia's Ashes glory

Steve Smith was already the pantomime villain for England fans but he has riled them even more following Australia's celebrations after they retained the Ashes on Sunday.




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England unchanged for Fifth Ashes Test as Joe Root looks to salvage a consolation victory

England have named an unchanged squad for the fifth and final Ashes Test at the Oval as Joe Root looks to salvage a consolation win after Sunday's disappointment of failing to regain the Ashes.




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Ashes 2019: With England having failed to regain the urn, our experts tackle the burning questions

Sportsmail columnists Nasser Hussain, David Lloyd, Lawrence Booth and Paul Newman answer the big questions for England's Test team after they failed to regain the Ashes.




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Ashes 2019: Glenn McGrath questions England star Jofra Archer's attitude

Archer was impressive at Lord's and then took six wickets in an innings at Headingley but struggled to replicate that form at Old Trafford and McGrath has questioned his attitude.




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Ashes 2019: Who could replace Joe Root and Trevor Bayliss?

Joe Root's failed to lead England to Ashes glory for a second time and some are questioning if he really is the best man to lead an overhaul of the under-performing Test side.




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Kevin Pietersen lays into Ashes cult hero Jack Leach after Australia retain the urn 

Kevin Pietersen has branded England's Ashes cult hero Jack Leach a 'laughing stock' and claims the spinner could have done more to prevent Australia retaining the urn.




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Ashes 2019: Joe Root must lift England's fortunes with new hands-on coach or face captaincy axe

PAUL NEWMAN: There have not been many England captains handed the chance to win a third Ashes series after losing his first two in charge but Joe Root could be the exception.




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Justin Langer rejects suggestions Jack Leach was mocked during Australia's Ashes celebrations

Justin Langer rejected suggestions Australia's Ashes celebrations at Old Trafford targeted England's Jack Leach for mockery, insisting the on-pitch party was a 'two out of 10' performance.




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Ashes 2019: Joe Root urges axed Jason Roy to knuckle down and win back place

Jason Roy's Test future looks uncertain after he was dropped from Thursday's Ashes finale at The Oval, as England look to finish their summer with a series-squaring win over Australia.




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England must win at the Oval, Giles has to back Root in public and end the stand-off over selection

NASSER HUSSAIN: What happens on the field over the next five days is hugely important because a 2-2 scoreline in the Ashes would be far better for England than 3-1 to Australia.




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Ashes 2019: England captain wears haunted look of many predecessors but now Joe Root must dig deep

PAUL NEWMAN AT THE OVAL: Root wore the tired, almost haunted, look of many an England captain coming to the end of the road as he tried to summon up one last effort on Wednesday.




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Joe Root urges England to give Trevor Bayliss special farewell as he gets ready to step down

His time in charge is destined to be remembered for a phenomenal improvement in white-ball cricket, capped off by this summer's World Cup win at Lord's.




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The Ashes - England vs Australia SCORECARD from fifth Test at the Oval

The urn might be returning to Australia but England still have a job on their hands to ensure their old foes don't win the compelling Ashes series outright.




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Ashes 2019: England were loose, tired, sloppy and impatient

NASSER HUSSAIN AT THE OVAL: Australia opened the door for England here with dropped catches and a wicket off a no ball but they just could not force their way through.




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England batsman Jos Buttler delighted to deliver with unbeaten 64 after 'hard' Ashes series

LAWRENCE BOOTH AT THE OVAL: Buttler, whose previous eight innings in this series had produced a best of 41, deposited Josh Hazlewood for three sixes to reach stumps on 64 not out.




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BUMBLE AT THE TEST: England's batting line-up is flimsy and Tim Paine had a torrid time

DAVID LLOYD AT THE OVAL: England's batting line-up is flimsy. At 130 for two, you would have thought it would be plain sailing for them, with most of the top order getting starts




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Ashes 2019: We needed an angry, cussed England but we got a day of wild abandon 

IAN HERBERT AT THE OVAL: The Australians have demonstrated in recent years the art of salvaging pride when the long shadows of late summer are falling across The Oval.




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Ashes 2019: Jos Buttler rescues England after another batting collapse

PAUL NEWMAN AT THE OVAL: For a short, sweet spell Jos Buttler produced a passable imitation of Kevin Pietersen's famous innings here at the Oval in the greatest of all Ashes series.




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The Ashes - England vs Australia SCORECARD: Day two of fifth and final Test at the Oval

Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh finished England's innings as the hosts were bowled out for 294 early on the second day at the Oval.




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Ashes 2019: Jofra Archer helps England take charge of fifth Test

PAUL NEWMAN AT THE OVAL: It did not quite inspire pronouncements on sandwich boards that 'He's out' as news of Don Bradman's demise was once greeted at the Oval.




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Ashes 2019: Six wickets will win over those who doubted Jofra's class

LAWRENCE BOOTH AT THE OVAL: There was a moment when a few critics were lured into the view that Jofra Archer was not, after all, the best thing that has happened to English cricket.




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Ashes 2019: Electric Sam Curran can light up England's future after three-wicket haul in fifth Test

NASSER HUSSAIN AT THE OVAL: England fans may be entitled to ask where Sam Curran has been all this series after a very impressive effort with the ball.




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The Ashes - England vs Australia SCORECARD: Day three of fifth and final Test

Jofra Archer and Sam Curran combined to hand England a vital first-innings lead in the final Ashes Test, raising hopes of a series-levelling win at The Oval. Follow the action live with Sportsmail.