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Warner, Harris and Renshaw all in Ashes squad

David Warner has been named in Australia's squad for the start of the Ashes, while Marcus Harris and Matt Renshaw have also been listed as batting options.

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Harris ahead of Renshaw in race to challenge Warner

Marcus Harris has won back his national Cricket Australia contract as selectors indicated he will tour with the Ashes squad ahead of Matthew Renshaw.

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Commentary: Banking, democracy and trust

In a key scene in the classic Frank Capra film “It’s a Wonderful Life,” George Bailey (played by a noble, sincere James Stewart), faced with a run on his family-owned bank instigated by the evil, grasping Old Man Potter (played by a sneering Lionel Barrymore), tries to convince his friends…

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No Warner as Australia sent in to bat in ODI opener

India have won the toss and elected to bowl first in their ODI opener against Australia in Mumbai, with David Warner sitting out of the match.

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Editorial: Why it’s not such a wonderful life when real-time panic causes bank runs

George Bailey knew how to fend off a bank run. When the citizens of Bedford Falls ran to the bank to demand a return of their deposits, they encountered George, in the form of Jimmy Stewart, guarding the vault with a moral lesson.

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Australia names 16-player squad for India ODI series, with Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Jhye Richardson back from injury

Australia makes several changes for next month's ODI series against India, with big hitting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell making a return after his freak leg injury that kept him out of most of the Australian summer.

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Matthew Kuhnemann relaxed about potential Test debut for Australia against India

Inside the space of a week, Matthew Kuhnemann may go from playing a Sheffield Shield match in front of a handful of spectators to making his Test debut for Australia in front of a parochial Indian crowd.

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Australia names four specialist spinners for India Test series, Mitch Starc to miss first Test with finger injury

Australia has named an 18-man squad for its four Test tour of India, naming four specialist spinners as it bids to win a series in India for the first time since 2004.

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Rookie Murphy could partner Lyon in India

Victorian Todd Murphy is the fresh face for Australia's Test tour of India, with Peter Handscomb also recalled into the 18-man squad.

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Commentary: Can commerce and Christmas get along?

Critics on their social media soap boxes have spent the past month loudly proclaiming that Christmas is too commercial. The nub of their complaint is that the true meaning of Christmas is lost amid the buying frenzy that marks the holiday. They claim the essence of Christmas lies not in…

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Warner's batting 'irreplaceable': Bailey

David Warner is fighting to save his Test career, but the Australian hierarchy believe the out-of-form veteran's opening style is irreplaceable.

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The week in classical: It’s a Wonderful Life; A Child of Our Time; IMS Prussia Cove – review

ENO’s warm-hearted production of Jake Heggie’s operatic take on the classic Frank Capra film is full of poignant ironies

The Guardian - UK

It’s a Wonderful Life review – operatic adaptation is on the side of the angels

Jake Heggie’s take on the heartwarming Christmas classic has a glittering, melodic score with a gift of a role for soprano Danielle de Niese as goofy guardian angel Clara

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Australia star Glenn Maxwell suffers freak broken leg at party ruling him out of England games

Glenn Maxwell will miss Australia's ODI clashes against England and India, after breaking his leg in a freak accident at a party when running across a tennis court

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Blow for Australia as Glenn Maxwell suffers freak accident at party

Star allrounder Glenn Maxwell has undergone surgery today for a broken leg, meaning he will miss the ODI series against England and Test tour of India

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India tour hopefuls get extra chances

Peter Handscomb and Matt Renshaw will be among players given chances to impress for the PM's XI against West Indies, with spots available for the tour of India.

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Hayden calls for ruthless T20 overhaul

Matthew Hayden says Australia's selectors should follow the path of their counterparts from 20 years ago, making ruthless calls to overhaul a white-ball team.

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Australia keep quicks on field before Test

Australia will roll out Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood in ODIs against England, just weeks out from the start of a nine-Test summer.

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Finch hopeful of playing T20 crunch game

Australia's captain Aaron Finch rates himself a 70 per chance of playing against Afghanistan in their key T20 World Cup clash.

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Finch a chance for Aussie T20 crunch game

Despite carrying a hamstring injury, captain Aaron Finch has a chance of playing in Australia's crunch T20 World Cup game against Afghanistan.

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Australia look to familiar blueprint in bid for back-to-back T20 World Cup titles

The reigning champions are not expected to stray too far from the template that delivered success last year

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Steve Smith set to miss World Cup opener

Australian chairman of cricket selectors George Bailey says Steve Smith is not slated to be in the starting 11 for the T20 World Cup clash with New Zealand.

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Bailey wants issue of Warner ban resolved

Australia's chairman of cricket selectors George Bailey has backed David Warner's leadership credentials and wants a decision on his lifetime ban resolved soon.

Daily Mirror

Virginia Patton dead: It's A Wonderful Life actress dies as co-star pays tribute

Virginia Patton, the last surviving adult star from It's A Wonderful Life, has died at the age of 97 at an assisted living facility in Georgia

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North holding its own against spread of southern English dialects, study finds

‘We won’t all be sounding the same,’ says researcher after comparison of extensive survey with findings from 70 years ago

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