Geoff Lemon

1 week ago | msn.com | Geoff Lemon |James Wallace

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1 week ago | theguardian.com | Geoff Lemon

At a little before 1pm on a Saturday afternoon in London, a group of Australian cricketers stood around blinking in the sunlight, looking confused, like they had just popped up from a green tube in an unexpectedly bright part of the Koopa Kingdom. Less than a day earlier they had been right on top, happily on their way to a second consecutive World Test Championship title. In less than three sessions of stubbornness and brilliance, South Africa had taken that away.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Geoff Lemon |James Wallace

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreambleYesterday, we said there wouldn’t be a Day 4. Cricket decided differently. Australia’s tenth-wicket defiance pushed us all the way up to lunch, only to be countered by South Africa’s polish and confidence as Aiden Markram and Temba Bavuma changed the game. Now, South Africa are so close to doing what they have never done: winning a major international trophy.

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Geoff Lemon

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2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Geoff Lemon

Right from the start of the day, there was an inevitability that this match was Australia’s. They started 218 runs in front, in the third innings, walking back onto a Lord’s field where 28 wickets had fallen in the previous two days. They had the four-star bowling attack, their opponents had the shooting-star batting order, one that had flashed and vanished in its first sighting. Soon this would be compounded by the Temba Bavuma’s hamstring injury.