Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Mashrafe Mortaza takes break from BPL to focus on politics work

He played five games with Sylhet Strikers, but was clearly struggling with injury issues too

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Steven Smith now 'comfortable' opening for Australia in Tests

He carried his beat for 91 at the Gabba as West Indies pulled off a famous victory and will now captain the ODI side

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Imran Khan sentenced to 14 years in prison in Toshakhana case

His conviction and sentencing comes a day after he was sentenced to ten years on a separate charge

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Mayank Agarwal rushed to hospital in Agartala after mid-flight 'medical emergency'

He had complained of stomach pain and burning sensation in his throat and mouth after consuming liquid from a bottle that he believed contained drinking water

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Mooney overcomes illness to steer Australia to T20I series victory

Marizanne Kapp hit a career-best in her 100th T20I but it wasn't enough for the visitors in the decider

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McCullum floats possibility of all-spin England attack

Shoaib Bashir is in contention to make his England debut in the second Test at Visakhapatnam on Friday

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Imran Khan sentenced to ten years in prison by Pakistan court

Former Pakistan captain's lawyers set to appeal the sentence at the High Court

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Monday, January 29, 2024

Mark Wood: Spinning pitches no longer a 'foregone conclusion' after epic win

Fast bowler has no regrets about limited role as India are thwarted in Hyderabad

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India slide to fifth on WTC table after defeat to England in Hyderabad

England, however, dropped down a spot to eighth as West Indies overtook them with their win at the Gabba

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Sunday, January 28, 2024

Chahar eyes T20 World Cup spot after overcoming personal setbacks

He missed the South Africa tour and Afghanistan T20Is because his father was unwell

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Ball-by-ball: Shamar Joseph rips through Australia at the Gabba

Fast, furious and relentless through an unbroken spell of 11.5 overs despite a toe injury, Shamar bowled West Indies to a famous win in just his second Test

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Cummins says victory 'a bridge too far' after eight-run loss against West Indies

Australia captain says they were confident heading into the day but praised Shamar Joseph for his seven-wicket spell

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Saturday, January 27, 2024

Defiant Smith in the way as West Indies two wickets away from famous win

Smith was unbeaten on 76, with Australia still 29 runs from victory

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Nepal beat Afghanistan in thriller; West Indies inch past England by two wickets

Bangladesh, meanwhile, thumped USA by 121 runs to book a spot in the Super Six of the Under-19 World Cup

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Friday, January 26, 2024

McKenzie drives West Indies' lead forward before Lyon strikes for Australia

Athanaze and Hodge survived a probing examination before dinner to leave the match delicately poised

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Mooney and Healy guide Australia to comfortable opening win

Tazmin Brits anchored South Africa's innings but it never looked like being enough

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Healy doubtful, Wolvaardt prepares for 'big challenge'

Tahlia McGrath would lead Australia if Healy was unavailable in Canberra

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CWI, WIPA sign MoU to work towards gender pay equity

The MoU plans to achieve parity in various ways by October 1, 2027

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O'Rourke gets maiden Test call-up, Ravindra picked for SA Tests

Kane Williamson included as well after recovering from a hamstring injury

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England surprised by attacking intent of India openers - Duckett

But batter insists tourists' total of 246 is "an above-par score"

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Yashasvi Jaiswal and spinners make it India's day

Stokes' 70 earlier took England to 246 and India wiped out 119 of those by stumps

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Madhevere, Mavuta banned for four months by Zimbabwe Cricket for recreational drug use

Batter Kevin Kasuza was also suspended and will soon appear for disciplinary hearing

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

West Indies choose to bat first at the Gabba with Sinclair to debut

Australia are unchanged while West Indies have named debutant Kevin Sinclair in place of Gudakesh Motie

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

All eyes on the weather as Australia target a summer sweep

The home side have been hit by Covid-19 but will be unchanged at the Gabba with West Indies needing more from their batters

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Brisbane's day-night Tests: Shafiq's heroics and Cummins' career-best

A recap of what's happened with the pink ball at the Gabba, and someone overall numbers for Australia in day-night Tests

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Player power grows as major talent agencies announce merger

TGI Sport acquires Insignia to heighten player representation in T20 franchise era

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Monday, January 22, 2024

Brown: 'To do what I did in a pressure game was surreal'

He also says advice from Brisbane Heat assistant coach Darren Lehmann helped him recover from a poor performance in the previous game

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Head 'almost out' of Covid, set to start day-night Test at the Gabba

"Even if he's still positive he can still play, [but] there'll just be a few protocols," Pat Cummins said

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Visa issues leave England without Shoaib Bashir on arrival in India

ECB escalate delay to BCCI and Indian government with 20-year-old stuck in UAE

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CA investigates after Maxwell is hospitalised following alcohol-related incident

The incident took place in Adelaide, where Maxwell was attending a concert, last Friday

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Sunday, January 21, 2024

Pucovski retires hurt after being struck on helmet

The batter was playing for Victoria's 2nd XI against South Australia in Adelaide

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Mohammad Haris leaves BPL 2024 after being denied NOC

He has already played two overseas T20 tournaments, as allowed by the PCB, for the July 2023 to July 2024 period

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Harry Brook pulls out of England tour of India

Batter to miss five-Test series for personal reasons; England set to name replacement

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Khawaja on course for Gabba after Adelaide head blow

The opener will continue to be assessed but so far has not reported any concussion symptoms

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Saturday, January 20, 2024

Lloyd Pope, Cameron Boyce combine to knock Perth Scorchers out

Strikers will travel to the Gold Coast and face Brisbane Heat in the Challenger on Monday

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Tata extends IPL title sponsorship deal till 2028

The five-year extension, from 2024 to 2028, cost Tata INR 2500 crore (US$301 million approx.)

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Friday, January 19, 2024

Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood could play both West Indies and New Zealand T20Is

David Warner and Tim David, who have signed up at the ILT20, are set to feature in both series

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Daryl Mitchell rested for fifth T20I against Pakistan; Rachin Ravindra called up

Coach Gary Stead said Devon Conway, who was ruled out of the fourth T20I due to Covid-19, "still has symptoms at the moment"

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Maxwell stands down as Melbourne Stars captain

The club missed finals with the derby loss to Melbourne Renegades proving costly

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

New Zealand opt to bowl, Conway ruled out with Covid

Pakistan made one change to bring in Sahibzada Farhan for Azam Khan

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Brathwaite: Shamar Joseph 'gave a lot of confidence to the team'

Also hoped curators in the Caribbean could produce pitches that encouraged more youngsters to thrive as fast bowlers

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Khawaja cleared of jaw fracture and first concussion test after bouncer blow

The opener was struck by Shamar Joseph when Australia needed just one run to win

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West Indies coach praises batters' intent but questions decision-making

Centurion Travis Head says he felt like the short-ball barrage got him into his innings

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Suryakumar undergoes groin surgery in Germany

India batter has been out of action since injuring his ankle in South Africa

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Hamish Rutherford announces retirement from all forms of cricket

Otago Cricket will honour Rutherford on January 23 in his last game

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Reifer cleared to resume bowling slower balls and cutters

Allrounder had been reported during domestic List A game for Barbados in October last year

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Sikandar Raza joins Northamptonshire for Vitality Blast campaign

Zimbabwe captain and allrounder available for entirety of tournament's group stage

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'I'll take a picture, and post it up' - Shamar Joseph on dream first-ball wicket of Smith

"I [had] watched a few Tests of Smith, and I think that is an area of weakness for him", he said, even as he also got Labuschagne

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'Back to basics' Allen turns form and fortune around this summer

Allen's last six T20 scores have read 137, 74, 34, 78*, 50 and 38

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

First-ball joy: Shamar Joseph starts Test cricket with Steven Smith's wicket

The quick bowler became the 23rd men's player to claim a wicket with their opening delivery in Test cricket

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Edward Moore added to South Africa Test squad for New Zealand tour

He is the eighth uncapped player named in the traveling group for the two Tests

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Monday, January 15, 2024

West Indies face mission impossible amid future of Test cricket debate

Australia have a reshuffled top order but remain overwhelming favourites

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Desai triggers dramatic Karnataka collapse to lead Gujarat to narrow win

Desai, the left-arm spinner, picked up seven wickets as Karnataka went from 50 for no loss to 103 all out

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Sunday, January 14, 2024

BCCI invites applications for one senior national men's selector

There are currently two selectors from the west in the panel, including the chair Ajit Agarkar, and none from the north

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Ranji round two: Pujara shines in Saurashtra's tough start, Sarwate helps Vidarbha top Group A

Nishant Sindhu, Aditya Sarwate, and Bhargav Bhatt were among the top performers of the week

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Saturday, January 13, 2024

Perth Scorchers sign Marcus Harris for closing stages of BBL

The left hander comes in as a replacement player with the defending champions losing key overseas names

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Shaun Marsh announces retirement while still winning games

Melbourne Renegades clash against Sydney Thunder will be the last of his prolific career

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Sussex name Simpson, Mills as captains for start of 2024

Experienced wicketkeeper appointed for first seven games of Championship; Mills may require cover during T20 World Cup

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Hobson, Connolly hurt Heat again but Scorchers' bigger challenge awaits

Lance Morris and Andrew Tye were too good for the visitors who knew they were safe at top spot

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Australia eye Bangladesh tour for pre-World Cup intel

They have an abundance of riches when it comes to spin bowling ahead of their title defence

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Friday, January 12, 2024

Antum Naqvi breaks Zimbabwe cricket records with unbeaten 300

The Mid West Rhinos batter has become the first to score a triple century for any Zimbabwe team in representative cricket

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Dube: I wanted to implement what I've learnt from Dhoni on finishing games

He credits both Dhoni and Rohit for backing him on the big stage

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

Pakistan bowl first, Santner ruled out of series opener with Covid

Pakistan hand debuts to Usama Mir and Abbas Afridi as Azam Khan returns to the side as keeper

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Vihari steps down as Andhra captain for rest of Ranji season

Ricky Bhui will take over, having done the job in the past

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Sri Lanka hand ODI debut to Daniel; Zimbabwe make three changes and bat

A fit-again Hasaranga returned to the XI for the hosts while Masakadza, Jongwe and Kaitano returned for the tourists

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Hodge, da Silva impress for West Indies after fast bowlers run through CA XI

Kemar Roach, Shamar Joseph, Alzarri Joseph took two wickets apiece as West Indies showed they are in Australia for a fight

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Stoinis to play SA20 after BBL, says ODI omission makes 'complete sense'

Australia allrounder was aware he would not be part of the one-day squad but has sights firmly set on T20 World Cup

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Warner's helicopter to land on SCG outfield ahead of BBL clash

He is flying from his brother's wedding north of Sydney to play the local derby against Sixers

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Warner expected to play West Indies T20Is for Australia over ILT20

The matches in February will be his last internationals on home soil

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No ghosts of 2018: overlooking Bancroft 'purely a cricketing decision'

Selection chair George Bailey said there was no connection between Bancroft's absence and Sandpapergate

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Andre Adams appointed New Zealand bowling coach for T20I series against Pakistan

He will temporarily fill the void left by Shane Jurgensen who vacated the position after the 2023 ODI World Cup

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Newlands Test pitch receives 'unsatisfactory' rating

Venue also picks up demerit point after hosting the shortest result Test in history

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Liyanage: 'More than the century, I wanted to get the team to victory'

He produced a knock for the ages in conditions favouring the fast bowlers but fell five short of what would have been a maiden ODI century

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Monday, January 8, 2024

Ranji round one: Pujara, Padikkal, Dube sparkle; Puducherry stun Delhi

Rinku hits form with 92 against Kerala while Bishnoi plays a key role in Gujarat's thrilling come-from-behind win over Tamil Nadu

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Bradburn ends Pakistan stint, joins Glamorgan as head coach

He has signed a three-year deal as the all-format coach for the Welsh county

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Zimbabwe bat and bring in Gumbie, SL unchanged

Kusal Mendis is likely to partner Avishka Fernando at the top of the order for Sri Lanka

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Heinrich Klaasen retires from Test cricket

He will continue to be available for South Africa in white-ball formats

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Sunday, January 7, 2024

Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya ruled out of Afghanistan T20Is

Both are expected to be back in action from the IPL

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De Villiers blames T20 cricket for short South Africa-India Test series

"The players, the board and coaches will turn towards where there is more money," he said about the clash between Tests and T20 leagues

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Pujara flattens Jharkhand with record 17th double-hundred

It was his eighth double in the Ranji Trophy, taking him to second spot on the competition's list of 200s

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Saturday, January 6, 2024

Suryavanshi makes first-class debut aged 12; Two Bihar squads named in controversial Ranji start

Meanwhile, large crowds also turned up at a dilapidated stadium in Patna with warning signs around safety put up by the organisers

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Friday, January 5, 2024

'Jamal should have bowled earlier' - Hafeez says it was Masood's call

Pakistan team director believes Shan Masood captained well overall and blamed his side's fielding for their 0-3 series defeat

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Warner: I want to be remembered as exciting and entertaining

Warner's farewell speech got emotional and he hopes "the young kids out there can follow in my footsteps"

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ILT20 to allow franchises to sign two players as wildcards

The wildcard signings are not mandatory but can be added to the squad at any point before or during the season

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Melbourne Stars wicketkeeper Sam Harper hospitalised after blow to the head

He was taken to hospital where he will spend the night and undergo scans given his concussion history

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'I'm pretty keen' - Steven Smith wants to open the batting in Tests

Smith is understood to have expressed his desire to be David Warner's long-term replacement with Australia's selectors

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

Finch announces BBL retirement; likely to end his T20 career

The opener has been a powerhouse T20 player and the second-highest run-scorer in the BBL

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

'Three-Test series absolute minimum' - CA seeks to prioritise international cricket

Chief Nick Hockley said South Africa sending a second-string side for Tests in New Zealand was a "wake-up call" for the format

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India emerge on top after 23-wicket mayhem in Cape Town

South Africa first folded for 55, before India faced a collapse of their own, losing their last six wickets without adding a run

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Fernando, Dananjaya, Vandersay back in Sri Lanka ODI squad for Zimbabwe series

Dhananjaya de Silva has been dropped, while Wanindu Hasaranga's availability will be subject to fitness

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Laurie Evans, Lance Morris extend Perth Scorchers' unbeaten run

The duo consigned Adelaide Strikers to their fourth consecutive loss of the season

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Heat extend unbeaten run courtesy Brown, Walter and Kuhnemann

They were three ahead on DLS when rain forced the play to be called off

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Schutt comes in for Brown as Australia bat in a bid to sweep series

Mannat Kashyap handed her debut ODI cap replacing Sneh Rana who was injured in the second ODI

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Monday, January 1, 2024

Afridi rested for SCG Test; Ayub to debut and Imam dropped

Offspinner Sajid Khan will play his first game of the series

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Cummins hopes for 'a silver bullet' to halt Test cricket's devaluation

But, at the same time, Cummins doesn't believe it's "as dramatic a decline as sometimes it gets spoken about"

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Pakistan cautious over Abrar's participation in Sydney Test

The tourists are keen to play a specialist spinner in the New Year Test against Australia, with Sajid and Nawaz the other options

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Ben McDermott fires on return as Hurricanes thrash Thunder

A Ben McDermott half-century guided Hobart Hurricanes to a convincing seven-wicket win over Sydney Thunder to kick off 2024 at the BBL

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