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James Vince scored a personal best 83 as England reached 196-4 at the close of day one of the opening Ashes test in Brisbane. On a rain-affected first day, the tourists scored at a steady rate on a placid pitch at the 'Gabba' which negated the trio of Australian quicks. Starc took one early wicket and Josh Hazlewood struggled for rhythm as England were pegged back by superb day one bowling from off-spinner Nathan Lyon and the timely wickets of Pat Cummins, playing his first test match at home. After Mitchell Starc had removed Alistair Cook in the third over for just two, Vince joined Mark Stoneman (53) to put on 125 for the second wicket, eclipsing the highest partnership England scored in the full series in the 5-0 defeat four years ago. James Vince was England's star man on day one of the first Ashes Test. But Cummins bowled Stoneman with a quick reverse swinging delivery just after he'd made his half century and Vince was ran out by some awesome fieldin...

Lewis Hamilton wins Chinese GP

Lewis Hamilton beat Sebastian Vettel to pick up his first win of the season at the Chinese Grand Prix. His 54th career victory takes him level with Vettel in the Drivers Championship, with this also being his fifth win in Shanghai. Hamilton finished the race with almost a seven second lead over his Ferrari rival in an entirely one-sided race where he started on pole again. Max Verstappen eventually moved up to third, but Daniel Ricciardo pushed him all the way in the closing laps to finish within a second of each other.

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