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• This Test match showed why cricket is the beautiful game | Kenan Malik

  04-08-2018 19:00
  The England v India game at Edgbaston had as many twists and turns as a Le Carré plotI despair for those who don’t care for cricket (although I suspect that might be the majority of readers). For you will have missed over the past four days not just one of the great Test matches, but also one that reveals what sport is about and why so many are obsessed by it.England played India at Edgbaston in a match that twisted and turned more than a Le Carré plot and was far tenser. Con
  
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• England’s win over India in first Test will ‘close some mouths,’ says Ben Stokes

  04-08-2018 17:54
  • Joe Root praises Stokes for putting his court case to one side
  • Man of the match Sam Curran: ‘I just played my natural game’Ben Stokes spoke of his pride at playing for his country following a spell of match-winning brilliance that offered the latest reminder of what England will be missing come Thursday’s second Test at Lord’s.The all-rounder powered Joe Root’s side to a 1-0 series lead over India at Edgbaston with a stirring three-wicket burst that in
  
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• Ben Stokes takes centre stage to give England edge over Kohli and India

  04-08-2018 17:36
  All-rounder shows his knack for grabbing match-winning opportunities as his bowling seals victory in tense finaleIn every match there are the moments that matter just that much more, when all the idle chatter stops, and some spectators fall silent while the rest start to sing and shout that bit louder still. And everybody there knows, just knows, that somehow, whatever happens now, the game is about to shift and twist one way or the other.That moment came at a quarter to twelve, 45 minutes in to
  
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• England wrap up thrilling 31-run win over India in first Test – as it happened

  04-08-2018 14:30
  England took the five wickets they needed to wrap up an enthralling victory before lunch on day four at Edgbaston 1.30pm BST That’s a nice place to leave it. A thrilling series opener, which, as Joe Root says, is a reminder that Test Match cricket is very much alive. At various stages through the second and third days both teams looked out of the contest before counterattacking with guts. Kohli’s solo hand with the bat was very nearly one for the ages (it probably was), as was Curran
  
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• England wrap up thrilling 31-run win over India in first Test – live!

  04-08-2018 14:09
  Report: Stokes denies Kohli as England grab win
  The Spin: sign up for our weekly cricket emailAnd feel free to email Adam or tweet @collinsadam1.09pm BST 75,716 the final attendance across the four days. That’s better than 2016 when Pakistan were here, a Test that included both days of the weekend. You can be sure of one thing: when Australia visit for the opening Ashes rubber next year, there won’t be a spare seat. We have Joe Root and Sam Curran coming up in the press conference ro
  
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• England beat India by 31 runs in first Test as Ben Stokes denies Virat Kohli

  04-08-2018 13:38
  • England 287 & 180, India 274 & 162; England win by 31 runs
  • Stokes traps Kohli lbw for 51 to turn fourth day in hosts’ favourBen Stokes took the crucial wicket of Virat Kohli for 51 as England won a dramatic first Test by 31 runs at Edgbaston.Stokes was brought into the attack by Joe Root after Kohli clinched his half-century and took his first Test total to 200 – and dismissed the India captain with his third delivery, trapping him lbw to turn the game in Englan
  
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• Test cricket teaches us the subtle joys of ‘slow sport’ | Mary Dejevsky

  04-08-2018 07:00
  The five-day format has been hit for six but with better exposure it can captivate a new generationSwaths of empty seats are never a good look at a sporting event. But when that event is the first Test match of the season between perennial rivals England and India, and it is England’s 1,000th Test, the sight of bare stands in the Edgbaston ground poses an existential question. Could it be, as more alarmist voices have begun to warn, that the days of the five-day cricket contest are nu
  
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• England v India: Virat Kohli stands in the way of Test victory

  04-08-2018 01:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND will approach Saturday morning with a simple equation in their heads – get Virat Kohli, win the match.
  
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