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• Chris Woakes savours ‘boyhood dream’ after century for England against India

  11-08-2018 22:30
  • All-rounder joins elite group on all three honours boards
  • Woakes: ‘It was a sweet day after a frustrating summer’Chris Woakes spoke of a boyhood dream coming true, at the venue where his statistics continue to astound, after a maiden Test century that demonstrated the high regard in which this understated but talented all-rounder is held.The 29-year-old’s bat-raising celebrations after a scrambled three off Hardik Pandya brought Lord’s to its feet, the Engla
  
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• Lord's century is what dreams are made of - Woakes

  11-08-2018 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  England all-rounder Chris Woakes says he "didn't know what to do" to celebrate scoring his maiden Test century at Lord's.
  
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• Ollie Pope may be answer to England’s long search for a batting messiah

  11-08-2018 20:45
  The 20-year-old Surrey player is the latest in a long line of batsmen tried out by the selectors, but Pope’s debut Test appearance against India suggests he may be specialThe South Africans have Kyle Abbott, the Pakistanis Imam-ul-Haq, the West Indians had Ian Bishop, and England, of course, have had a genuine Reverend in David Sheppard. And now they have a Pope, too. Ollie was in early, out at Lord’s just after lauds, at 11.45am, when the score was 32 for two and the innings only ei
  
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• Magnificent Chris Woakes revels in his role as an impact substitute

  11-08-2018 20:39
  The popular all-rounder produced a century of real substance to give England an iron grip on the second Test against IndiaBen who? On a muggy, sleepy Saturday at Lord’s Chris Woakes found the perfect moment to skate his way to a first Test hundred, a fluent, high-class, shot-laden innings that was timely in more ways than one.There is, of course, a tempting note of false equivalence here. As Woakes eased his way elegantly through the nineties you could almost hear the thundering moralists
  
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• Chris Woakes’s first Test hundred puts England in full control against India

  11-08-2018 20:34
  • India 107; England 357-6
  • Woakes shines in partnership with Bairstow at Lord’sThe most timely of interventions from Chris Woakes kept England in charge of the second Test. The Warwickshire all-rounder purred to his maiden Test century in just 129 balls, which was rapturously received on the England balcony and everywhere else in the ground. Alongside Jonny Bairstow, Woakes demonstrated that it was possible for batsmen to prevail at Lord’s, after all; their partnership of
  
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• Kia Super League: Loughborough hammer Lancashire; Western Storm v Southern Vipers washed out

  11-08-2018 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Loughborough Lightning secure a place at Kia Super League finals day with a big win against Lancashire Thunder.
  
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• Woakes hits maiden Test century as England dominate India

  11-08-2018 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Chris Woakes' maiden Test century put England in total control on the third day of the second Test against India.
  
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• England v India: Chris Woakes reaches maiden Test century

  11-08-2018 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Chris Woakes reaches his maiden Test century as England extend their lead over India in the second Test at Lord's.
  
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• Watch: India remove Root on stroke of lunch

  11-08-2018 14:13 via bbc.co.uk
  England captain Joe Root is lbw to the final delivery before lunch in the second Test against India at Lord's.
  
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• England v India: Joe Root given lbw to final ball before lunch

  11-08-2018 14:13 via bbc.co.uk
  England captain Joe Root is lbw to the final delivery before lunch in the second Test against India at Lord's.
  
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• England v India: Alastair Cook falls early as England reply to India's 107

  11-08-2018 13:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Opener Alastair Cook falls early to an "absolute beauty" from Ishant Sharma as England reply to India's 107 in the second Test at Lord's.
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: Premier League, transfers and Virat Kohli

  11-08-2018 11:48
  Who has a 100% record? Who has No 11? And who won $154,480?Which of these summer signings has taken the No 11 shirt at his new club?Cristiano Ronaldo Rui PatrícioRiyad Mahrez Naby Keïta India scored 436 runs in the first Test against England at Edgbaston. How many of them were scored by Virat Kohli?100200300400Philippe Coutinho was given a new passport this week – from which country?SpainPortugal UKBrazilFour Premier League clubs appointed new managers this summer. Which of the
  
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• James Anderson five-wicket haul gives England hope against India in Second Test

  11-08-2018 01:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  A STUNNING five-wicket haul from James Anderson has resurrected England’s hopes of winning this rain-hit Second Test against India.
  
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