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• India’s Cheteshwar Pujara shows patience of throwback batsman to defy England | Andy Bull

  31-08-2018 21:28
  He struggled in the county game but learned how to bat in English conditions and showed it with a hard-earned hundredThe slow, lazy rhythms of Test cricket feel an unfamiliar music now, when most innings unravel so fast and batsmen are so frantic. But Friday played out the old way. Cheteshwar Pujara, India’s throwback batsman, batted five hours for his first Test century in England. When he finally got it, as the sun was beginning to dip, the crowd rose in a standing ovation. It was not ju
  
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• You are not a bad player after one bad winter, says England's Moeen Ali

  31-08-2018 21:10
  • England all-rounder took five for 63 in fourth Test against India
  • ‘We will have to fight hard to win series in Southampton’Moeen Ali never lost faith in his ability to deliver at Test level, with his stunning return to the England team built on knowing that one bad winter did not make him a bad player.Day two at the Ageas Bowl saw Moeen back to his best with the ball, ripping deliveries out of the footmarks to claim his fifth five-wicket haul and gutting the Indian midd
  
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• England’s Moeen Ali: ‘You are not a bad player after one winter’

  31-08-2018 21:10
  • England all-rounder took five for 63 in fourth Test against India
  • ‘We will have to fight hard to win series in Southampton’Moeen Ali never lost faith in his ability to deliver at Test level, with his stunning return to the England team built on knowing that one bad winter did not make him a bad player.Day two at the Ageas Bowl saw Moeen back to his best with the ball, ripping deliveries out of the footmarks to claim his fifth five-wicket haul and gutting the Indian midd
  
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• England v India: Moeen Ali takes 5-63 to leave fourth Test in balance

  31-08-2018 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Moeen Ali's 5-63 leads England's fightback on the second day to leave the fourth Test against India in the balance in Southampton.
  
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• Pujara gives India narrow lead after England’s Moeen and Curran star again

  31-08-2018 20:09
  • Fourth Test day two: England 246 and 6-0; India 273
  • Pujara hundred bolsters India after Moeen’s five-wicket haulOnce again the fresh faces led the way in a Test match that is going to keep us transfixed. It looks like one of those beauties where every boundary and every dismissal changes the balance immediately. And the chances of a draw have long since faded.Moeen Ali and Sam Curran were to the fore again, while India were indebted to their self-effacing grafter, Cheteshwar
  
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• Sam Curran pulls a face and the wool over Virat Kohli’s furrowed brow | Ali Martin

  31-08-2018 20:08
  Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali took centre stage on day two but England’s 20-year-old all-rounder dismissed India’s captainFor an insight into how much Sam Curran wants to succeed at international cricket – how much he really wants it – take a look at his face as he runs in to bowl. Related: England trail India by 21 runs at stumps on day two of fourth Test – live!Continue reading...
  
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• England trail India by 21 runs after day two of fourth Test – as it happened

  31-08-2018 19:45
  Cheteshwar Pujara struck a century and Moeen Ali took five wickets as the fourth Test stayed on a knife-edge at the Ageas Bowl 6.45pm BST A classic day of Test cricket - if you were there, you lucky things. Ebb. Flow. Tension. Possible hat-trick - it had it all. Pujara played a blinder, and inched India’s nose ahead - despite some terrible shot choices from his late-middle order. England’s newbies, or returnies, plus the old Broad warhorse , kept them in sight. Moeen’s five wic
  
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• County cricket: Lancashire beat Worcestershire, Somerset on top against Yorkshire – as it happened

  31-08-2018 18:45
  Dane Villas’ brilliant century dragged Lancashire out of the Division One relegation zone while Tom Abell helped build a huge lead for Somerset5.42pm BST Lancashire have won by four wickets, and they are out of the relegation zone for the time being. Their second win of the season owes much to Dane Vilas’s brilliant 107 not out and Josh Bohannon’s unbeaten 78. In pursuit of 314, they advanced from 178-6. Here, Somerset have made their declaration. Tom Abell has posted his first
  
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• England v India: Sam Curran removes Virat Kohli to claim 'big' wicket

  31-08-2018 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  India captain Virat Kohli edges England's Sam Curran to slip to fall for 46 on day two of the fourth Test at Southampton.
  
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• England v India: fourth Test, day two – live!

  31-08-2018 14:40
  Over-by-over updates from the fourth Test at the Ageas BowlAndy Bull: Jennings shipwrecked amid a storm of failure
  County cricket: Lancs v Worcs, Surrey v Notts and more – live!Email your thoughts to Tanya 1.40pm BST This is the crucial session. There’s turn in the pitch, already, and England have two spinners. They’ve kept India in the cage, but Kohli is still there. With a scratch and and itch, a fumble and a drive, whoever finishes the day with a first-innings lead will be d
  
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• Sir Garfield Sobers' six sixes in an over - 50 years on

  31-08-2018 07:34 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport relives Sir Garfield Sobers' six sixes in an over for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in Swansea, 50 years on.
  
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• Joe Root must move back to number four to turn England's fortunes around

  31-08-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  BEFORE this summer began, Joe Root and Trevor Bayliss had a conversation that resulted in England’s Test captain reluctantly accepting he needed to bat at No3 for the good of the team.
  
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• England vs India LIVE stream: How to watch fourth Test on TV and online

  31-08-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND vs India live stream - how to watch fourth Test at Ageas Bowl on TV and online.
  
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• England v India Day One report: Sam Curran saves fragile top order in fourth Test

  31-08-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  GIVEN what they say about changing winning teams, not to mention his 100 per cent record in three matches to date, Sam Curran might feel aggrieved at having to restate his Test credentials so soon.
  
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