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• England captain Joe Root praises Cook and Anderson after victory over India – video

  11-09-2018 23:54
  England's captain, Joe Root, praises Alastair Cook and Jimmy Anderson after their team completed a 4-1 series victory over India at the Oval with a 118-run win in the fifth and final Test. Record run scorer Alastair Cook finished his international career with the player of the match award and James Anderson reached 564 Test wickets, taking him past Australia's Glenn McGrath in the all-time list and making him the most successful fast bowler in Test history.  Jimmy Anderson’s
  
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• Jimmy Anderson is England’s best ever cricketer, says departing Alastair Cook

  11-09-2018 21:21
  • Retiring batsman hails bowler after landmark in fifth Test
  • Anderson became top wicket-taking paceman of all timeAfter a fairytale final week as an England cricketer, Alastair Cook looked to divert some of the adulation on to his old friend Jimmy Anderson by describing the newly crowned leading seam bowler in Test history as the country’s greatest ever cricketer. Related: Jimmy Anderson’s record wicket ensures England beat India in fifth TestRelated: Adil Rashid inflicts
  
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• Adil Rashid inflicts mortal wounds on India and can look to Sri Lanka

  11-09-2018 20:45
  Rashid had had a fruitless series until he dismissed both centurions to trigger England’s final canter to Test victoryEarly on this final day, when it looked as if the fifth Test would drift rather than sprint towards its likely outcome, the idea of filing a column with some series awards had begun to take shape. Adil Rashid was up for at least one. Perhaps Rashid might get Best Walking Around for his “invisible” game at Lord’s, where he walked close to 10 miles from midw
  
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• County cricket: Surrey close on title as Somerset lose to Hampshire

  11-09-2018 20:16
  Somerset lost inside two days as the Ageas Bowl to leave Surrey on the verge of the title, while the Roses derby is in the balance at Headingley 8.09pm BST Somerset lost by six wickets, in five sessions, at the Ageas Bowl, to leave Surrey within a fingernail of the title. Somerset were dismissed for 116 in their second innings, with six wickets for Kyle Abbott, after failing to reach 200 for the fourth innings in a row. Marcus Trescothick was the last man out for 50, Steve Davies the only other
  
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• County cricket: Surrey close on title as Somerset lose – as it happened

  11-09-2018 20:16
  Somerset lost inside two days as the Ageas Bowl to leave Surrey on the verge of the title, while the Roses derby is in the balance at Headingley 8.09pm BST Somerset lost by six wickets, in five sessions, at the Ageas Bowl, to leave Surrey within a fingernail of the title. Somerset were dismissed for 116 in their second innings, with six wickets for Kyle Abbott, after failing to reach 200 for the fourth innings in a row. Marcus Trescothick was the last man out for 50, Steve Davies the only other
  
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• England v India highlights: James Anderson breaks wicket-taking record as hosts complete 4-1 series win

  11-09-2018 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  England's James Anderson takes the final wicket to become the most successful fast bowler in Test cricket and secure a 118-run victory in the fifth Test against India at The Oval.
  
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• England beat India by 118 runs in fifth Test for 4-1 series win – as it happened

  11-09-2018 19:21
  Jimmy Anderson became the most prolific fast bowler in Test history, the last fairytale of an unforgettable victory that gave England a 4-1 series win over India 6.20pm BST The Who Writes Your Scripts Test of 2018 was one for the ages, and the whole series was probably the most entertaining in this country since 2005. On behalf of all the OBO writers, thanks for your company and emails throughout the summer. See you at 4am sharp for the first ODI in Sri Lanka, eh. 6.18pm BST James Anderson and A
  
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• England v India: James Anderson bowls Mohammed Shami to break Glenn McGrath's record

  11-09-2018 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  James Anderson bowls Mohammed Shami to claim his 564th Test wicket and surpass Glenn McGrath as the most successful fast bowler in Test history.
  
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• Stiff competition for Mo’s meanderer | Brief letters

  11-09-2018 18:46
  Moeen Ali | Railway speed records | Playboy Club VIP membership | 10,000 Groundhog Days | Lucy Mangan’s sisterI enjoyed Vic Marks’ felicitous reference to “Mo’s meanderer” – Moeen Ali’s off-break that doesn’t turn (Sport, 10 September). As a fellow off-spinner, I can claim to be an expert at this delivery. On the rare occasions that I get a wicket, I am often asked: “Was that the ‘arm ball’?” My unvarying response is: &
  
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• Jimmy Anderson’s record wicket ensures England beat India in fifth Test

  11-09-2018 18:44
  • England 332 & 423-8dec: India 292 & 345
  • England win by 118 runs and series 4-1Actually Tuesday was not a bad day to be there either. On Monday there were records galore and the fondest of farewells. But now there was an unexpected turn when most had assumed that there would merely be a routine finale to a diverting season: instead there was a brief intrusion of the glorious uncertainty, which can be even better. For a moment or two there was a flicker of a chance that India
  
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• England v India: Adil Rashid produces 'Shane Warne-like' delivery to dismiss KL Rahul

  11-09-2018 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  England's Adil Rashid produces a fantastic 'Shane Warne-like' delivery to dismiss KL Rahul for 149.
  
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• England v India: tourists five down, chasing 464 on fifth Test final day – live!

  11-09-2018 17:02
  Live updates as Alastair Cook bows out on final day of seriesBroad revealed to be playing with broken ribCounty cricket live! Updates from around the groundsAnd you can email Simon here with your thoughts, or tweet him here 4.02pm BST 76th over: India 305-5 (Rahul 142, Pant 108) He’s at it again! Pant cracks the ball down the ground and into the stands! The next ball nearly ended it, though, as the ball flew off the inside edge and bounced just wide of the stumps. 3.59pm BST They’re
  
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• England v India: Rishabh Pant reaches first Test century with a six at The Oval

  11-09-2018 16:53 via bbc.co.uk
  India's 20-year-old wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant brings up his maiden Test century with a huge six on the final day of the fifth Test.
  
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• England v India: tourists five down on final day of fifth Test – live!

  11-09-2018 14:48
  Live updates as Alastair Cook bows out on final day of seriesBroad revealed to be playing with broken ribCounty cricket live! Updates from around the groundsAnd you can email Simon here with your thoughts, or tweet him here 1.48pm BST 47th over: India 172-5 (Rahul 112, Pant 17) Rashid, having bowled the final over before lunch, keeps going and Pant cuts the final ball away for four. 1.45pm BST 46th over: India 170-5 (Rahul 110, Pant 13) Moeen gets the session started. “I reckon England nee
  
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• England v India: Moeen Ali removes Ajinkya Rahane

  11-09-2018 13:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Moeen Ali dismisses India's Ajinkya Rahane for 37 as England break through on the final morning of the fifth Test at The Oval.
  
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• Stuart Broad revealed to be playing in final Test with broken rib

  11-09-2018 12:32
  • Paceman was hit batting in first innings by Jasprit Bumrah
  • He will not play again this season after final day of fifth TestStuart Broad broke a rib on the second morning of the fifth Test but it could not prevent him claiming the prized wicket of Virat Kohli first ball.The 32-year-old, whose removal of the Indian captain was one of the last interventions of a fourth day dripping in emotion from Alastair Cook’s 33rd and final Test century, has been bowling through the pain all
  
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• England v India: fifth Test, day five – live!

  11-09-2018 12:13
  Live updates as Alastair Cook bows out on final day of seriesCounty cricket live! Updates from around the groundsAnd you can email Rob here with your thoughts 11.13am BST 21st over: India 65-3 (Rahul 52, Rahane 11) It’s been a quiet start to the day, with not much movement for Anderson and Broad. We might see Moeen Ali earlier than expected.“Just to expand slightly upon the point John Withington made at 10:24, it is interesting when sportspeople announce their impending retirement be
  
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• County cricket: Middlesex v Kent, Somerset v Hants and more – live!

  11-09-2018 12:13
  Updates from around the county grounds
  England v India: fifth Test, day five – live!You can email Tanya here or tweet her here 11.13am BST An early lunch being taken at Trent Bridge and Sophia Gardens. UPDATE | It's still raining here at Trent Bridge and there'll be an early lunch taken at noon #NottsvEss pic.twitter.com/YCKaJ8Twew 11.09am BST Oh Somerset, come on! 13/3. .. Abbott 3/10.. 11.04am BST And so it continues... Durham all out 103. Sussex 0 for one, Tom Haines for a duck.11.01am
  
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• Alastair Cook's England career: The Test Match Special team reminisce

  11-09-2018 07:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The Test Match Special team share their favourite memories from Alastair Cook's remarkable and record-breaking England career.
  
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• Australia set for mix of youth and experience for first Test series since ball tampering scandal

  11-09-2018 02:36
  Two-Test series against Pakistan starts 7 October Five players missing due to suspension or injuryNational selectors are set to call upon fresh faces and seasoned veterans in one of the most heavily depleted Australian Test squads in recent memory.The monumental task facing Justin Langer in his first red-ball campaign since taking the national coaching reins will be underscored on Tuesday when he unveils a 15-man squad to face Pakistan in two Tests in the UAE next month. Related: Alastair Cook s
  
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• Australia opt for mix of old heads and inexperience in first Tests since scandal

  11-09-2018 02:36
  Two-Test series against Pakistan starts 7 October Five players named are yet to make Test debutBatsmen Aaron Finch and Travis Head and paceman Brendan Doggett are among five uncapped Test players included in Australia’s squad for a two-match series against Pakistan.Doggett, a 24-year-old Queenslander who made his first-class debut less than a year ago, Finch and Head are joined by Marnus Labuschagne and Michael Neser in the squad. Related: Alastair Cook says ‘dreams come true’
  
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• Daddy of all cricketers Alastair Cook goes out on a high

  11-09-2018 01:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  ALASTAIR Cook ended his record-breaking international cricket career with a fairy-tale farewell century – on the day his wife was due to give birth to their third child. There were extraordinary scenes at The Oval as Cook hit a magnificent 147 in his final Test innings to end his career as the most successful batsman in English Test history.
  
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