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• England’s Jack Leach cites ‘weird thoughts’ during nervous nineties

  25-07-2019 21:17
  • Nightwatchman falls eight runs short of century against Ireland
  • ‘I can’t believe. I just tried to soak up some balls,’ says LeachJack Leach said on Thursday night that he now knew about the nervous nineties, after falling just eight runs short of a famous century as England’s nightwatchman on day two of the Test against Ireland at Lord’s. Related: Jack Leach leads England fightback but Ireland remain in hunt for Test winRelated: Jack Leach makes up for
  
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• Jack Leach makes up for England’s lack of leadership at top of order | Andy Bull

  25-07-2019 20:52
  In front of some Tory grandees now with time on their hands, Somerset’s Leach applied all his skill to record his highest scoreThere was a bevy of merry ex-ministers at Lord’s, demob-happy evictees from the Tory cabinet – Greg Clark, David Gauke, Gavin Barwell and Theresa May, sipping on something long, cold and fizzy. It seems it has become something of a Tory tradition, after John Major spent the very first day after he lost the prime ministership watching Surrey thrash the B
  
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• Jack Leach makes up for England’s lack of leadership at top of order

  25-07-2019 20:52
  In front of some Tory grandees now with time on their hands, Somerset’s Leach applied all his skill to record his highest scoreThere was a bevy of merry ex-ministers at Lord’s, demob-happy evictees from the Tory cabinet – Greg Clark, David Gauke, Gavin Barwell and Theresa May, sipping on something long, cold and fizzy. It seems it has become something of a Tory tradition, after John Major spent the very first day after he lost the prime ministership watching Surrey thrash the B
  
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• England collapse after second-wicket 145 stand v Ireland at Lord's

  25-07-2019 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  An England batting collapse gives Ireland the upper hand despite nightwatchman Jack Leach's second-wicket stand of 145 with Jason Roy on day two at Lord's.
  
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• Jack Leach leads England fightback but Ireland remain in hunt for Test win

  25-07-2019 20:01
  • England 85 and 303-9; Ireland 207
  • Nightwatchman Leach hits 92 but Rory Burns strugglesYet another see-sawing, captivating day’s play at Lord’s ended with England’s first Test against Ireland in the balance. England lead by 181 runs with one wicket remaining. So history still beckons for the visitors and humiliation hovers for the hosts, especially since England seemed to have batted themselves out of trouble via a most unexpected source, only to subside later in t
  
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• England v Ireland: day two abandoned at Lord's after lightning – as it happened

  25-07-2019 19:33
  The nightwatchman Jack Leach made a superb 92 before another England collapse left Ireland with a chance of an astonishing victory 6.30pm BST The covers are on, with thunderstorms forecast, so there will no more play today. England will resume tomorrow with a lead of 181; Ireland’s players will arrive at Lord’s knowing they have a great chance to beat England, in a Test match, at Lord’s. Good luck getting a good night’s sleep, chaps. 6.29pm BST Don't think Ireland will be
  
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• England v Ireland: 'Quite incredible' - Jason Roy loses shoe

  25-07-2019 15:56 via bbc.co.uk
  England batsman Jason Roy loses a shoe in the process of avoiding a short ball from Mark Adair in their Test with Ireland at Lord's.
  
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• England v Ireland: Opener Rory Burns out cheaply as England trail Ireland

  25-07-2019 12:57 via bbc.co.uk
  England opening batsman Rory Burns falls early on day two of their Test match with Ireland at Lord's.
  
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• England v Ireland: Lord's Test day two – live!

  25-07-2019 11:21
  England set to begin second innings at 11am BSTAndy Bull: Murtagh dishes out just desertsGet in touch! Email Tanya or tweet @tjaldred 10.21am BST With the mercury due to touch 39 degrees today at Lord’s - playing and watching is likely to be an extremely uncomfortable experience. The MCC have made contingency measures for spectators - air-conditioned rooms, plenty of water, no jackets for members. But for players, things are more unclear .Joe Root was hospitalized during the last Ashes Tes
  
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• Cricket Australia unveils family-friendly Big Bash finals revamp

  25-07-2019 02:25
  Shorter season announced to bid to win back crowdsTeams finishing first and second get double chance Five teams will face off in a revamped Big Bash finals format aimed at rewarding the top finishers and adding intrigue to the end of the season. Cricket Australia has unveiled fixtures for the 2019-20 season, with the finals reboot one of several measures targeted to winning back families.Average crowds dropped in every state’s capital city during the expanded 2018-19 campaign, which spanne
  
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• England coach Graham Thorpe insists Ireland collapse no cause for panic as Ashes approach

  25-07-2019 01:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  GRAHAM THORPE said there is no need to hit the panic button a week away from the start of the Ashes despite England being rolled over for 85 by an Ireland side led by journeyman Tim Murtagh.
  
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• Ireland hero Tim Murtagh over the moon as 5-13 haul brings England stars down to earth

  25-07-2019 01:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  DIAL M for Murtagh. Ten days ago an Irishman triumphantly lifted a World Cup at Lord’s for England. On Wednesday it was an Englishman’s turn to answer his adopted country’s call and create a day almost as dreamlike in its own way for Ireland at the home of cricket.
  
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• England count cost of World Cup hangover as Ireland leave Joe Root and co with headache

  25-07-2019 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  DESPITE embarrassment writ large on the scoreboard on a chastening day there remains a good chance the remnants of England’s World Cup hangover will have cleared before the end of this Test.
  
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