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• Joe Root is back and England need his runs to fight back against West Indies | Vic Marks

  15-07-2020 22:00
  
  The captain returns to boost England’s top order, while Sam Curran and Ollie Robinson also join the squad for Old TraffordNot to worry. Joe’s back. It is not that England were rudderless at the Ageas Bowl and missing Root’s dynamic leadership. But they were missing his runs. Root is the best batsman in the team, so at Old Trafford on Thursday there is every chance that compiling a significant score will not be such a tortuous exercise for an England side in the uncomfortable po
  
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• Joe Root is back and England need his runs to fight back against West Indies

  15-07-2020 22:00
  
  The captain returns to boost England’s top order, while Sam Curran and Ollie Robinson also join the squad for Old TraffordNot to worry. Joe’s back. It is not that England were rudderless at the Ageas Bowl and missing Root’s dynamic leadership. But they were missing his runs. Root is the best batsman in the team, so at Old Trafford on Thursday there is every chance that compiling a significant score will not be such a tortuous exercise for an England side in the uncomfortable po
  
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• Joe Root back at helm as England seek to level series with West Indies

  15-07-2020 22:00
  
  Sam Curran and Ollie Robinson also join the 13-man squadJason Holder’s side 1-0 up and likely to be unchangedNot to worry. Joe’s back. It is not that England were rudderless at the Ageas Bowl and missing Root’s dynamic leadership. But they were missing his runs. Root is the best batsman in the team, so at Old Trafford on Thursday there is every chance that compiling a significant score will not be such a tortuous exercise for an England side in the uncomfortable position of bei
  
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• Joe Root says it would be 'stupid' to write off Broad and Anderson

  15-07-2020 16:09
  
  Stuart Broad returns to side but Jimmy Anderson restedRoot replaces Joe Denly for Emirates Old Trafford TestJoe Root has revealed England are looking to move on from their record-breaking new-ball partnership of Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad but insists it would be “stupid” to write either of them off individually. Related: West Indies finally look ready to lay ghosts of legendary past to rest | Andy BullRelated: Big Bash League focuses on prime time to keep fans, broadcasters happ
  
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• England drop Joe Denly as Joe Root returns for second West Indies Test

  15-07-2020 16:09
  
  Joe Denly pays price for lean run of formRoot: ‘It’s a very difficult decision but we’ve gone a different way’England have dropped Joe Denly, as expected, for the second Test against West Indies starting on Thursday. The captain, Joe Root, returns at Old Trafford following the arrival of his second child, replacing the 34-year-old Denly.An average of 29.53 after 15 Tests, with no centuries, left the Kent batsman vulnerable and a confident knock of 76 from his county team-
  
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• Big Bash League focuses on prime time to keep fans, broadcasters happy

  15-07-2020 06:28
  
  Fewer afternoon games, and none in Alice Springs or MoeWBBL season will run from 17 October until 29 NovemberThe 10th edition of the Big Bash League will start in the shadows of the first Test between Australia and India in December, feature more prime-time matches and conclude on 6 February.The BBL will begin on 3 December with a clash at Adelaide Oval starting shortly after stumps on day one of the Test series opener in Brisbane. Cricket Australia also revealed on Wednesday that the WBBL seaso
  
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