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• Jofra Archer unfazed after being outpaced by Pakistan's Naseem Shah

  06-08-2020 22:08 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘We’ll see how he goes on tomorrow morning or afternoon’Coach Misbah-ul-Haq full of praise for bowling attack
  England face an uphill struggle to escape from the first Test against Pakistan with anything but a defeat following a new-ball display from the tourists that felt barely permissible before the watershed.England were reduced to 12 for three 5.3 overs into their reply to Pakistan’s 326 all out and sat 92 for four by the close. Ollie Pope remains unbeaten on 46, with
  
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• Jos Buttler left muttering into his fallible gloves after difficult day | Andy Bull

  06-08-2020 21:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Wicketkeeper was a shadow of himself – and the player England believe he is – after dropped catches and fluffed run-out chanceThe ball was one of the better ones Dom Bess had bowled. It flew in a loop and as Shan Masood lunged out it landed, bit on the pitch and spun away, moving just enough to catch the outside edge of his bat.Masood snapped his head back to watch the catch but by the time he had turned around Jos Buttler had already missed it. The ball hit the heel of the wicketkee
  
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• England get first Test jitters again after Shan Masood grinds bowlers down

  06-08-2020 21:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Pakistan 326; England 92-4England let Pakistan off hook before top-order collapseEngland’s wretched record in the first Test of a series is in danger of continuing. Their situation after a compelling, topsy-turvy day is not irretrievable but it remains serious. Pakistan, indebted to a superb century by Shan Masood, his fourth in Test cricket and probably his best, reached 326, a substantial score on a dry surface that is anticipated to become dustier as the game proceeds. By the close Engl
  
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• England get first Test jitters again after Shan Masood century inspires Pakistan

  06-08-2020 21:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Day two: Pakistan 326; England 92-4Masood hits 156 before before England’s top-order collapseEngland’s wretched record in the first Test of a series is in danger of continuing. Their situation after a compelling, topsy-turvy day is not irretrievable but it remains serious.Pakistan, indebted to a superb century by Shan Masood – his fourth in Test cricket and probably his best – reached 326, a substantial score on a dry surface that is anticipated to become dustier as the g
  
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• England legend Ben Stokes is a 'national icon' and the country's best EVER - Graeme Swann

  06-08-2020 17:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  England cricket legend Ben Stokes is the country's best ever all-rounder and a "national icon", according to former England spin bowler Graeme Swann, as Joe Root's side are frustrated by Pakistan in Day Two of the first Test, at Old Trafford.
  
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• Dr Samara Afzal: The cricket trailblazer honoured by Chris Woakes

  06-08-2020 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Meet Dr Samara Afzal who was one of the first Asian women to play for Warwickshire, and whose name was worn by England bowler Chris Woakes during the Test series with West Indies.
  
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• England v Pakistan: Stuart Broad dismisses Asad Shafiq

  06-08-2020 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England get their second wicket of the morning as Stuart Broad dismisses Asad Shafiq in the first Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford.
  
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• England v Pakistan: James Anderson dismisses Babar Azam

  06-08-2020 12:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Anderson removes Pakistan dangerman Babar Azam who edges to Joe Root in the first over of the second day of the first Test at Old Trafford.
  
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• Pakistan's bubble sacrifices can smooth edge to old England rivalry

  06-08-2020 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A traditionally hostile match-up is shaping up to be a little warmer thanks to the tourists answering the ECB’s callA friend asked what hooliganism, depression, rickets and economic stagnation have in common. His answer was that at different times they have all been known overseas as “the English disease”. The odd thing was that superciliousness wasn’t among them, too. The first time Pakistan came to play in Britain, their players were surprised to find that a lot of Engl
  
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