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• Jimmy Anderson calls for more leeway over bad light after frustrating day

  14-08-2020 22:08 via theguardian.com
  
  England bowled only 40 overs after 12.30 because of bad lightAnderson: ‘It didn’t seem like the batsmen were struggling’Jimmy Anderson questioned whether there could be more leeway when it comes to bad light following an unsatisfactory second day in Southampton that stayed dry after play began at 12.30pm yet saw only 40.2 overs bowled.Bad light forced an early tea at 4.12pm – despite Pakistan’s T20 squad continuing a warm-up match on the adjacent ground without floo
  
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• England v Pakistan: Michael Vaughan says pink ball could be used in all Tests

  14-08-2020 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pink ball could be used in all Test cricket to avoid play being lost to bad light, says former England captain Michael Vaughan.
  
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• England v Pakistan analysis: Michael Vaughan says ICC has to solve light issues

  14-08-2020 20:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former England captain Michael Vaughan says that the ICC need to "create a solution" after bad light ends play prematurely once again during the second Test of the series between England and Pakistan.
  
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• England v Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan & weather frustrate hosts

  14-08-2020 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England are frustrated by gritty Pakistan batting and more bad weather on day two of the second Test at the Ageas Bowl.
  
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• England v Pakistan highlights: Mohammad Rizwan hits fifty as bad light stops play

  14-08-2020 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch highlights from the second day's play between England and Pakistan as Mohammad Rizwan's battling 60 keeps the tourists in the game on another interrupted day at the Ageas Bowl.
  
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• Jimmy Anderson shows there is plenty of life in oldest swinger | Andy Bull

  14-08-2020 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  It was rumoured that England’s leading Test wicket-taker was on the verge of retirement after a poor return at Old Trafford – 38-year-olds are not allowed the luxury of inconsistencyIt looked like the simplest little trick, as predictable and familiar as a father’s are to his teenage son. In the first over of this Test, Jimmy Anderson bowled five deliveries across Shan Masood, which made him lean across and reach for the ball outside off. Then, in his second over, Anderson swun
  
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• Bad-light rules frustrate England and Stuart Broad as Pakistan dig deep

  14-08-2020 20:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Second Test, day two: Pakistan 223-9Mohammad Rizwan grinds through gloom for 60 not outSo much creative, lateral thinking has been required to put on the two Test series in England this summer. Everyone has had to be unusually flexible; regulations have been bent so that the necessity of “neutral” umpires has been abandoned; Chris Broad has been refereeing a match in which his son has been playing and then cheered us all up by fining him £2,000 and nobody complained. So many sa
  
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• England v Pakistan: Shaheen Afridi run-out by Sibley

  14-08-2020 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shaheen Afridi is run out from the non-striker's end by Dom Sibley without troubling the scorers after a catastrophic mix-up in the second Test between England and Pakistan.
  
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• T20 Finals Day: Warwickshire CEO Stuart Cain hopeful of 5,000-8,000 crowd

  14-08-2020 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warwickshire chief executive Stuart Cain tells BBC CWR he hopes Edgbaston could be allowed as many as 8,000 fans for T20 Finals Day on 3 October.
  
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• England v Pakistan: Jos Buttler misses Rizwan catch

  14-08-2020 15:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Under-pressure wicketkeeper Jos Buttler parries a tough chance down the leg side after a Mohammad Rizwan edge in the second Test between England and Pakistan.
  
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• England v Pakistan: Babar Azam misses out on a half-century as England take a crucial wicket

  14-08-2020 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stuart Broad takes the big wicket of Babar Azam as the Pakistan batsman nicks behind after lunch during the second day of the second Test at Southampton.
  
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• England v Pakistan: play delayed on day two of second Test – live!

  14-08-2020 12:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the second day of play at the Ageas BowlAustralia get green light for limited-overs tour of EnglandAnd feel free to email your thoughts to Rob 11.13am BST “I am cheered that the world has come round to my way of thinking with your confirmation that 35 is the new 40,” says Ian Copestake. “I do however live in an even braver new world in which 51 is the new 35. Join us.” 11.08am BST “With regards to John Starbuck’s email, last year the Australians w
  
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• England v Australia: Twenty20 & one-day internationals announced

  14-08-2020 08:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England will play three Twenty20s and three one-day internationals against Australia next month.
  
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• Cricket Australia gets green light for limited overs tour of England

  14-08-2020 07:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Australia’s men’s team to play three ODIs and three T20sMatches will be played in Manchester and SouthamptonAustralia’s delayed trip to England will go ahead next month after Cricket Australia and the England and Wales Cricket Board agreed to detailed biosecurity and travel plans. The Australian government on Wednesday granted exemptions for outbound travel for the touring squad in what will be the first international tour undertaken by an Australian national sporting team sinc
  
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