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• Joe Root urges England to 'give everything' in final Test of summer

  20-08-2020 19:08
  
  Captain wants to end Pakistan series with strong performanceJofra Archer may return to the side in place of Sam Curran
  Joe Root has called on his England players to sign off from their “bizarre” summer of biosecure Test cricket by throwing everything at Pakistan and, more specifically, this means Jofra Archer letting the handbrake off to deliver some 90mph bursts.England’s red-ball cricketers will have spent nine weeks locked in the bubble – bar a handful of days at home
  
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• England v Pakistan: Joe Root calls for 'one big push'

  20-08-2020 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Captain Joe Root asks his England team for "one big push" in the third and final Test against Pakistan.
  
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• Azhar Ali backs Afridi and Shah to help level Test series with England

  20-08-2020 15:55
  
  Young quicks Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah to keep places‘You can’t buy experience without playing,’ Afridi says
  Azhar Ali will continue to back the two inexperienced quicks in his bowling attack as Pakistan look to level the Test series against England at the Rose Bowl and ease some of the swirling debate that surrounds his captaincy.Pakistan have won just two of their seven Tests since Azhar took over from Sarfaraz Ahmed last October and the softly spoken 35-year-old has pro
  
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• Durable duo Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson refuse to let it all go

  20-08-2020 13:51
  
  England’s swing bowlers may never again be paired together again overseas but they are likely to be so at the Rose Bowl, where only Sam Curran’s place is seemingly under scrutinyThey refuse to go away; they refuse to stop. Quite why Duracell has failed to use Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad in its advertising campaigns remains a mystery.At the beginning of this Test summer the talk was of rotation and there was the suggestion Anderson and Broad alternate in the team while lending the
  
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• Broad and Anderson likely to be in tandem for decisive Test with Pakistan

  20-08-2020 13:51
  
  Jofra Archer or Mark Wood may replace Sam CurranPakistan may recall second leg-spinner Shadab KhanThey refuse to go away; they refuse to stop. Quite why Duracell has failed to use Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad in its advertising campaigns remains a mystery. At the beginning of this Test summer the talk was of rotation and there was the suggestion that Anderson and Broad might alternate in the team while lending their experience to the younger, quicker pacemen in the squad.Broad was omitted fro
  
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• Broad and Anderson likely to be in tandem for deciding Test with Pakistan

  20-08-2020 13:51
  
  Jofra Archer or Mark Wood may replace Sam CurranPakistan may recall second leg-spinner Shadab KhanThey refuse to go away; they refuse to stop. Quite why Duracell has failed to use Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad in its advertising campaigns remains a mystery. At the beginning of this Test summer the talk was of rotation and there was the suggestion that Anderson and Broad might alternate in the team while lending their experience to the younger, quicker pacemen in the squad. Broad was omitted fr
  
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• BBC Elite British Sportswomen's Survey: Cricket Scotland promises support

  20-08-2020 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cricket Scotland says it will take action to support female players in response to the findings in the BBC Elite British Sportswomen's Survey.
  
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• England v Pakistan: Flexible start times agreed for third Test

  20-08-2020 11:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Flexible start times for England's third Test against Pakistan have been agreed after the second Test was ruined by rain and bad light.
  
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• Flexible start times can be used in England's third Test against Pakistan

  20-08-2020 11:39
  
  11am start will be brought forward to make up for lost timeIdea will be considered for future series played in EnglandFlexible start times have been introduced for the third Test between England and Pakistan, with match officials agreeing to “maximise playing time” in instances of bad light.The changes come in the aftermath of the drawn second Test between the sides, which was ruined as around three-and-a-half-days’ worth of play was lost to the weather, and following public su
  
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• Sachin Tendulkar: India cricket legend asks fans to find his first car

  20-08-2020 06:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Indian cricket legend says he misses his Maruti 800 and 'would like to get it back'.
  
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