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• Root hopes Test cricket's Channel 4 return will stir next generation

  03-02-2021 23:00
  
  England captain will win 100th cap against India on FridayThe four-Test series is first to be shown on Channel 4 since 2005Joe Root hopes Test cricket’s return to terrestrial television captures the imagination of a new audience as the England captain gears up to win his 100th cap with a vow there are plenty more runs still to come from his bat.The four-match series against India that begins in Chennai on Friday will be the first Test cricket shown live on free-to-air television in the UK
  
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• England's Zak Crawley doubtful for first Test with India after slipping in nets

  03-02-2021 16:46
  
  Batsman has undergone scans on a possible broken wristEngland face rethink of batting order if No 3 drops outEngland’s plans for the Friday’s first Test against India have suffered a setback following the news that Zak Crawley has undergone scans on a possible broken wrist after slipping over at training.The return of Rory Burns from a recent spell of paternity leave meant that Crawley was expected to drop down to No 3 for the series-opener in Chennai, having opened the batting along
  
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• England's Zak Crawley doubtful for first Test with India after slipping at training

  03-02-2021 16:46
  
  Batsman has undergone scans on a possible broken wristEngland face rethink of batting order if No 3 drops outEngland’s plans for the Friday’s first Test against India have suffered a setback following the news that Zak Crawley has undergone scans on a possible broken wrist after slipping over at training.The return of Rory Burns from a recent spell of paternity leave meant that Crawley was expected to drop down to No 3 for the series-opener in Chennai, having opened the batting along
  
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• 'A long 16-year wait': Channel 4 confirms India v England Test TV rights

  03-02-2021 15:14
  
  Tests back on UK terrestrial TV for first time since 2005Series will begin on Friday with first Test in Chennai
  Test cricket will return to terrestrial television in the UK for the first time since the 2005 Ashes after Channel 4 confirmed it had won the rights to show England’s series against India that begins on Friday. Related: Channel 4 return would be a significant, poignant development for Test cricketContinue reading...
  
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• India v England: Channel 4 to broadcast tour for first live free-to-air Test coverage since 2005

  03-02-2021 15:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Channel 4 will broadcast England's upcoming tour of India - marking the first live coverage of Test cricket on terrestrial television since the 2005 Ashes.
  
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• The Hundred: Steve Smith and Mitchell Starc set to miss rescheduled competition

  03-02-2021 12:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia duo Steve Smith and Mitchell Starc are set to miss this summer's Hundred competition having not been retained by Welsh Fire.
  
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• Is cricket finally changing its attitude to parenthood and players' partners?

  03-02-2021 10:42
  
  The sport has not always been the most welcoming or respectful, but that may be improving in the era of player powerBy Phil Walker for Wisden Cricket MonthlyIt’s perhaps a mark of how far our game has come, that when Virat Kohli missed the bulk of the Australia Test series to be with his wife in the last weeks of her pregnancy, there was barely a dissenting voice. Indian cricket’s chorus of minor royals and fading gods were largely supportive, even if some kept schtum for fear of bei
  
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• England must learn from India's win in Australia if they hope to prosper

  03-02-2021 09:00
  
  Cheteshwar Pujara will hold the home side’s batting together while their pace-bowling options are as diverse as their spinnersTest tours of India are daunting. The conditions, the unfamiliarity, the intensity of interest. More daunting just after an India team missing 10 first-choice players has won a Test series in Australia, the other toughest mission in world cricket. With England having arrived for four Tests in Chennai and Ahmedabad, what can India’s last result warn them to loo
  
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• Joe Root's 100th Test: Brother Billy on growing up with a future legend

  03-02-2021 07:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Joe Root prepares for his 100th Test, younger brother Billy remembers tantrums, run-outs and nerve-wracking best man speeches.
  
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