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• Moved to tears by a frontline doctor | Brief letters

  08-02-2021 18:10
  
  The Covid frontline | Ageism | Elton John | Matt Hancock and Contagion | CricketI have not shed any tears during the pandemic – not for the mawkish sentimentality around “celebrity” deaths or “heroes”, but I shed a great many reading the first-hand experience of Dr Rachel Clarke and her colleagues (‘I’ve been called Satan’: Dr Rachel Clarke on facing abuse in the Covid crisis, 6 February). A moving and beautiful piece of writing that deserves to be
  
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• Jack Leach has character to bounce back from Pant pasting, says coach

  08-02-2021 16:42
  
  England coach Jon Lewis delighted with spinner’s response‘We are very comfortable with the position we are in’Jack Leach, who took a pasting from Rishabh Pant in the first innings, has been given a vote of confidence from the England camp as he prepares for his key role on the final day of the first Test against India on Tuesday.The tourists need nine wickets to secure victory in the series opener with a lead of 380 but any worries that the Somerset spinner, who was hit for fiv
  
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• Jack Leach has character to bounce back from Pant pasting, says bowling coach

  08-02-2021 16:42
  
  England coach Jon Lewis delighted with spinner’s response‘We are very comfortable with the position we are in’Jack Leach, who took a pasting from Rishabh Pant in the first innings, has been given a vote of confidence from the England camp as he prepares for his key role on the final day of the first Test against India on Tuesday.The tourists need nine wickets to secure victory in the series opener with a lead of 380 but any worries that the Somerset spinner, who was hit for fiv
  
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• Dan Lawrence digs in for forgettable innings he will remember forever | Andy Bull

  08-02-2021 15:57
  
  England No 3’s hour-long 18 in Chennai must have been about the hardest little stretch of batting he has ever had to doIt was a hot, humid afternoon in Chennai, the grandstands at Chepauk were empty, but the atmosphere in the middle looked close and claustrophobic. England were 241 runs ahead, but you would never have guessed it from the way the Indian fielders were buzzing. Ravi Ashwin had just had Rory Burns caught at slip off the very first ball of the innings, a devilish delivery that
  
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• Dan Lawrence digs in for forgettable innings he will long remember | Andy Bull

  08-02-2021 15:57
  
  England No 3’s hour-long 18 in Chennai must have been about the hardest little stretch of batting he has had to doIt was a hot, humid afternoon in Chennai, the grandstands at Chepauk were empty, but the atmosphere in the middle looked close and claustrophobic. England were 241 runs ahead, but you would never have guessed it from the way the Indian fielders were buzzing. Ravi Ashwin had just had Rory Burns caught at slip off the very first ball of the innings, a devilish delivery that drift
  
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• Ireland's ODI & T20 tour of Zimbabwe postponed because of Covid-19 concerns

  08-02-2021 15:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland's white-ball tour of Zimbabwe is postponed indefinitely because of the Covid-19 situation in the country.
  
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• India v England: Ishant Sharma says hosts can chase 420 to win first Test

  08-02-2021 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India will target victory and not just survival on the final day of the first Test against England, says seamer Ishant Sharma.
  
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• Joe Root opts not to declare as England set India target of 420 to win first Test

  08-02-2021 13:23
  
  First Test, day four: England 578 and 178; India 257-6 and 39-1Jack Leach takes wicket of Rohit to set up compelling final dayEngland backed their bowlers to finish India off on day five of the first Test in Chennai, after opting not to buy extra time in the game with a declaration. Related: England need nine wickets to beat India in first Test – as it happenedRelated: Rishabh Pant leads record-breaking chase as India beat Australia to fourth Test and seriesRelated: Gambling affordability
  
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• England need nine wickets to beat India in first Test – as it happened

  08-02-2021 12:38
  
  India closed day four on 39-1, requiring 420 for a most unlikely win against England in Chennai11.38am GMT India need 381 further runs to win; England nine wickets. On the evidence of that brief session, the former is far more likely with the pitch giving plenty of assistance to the spinners in particular. As the television coverage comes to an end at Chennai, we see a shot of Kohli on the field in his full kit doing a bit of shadow batting - all eyes will be on him tomorrow. All told, another e
  
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• England set India target of 420 to win first Test – live!

  08-02-2021 11:46
  
  Over-by-over report of the action in ChennaiBess delighted by ‘special dismissal’ of KohliSimon Burnton: Pant’s aggression vindicated for IndiaEmail Adam or tweet @collinsadam10.46am GMT 1st over: India 0-0 (Rohit 0, Gill 0). Target 420. Archer gets the first over rather than Anderson - interesting. Good carry from a decent channel in and around the off-stump. Later in the maiden, Rohit wants to pull but thinks better of it when the short ball arrives.10.41am GMT Some quick cor
  
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• Pakistan v South Africa: Hasan Ali takes 5-60 as hosts seal 2-0 series win

  08-02-2021 11:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pakistan complete a 2-0 series clean sweep over South Africa with a 95-run win in the second Test in Rawalpindi.
  
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• Pakistan blitz South Africa with new ball to claim second Test and series

  08-02-2021 11:00
  
  Fast bowler Hasan Ali completes maiden test 10-wicket haulPakistan 272 & 298 all out; South Africa 201 & 274 all outFast bowler Hasan Ali’s maiden test 10-wicket haul gave Pakistan its first series win over South Africa in 18 years as they beat the Proteas by 95 runs in the second test on Monday.Hasan, who bagged five wickets in the first innings, tormented the Proteas again returning figures of 5-60 and South Africa collapsed to 274 all out after lunch on the last day. The last ti
  
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