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• What now for Moeen Ali, the England star forever cast in a walk-on part | Andy Bull

  16-02-2021 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The all-rounder can sometimes make Test cricket look easy but England have made things feel very complicated It was early in the day but late in the game when Moeen Ali got to the middle. England were 116 for seven, and 365 runs behind. They had lost four wickets already that morning, and they made for painful viewing. Tied up in knots by India’s spinners, their batsmen seemed to have adopted a new team policy of trying to play positively. Dan Lawrence was yorked charging down the pitch, O
  
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• The Spin | 'The boys are obsessed': lockdown has not stopped budding young cricketers

  16-02-2021 14:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Families have found ingenious ways to keep playing despite Covid-19 lockdowns bringing amateur cricket to a haltIt was on one of those dutiful lockdown-three walks, double-socked, chilblains heavy in coat pocket, that I first saw it. There, behind a hedge in a small Manchester garden, was a full-sized cricket net. I checked again the next time I trudged that way, yes, definitely a net.A note through the letterbox later and Tayyab Akhlaq and his three boys, 12-year-old Hassan, 10-year-old Mohsin
  
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• 'We were outplayed': Joe Root's England slump to crushing 317-run defeat against India – video

  16-02-2021 12:29 via theguardian.com
  
  India have won the second Test in convincing style securing a crushing defeat over England by 317 runs. It was always going to be an uphill battle with a chase of 482. However it proved to be a day to remember for India’s spinners as they took all 10 wickets in Chennai. The series is now tied at 1-1 at the halfway point in the series. Joe Root’s side now travel to Ahmedabad looking to redeem themselves after a near-record defeat.
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• India v England: Virat Kohli defends controversial Chennai pitch

  16-02-2021 12:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India captain Virat Kohli his side showed more "grit" than England on a surface where 32 of the 40 wickets fell to spin.
  
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• 'Moeen has chosen to go home': Root comments prompt storm over spinner

  16-02-2021 12:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Tourists will have to do without all-rounder for rest of series‘We’ve come to a point where he wants to get out of the bubble’Moeen Ali blazed five sixes at the end of England’s heavy defeat to India in the second Test but the storm followed afterwards when it was confirmed he is sticking to a pre-agreed plan to rest and will now fly home.The all-rounder, 33, is the latest multi-format player to take time out of England’s three-month subcontinental tour but having j
  
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• Moeen Ali returning home as England hope to recover from India mauling

  16-02-2021 12:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Tourists will have to do without allrounder for rest of seriesRoot: ‘Moeen has chosen to go home – it’s been a tricky tour’England will have to do without Moeen Ali as they try and bounce back from their thrashing in the second Test against India, after captain Joe Root revealed the all-rounder had opted out of the remainder of the series. Related: India win second Test against England by 317 runs – as it happenedContinue reading...
  
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• Joe Root acknowledges mistake in saying Moeen Ali 'chose' to go home

  16-02-2021 12:21 via theguardian.com
  
  England all-rounder to leave India as part of rotation planCaptain appeared to imply the decision was down to MoeenJoe Root has spoken to Moeen Ali privately and acknowledged his mistake after leaving the all-rounder open to criticism from supporters by calling his pre-agreed break from the India tour “a choice”.As a multi-format player, Moeen is the latest to take time out of the three-month subcontinental tour as part of England’s rest and rotation policy that has led Ben Sto
  
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• India v England: Moeen Ali chooses to miss final two Tests

  16-02-2021 10:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  All-rounder Moeen Ali will return home despite taking eight wickets in the second-Test defeat by India, his first Test since 2019.
  
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• India win second Test against England by 317 runs – as it happened

  16-02-2021 10:12 via theguardian.com
  
  England suffered another batting collapse in Chennai as India levelled the series 8.00am GMT And that’s about it folks. The caravan rolls along to Ahmedabad, where the third Test will start in eight days time. What a series this is turning out to be, I can’t wait! England can take some small pleasures with them. The superb form of Foakes, who showed just good he is behind the stumps, garnering praise from Adam Gilchrist to VVS Laxman. Moeen Ali, rusty and who suffered from full-toss-
  
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• India skittle England out for crushing 317-run victory in second Test

  16-02-2021 09:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Tourists bowled out shortly after lunch on day fourIndia 329 & 286 all out; England 134 & 164 all outThe series scoreline reads 1-1 at the halfway stage but the moods of the two teams will differ greatly. India did a number on England in the second Test, dominating from the outset such that only an incendiary 18-ball 43 from Moeen Ali during the last rites prevented it being their record victory by way of runs.When Moeen was last man out, stumped by Risbabh Pant to see England 164 all ou
  
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• India v England: Hosts win second Test by 317 runs in Chennai

  16-02-2021 09:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England succumb to an inevitable 317-run defeat by India on the fourth day of the second Test in Chennai.
  
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• India win second Test against England by 317 runs – reaction!

  16-02-2021 09:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Over-by-over updates from the fourth day in ChennaiAli Martin: Ashwin puts India in complete controlGet in touch! Email Tanya or tweet @tjaldred8.00am GMT And that’s about it folks. The caravan rolls along to Ahmedabad, where the third Test will start in eight days time. What a series this is turning out to be, I can’t wait! England can take some small pleasures with them. The superb form of Foakes, who showed just good he is behind the stumps, garnering praise from Adam Gilchrist to
  
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• England beaten by New Zealand XI in final tour game

  16-02-2021 06:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England lose their last tour game before the limited-overs series against New Zealand starts on Monday.
  
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