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• England’s Heather Knight narrowly misses century before India fight back

  16-06-2021 21:17
  
  Day one of four: England 269-6 v IndiaCaptain Knight scores 95 but her exit sparks mini collapseHeather Knight fell agonisingly short of becoming the first Englishwoman to score a Test century since she herself achieved the feat in 2013, with the captain trapped leg before wicket for 95 by her former Western Storm teammate Deepti Sharma in the 79th over of the first day of Test cricket between these sides since 2014.Knight, who arrived at the crease shortly before lunch, batted for two sessions
  
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• England’s Heather Knight falls narrowly short of century before India fightback

  16-06-2021 21:17
  
  Day one of four: England 269-6 Captain Knight scores 95 but her exit sparks mini collapseHeather Knight fell agonisingly short of becoming the first Englishwoman to score a Test century since she herself achieved the feat in 2013, with the captain trapped leg before wicket for 95 by her former Western Storm teammate Deepti Sharma in the 79th over of the first day of Test cricket between these sides since 2014.Knight, who arrived at the crease shortly before lunch, batted for two sessions in a ch
  
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• England v India: Captain Heather Knight hits 95 but India fight back - highlights

  16-06-2021 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A stellar effort from captain Heather Knight and a late collapse from England provide an intriguing end to day one of their one-off Test against India at Bristol.
  
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• England v India: women’s Test match, day one – as it happened

  16-06-2021 19:55
  
  Heather Knight fell narrowly short of a century on the first day of the one-off Test in Bristol 6.44pm BST A very good day of Test cricket in the end. England got off to a very bright start thanks to Lauren Winfield-Hill, who belted a couple of sixes in a cheerful display. Tammy Beaumont kept going when Heather knight came to the middle, with the former making 66 and the latter very nearly getting a century with 95. But from 230 for 2, that’s when India started clawing back into the game.
  
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• England v India: 'What a catch!' Beaumont dismissed by sensational diving effort

  16-06-2021 16:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A delivery from Sneh Rana results in a sensational one-handed catch from India's Shafali Verma, dismissing England's Tammy Beaumont for 66 on day one of the Test at Bristol.
  
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• England v India: 'A mighty blow!' England's Lauren Winfield-Hill hits big six

  16-06-2021 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Opener Lauren Winfield-Hill launches Pooja Vastrakar's delivery for six during day one of the Test between England and India at the Bristol County Ground
  
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• India v New Zealand: How the World Test Championship finalists shape up

  16-06-2021 13:17
  
  Contrasting cricketing nations meet on Friday with a $1.6m bonanza for the winners – but the real prize on offer is gloryCricket, like an elderly relative, prefers to take its time. After inventing the Test match in 1877, it needed 94 years to come up with the one-day international. Now, another 50 years on, we finally have a World Test Championship. Naturally this entailed a qualifying process that was too fiddly for a mere fan to fathom. It ran for only two years, one of them ravaged by
  
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• England v India: women’s Test match, day one – live!

  16-06-2021 11:28
  
  Updates from the first day of the one-off Test in BristolEngland forced to play Test on used men’s T20 pitchAnd you can contact Tanya by email or on Twitter 10.28am BST An email! Thank you Em Jackson.“I’ll watch basically all and any sport, so whilst it’s a shame about the pitch, as a generalist, will it make all that much difference apart from, one assumes, take spin earlier from being roughed up? Comments gratefully received.“Mind you, that being said, it’s
  
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• Steve Smith and David Warner missing from Australia’s white ball tours

  16-06-2021 07:15
  
  Pair among big names to miss West Indies and Bangladesh toursInjured Smith to focus on recovering ahead of T20 World Cup
  Australia will take a depleted squad to the West Indies and Bangladesh after several big names, including David Warner, Pat Cummins and Glenn Maxwell, opted out of the upcoming white ball tours.Steve Smith, who is nursing an elbow injury, is also missing from the final 18-man group that will depart for the West Indies on 28 June to play five T20 internationals and three one-da
  
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