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• England v India: Heather Knight wants five-day women's Tests after latest draw

  19-06-2021 21:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England captain Heather Knight says she would like to see women's Tests played over five days after their one-off match against India ends in a draw.
  
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• Sneh Rana’s superb rearguard effort denies England as India dig in for draw

  19-06-2021 20:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Day four of four: England 396-9dec; India 231 & 344-8England left frustrated after Rana’s unbeaten 80 on Test debut India secured a draw in the one-off Test here, batting out the whole of the fourth day to finish on 344 for eight, frustrating England’s hopes of pulling off a first Test win at home in 16 years.An astonishing rearguard effort from the No 8, Sneh Rana – who had not played an international since February 2016 but who racked up an unbeaten 80 on her Test debut &
  
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• Kohli and Rahane build platform for India against New Zealand

  19-06-2021 20:24 via theguardian.com
  
  India 146-3 v New ZealandBatsmen make patient progress between stoppagesThe World Test Championship final is proving to be a tease. The first two days have seen just 64.4 overs bowled but the quality of cricket on show so far suggests that, if rain and bad light can abate for the remainder of the match, a classic contest could yet unfold.A look at the forecast offers few guarantees here, even factoring in the reserve day. Either way, India will head into the third morning on 146 for three, their
  
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• ICC World Test Championship final: India keep New Zealand at bay before bad light halts play

  19-06-2021 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India captain Virat Kohli keeps New Zealand at bay but more bad weather blights the second day of the ICC World Test Championship final in Southampton.
  
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• England v India: Hosts draw Test with stubborn visitors

  19-06-2021 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England are denied a first Test victory since 2014 after a stubborn India ninth-wicket partnership ensures a draw on a tense final day of the one-off match in Bristol.
  
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• England v India: Hosts draw gripping Test after stubborn ninth-wicket partnership

  19-06-2021 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England are denied a first Test victory since 2014 after a stubborn India ninth-wicket partnership ensures a draw on the final day in Bristol.
  
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• India hold on to draw women’s Test match against England – as it happened

  19-06-2021 19:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Sneh Rana and Taniya Bhatia put on 104 for the 10th wicket to save the match for India 6.29pm BST Player of the match.Shafali Verma, a very popular winner of the Player of the Match award. What a gem. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/XNKjvGxyAP 6.16pm BST Rana and Bhatia did superbly well to ensure India came out of the match with a draw. They were certainly in deep trouble when they came together but they put on more than 100 for the ninth wicket.6.15pm BST 121st over: India 344-8 (Rana 80, Bhatia 44)R
  
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• India close on 146-3 in World Test Championship final, day two – as it happened

  19-06-2021 19:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Virat Kohli starred with 44 as the final continued to be disrupted by the weather 6.11pm BST Sure enough, the umpires have called it a day. They may need to have a stiff word with themselves for bringing the players off in the first place, when nobody was in danger. That was the moment when the WTC went WTF.The day belongs, narrowly, to India, who were put in to bat in conditions that could not have been more on New Zealand’s side if their name had been Jacinda. The Indian batting could ea
  
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• Olly Stone out for season with stress fracture as England suffer Ashes blow

  19-06-2021 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sussex’s George Garton handed first call-up to ODI squadBen Stokes due to return for Durham in T20 Blast fixtureEngland have seen their Ashes plans suffer a significant setback after Olly Stone was ruled out for the remainder of the season with a stress fracture to his lower back.The 27-year-old had been identified as one of three potential 90mph fast bowlers for the trip to Australia in November alongside Mark Wood and Jofra Archer, with pace absent from the attack that lost 4-0 during th
  
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• Olly Stone: England bowler out for season with stress fracture of the back

  19-06-2021 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England fast bowler Olly Stone is ruled out of the remainder of the summer with a stress fracture of the back.
  
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• ICC World Test Championship final: 'New Zealand needed that' - India's Rohit Sharma caught by Tim Southee

  19-06-2021 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rohit Sharma is caught by a diving Tim Southee at third slip on day two of the World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand at Southampton's Hampshire Bowl.
  
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• England v India: Katherine Brunt catch removes Shafali Verma

  19-06-2021 13:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's Katherine Brunt dismisses India's Shafali Verma with a fantastic catch on day four of the one-off Test at Bristol's County Ground.
  
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• England v India: women’s Test match, day four – live!

  19-06-2021 11:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Over-by-over updates from the one-off Test match in BristolThe Spin: sign up and get our free weekly cricket emailAnd you can email Simon or tweet him @Simon_Burnton 10.10am BST The rain that fell on the third day of England’s only Test of the summer has really messed things up a bit. It started at lunch, then after a little under 14 more overs it fell again, then they played another six, and then they were off for the rest of the day, with no play possible in the final session. It made it
  
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• India v New Zealand: World Test Championship final, day two – live!

  19-06-2021 10:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Over-by-over updates from the second day in SouthamptonThe Spin: sign up and get our free weekly cricket emailAnd you can email Geoff or tweet him @GeoffLemonSport 9.30am BST We already know India’s XI, because they confirmed it a couple of days ago.India
  Rohit Sharma
  Shubman Gill
  Cheteshwar Pujara
  Virat Kohli *
  Ajinkya Rahane
  Rishabh Pant +
  Ravindra Jadeja
  Ravichandran Ashwin
  Mohammed Shami
  Ishant Sharma
  Jasprit Bumrah 9.23am BST You know this bit. The OBO gets a bit lonely without compan
  
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