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• England v Pakistan ODI: Phil Salt shines as England secure ODI series win over Pakistan

  10-07-2021 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch some of the best shots as Phil Salt scores 60 helping England beat Pakistan by 52 runs in the second one-day international at Lord's.
  
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• England v Pakistan: Hosts win by 52 runs at Lord's to clinch series with game to spare

  10-07-2021 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England complete another impressive victory over Pakistan in the second one-day international to clinch the series with a game to spare.
  
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• England beat Pakistan by 52 runs to win series – as it happened

  10-07-2021 20:49
  
  A fine all-round effort by Lewis Gregory and wonderful bowling from Saqib Mahmood took England to victory 8.00pm BST Here is the report.Related: England clinch ODI triumph against Pakistan despite Hasan Ali heroics7.47pm BST A late email arrives from Colum Fordham: “I liked your description of Babar Azam’s sumptuous on-drive as being like lavender shortcake with a cup of Earl Grey. I was reminded of the excellent lavender biscuit baked by a friend who has a lavender farm on Abruzzo.
  
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• England clinch ODI triumph against Pakistan despite Hasan Ali heroics

  10-07-2021 20:48
  
  2nd ODI: England, 247, beat Pakistan, 195, by 52 runsPhil Salt top-scores with 60; Lewis Gregory takes 3-43Hasan Ali’s journey to the honours board at Lord’s has been long and literally painful, but in the second game of this curiosity of a series between Pakistan and a Covid-enforced alternative England XI he stamped his name among the legends with an excellent display of bowling, and having outfoxed so many of the home side’s batsmen he went on to outperform a few of his own.
  
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• England beat Pakistan by 52 runs to win series – live!

  10-07-2021 20:26
  
  Fine batting from the tail and wonderful bowling from Saqib Mahmood took England to victory 7.26pm BSTA deserved third wicket for Gregory, as Rauf gloves a short ball that is flying down leg side and the very impressive Simpson leaps to his left and scoops it up. And that’s that!7.23pm BST 40th over: Pakistan 192-9 ( Shaheen Afridi 16) Shakeel falls to his knees to sweep Parkinson but doesn’t get the full bat on it; he does next ball but only sends it straight to Overton on the deep
  
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• England set Pakistan target of 248 to win second ODI – live!

  10-07-2021 17:31
  
  Updates from the second game of the three-match seriesEngland’s domestic bounty bears fruit before Lord’s clashAny thoughts? Email Tanya or tweet @TJAldred 4.31pm BST 2nd over: Pakistan 5-1 (Fakhar 0, Babar Azam 3) A smashing ball from Gregory takes the wicket, he squares Babar up with his second ball, zipping down the slope as if it has a mind of its own. Gregory and Babar both smile, old Somerset colleagues. A misfield brings Babar his first runs. 4.25pm BST Imam takes a sensible s
  
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• England v Pakistan: 'Bowled him!' - England captain Ben Stokes dismissed

  10-07-2021 15:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stand-in England captain Ben Stokes is bowled during his 100th ODI appearance by Pakistan's Hassan Ali at Lord's.
  
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• England v Pakistan: start of second ODI delayed by rain – live!

  10-07-2021 12:54
  
  Updates from the second game of the three-match seriesEngland’s domestic bounty bears fruit before Lord’s clashAny thoughts? Email Tim or tweet @TimdeLisle 11.54am BST ... starting at 12.30pm, all being well, with the toss at 12.10. 11.50am BST The covers are still on, light rain is falling, and it’s clearly going to be a shortened game. Overs begin to be lost if there’s no play by 12 noon, which is now a certainty as they haven’t had the toss yet. Lord’s has
  
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• West Indies beat Australia in first T20 international – as it happened

  10-07-2021 05:23
  
  West Indies 145-6; Australia 127; West Indies win by 18 runsObed McCoy (4/26) stars as hosts secure opening T20 of five-match series 4.23am BSTRelated: West Indies claim first T20 after Australia collapse4.02am BST We said it should be an entertaining series, and it has started that way. Australia coughed one up that they should have swallowed, and West Indies made the absolute most of it once they found a way back in. That was good fun. We’ll be back with the second match in less than 24
  
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• West Indies claim first T20 after Australia collapse

  10-07-2021 05:21
  
  West Indies 145-6; Australia 127; West Indies win by 18 runsObed McCoy (4/26) player of the matchAustralia collapsed to a shocking 18-run defeat to the West Indies in their T20 series opener, with Josh Hazlewood’s miserly masterclass overridden by his teammates’ sloppy pursuit of a target of 146. Hazlewood starred in St Lucia, removing Evin Lewis for a second-ball duck and Chris Gayle for four in an incredible opening spell of 2-3 that helped restrict the hosts to 145-6. Related: Wes
  
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• West Indies beat Australia in first T20 international – live!

  10-07-2021 04:53
  
  West Indies 145-6; Australia 127; West Indies win by 18 runsObed McCoy (4/26) stars as hosts secure opening T20 of five-match series 3.50am BST What a remarkable turnaround. Matthew Wade set things up for Australia early in the chase, having the team going at 12 an over as he made 33 from only 14 balls. He got out, and Philippe soon followed, but Marsh was calmly building a half century and Henriques looked completely at ease. They were cruising at 89 for 3, then somehow the bottom fell out of t
  
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• West Indies v Australia: first T20 international – live!

  10-07-2021 00:47
  
  Updates from the first of the five-match Twenty20 seriesStart time for the cricket in Saint Lucia is 9:30am AESTAny thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 11.47pm BST One really can’t be sure, in this pandemic day and age, whether a cricket series will actually go ahead until it starts. In the last week we’ve had England’s entire ODI squad get landed in quarantine after a rash of positive tests, and then Sri Lanka’s series against India get delayed by a few days after
  
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