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• ‘I thought I might never play for England again’: Ollie Robinson back with a bang

  06-08-2021 21:17
  
  Robinson takes five for 85 to keep England in the first TestSeamer was suspended earlier in summer over offensive tweetsHe had taken his first Test five-fer in only his second match – but Ollie Robinson, suspended after the discovery of offensive tweets he posted nine years ago, admitted that in June he feared his England career was over. “There was a time when I was speaking with my lawyers and we were looking at the fact I could be banned for a couple of years and never play for En
  
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• Pant and pints ensure the holiday mood goes on for fun-loving India | Emma John

  06-08-2021 21:00
  
  India had a six-week break to explore Britain before this Test and Rishabh Pant and Ravi Jadeja kept up that vibeThere was much talk before this game about the six-week hiatus the India team enjoyed after the World Test Championship and the opportunity it afforded them to enjoy the delights of Britain. Some disappeared into the Scottish highlands, others to England’s hinterlands and the youngest of the crew threw themselves into the hipster dens of east London. Their break has clearly had
  
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• Ravindra Jadeja inspires tail to give India the edge against England

  06-08-2021 20:30
  
  First Test: England 183 & 25-0; India 278Ollie Robinson picks up five wickets but India forge leadAs the two sides left Trent Bridge at the end of a lively third day bookended by rain, India were the happier. The tourists had scrapped hard with the bat, chiselling out a 95- run first-innings lead, and though England closed on 25 for no loss it is the hosts who are under the greatest amount of pressure heading into the fourth morning.England will draw heart, at least, from Dom Sibley and Rory
  
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• England v India highlights: Tourists build lead despite Ollie Robinson's five-wicket haul

  06-08-2021 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India build a first innings lead of 95 but Ollie Robinson's first Test five-wicket haul keeps England in contention on day three of the first Test at Trent Bridge.
  
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• A hundred reasons why it’s just not cricket | Letters

  06-08-2021 17:59
  
  The Hundred format makes readers Phil Murray, John Fullard and Adrian Brodkin fear for the future of cricketThank you for Matthew Engel’s wonderfully entertaining but disturbingly accurate critique of the Hundred (C’mon you Popchips: why the Hundred is so hard to digest, 30 July). His description of the competition “sprawling across the short high summer like a wolfhound hogging a small sofa” was worth the monthly subscription by itself.While I have only seen the Hundred
  
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• Nathan Ellis: Australia bowler takes hat-trick on debut against Bangladesh

  06-08-2021 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bowler Nathan Ellis takes a hat-trick on his Australia debut in the third Twenty20 against Bangladesh in Dhaka.
  
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• The Hundred - Welsh Fire v Trent Rockets: Georgia Redmayne run out by Kathryn Bryce

  06-08-2021 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trent Rockets' Georgia Redmayne is run out for one by a "wonderful direct hit" from Welsh Fire's Kathryn Bryce in The Hundred at Sophia Gardens.
  
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• England v India: Ollie Robinson takes 5-85 as India all out for 278

  06-08-2021 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ollie Robinson completes his first five-wicket haul for England as India are bowled out for 278, a first-innings lead of 95.
  
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• England v India: James Anderson has KL Rahul caught behind for 620th Test wicket

  06-08-2021 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's James Anderson has KL Rahul caught behind for 84 to claim his 620th Test wicket, reducing India to 205-6 in the first innings on the third day of the first Test at Trent Bridge.
  
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• England v India: Rishabh Pant out caught by Jonny Bairstow for 25

  06-08-2021 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India's Rishabh Pant falls for 25, offering an easy catch to Jonny Bairstow at extra cover, as England's Ollie Robinson makes an early breakthrough on the third day of the first Test at Trent Bridge.
  
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• England v India: first Test, day three rain delay – live!

  06-08-2021 12:46
  
  Over-by-over updates on the third day’s action at Trent BridgeRain gives respite to India as Anderson leads fightbackAnd you can email mail Geoff or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 11.46am BST Krishnamoorthy writes in. “When will the anomaly called ‘bad light stops play’ end when every ground is equipped with floodlights?”Your main problem there is that the red ball is quite dark, so when the sky is overcast and the floodlights are on it’s quite hard to see. It becomes
  
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• The Hundred: BBC Two to show three more women's games

  06-08-2021 11:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC will broadcast three additional women Hundred's games live on BBC Two, in addition to plans for them to be shown on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.
  
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