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• Possibility of England without Broad or Anderson will delight India | Ali Martin

  11-08-2021 23:00
  
  Opportunity will knock for England’s seamer supporting cast should they be without both main men in the second TestYou have to go back to the visit of West Indies to Old Trafford in 2007 – the summer when India last won a Test series on these shores – for the previous time England went into a “live” home Test without either Jimmy Anderson or Stuart Broad at their disposal.The pair were rested at Edgbaston in 2012, West Indies again the opposition, but that match was
  
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• ‘Temporary’ Brexit plans made to last a long time | Brief letters

  11-08-2021 18:30
  
  Road transport | Risk of death | Cricket | School notesI note that the Department for Transport spokesperson referred to special provisions for dealing with Brexit congestion as “temporary” in the announcement that the provisions are to be permanent (Report, 10 August). I am now assuming that Brexit “teething troubles” will continue for the rest of my life (like the “temporary” UK aid cut) – or until we rejoin the EU.Mike Cashman Milton Keynes• Anyo
  
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• Jonny Bairstow’s red-ball return signals happier times with England

  11-08-2021 18:09
  
  Yorkshireman is enjoying his time with the Test team and believes a big score is not too far awayThe third ball Jonny Bairstow faced at Trent Bridge last week was an inswinger and he flicked at it without effect as it passed him and into the keeper’s gloves. Staring back down the wicket at the bowler’s retreating form, with quiet intensity, it was possible he was trying to get a look at the ball in the bowler’s hand. It was, after all, the first red one he had seen in a match t
  
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• Jonny Bairstow’s red-ball return signals happier times for England

  11-08-2021 18:09
  
  The batsmen appears to be enjoying his cricket and in doing so could be on the verge of a dramatic innings against IndiaThe third ball Jonny Bairstow faced at Trent Bridge was an inswinger, and he flicked at it without effect as it passed him to the keeper’s gloves. Staring back down the wicket at the bowler’s retreating form, with quiet intensity, it was possible he was trying to get a look at the ball in the bowler’s hand. It was, after all, the first red one he had seen in a
  
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• England replace injured Broad with Saqib Mahmood for second India Test

  11-08-2021 11:47
  
  Dom Bess released after Moeen Ali and Mahmood drafted inBroad scan results not made public but not back in short termEngland have added seamer Saqib Mahmood to their squad for the second Test against India, as cover for the injured Stuart Broad. Broad pulled up during warm-ups at Lord’s on Tuesday and was sent for scans on a calf problem. Results have yet to be made public, but the decision to call up Mahmood suggests he is unlikely to rally in the short term.The Lancashire paceman, who wa
  
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• Anderson a new injury scare for England as Mahmood drafted in for Broad

  11-08-2021 11:47
  
  Anderson missed training session at Lord’s on WednesdayDom Bess released after Moeen Ali and Mahmood join squadEngland face a new injury scare before the second Test against India at Lord’s following reports that their talismanic fast bowler Jimmy Anderson had missed Wednesday morning’s training session with a thigh strain.The news could not have come at a worse time ahead of Thursday’s match following the exit of Stuart Broad, who pulled up during warm-ups at Lord’
  
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• Anderson a new injury scare for England as Broad is ruled out for summer

  11-08-2021 11:47
  
  Anderson missed training session at Lord’s on WednesdayLeg injury will require two months off for BoradEngland go into Thursday’s second Test against India at Lord’s under a cloud following news that Stuart Broad is out for the remainder of the season and Jimmy Anderson is now struggling with a thigh injury.Broad underwent a scan after pulling up lame in training on Tuesday and the upshot is a tear to his right calf muscle that will require around two months of rehab. The 35-ye
  
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• Ravindra Jadeja is the all-round warrior to give India a crucial edge | Anand Vasu

  11-08-2021 09:00
  
  The tourists’ selection gambit at Trent Bridge paid off and put down a marker for Lord’s – they will know they have a combination that worksIndia are notoriously slow starters in Test series and when the first ball was bowled at Trent Bridge it was easy to assume this would again be the case. Most of the players may have been in the UK since the start of June but they have seen very little action since the World Test Championship final – some travelled, some took breaks f
  
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• New Zealand cricket great Chris Cairns in intensive care in Sydney

  11-08-2021 04:33
  
  Former star cricketer transferred to St Vincent’s hospital after surgery in CanberraThe former New Zealand cricket great Chris Cairns is in intensive care at a Sydney hospital after suffering a life-threatening health problem.Cairns, 51, had undergone surgery in Canberra for a reported aortic dissection – a tear in the body’s main artery – but was transferred to St Vincent’s hospital on Tuesday night.Wishing #ChrisCairns a very speedy recovery. pic.twitter.com/JBLHA
  
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• Chris Cairns 'on life support' after cricket legend suffers medical emergency

  11-08-2021 01:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chris Cairns is reportedly on life support after suffering a medical emergency in Australia.
  
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