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• Letter: John Woodcock obituary

  12-08-2021 22:52
  
  Matthew Engel writes of John Woodcock that much later he “admitted to being wrong” about his support for keeping sporting links with South Africa during the apartheid years.In 2008, when I interviewed Woodcock for a film about MCC’s 1956-57 tour to South Africa, the contrition was evident: “We were given a lecture on the way out on the boat two or three days before we reached Cape Town on apartheid and the political situation in South Africa. And I’m afraid for the
  
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• Rohit Sharma reaps reward of India’s smart planning over England’s chaos

  12-08-2021 21:26
  
  Both Indian openers showed grit and talent against a home attack that, James Anderson aside, looked largely disorientatedRohit Sharma arrived in Australia a week before Christmas and immediately went into 14 days of hard quarantine. Marooned in his Sydney apartment while his teammates were playing in Melbourne, once he had completed his daily regimen of exercise there was little to be done except to watch television and think. So that was what he did. As his teammates battled hard against the Au
  
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• England v India: KL Rahul century puts tourists in charge of second Test - highlights

  12-08-2021 21:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch highlights as a composed century by KL Rahul helps India reach a commanding 276-3 on the first day of the second Test against England at Lord's.
  
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• KL Rahul’s sublime century puts India in early control against England

  12-08-2021 21:09
  
  Second Test, day one: India 276-3Rahul racks up unbeaten 127 after England choose to bowlWhen England left Trent Bridge last Sunday they could at least draw comfort from the great unknown of a washed-out final day. A heavy dose of reality followed at Lord’s, however, with India dominating the opening exchanges of this second Test thanks to a sublime unbeaten century from KL Rahul.As the two sides walked off the field at 7.21pm, the tourists had progressed to 276 for three from 90 overs and
  
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• One-Day Cup: Durham & Glamorgan earn home semis as Gloucestershire, Surrey, Essex & Yorkshire also qualify

  12-08-2021 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Durham and Glamorgan earn home One-Day Cup semi-finals, with Gloucestershire, Surrey and Yorkshire joining Essex in quarter-finals.
  
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• England v India: Virat Kohli edges Ollie Robinson to Joe Root for 42

  12-08-2021 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's Ollie Robinson dismisses India captain Virat Kohli for 42 with an edge that carries to Joe Root at first slip on day one of the second Test.
  
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• England v India: KL Rahul hits boundary to reach century

  12-08-2021 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as India's KL Rahul earns the first Lord's century of his career with a boundary off England's Mark Wood on day one of the second Test.
  
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• England v India: Jonny Bairstow catches Cheteshwar Pujara off James Anderson delivery for nine

  12-08-2021 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as Cheteshwar Pujara edges James Anderson to Jonny Bairstow at third slip to give England their second wicket on day one of the second Test at Lord's.
  
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• England v India: James Anderson bowls Rohit Sharma for 83

  12-08-2021 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as James Anderson gives England a much-needed breakthrough, bowling Rohit Sharma for 83, on day one of the second Test at Lord's between England and India.
  
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• England v India: KL Rahul hits Moeen Ali over the mid-off boundary for his first six

  12-08-2021 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as KL Rahul hits Moeen Ali over the mid-off boundary for his first six of the day, during the second Test at Lord's between England and India.
  
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• The World in One City, England v India, and Roy Keane at 50

  12-08-2021 15:43
  
  This week’s roundup also features Brentford's previous top flight activities, India winning hockey gold in London, and the best off-pitch moments from Tokyo1) The Premier League begins this weekend, so let’s mosey off to Liverpool … and as far away from the Premier League as it’s possible to get. The World in One City tournament, featuring teams representing the different ethnic communities who have made their homes on Merseyside, is now at the semi-final stage, and the
  
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• Australia’s Covid restrictions put integrity of Ashes at stake, warns ECB

  12-08-2021 15:18
  
  Talks ongoing regarding exemptions for players’ families‘These are reasonable requests,’ says ECB’s Tom HarrisonTom Harrison, the chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board, has piled further pressure on the Australian government to relax its strict quarantine rules in order to allow this winter’s Ashes to go ahead. Several England players have indicated they may pull out of the tour if their families are forced into hard quarantine after arriving in the
  
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• ECB ‘very confident’ Ashes will go ahead despite Covid travel restrictions

  12-08-2021 14:25
  
  Discussions ongoing regarding exemptions for England families‘These are reasonable requests,’ says ECB chief ex Tom HarrisonThe England and Wales Cricket Board is “very confident” this winter’s Ashes series will go ahead as planned despite ongoing negotiations over Covid travel restrictions, according to ECB chief executive, Tom Harrison.England players are concerned about the possibility of families being unable to join them on the trip given Australia’s tigh
  
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• Ashes 2021-22: ECB chief executive Tom Harrison 'confident' series will go ahead

  12-08-2021 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  ECB chief executive Tom Harrison says "the integrity of the Ashes is paramount" as talks continue over England's winter tour of Australia.
  
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