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• Jimmy Anderson backs ‘superhuman’ Joe Root to break Cook’s England record

  13-08-2021 21:14
  
  Root overtakes Graham Gooch during second Test against India‘Joe’s been amazing through the pandemic,’ says England bowlerAfter Joe Root surpassed Graham Gooch’s tally of 8,900 Test runs, Jimmy Anderson has said that he is “absolutely” backing his England captain to make it the top of the list. That feat would require Root to overhaul his predecessor, Alastair Cook, whose total stands some way off at 12,472.“Every time he goes out there he is just class,
  
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• England v India: James Anderson leads fightback but late wicket dents England

  13-08-2021 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch highlights as England's spirited fightback in the second Test against India is halted by the loss of Rory Burns late on the second day.
  
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• Rory Burns endures to aid England while Hameed suffers | Jonathan Liew

  13-08-2021 20:05
  
  The opener is awkward and unspectacular but often effective as he demonstrated with a battling 49 against India at Lord’sAs England’s openers walked out to bat at Lord’s on the second afternoon, a ghostly figure took his seat on the balcony to watch them. Half in light, half in shadow, Haseeb Hameed perched in the doorway of the dressing room and patiently waited for a chance that has been almost five years in the making.Hameed is 24 years old, England’s incumbent No 3 ba
  
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• Appreciating the gentle beauty of geometry from Edrich stand at Lord’s | Emma John

  13-08-2021 20:03
  
  The highest part of the ground offers a vantage point that reveals both less and more as England and India battle it out There’s a long view from the top of the Edrich stand, these days. Make the mountainous climb to the new highest point of the Lord’s ground, and you can see out over blocks of flats, past London’s southwestern sprawl, all the way past the river. The green ridge of a wooded hill rises from the horizon like a mirage – that can’t, surely, be Richmond?
  
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• Appreciating the gentle beauty of geometry from Edrich stand at Lord’s

  13-08-2021 20:03
  
  The highest part of the ground offers a vantage point that reveals both less and more as England and India battle it out There’s a long view from the top of the Edrich stand, these days. Make the mountainous climb to the new highest point of the Lord’s ground, and you can see out over blocks of flats, past London’s southwestern sprawl, all the way past the river. The green ridge of a wooded hill rises from the horizon like a mirage – that can’t, surely, be Richmond?
  
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• Root and Burns steady England ship but India remain in driving seat

  13-08-2021 20:02
  
  India 364 lead England 119-3 by 245 runsEngland bowlers enjoy successful morningThe door to the England dressing room had barely swung shut by the time Haseeb Hameed found himself walking back through it, his return to Test cricket after a five-year absence having been spectacularly terminated for a golden duck.Mohammed Siraj was fresh from extinguishing Dom Sibley with his second ball after tea and as he charged in to bowl, 30,000 people inside Lord’s held their breath in the hope that a
  
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• England v India: Rory Burns falls late to check hosts' fightback

  13-08-2021 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's spirited fightback in the second Test against India is dented by the loss of Rory Burns late on day two at Lord's.
  
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• The Hundred: Birmingham Phoenix beats Trent Rockets in must-win game in women's competition.

  13-08-2021 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Phoenix pull off a brilliant comeback victory over local rivals Trent Rockets at Trent Bridge to keep their hopes of making it out of the women's Hundred group stages alive.
  
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• England v India: Mohammed Shami traps Rory Burns for lbw on 49

  13-08-2021 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as India's Mohammed Shami traps England's Rory Burns lbw for 49 on day two of the second Test at Lord's.
  
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• The Hundred - Trent Rockets v Birmingham Phoenix: Katie Mack caught and bowled by Sammy-Jo Johnson for seven

  13-08-2021 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as Birmingham Phoenix's Katie Mack is caught and bowled by Trent Rockets' Sammy-Jo Johnson for seven during their Hundred clash at Trent Bridge.
  
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• The Hundred - Trent Rockets v Birmingham Phoenix: Shafali Verma caught by Phoebe Graham off Katherine Brunt bowling

  13-08-2021 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as Birmingham Phoenix's Shafali Verma is caught by Trent Rockets' Phoebe Graham for 16 off the bowling of Katherine Brunt during their Hundred clash at Trent Bridge.
  
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• England v India: Burns hits Siraj for three fours off the over

  13-08-2021 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as England's Rory Burns hits India's Mohammed Siraj for three fours in four balls during the second Test at Lord's.
  
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• The Hundred - Trent Rockets v Birmingham Pheonix: Nat Sciver run out by brilliant Katie Mack direct hit

  13-08-2021 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as Trent Rockets' Nat Sciver is run out for 17 by a direct hit from Birmingham Phoenix's Katie Mack from the boundary.
  
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• England v India: Mohammed Siraj dismisses Dom Sibley and Haseeb Hameed in back-to-back deliveries

  13-08-2021 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as India's Mohammed Siraj dismisses England's Dom Sibley and Haseeb Hameed in consecutive deliveries during the second Test at Lord's.
  
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• England v India: James Anderson claims five-wicket haul in the second Test against India

  13-08-2021 16:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as England's James Anderson claims a five-wicket haul against India in the second Test at Lord's.
  
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• England v India: James Anderson claims fifth wicket as Jasprit Bumrah edges to Jos Buttler on day two of second Test

  13-08-2021 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's James Anderson completes his 31st five-wicket haul in Test cricket as Jasprit Bumrah edges to Jos Buttler.
  
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• England v India: James Anderson dismisses Ajinkya Rahane on day two of second Test

  13-08-2021 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Anderson dismisses Ajinkya Rahane, who edges to Joe Root, as England claim a second wicket in six balls on day two of the second Test Lord's.
  
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• Why the Hundred double headers have boosted women’s game | Raf Nicholson

  13-08-2021 12:51
  
  The popularity of the women’s Hundred has taken everyone by surprise and the record-breaking crowds look like seriously challenging those of women’s footballA few years ago I wrote a piece on “double-header” matches – the phenomenon whereby a women’s match is played directly before a men’s match in an effort to increase crowd sizes for the women. The headline will give you an idea of my view: “Double headers are the future – but they stink&rd
  
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• Why the Hundred double headers have boosted women’s game

  13-08-2021 12:51
  
  The popularity of the women’s Hundred has taken everyone by surprise and the record-breaking crowds look like seriously challenging those of women’s footballA few years ago I wrote a piece on “double header” matches – the phenomenon whereby a women’s match is played directly before a men’s match in an effort to increase crowd sizes for the women. The headline will give you an idea of my view: “Double headers are the future – but they stink&rd
  
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• England in Pakistan: Men's & women's matches moved to Rawalpindi

  13-08-2021 12:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England men's and women's Twenty20 internationals in Pakistan in October are moved from Karachi to Rawalpindi.
  
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• England v India: Ollie Robinson dismisses KL Rahul early on day two of second Test

  13-08-2021 12:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's Ollie Robinson makes an early breakthrough to remove centurion KL Rahul on day two of the second Test against India at Lord's.
  
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