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• The Hundred: Laurie Evans leads Oval Invincibles to tense two-wicket win over London Spirit

  14-08-2021 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oval Invincibles keep themselves in the hunt in the men's Hundred by holding their nerve to beat local rivals London Spirit by two wickets.
  
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• Rituals of a corking Saturday leave Lord’s crowd entertained | Emma John

  14-08-2021 22:28
  
  The Saturday of a headquarters Test has its own mythology which both the weather and the cricket lived up toKL Rahul stood in the deep, with champagne corks arced around him like a shower of meteorites. India’s centurion did not look impressed. He had owned this ground on Thursday. But this was Saturday, when the crowd tends to treat the outfield as an extension of its picnic area. Seeing how far one can spray one’s Piper-Heidsieck has become a sport in its own right.It is the posho
  
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• Joe Root forgets England’s toils and refinds secret to batting immortality | Jonathan Liew

  14-08-2021 22:08
  
  The put-upon captain might have faded away in his fifth year in the job but instead he has played some of his greatest inningsIf you wanted, you could still probably pick a few holes. He edged a few through the slips. He got bogged down a little in the 90s, and then again in the 150s. He didn’t hit a single six. Does an innings even still count these days if it isn’t accompanied by a big flashing bar along the bottom of the screen screaming “OH YEAH”? Most unforgivably of
  
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• ‘I’ve run out of superlatives,’ says Jonny Bairstow after Joe Root’s heroics

  14-08-2021 22:00
  
  ‘To see him in the form he’s in, it’s awesome,’ says BairstowBatsman warns rest of Test will be ‘challenging’ despite leadAs Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root emerged from the pavilion on Saturday morning to a warm and sunny reception from a capacity Lord’s crowd, they took a moment to count their blessings. “Joe and I said to each other: ‘How good is to be walking out on a Saturday at Lord’s with your best mate?’” Bairstow recall
  
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• England v India: Joe Root has not peaked - Jonny Bairstow

  14-08-2021 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pundits lavish praise on England captain Joe Root's "brilliant exhibition" of batting, but Jonny Bairstow says his team-mate can get even better.
  
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• England v India: Joe Root's unbeaten 180 helps England open up lead against India

  14-08-2021 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch highlights as England captain Joe Root makes a second masterful century in the space of a week to leave the second Test against India deliciously poised after three days at Lord's.
  
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• Masterful Joe Root hauls England back into contention with India

  14-08-2021 20:37
  
  Second Test, day 3: India 364, England 390 Captain’s unbeaten century gives hosts slim leadFor the second successive Saturday and the fifth time this year Joe Root delivered a precious century for England, batting through three intoxicating sessions of Test cricket that both underlined his golden form and, more broadly, why the longest format continues to capture the imagination.As he walked off back to the pavilion at the close, his whites scarcely betraying the toil of his 529 minutes at
  
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• Root century gives England edge over India: second Test, day three – as it happened

  14-08-2021 19:51
  
  England earned a 27-run lead over India thanks partly to Joe Root’s 180 not out as the third day ended with Jimmy Anderson being bowled 6.46pm BST That really was something. This whole series has been entertaining, and each day of this Test has been outstanding. Today, England resumed 240-odd behind with three wickets down, a mountain of work to do. But Root, who has had a few years of making moderate scores rather than dominant ones before 2021 rolled around, was equal to it. He tamed exc
  
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• Root century gives England edge over India: second Test, day three – live!

  14-08-2021 19:46
  
  England earned a 27-run lead over India thanks partly to Joe Root’s 180 not out as the third day ended with Jimmy Anderson being bowled 6.46pm BST That really was something. This whole series has been entertaining, and each day of this Test has been outstanding. Today, England resumed 240-odd behind with three wickets down, a mountain of work to do. But Root, who has had a few years of making moderate scores rather than dominant ones before 2021 rolled around, was equal to it. He tamed exc
  
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• The Hundred: Alice Capsey shines again as Oval Invincibles beat London Spirit to boost hopes of eliminator qualification

  14-08-2021 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alice Capsey shines again as Oval Invincibles strengthen their grip on second place in the women's Hundred by comprehensively beating London Spirit.
  
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• One-Day Cup: Josh Rymell hits century as Essex beat Yorkshire

  14-08-2021 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Opener Josh Rymell hits 121 off 130 balls as Essex beat Yorkshire by 129 runs to reach the One-Day Cup semi-finals.
  
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• England v India: Ishant Sharma piles pressure on England with back-to-back wickets

  14-08-2021 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch India's Ishant Sharma dismiss England's Moeen Ali and Sam Curran in back-to-back deliveries during the second Test at Lord's.
  
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• England v India: Joe Root brings up 150 with boundary

  14-08-2021 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England captain Joe Root hits a four to bring up his 11th Test 150 on the third day of the second Test against India at Lord's.
  
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