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• England v India 2021: Fixtures, results, scorecards & reports

  16-08-2021 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fixtures, results, reports and scorecards from India's five-Test tour of England.
  
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• England v India: Virat Kohli says commentators' criticism fired up tailenders

  16-08-2021 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah "made a point" with their crucial partnership in India's victory over England, says captain Virat Kohli.
  
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• Chirp war: India also win escalating swearing contest with England

  16-08-2021 22:41
  
  Joe Root’s men may wish to give appeasement a try against a side that knows how to play the intimidation gameJasprit Bumrah was about to face his first delivery of the day from Mark Wood, but before he did he needed a little help. While Joe Root moved his field around, Haseeb Hameed stooped to tie the tail-ender’s shoelaces for him. It was the last tender gesture he would receive from an England player.The first ball from Wood was a bouncer so fast it had passed Bumrah’s head b
  
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• Joe Root admits a lot of England defeat ‘falls on my shoulders as captain’

  16-08-2021 22:24
  
  Failure to remove India’s tail leads to England’s 151-run defeat‘Tactically I don’t think I dealt with that well enough’Joe Root admitted he was probably tactically naive as England let slip a golden chance to take a lead in the Test series against India and instead fell to a demoralising defeat on a gripping final day at Lord’s.India gained the upper hand in the morning from the unlikeliest of sources as career-best scores from the tailenders Mohammed Shami (
  
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• England beaten and bullied by a team moulded in Virat Kohli’s image | Jonathan Liew

  16-08-2021 22:18
  
  Victory came in the modern India way – with a swagger and without taking a backward stepOllie Robinson emerges from the darkness of the Long Room on his way out to the middle. England are 90 for seven and Robinson is about to face the hat-trick ball from Mohammed Siraj. All around the ground, India fans are in raptures. Standing at first slip, Virat Kohli is waving his arms, conducting them like an orchestra. The prevailing smell is of English blood.As Robinson descends the pavilion steps,
  
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• England v India: Joe Root says he 'got things wrong' in Lord's defeat

  16-08-2021 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Captain Joe Root accepts responsibility for England's miserable defeat by India in the second Test at Lord's.
  
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• England v India: Michael Vaughan says reliance on Joe Root is embarrassing

  16-08-2021 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former England captain Michael Vaughan says the team's reliance on Joe Root is embarrassing after India took the lead in the Test series with victory at Lord's.
  
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• India hand England heavy defeat thanks to Shami, Bumrah and Siraj

  16-08-2021 21:11
  
  Second Test, day 5: India beat England by 151 runsTail lifts tourists to 298-8dec; hosts all out for 120, chasing 272The fifth day at Lord’s must surely go down one of the most intense ever witnessed in the ground’s 207-year history, England arriving with thoughts of victory only to suffer a truly harrowing and heavy defeat to this remarkable India side.Over the course of three sessions an utter maelstrom of Test cricket unfolded out in the middle. The two sets of players snarled at
  
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• England v India: India win thrilling second Test in final hour

  16-08-2021 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as England produce one of their worst home performances in recent memory to lose the second Test against India by 151 runs at Lord's.
  
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• India v England: Captain Virat Kohli praises Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah after second Test win

  16-08-2021 20:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India captain Virat Kohli praises the contribution of Mohammed Shami and Jaspirt Bumrah after their 151-run victory over England in the second Test ata Lord's.
  
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• England v India: Joe Root admits he could have done things differently after 151-run defeat

  16-08-2021 20:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England captain Joe Root admits he could have done things differently in terms of tactics on the final day of the second Test against India which saw his side slump to a 151-run defeat.
  
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• India win second Test against England by 151 runs – as it happened

  16-08-2021 20:16
  
  Virat Kohli’s side pulled off a sensational victory at Lord’s, overwhelming England on a pulsating, spiteful final day 7.14pm BST That’s it for our coverage of a momentous Lord’s Test. Thanks for your company and emails - goodnight! 7.07pm BST It’s not just cricket The Ruth Strauss Foundation raised £1,204,447 during the match. “That has blown me away, it has blown the Foundation away,” says Sir Andrew Strauss. “We are unbelievably grateful.&
  
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• England v India: Mohammed Siraj bowls James Anderson to give India thrilling second Test win

  16-08-2021 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as India's Mohammed Siraj bowls James Anderson for a duck to secure victory for India in the second Test against England by 151 runs.
  
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• India win second Test against England by 151 runs – reaction!

  16-08-2021 19:53
  
  Over-by-over updates from 11am UK timeEngland chasing nominal target of 272 in 60 oversAnd you can email Rob with your thoughts 6.53pm BST JOE ROOT IS ACTUALLY BOOED (I THINK) BEFORE HE SPEAKS“Can you ask that again, please? I didn’t hear the question. We didn’t quite manage to see out today which is very frustrating, but there’s still a lot of cricket to be played in this series. You can bet we’ll be coming back hard in the next three games. 6.47pm BST This will sh
  
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• England in trouble on fifth day of second Test against India – live!

  16-08-2021 17:27
  
  Over-by-over updates from 11am UK timeEngland chasing nominal target of 272 in 60 oversAnd you can email Rob with your thoughts 4.27pm BST 27th over of 60: England 75-5 (Buttler 3, Ali 4) Now Buttler is dropped by Kohli! So much for Buttler batting sensibly: he played a horrible, loose cut stroke off Bumrah that he could only top edge in the direction first slip. The ball looped towards Kohli, who spilled a two-handed chance above his left shoulder. That was a pretty straightforward chance, thou
  
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• England in trouble after India set them target of 272 to win – second Test, day five – live!

  16-08-2021 17:09
  
  Over-by-over updates from 11am UK timeMoeen Ali hopes for England target of under 220And you can email Rob with your thoughts 4.09pm BST 23rd over: England 67-5 (Buttler 0, Ali 0) A wicket maiden from Bumrah. The more you see the Root dismissal, the more it looks like it was a bit of extra bounce that undid Root.
  “Dear Rob,” says Amod Paranjape. “Don’t you honestly think this English team depends too much on Root and Anderson. Though I am not the right guy to ask this que
  
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• England v India: Michael Vaughan criticises tactics on fifth day of second Test

  16-08-2021 14:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michael Vaughan says England got their tactics wrong in a fifth-day morning session when they appeared to squander any chance of winning the second Test against India.
  
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• County cricket talking points: Royal London Cup gears up for semi-finals

  16-08-2021 13:44
  
  It’s Essex v Glamorgan and Durham v Surrey in the last four, with the final at Trent Bridge to come on ThursdayBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogPart one of Gloucestershire’s route to the knockout stage was to beat Kent at Beckenham. Their hosts may have been the whipping boys of the group with just the one win, but, with no pressure, they could play with freedom. Kent raised their 100 with just the one wicket down, a platform constructed – Gloucestershire needed to make
  
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• The Hundred: Trent Rockets qualify for the latter stages with win over Manchester Originals

  16-08-2021 00:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rashid Khan's brilliance helps Trent Rockets secure their place in the latter stages of the men's Hundred with a seven-wicket win over Manchester Originals.
  
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• The Hundred - Trent Rockets v Manchester Originals: Plays of the day

  16-08-2021 00:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch the best of Sunday's action in The Hundred as Trent Rockets took on Manchester Originals.
  
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