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• Craig Overton says England must take advantage of new ball after India rally

  27-08-2021 21:26
  
  Cheteshwar Pujara’s unbeaten 91 offers India hope‘If they start really well we’ve got a scrap of a game on’After a long day in the field, Craig Overton was frank about the importance of the new ball to England’s chances of bowling India out quickly on Saturday. Related: Cheteshwar Pujara leads India fightback to frustrate England on third dayRelated: India bat again after England all out for 432: third Test, day three – live!Continue reading...
  
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• Never mind the banner: Test cricket’s future looks bright on days like these | Jonathan Liew

  27-08-2021 20:57
  
  As a plane with a protest banner flew over Headingley, the third Test showed off the game’s longest form at its bestIt was a luxurious slow burn of a third day at Headingley, one of those days when the moments all seem to blur into a kind of ambient hum, a day when nothing is wasted and nothing is resolved, when everything is moving but nobody is going anywhere. India’s batters seemed content to mark out time; England’s bowlers and fielders ran in with purpose but little urgenc
  
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• Luxurious slow burn of a day reassures us Test cricket’s future is safe | Jonathan Liew

  27-08-2021 20:57
  
  Despite the plane trailing a protest banner over Headingley, the longest form of the game has rarely been in a better placeIt was a luxurious slow burn of a third day at Headingley, one of those days when the moments all seem to blur into a kind of ambient hum, a day when nothing is wasted and nothing is resolved, when everything is moving but nobody is going anywhere. India’s batters seemed content to mark out time; England’s bowlers and fielders ran in with purpose but little urgen
  
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• England v India: Highlights as resilient India frustrate hosts

  27-08-2021 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch highlights as England face a resurgent India and end day three of the third Test at Headingley 139 runs ahead with two days to go.
  
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• Jonny Bairstow’s quick reflexes show he could reclaim wicketkeeper’s gloves

  27-08-2021 20:12
  
  With Jos Buttler doubtful for the winter Ashes, the Yorkshireman’s reaction slip catch to dismiss KL Rahul strengthened his claim to a return behind the stumpsA bear prowled the worn area of grass at second slip, with the feline Joe Root to his immediate left. As he contemplated the next delivery, he pulled at his long-sleeved, cable knit jumper and hitched up his trousers. Between balls he repeatedly chewed at his huge paws.And, after a morning of watching hostile but ultimately fruitless
  
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• Jonny Bairstow’s quick reflexes show he could reclaim keeper’s gloves | Tanya Aldred

  27-08-2021 20:12
  
  With Jos Buttler doubtful for the winter Ashes, Bairstow’s slip catch to dismiss KL Rahul strengthened his claimA bear prowled the worn area of grass at second slip, with the feline Joe Root to his immediate left. As he contemplated the next delivery, he pulled at his long-sleeved, cable knit jumper and hitched up his trousers. Between balls he repeatedly chewed at his huge paws.And, after a morning of watching hostile but ultimately fruitless bowling from Jimmy Anderson, Ollie Robinson, C
  
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• Cheteshwar Pujara leads India’s fightback on tense day three against England

  27-08-2021 20:09
  
  India 78 & 215-2; England 423-8 – England lead by 139 runsRobinson strikes twice but tourists battle hard on day threeCheteshwar Pujara has felt rather unappreciated of late but as he left the field at 6.14pm on the third day at Headingley, bad light forcing the early finish, Virat Kohli was behind him offering heartfelt applause for the rearguard he had just marshalled.A first-innings blowout of 78 all out left has India tortured by the prospect of England levelling the series with tw
  
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• Cheteshwar Pujara leads India fightback to frustrate England on third day

  27-08-2021 20:09
  
  India 78 & 215-2; England 423-8 – England lead by 139 runsRobinson and Overton strike but tourists battle on day threeCheteshwar Pujara has felt rather unappreciated of late but as he left the field at 6.14pm on the third day at Headingley, bad light forcing the early finish, Virat Kohli was behind him offering heartfelt applause for the rearguard he had just marshalled.A first-innings blowout of 78 all out left has India tortured by the prospect of England levelling the series with tw
  
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• India reach 215-2, trail England by 139: third Test, day three – as it happened

  27-08-2021 19:21
  
  With Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli at the crease, India trail England by 139 after an excellent third day with bat and ball6.19pm BST 80th over: India 215-2 (Pujara 91, Kohli 45) Pujara cover-drives Root, handsomely, but only gets two as Craig Overton make a fine sliding stop. Root decides enough is enough and tries to take the new ball, so the umps call it a day. It’s been very much India’s day, with two quick wickets to complete England’s collapse, followed by the opposit
  
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• India reach 215-2 after England out for 432: third Test, day three – as it happened

  27-08-2021 19:21
  
  With Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli at the crease, India trail England by 139 after an excellent third day with bat and ball6.19pm BST 80th over: India 215-2 (Pujara 91, Kohli 45) Pujara cover-drives Root, handsomely, but only gets two as Craig Overton make a fine sliding stop. Root decides enough is enough and tries to take the new ball, so the umps call it a day. It’s been very much India’s day, with two quick wickets to complete England’s collapse, followed by the opposit
  
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• England v India: Joe Root too late to send a review as replays show Rohit was out

  27-08-2021 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Joe Root takes too long to review an lbw against Rohit Sharma, before replays show the batsman would have been out, as England face India on day three of the third Test at Headingley.
  
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• England v India: Jonny Bairstow produces stunning catch to give England breakthrough

  27-08-2021 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jonny Bairstow claims the wicket of KL Rahul with a spectacular diving catch to give England the breakthrough against India on day three of the third Test at Headingley.
  
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• India bat again after England all out for 432: third Test, day three – live!

  27-08-2021 12:44
  
  Live updates from the third day’s play at HeadingleyHameed has captain’s and crowd’s love but needs ruthless streakWhy not drop Rob an email 11.44am BST 3rd over: India 4-0 (Rohit 3, Rahul 1) Rohit is beaten by a gorgeous outswinger from Anderson. He played the line, with very soft hands, and missed the ball by a distance. Those Fairy Liquid hands save Rohit twice later in the over when he edges short of Overton at third slip. As Dinesh Karthik says on Sky, a stiff-wristed open
  
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• England v India: Ollie Robinson bowled by Jasprit Bumrah as England all out for 432

  27-08-2021 12:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India's Jasprit Bumrah bowls Ollie Robinson as England are bowled out for 432 for a first-innings lead of 354 on day three of the third Test at Headingley.
  
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• Chris Jordan and Phil Salt: Jordan to return to Surrey as Salt agrees Lancashire move

  27-08-2021 10:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England internationals Chris Jordan and Phil Salt are to leave Sussex and sign for Surrey and Lancashire respectively at the end of the season.
  
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• Ted Dexter was the aristocrat adventurer who helped modernise English cricket | Matthew Engel

  27-08-2021 09:00
  
  Former England captain was viewed as the debonair amateur but remained a deep thinker despite his dashing lifestyleBack in 1997, Ted Dexter was at the Hay Literary Festival to promote the latest of the dozen or so books that would appear under his name. At the last moment the scheduled interviewer had to pull out; nearby alternatives proving elusive, the organisers ordered a taxi to bring the cricket writer Rob Steen from London to the Welsh Marches sharpish.Aside from the cricketing connection,
  
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• Chris Cairns: Former New Zealand all-rounder left paralysed after stroke during heart surgery

  27-08-2021 08:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns is left paralysed after suffering a stroke during a heart operation, his family confirms.
  
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• T20 Blast: Somerset beat Lancashire to reach T20 Blast Finals Day

  27-08-2021 00:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as Tom Abell hits an unbeaten 78 to fire Somerset to T20 Blast Finals Day with a seven-wicket victory over Lancashire Lightning.
  
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