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• India close on victory against England as Bhatia and Ecclestone make history

  12-07-2026 23:59
  India 285 & 341-7dec; England 170 & 130-6Two women claim Test milestones at Lord’sIndia are poised for victory in the one-off Test at Lord’s after reducing England to 130 for six in their second innings, having spent the first two sessions of the day batting them out of the game.Yastika Bhatia became the first woman to score a century in a Lord’s Test, as India piled on the runs before finally declaring on 341 for seven, 456 runs ahead. Bhatia underwent anterior cruciat
  
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• India close on victory against England as Yastika and Ecclestone make history

  12-07-2026 20:46
  India 285 & 341-7dec; England 170 & 130-6Two women claim Test milestones at Lord’sIndia are poised for victory in the one-off Test at Lord’s after reducing England to 130 for six in their second innings, having spent the first two sessions of the day batting them out of the game.Yastika Bhatia became the first woman to score a century in a Lord’s Test, as India piled on the runs before finally declaring on 341 for seven, 456 runs ahead. Yastika underwent anterior crucia
  
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• RIP Bazball: McCullum’s philosophy burned bright but all too briefly

  12-07-2026 20:34
  The sacked England Test coach reinvigorated an ailing team in 2022, but his super-aggressive style proved unsustainableFarewell, then, to Bazball, the approach defined upon its adoption by the Collins English Dictionary in 2023 as “a style of Test cricket in which the batting side attempts to gain the initiative by playing in a highly aggressive manner”. In time the manner grew less aggressive, the attempts to gain the initiative less evident, and the results less convincing. Brendon
  
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• England v India: women’s Test, day three updates – as it happened

  12-07-2026 19:40
  India in control of Lord’s Test as they reduce England to 130-6 in fourth innings43rd over: India 159-1 (Mandhana 69, Bhatia 44)Oh, drama first up! Lauren Bell, with the very first ball of the day, clean bowls Yastika Bhatia. Except she doesn’t as the bails don’t fall off! An absolute beauty from Bell beats Bhatia and clips/thumps off-stump on the way through but nothing doing. Continue reading...
  
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• Brendon McCullum ‘gutted’ after being sacked as England Test coach

  12-07-2026 14:59
  ECB moves after Ben Stokes’s retirementMcCullum will stay on as white-ball coachBrendon McCullum has been sacked as England’s men’s Test coach, with the England and Wales Cricket Board opting for a completely fresh start for the side following the recent retirement of the red-ball captain, Ben Stokes. The decision came one day after McCullum guided England to the top of the T20 rankings, and he will continue to coach the men’s white-ball teams.McCullum said he was “
  
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• England v India: women’s Test, day three updates – live

  12-07-2026 12:53
  Updates from the one-off women’s Test at Lord’s
  Sign up for The Spin | Email Cameron43rd over: India 159-1 (Mandhana 69, Bhatia 44)Oh, drama first up! Lauren Bell, with the very first ball of the day, clean bowls Yastika Bhatia. Except she doesn’t as the bails don’t fall off! An absolute beauty from Bell beats Bhatia and clips/thumps off-stump on the way through but nothing doing. Continue reading...
  
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