2 h. ago Ollie Pope doubts Harry Brook has regrets after missing out on hometown hundred

Brook was on the cusp of a ninth century in just his 26th Test but with the crowd on red-alert, he pulled Prasidh Krishna to Shardul Thakur.

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2 h. ago Harry Brook inspires England fightback as India test hangs in the balance

Brook scored 99 in England’s first innings before the visitors ended day three with a 96 run lead

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3 h. ago Stokes strikes late for England to leave India Test in balance after Brook falls for 99

First Test, D3: India 471 & 90-2; England 465Batter’s innings at home ground ends on 99For all the tired old wisecracks about cricket in Yorkshire being a dour, uncompromising pursuit, it feels like there is rarely a dull Test at ­Headingley. After a third day that was cut short by late rain but still packed with more incident than a stag do ­taking on the Otley Run, another classic could be bubbling up.At stumps, the long-expected drizzle having finally swept in with 30 minutes still to play, India were 90 for two and the happier of the two sides to call it a night. They had earlier seen their hopes of a sizable lead dashed by Harry Brook’s incendiary 99 and some ruinous drops, with England 465 all out and thus just six runs behind on first innings. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Harry Brook agonisingly short of century as England out just six behind India

Brook was the first Englishman to fall for 99 since Jonny Bairstow in 2017.

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8 h. ago Harry Brook builds on Ollie Pope century as England chip away at India lead

Pope was an early casualty in the morning session, falling for 106 in the third over.

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9 h. ago ‘Syd’ Lawrence: England trailblazer who rocked and rumbled for Gloucestershire

The former fast bowler, England’s first British-born black player, has died aged 61 after battling motor neurone disease.

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9 h. ago Former England fast bowler David ‘Syd’ Lawrence dies aged 61 after MND battle

Lawrence was the first British-born black cricketer to represent England

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10 h. ago England stars past and present pay tribute to ‘fierce competitor’ David Lawrence

Lawrence has died at the age of 61, a year on from making his devastating motor neurone disease diagnosis public.

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11 h. ago Inspirational England bowler David ‘Syd’ Lawrence dies aged 61 after MND battle

Lawrence took 18 wickets in five Tests for England between 1988 and 1992 before a knee injury curtailed his career

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11 h. ago Former England fast bowler David ‘Syd’ Lawrence dies aged 61 after after MND battle

Lawrence was the first British-born black cricketer to represent England

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11 h. ago England cricket trailblazer David Lawrence dies aged 61 after MND diagnosis

England's first British-born black cricketer David 'Syd' Lawrence has died at the age of 61 after he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) last year

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11 h. ago David 'Syd' Lawrence dead at 61: Former England bowler and Gloucestershire legend passes away after motor neurone disease battle

LAWRENCE BOOTH: Cricket is mourning the death at the age of 61 of David 'Syd' Lawrence, the popular and wholehearted England and Gloucestershire fast bowler.

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11 h. ago David 'Syd' Lawrence dies aged 61 after MND battle as tributes paid to cricket trailblazer

David 'Syd' Lawrence was the first British-born black cricketer to play for England, taking 18 wickets in five Tests between 1988 and 1992, and was last year diagnosed with motor neurone disease

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25 h. ago Ben Duckett thrilled as Ollie Pope silences questions about his England place

Pope hit a magnificent hundred.

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25 h. ago Jasprit Bumrah turns the series into two – when he’s bowling and when he’s not | Andy Bull

Crawley had no chance, Duckett was castled, Pope was dropped and Brook was lucky. All in a day’s work for a master fast bowlerYou could see the weather coming at Headingley, there were billows of grey rain clouds out to the south, creeping slowly up towards the back of the Football Stand. And you knew something wicked was on its way in England’s innings, too.The rain arrived right around the time it was supposed to begin, when Jasprit Bumrah was there waiting for them at the far end of his run, tossing the ball from one hand to the other, wearing a forbidding grin. England’s openers, Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley, were so slow walking out to join him in the middle that it felt as if they were hanging on word of a last-minute pardon. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago England fight back against India as Ollie Pope repays faith with sparkling century

Jasprit Bumrah claims late wicket of Joe Root as hosts close day two of First Test at Headingley on 209-3, trailing by 262

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26 h. ago Ollie Pope century silences critics as England fight back against India

Pope’s unbeaten century led England to 209 for three at stumps in reply to India’s 471.

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26 h. ago Pope resists Bumrah to lift England after bowlers claw control away from India

First Test, day two: India 471 v England 209-3Pope unbeaten on 100 but Root falls late to BumrahA day on from that much-debated decision to bowl first by Ben Stokes and the clouds had started to lift for England. The hosts were still some way from flipping the advantage they had handed India but by stumps, after an earlier fightback with the ball, Ollie Pope’s unbeaten 100 had established something akin to a foothold in the contest.Pope came into this Test with questions being asked about his spot at No 3; questions that centred around a poor record against India and Australia and not quelled by that 171 against Zimbabwe. Jacob Bethell, flavour of the month in New Zealand late last year, was breathing down his neck, even if potential, rather than back catalogue, was the driver. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago England stage fightback against India after Rishabh Pant’s stylish century

Pant became India’s third centurion of the innings with a swashbuckling 135.

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32 h. ago England rally at Headingley after Rishabh Pant’s scintillating century

Pant cemented India’s dominance by turning his overnight 65 into a stunning 134.

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