54 h. ago Liverpool won £17.5million transfer battle after Xabi Alonso phone call tipped the scales

Former Liverpool and England defender Glen Johnson has recalled what convinced him to sign for the Reds ahead of Premier League rivals Chelsea and Manchester City

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57 h. ago England add Jofra Archer to squad ahead of second Test against India

Archer has not played Test cricket since 2021.

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4 d. ago The genius behind Ben Duckett and an England innings that twisted reality

The England opener’s aggressive innings inspired a colossal winning chase against India to take a 1-0 lead in the series and, as Cameron Ponsonby explains, underline his status as one of the most complete batters in the game

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4 d. ago England secure miraculous win over India in first test after Ben Duckett heroics

England needed a mammoth 371 to secure victory in the opening test of the five-match series vs India at Headingley, but a Ben Duckett century set the foundations for a memorable win

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7 d. 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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8 d. ago Michael Vaughan criticises Ben Stokes’s ‘staggering’ decision to put India into bat

Tourists end opening day at Headingley 359-3Former England captain Vaughan questions choiceThe former England captain Michael Vaughan said he was “staggered” that Ben Stokes chose to bowl first after winning the toss on the opening day of the Test series against India. The tourists proceeded to plunder 359 runs for the loss of three wickets on a flat pitch with Yashasvi Jaiswal and the new captain, Shubman Gill, both scoring centuries.The last six Tests played at Headingley had all ended in victory for the side that bowled first, and Vaughan, a former Yorkshire batter, accused England of making their decision based on the history books rather than the conditions on the day. “I am an old-school traditionalist here at Leeds that when the sun is shining, with dry weather, you bat,” said the 50-year-old Vaughan, who played 51 first-class matches at Headingley including four as England captain. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago England hit back with two wickets before lunch after India make strong start at Headingley

India openers put on 91 but England found timely burst before lunch after winning toss

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9 d. ago England: Ollie Pope never in danger of being dropped, insists Ben Stokes

Jacob Bethell has forced the issue of Ollie Pope’s inclusion with some strong recent performances

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9 d. ago Mark Ramprakash believes Jacob Bethell’s test match career can follow Brian Lara’s

Ramprakash says Bethell must wait for his chance to cement his place in the test side much like Lara did for the West Indies

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9 d. ago It would be remarkable to drop Ollie Pope after 171 – Ben Stokes

Pope will line up for England against India despite pressure on his number three place from Jacob Bethell.

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9 d. ago England are right to stick with a settled top six – Bethell should follow the Lara model | Mark Ramprakash

Ollie Pope retains his No 3 spot for the first Test and India wouldn’t mind having a bit more of that kind of continuityThere always seems to be one man under pressure in England’s batting lineup and consensus over the winter seemed to be that Jacob Bethell’s emergence had put Ollie Pope’s place at risk. Pope has clung on to his place for the start of the India series and my view is that Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum should be very careful before they mess with what is probably the most settled top six of any Test side in the world at the moment.There was speculation about both Pope and Zak Crawley before they scored centuries in last month’s game against Zimbabwe, but that performance should have secured their spots for this series at least. Bethell is a huge talent and some really top cricketers have spoken very highly about his performances and potential – clearly his time will come. He was impressive in New Zealand over the winter and since then we’ve seen exhilarating glimpse...

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1 week ago England vs India: Ollie Pope retains place over Jacob Bethell for first Test against India

Jacob Bethell must wait for his chance as Ollie Pope keeps his place at number three

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1 week ago Ollie Pope gets nod as Jacob Bethell left out of England side for first Test against India

Pope edges out Bethell for the No 3 spot as Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse return to the seam attack

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1 week ago Sir Alastair Cook explains why England should pick Ollie Pope over Jacob Bethell against India

The debate over England number three position rumbles on for both the India series and the Ashes in December

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1 week ago Tendulkar v Anderson: two master craftsmen who gave more than anyone to Test cricket | Andy Bull

If the Pataudi Trophy had to be renamed then the rivalry between India and England’s two most-capped Test cricketers was worthy of the switchSpring 2006 and India are batting against England at the Wankhede in Mumbai. The series is all square, one Test each with one to play. England, batting first, have made an even 400, thanks in large part to a century by Andrew Strauss and 88 from his Middlesex teammate Owais Shah, who is making his debut.It is just past tea on the second day and India’s openers are already gone, bounced out by Matthew Hoggard. Sachin Tendulkar is at No 4 and England’s captain, Andrew Flintoff, has just thrown the ball to his first-change bowler, Jimmy Anderson. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Centre opened to help British nationals following India Air plane crash

The hub has been set up at a hotel near the airport

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2 w. ago Miracle Brit says he escaped Air India wreckage through an opening in the fuselage

Incredible footage emerged of British dad Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, limping from the charred wreckage of the plane, leading him to be dubbed the Miracle Man in Seat 11a

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2 w. ago 'I survived plane crash by sitting in seat 11A just like sole Air India survivor'

After the tragic Air India crash yesterday, a Thai singer has opened up about his haunting experience surviving a similar ordeal almost 30 years ago

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2 w. ago ‘I saw people dying in front of my eyes’: British survivor describes Air India crash

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh says he thought he was dead as plane exploded but escaped through opening in fuselageAir India crash – latest updatesThe British survivor of the Air India plane crash has described the horror of watching people “dying in front of my eyes”.Vishwash Kumar Ramesh said he thought he was dead when the plane crashed into a building, before realising he was alive and escaping the wreckage. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Eye Opener: Air India flight headed to London crashes with 242 people on board

Eye Opener: Air India flight headed to London crashes with 242 people on board  CBS News

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