31 m. ago Chris Woakes rues ‘pretty frustrating’ close calls as England denied by India and umpires on opening day

India were the beneficiaries of two borderline decisions as England’s reviews failed to succeed due to the umpire’s call

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11 h. ago England’s Woakes laments marginal decisions going India’s way on day one of second Test

Karun Nair and Yashasvi Jaiswal handed reprieves‘It is frustrating,’ admits England all-rounderEngland started the second Test just as they had the first, by winning the toss and putting India in to bat. The plan was to make inroads before the last, vague vestige of green was burned from the surface and it so nearly came good during an opening spell from Chris Woakes that brought the wicket of KL Rahul but also two marginal umpire decisions that both favoured that batting side. “On a day like this, it is frustrating,” Woakes said. “It was a good day but it felt like a day that could have been so different.”Twice batters were saved on umpire’s call when England reviewed on-field decisions of not out – first in the seventh over, with India 14 without loss, when Yashasvi Jaiswal was reprieved, and then in the 11th, when they were 21 for one, with Karun Nair the beneficiary. On both occasions DRS technology showed the ball going on to hit the stumps, but not by enough for the TV umpire ...

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13 h. ago England cricket star calls for instant rule change after frustrations during India clash

Chris Woakes was the pick of the England attack after Ben Stokes again decided to put India in to bat, but despite picking up two wickets on his home ground, it could have been more

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16 h. ago Yashasvi Jaiswal puts India in strong position despite missing out on century

The India opener looked on course for a fourth Test century before England captain Ben Stokes struck just before tea.

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19 h. ago Chris Woakes strikes early for England but India reach lunch on 98 for two

Woakes impressed with the new ball on his home ground.

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66 h. ago England make Jofra Archer recall decision for India test as team

England face India in the second Test at Edgbaston later this week and will do so without fast bowler Jofra Archer, with his four-year absence set to extend a little further

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66 h. ago Same again for England as Jofra Archer misses training due to family emergency

The 30-year-old pace bowler is expected to rejoin the squad on Tuesday in preparation for the second Test.

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8 d. ago England’s unlikely win a beautiful reward for approach under Ben Stokes | Andy Bull

By standards of their most entertaining team in decades, this was one of the more humdrum of stunning victoriesNow, I know what you’re thinking. Truth is I’ve thought the same way myself. India scored five centuries, their fielders dropped six catches, and missed two other opportunities besides. Their best bowler took an important wicket off what turned out to be a no-ball; Chris Woakes, the man leading England’s attack managed one wicket in the match; Josh Tongue, their big strapping quick, only dismissed one member of the opposition’s top six, and that was when he had already scored a hundred runs, and Shoaib Bashir gave up the large part of 200 runs. Oh, and England put the opposition in, and conceded the best part of 500.And at the end of it all, they won. And this time the No 11 didn’t even have to bat. It was a match which they might well have lost. Maybe they should have. But it was also a match which any number of England sides before them wouldn’t even have tried to win. In...

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1 week ago Michael Vaughan ‘staggered’ by England’s decision to bowl first against India

England were made to toil as the tourists cashed in on the opening day at Headingley

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1 week 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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2 w. ago Michael Vaughan 'staggered' by Ben Stokes decision in warning ahead of India series

England face India in a Test series this summer ahead of the Ashes a few months later and Ben Stokes' lack of time batting has stunned former captain Michael Vaughan

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2 w. ago Air India pilot's final decision before crash disaster 'saved dozens of lives'

The captain's quick actions prevented a direct impact on a building below.

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2 w. ago ‘Hero’ India Air pilot ‘saved dozens of lives’ in brave final decision before horror crash

India Air pilot Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, 55, has been lauded for his quick-thinking actions which likely stopped dozens more people being killed when his Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed

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4 w. ago Knicks reportedly fire Tom Thibodeau days after Eastern Conference finals defeat

Coach led team to verge of NBA finalsKnicks lost to Pacers 4-2 in conference finalsThe New York Knicks have fired coach Tom Thibodeau days after their loss in the Eastern Conference finals, according to multiple reports.The Knicks beat the defending champions, the Boston Celtics, during their run to the Conference finals but fell short of the NBA finals after a 4-2 series loss to the Indiana Pacers. Thibodeau’s in-game decisions were questioned by some during the series, but the conference finals run was the team’s first since 2000. Continue reading...

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