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This match started on the anniversary of David Bairstow's death. There was a lot of emotion in Jonny's hundred celebration. Some things are more important than Ashes series
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ECB offer to host India and Pakistan Test series in England
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Root at toss:"I had a quid. I didn't know they provided a coin. I didn't want to look like a tight Yorkshireman who turned up with nothing"
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Karachi really is the city of lights tonight. Packed house for this one
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Harry Brook on his first fifty for England: “I like Pakistan. I had a bit of success in the PSL so it feels like I’m at home here.”
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Rizwan and Babar: 601 runs in the series
The rest: 489
Result: England 4-3
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England have a bloke batting at three who likes to bat four, a bloke batting four who likes to bat five, a bloke batting five who likes to bat six, a bloke batting six who was picked as a specialist no 7 and a no 7 who scored 219 last week batting at no 3
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Holder on Alzarri Joseph: “Two or 3 years ago I visited his Mum. She was not well but fought through and I felt it personally when I got the news she had passed away. To see him in tears was even harder. We got in the huddle and just wanted to do it for him, his Mum and family.”
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Must be 500 people playing cricket in the park this morning in Karachi. Balls flying everywhere, not many defensive shots
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There were 377 dot balls in Brathwaite's 150 which is more than the entire number of deliveries faced by 6 England top six batsmen in the Ashes
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Tiny boundaries in Lahore. They obviously want a big score. Pity the bowlers
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The way its going, by the time England play Pakistan at Eden Gardens on Nov 11 both sides will lose
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Cricket has never known a time like it. Front and back pages of every paper
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England’s first training session at the National Stadium. Last time I was here it was about as dark as this but no floodlights
#2000tour
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Bird’s eye view of the National Stadium. Press box overflow on the roof
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Joe Root says he won’t be england captain if Stokes is sick but says top three could be McCullum, Trescothick and Key. Also says the chef is sick
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England start their tour at Pindi Stadium. Duckett first to bat and set to open.
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The Hundred match last night most watched cricket of the year. 2.5m peak on BBC and Sky combined (2m on BBC, 450k on Sky). Higher than England T20 international
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Third umpire tonight is Ahsan Raza who was badly injured in the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team. He proudly showed me his scars earlier. Good to see him part of this series.
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Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley sign their names on the Pindi Stadoum honours board
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Low key arrival for England in Karachi. It’s only taken 17 years but finally they are back in Pakistan
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Free entry at Edgbaston tomorrow for final day. Credit to Notts for starting something
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Wasim Khan, ceo of PCB: "England are coming for a very short tour and I hope they keep an open mind. We will speak to them in the next 48 hours. They will go through their own processes. I would be disappointed if they pull out but it is a decision for the ECB to make."
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Jos Buttler struck the right tone at arrival press conference and nice welcome for everyone. England to make a donation to the flood relief programme
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England players set to feature in Indian Premier League as tour of Bangladesh to be postponed. By
@timwig
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McCullum press conference: We will try and respect condition but it is authentic to our line up to play aggressively. It is what gives our players freedom to perform
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England 24-4. It's like they're back in Hobart or Sydney or Melbourne or Adelaide or Brisbane
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New stadium in Mohali looks exceptional - IPL money built some incredible facilities. In England we patch up tired old grounds. In India they build new ones
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Moeen Ali, England captain, on leading England in such a momentous game in Karachi.
“With my roots being from Pakistan, to lead England in such an historic series is a very proud moment for me and my mum and dad”
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85% of ticket buyers for the Oval Test v WI due to start today have opted to rollover for 2021 Test against India. The popularity of Test cricket in this country shows no sign of dimming
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IPL has changed so much in a decade but 10 years ago you would not have thought it possible for an Afghanistan teenage leggie to go for $1.4m like Rashid Khan just has. Brilliant
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Jos Buttler: “we are very happy to be back in Pakistan after such a long time. We are well aware people are going through a tough time with the flooding. Sport has power to unite people and we want to put on a show”
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Great that
@btsport
made that final available to non-subscribers. Hope
@SkyCricket
do the same if England reach the World Cup final
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Socially distanced press box. Don’t want this lot getting too close
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If Buttler had u-turned as quickly as MCC he would have made his ground and not been Mankadad
'Having extensively reviewed the incident again and after further reflection we don’t think it was within the spirit of the game.'
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Very honoured to be appointed
@TelegraphSport
chief cricket correspondent and following in the footsteps of esteemed predecessors. Exciting times ahead with England’s quest to regain the ashes and become double world champions, Hundred launch and growth of the women’s game.
.
@TelegraphSport
is delighted to announce that
@NHoultCricket
has been promoted to Chief Cricket Correspondent.
@scyldberry
has decided to step back from the role, but will continue to contribute to
@telecricket
's unrivalled coverage as Chief Cricket Writer
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Pakistan reserve players making lots of noise on their hotel balconies, cheering their team-mates on.
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Stokes on Foakes: “He is still no 1 keeper in England but you have to look at conditions here and having Mark Wood in the team gives us best chance of taking 20 wickets. We will continue to try and win.”
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Exclusive: ECB could offer IPL franchises stakes in Hundred teams
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Ben Stokes is a player Australia fear - suddenly the Ashes are alive again. By
@michaelvaughan
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1st Test:
Alastair Cook batted 583 minutes
West Indies team: 392 minutes
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Colehill Cricket Club banned from playing after neighbour complains about flying balls
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Morgan on historic tweets: "I don't reflect on it a lot. If I call someone sir on social media it is a sign of admiration and respect. If that is taken out of context there is nothing I can control or do about it so I have not looked into it."
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Understand BBC peak audience last night was 1.6m for the Hundred (still waiting on final figures). Must be a record for women's match. Compares with England men T20 v Pakistan on Sunday when BBC had 1.7m peak
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Jonny Bairstow the rescue man. 5 hundreds made in tricky situations...
Sydney 36-4
Antigua: 48-4
Nottingham: 93-3
Leeds: 17-3
Edgbaston: 44-3
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Bring back club cricket: The Telegraph launches campaign to lift ban on nation's summer sport
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This is the best video of the World Cup so far. Top man
Sheldon Cottrell’s salute is actually great - and for those still not sure, here he is teaching some school kids in Nottingham how to do it. Good on him
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Day after England left. Cricket never stops
🇳🇿✈️ Pakistan welcomes Blackcaps!! The test and ODI squads of NewZealand have reached Karachi Airport. NewZealand cricket team has landed on the soil of Pakistan after twenty long years.
#PAKvNZ
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God to see Colin Milburn’s name on the Karachi honours board
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Andrew Strauss to meet MCC about Ruth Strauss day at Lord's Test. Exclusive interview by
@scyldberry
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Interesting to see how the Pakistan Junior League goes. It is costing the PCB several million dollars to put on. Plans for the future include making it a global league
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Quite a bit of interest in Jos Buttler’s arrival press conference
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Good to see Morgan's Men on sale in Karachi. Available from all good bookshops...
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Shah Rukh Khan’s team looking to snap up Hundred franchise
Exclusive: Owners of IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders want to invest in The Hundred |
@timwig
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The cricket was a great advert for five day Tests. Take out the England fans though and the crowd would have been small on a working day. That is why four day Tests are being discussed. We only look at it through English eyes and see no problem. Not the case elsewhere
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Archer spell 5-0-25-2 and bowling on a different pitch to everyone else.
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England news coming shortly. Expect Silverwood and Giles to go and Strauss placed in temporary charge in some capacity
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It's rained at the cricket and England are nought for one. Life is getting back to normal
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Apparently 41 kilos of biscuits were eaten in the media centre yesterday during the India-Pakistan game at Old Trafford. That is a lot of custard creams.
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ECB prioritising the Hundred has undermined the Ashes. Squeezed series leaves players exhausted
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An emotional Azhar Ali announcing his retirement after the Karachi Test
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There it is. Hundred for Cook becoming the first England batsman to score a century at every Ashes venue in Australia. No longer a farewell tour
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"How can basketball be played and not cricket? Basketball is a far closer contact sport and the ball goes through multiple hands incredibly rapidly and more frequently than the ball does in cricket." Dismay at government decision
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Stokes's black arm band has number 568 on it - it was his father’s cap number when he play for New Zealand Rugby League in 1982. It is the first anniversary of his death today
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Jofra Archer likely to pull out of IPL this year to protect his Test career
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Arrived in Sydney today and Pakistani taxi driver from airport said "I had
@derekpringle
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ECB defends member of executive board who has a stake in Rajasthan Royals
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ECB must send out drugs warning - and kick Alex Hales out of England World Cup squad. By
@michaelvaughan
via
@telegraphsport
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English cricket facing £40m black hole after India players refuse to play Old Trafford Test
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Free World Cup branded apples being handed out at the Oval. Important to get your 5 a day
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England hit by sickness. No Stokes at final net session and around half the squad have gone down since Stokes named his XI yesterday
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Not the start to the tour England needed. Report from the Pindi stadium earlier. Talks ongoing about potentially delaying the Test by 24 hours
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For those England fans in Hyderabad best to travel very light to the ground. Policing could be quite heavy handed. No bottled water, binoculars, cameras, power banks are allowed etc. Don’t take anything with that you don’t mind being confiscated
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This Cook innings has now lasted longer (782 mins) than the entire 4th Ashes Test at Trent Bridge last summer.
#trainspottingcricket
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Exclusive: Wickets to be renamed 'outs' for The Hundred
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Kohli now has more runs in this innings (135) than on the entire tour four years ago (134)
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Jofra Archer is England's fire-starter, implanting charisma and electricity into the attack. BY
@_PaulHayward
via
@telegraphsport
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England weaknesses at Test cricket exposed in Ashes shambles – but new ECB schedule will make situation worse via
@telegraphsport
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This is officially the most expensive over in Test cricket history...Broad has gone for 34 off 5 balls. Record was 28.
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Right now Ben Stokes can get away with saying Jack Leach has “serious bollocks” on TMS and Radio 4.
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Insight here on Kohli and why Pant was on the phone to MS Dhoni "every day" during the Test series
EXCLUSIVE Ravi Shastri meets Michael Vaughan: '
@imVkohli
can save Test cricket in India - every kid wants to be him'
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BBC viewing figures for the Hundred fall by up to 20 per cent in serious blow to competition
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‘Now then Joel these are stumps and the ball has to be hitting them for it to be LBW’
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Joe Root will break my record for most Test wins for an England captain and I am delighted - it may never be beaten. By
@MichaelVaughan
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The greatest over bowled: Sir Geoffrey Boycott and Michael Holding talk together for the first time on the 40th anniversary of the six balls that shook the world. Long read
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Sign you think about cricket too much: Offer your daughter some Kolpak instead of Calpol
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VAR just like DRS in cricket. It is not the technology at fault most of the time, it is the humans interpreting it
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Life on tour in Pakistan. Memorable trip for all
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England to take chef to India to avoid players falling ill
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Fun evening with our Karachi colleagues at the historic Karachi Press Club. We all ended up looking a bit smarter too
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Haseeb Hameed has a double hundred for Lancashire. Yes it is against Loughborough students but it doesn’t matter after the dire run he has endured. Let’s hope it is the start of something
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