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Pope backs Root to score a "monster" hundred, reflects on pitch conditions
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
England batter Ollie Pope believes that his teammate Joe Root will be focused on converting his unbeaten 99 into a "monster" score when play resumes at Lord's on Friday. Root was left one short of his 37th Test hundred at stumps on Day One of the ongoing Test match, after anchoring England's
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"Pitch was placid after lunch...": Ollie Pope following day one's play aga
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
At the end of the day's play following the third session, England was 251/4, with Root (99*) and skipper Stokes (39*) unbeaten. After a balanced first session, which saw Nitish Kumar Reddy strike twice, England largely dominated the next two with more traditional Test cricket as compared to
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From 'Bazball' to traditional: England turn off attacking switch on day 1
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
At the end of the day's play, England was 251/4, with Joe Root (99*) and skipper Ben Stokes (39*) unbeaten. Despite quick early strikes from Nitish Kumar Reddy in the first session, that reduced them to 44/2 and quick wickets from Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah in the final session, the
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Root's partnerships with Pope, Stokes help England to 251/4 (Day 1, Stumps
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
At the end of the day's play, England was 251/4, with Root (99*) and skipper Stokes (39*) unbeaten. After a balanced first session, which saw Nitish Kumar Reddy strike twice, England largely dominated the next two with more traditional Test cricket as compared to their attacking 'Bazball' cr
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"Welcome back to boring Test cricket...Bazball, I want to see it...": Gill
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
During the second session, England, known for their quick pace of scoring runs under skipper Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum and championing the 'Bazball' brand of Test cricket, could score just 70 runs in 24 overs at a run-rate of 2.91 per over.
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Lord's Test: England win toss; opt to bat first against India
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Team India's recent record at Lord's has been good, having won two of their last three matches during the past three tours of 2014, 2018, and 2021.
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Indian team arrive at Lord's ahead of third Test against England
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Team India's recent record at Lord's has been good, having won two of their last three matches during the past three tours of 2014, 2018, and 2021.
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"Our bowling attack is currently superior to England's": Former India skip
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Azharuddin also anticipated a positive impact from Jasprit Bumrah's return, highlighting the superior bowling attack of Indian team compared to England.
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Lord's set for Archer vs Bumrah as Team India gears up to take on England
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
India will be heading with renewed confidence in the third Test at the Home of Cricket, Lord's stadium, after a 336-run triumph at Edgbaston, levelling the series 1-1.
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Archer, Bumrah in focus as Team India gears up to take England in Lord's T
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Team India will be heading with renewed confidence as they take on England in the third Test at iconic Lord's stadium after a 336-run triumph in Edgbaston.
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Ben Stokes shrugs off past glory, eyes big score at Lord's
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Team India's morale will be really high heading into a venue where they have won the last two of their three Tests. Stokes has had a moderate series so far, with just 86 runs in four innings, with the best score of 33. He has also taken six wickets so far, including a four-wicket haul at Lee
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Ben Stokes expects series to continue "ebb and flow", eyes strong comeback
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking ahead of the match, Stokes reflected, "This was always going to be a series (in) which moments ebb and flow, the results were going to ebb and flow because there are two very good teams going at each other," as quoted from Sky Sports.
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