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Saturday, August 11, 2018

CRICKET August 11, 2018

Chris Woakes hit his lady Test century as England pounded home their leeway over India in the second Test at Lord s.

Chris Woakes hit his lady Test century as England pounded home their leeway over India in the second Test at Lord's.

The all-rounder shared a 6th wicket remain of 189 with Jonny Bairstow, who missed the mark regarding his very own hundred, to push England to 357-6, a lead of 250, when awful light concluded day three.

Having been knocked down some pins out for 107 on day two, India will have harbored any expectations of in any event constraining England's lead when they lessened the hosts to 89-4 at lunch.

Be that as it may, Woakes (120no) and Bairstow (93) batted them out of conflict either side of tea and, after the very first moment and quite a bit of day two were washed out and more rain figure for Sunday and Monday, the climate may give India their most obvious opportunity with regards to getting away with a draw.

While the overcast cover that had helped England's bowlers on day two was missing on a brilliant morning in St John's Wood, there was as yet plentiful development for the Indian seamers amid the morning session.

Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings' opening stand advanced peacefully to 28 preceding they were expelled in the space of six balls, Jennings (11) lbw to Mohammed Shami before Cook (21) scratched Ishant Sharma (1-88) behind.

That brought 20-year-old debutant Ollie Pope to the wrinkle and he absolved himself well, getting off the check with a limit whipped behind square and quickly achieving 28 preceding Hardik Pandya slid one however to trap him in front.

Joe Root (19) had struggled through a troublesome spell when he initially went to the wrinkle and was set to be compensated with more positive conditions toward the evening, just to be fixed by Shami with a ball that touched back and remained low in the last finished of the morning.

Bairstow and Jos Buttler went in all out attack mode instantly after the interim, rapidly taking England past India's first innings add up to, at the same time, while Bairstow stayed to exact further harm on India, Buttler withdrew for 24, turning into Shami's (3-74) third lbw casualty in the wake of being beaten for pace as he progressed and moved over his stumps to attempt and work the ball to leg.

Woakes joined Bairstow and, while Shami and Sharma were taking care of business the ball to invert swing and there was some uneven bob, the England match arranged their way through the precarious spells previously starting to quicken and raising their 100 association in the first finished of the night session.

Woakes breezed past his past Test-best score of 66 and in the long run overwhelmed Bairstow. In an innings generally overflowing with poise, he survived two or three brazen plays-and-misses in the 90s to achieve his hundred with three pulled over mid-wicket.

Britain's lead passed 200 soon a short time later however Bairstow was not able join Woakes in achieving three figures as he went for a major drive and edged Pandya (2-66) behind, Dinesh Karthik taking a wonderful one-gave get as he plunged full length on his right side.

Sam Curran (22no) capitalized on some flighty knocking down some pins from Kuldeep Yadav to help England's lead further and, climate allowing, he and Woakes will continue with the bat on the fourth morning.

It may not be long however before their consideration - and England's - swings to rocking the bowling alley and attempting to compel through a win to put their side 2-0 up in the arrangement.

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Friday, August 10, 2018

CRICKET August 10, 2018

Britain v India: James Anderson takes five-for as voyagers give in to 107 hard and fast

James Anderson took 5-20 as India abdicated to 107 hard and fast on a tremendously difficult, rain-filled second day's play of the second Test at Lord's.

Anderson (5-20) began the decay, rocking the bowling alley Murali Vijay for a duck with the fifth chunk of the day on Friday morning as play at last got in progress following a the very first moment washout, and finished things as he got Ishant Sharma lbw to what ended up being the last conveyance of the day.

Following two stoppages to yet more rain, reviewed Chris Woakes (2-19) was the star of the night session, taking the key wicket of Virat Kohli (24) amid a heavenly six-over spell of testing, skilful away swing from the Nursery End.

In a peculiar section of play, Woakes had both Kohli and Hardik Pandya (11) dropped by Jos Buttler at second slip a ball before their expulsion to the specific same defender.

Anderson had made the early advances, getting Vijay and KL Rahul (8), captured behind, to two fantastic conveyances that calculated into the batsmen and nipped away and, in alleviation of Woakes late in the day, expelled Ajinkya Rahane (18) in comparable style, edging to first slip, and Kuldeep Yadav and Sharma lbw.

India were 11-2 with just 6.3 overs knocked down some pins when the players initially fell off for rain and just a further 12 balls were conceivable before the following long stoppage - enough time, be that as it may, for England to strike once more.

To some degree disputably, Cheteshwar Pujara (1) was run out after a misunderstanding with Kohli, two balls after the umpires had started to take the players off the field, just to restart as the rain quickly yielded. It was to be the last demonstration of the second small scale session, with India reeling at 15-3.

Batting seemed simpler when play at long last continued at 5.10pm, Lord's currently washed in daylight and the ball not swinging, at any rate not at first and, other than Joe Root dropping Rahane on five - a troublesome take at fourth slip off Stuart Broad - chances weren't anticipated.

Yet, the presentation of Woakes into the assault changed that, with Kohli imprudently playing very free with his awesome enemy Anderson out of the assault. A few played-and-missed alerts were not regarded, nor was his let-off from Buttler, and he was not to be lucky twice.

Chris Woakes impressed on his return to the England Test team

History rehashed itself with the expulsion of Pandya - Woakes' dissatisfaction quickly changing to celebration - as Buttler again offered some kind of reparation after a missed possibility, and new man Dinesh Karthik was welcomed with five slips and a crevasse on his landing in the wrinkle.

They would not be required. Sam Curran (1-26) played Karthik with ostensibly the conveyance of the day, unquestionably the one to do the most, with enormous swing from outside off once again into the right-hander seeing him castled.

Anderson came back to wrap up the innings, either side of Broad (1-37) getting in on the demonstration with the rejection of Ravichandran Ashwin (29).

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

CRICKET August 01, 2018

PCA Fans’ Player of the Month: July contenders announced

Voting for the Professional Cricketers’ Association Player of the Month for July is now open with Notts Outlaws’ Daniel Christian, Leicestershire’s Ben Raine, Lancashire’s Liam Livingstone and Ryan Higgins of Gloucestershire shortlisted.

The four topped the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings in July and the winner will now be decided by supporters through a vote on the PCA website as well as Sky Sports app and website.

Voting is now open and will close at 9am on Friday August 3.

The MVP formula provides a more rigorous analysis of player performances than traditional batting and bowling averages, the formula gives full credit to those players whose performances improve their team’s chances of winning.

Points are accrued for all runs scored and wickets taken, these are then adjusted within the context of the match to take into account strike rates and economy rates.

Runs gain more points if they are scored quickly or in low-scoring contests. Top order wickets are judged more valuable than those that fall later. Catches, run-outs and stumpings are also accounted for as well as bonus points for captains and players who are on the victorious side.

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