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Former England paceman David 'Syd' Lawrence dies at 61 after Motor Neurone Disease battle
While England were battling against India at Headingley under a sunny sky, the news of the death of their former fast bowler David Lawrence, at the age of 61, filtered through. England wore black armbands on day one of this opening Test to commemorate the Ahmedabad plane crash, and will have to wear them again.
Few photographs in cricket are more affecting than one taken last September after Gloucestershire, Lawrence's county, had won the T20 Blast at Edgbaston on finals day. Crippled by a suddenly cruel version of motor neurone disease, Lawrence, the county's president, was already confined to a specially-made wheelchair, and as the trophy was proudly shown to him by James Bracey, tears were impossible to withhold.
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Day three preview
England head into day three of the first Test at Headingley 262 runs behind India after closing day two on 209/3 courtesy of Ollie Pope's unbeaten century. The number three position had been a talking point for England going into the series, with Pope and Bethell vying for the position. England opted for Pope, who scored 171 against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge last month, and he repaid their faith with a hundred from just 125 deliveries. Speaking to Sky Sports after the second day's play, Ben Duckett, who formed a 122-run partnership with Pope after the early loss of Zak Crawley, lavished praise on his teammate.
'I had goosebumps for him [Pope]. He is such a good bloke and I love batting with him - I am sure [Zak] Crawley would say the same. You go one down and he comes in and takes all the pressure on you and scores quick. He is such a legend and such a big part of this team. We know there is noise outside the dressing room so to go and score 171 then 100 is something else. If he does get in, he gets 100s and someone like him at 3 against India, it is a no brainer. Popey scoring 100s and he did it away as well when we won; he is a match winner. It is a great start to the series for him.'
Duckett himself scored 62 whilst Joe Root was dismissed for 28 by Jasprit Bumrah in the final few overs of the day. That was the 10 th time Bumrah has got Root out in Test cricket. It could have been two big wickets to end the day for India; in the final over of the day Harry Brook was caught off the bowling of Bumrah but it was a no-ball. That was one of a few missed chances in the field for India, which also included Pope being dropped by Yashasvi Jaiswal on 60 and Duckett being dropped by Ravi Jadeja on 15.
Earlier in the day, India had looked set for a huge first innings total as captain Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant were racing along in the morning session. After Gill secured his century on the first day, Pant went to his hundred and celebrated in style with an acrobatic forward flip as the pair put on 219 runs for the fourth-wicket partnership. However they lost seven wickets for 41 runs either side of lunch to stunt that momentum, with Ben Stokes and Josh Tongue both taking four wickets.
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