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11 minutes ago
- BBC News
Crawley falls late as India take upper hand
Fifth Rothesay Test, The Kia Oval (day three of five)India 224 (Nair 57, Atkinson 5-33, Tongue 3-57) & 396 (Jaiswal 118; Tongue 5-125)England 247 (Crawley 64, Brook 53; Krishna 4-62, Siraj 4-86) & 50-1 (Siraj 1-11)England need 324 runs to win Scorecard Zak Crawley was dismissed from the penultimate ball of day three after England had started to make steady progress in pursuit of an imposing 374 to win the fifth Test against India at The opener was bowled by Mohammed Siraj for 14 as the hosts reached 50-1 at the close, needing a further 324 runs to win, with Ben Duckett unbeaten on 34 to conclude another gripping day. Despite Crawley's departure, England will be boosted by the much-improved batting conditions after they spent most of the day in the field as India racked up 396 under brighter skies. The pitch flattened and offered far less seam movement, with Yashasvi Jaiswal's sublime 118 the highlight for the tourists. There was also a surprising maiden Test fifty for Akash Deep, who added 107 for the third wicket with Jaiswal as England started poorly, unable to take the wicket of the nightwatchman until the final 10 minutes before lunch. Deep was put down on 21, one of six dropped catches in the innings for England as their makeshift bowling line-up - without the injured Chris Woakes - toiled admirably but were again let down in the field. Gus Atkinson pinned captain Shubman Gill lbw for 12 with the first ball after lunch as England improved, but Ravindra Jadeja continued his fine form with 53 and Washington Sundar, with India nine down, blitzed four sixes in a 39-ball fifty to give India the upper hand. Josh Tongue claimed the final three wickets, having also dismissed Jaiswal earlier, to finish with 5-125 for his wholehearted efforts. It feels fitting that England chased 371 to beat India in the opening match at Headingley to ignite a fiery series, though there is rain forecast for Sunday which could impact their aim of comfortably completing the highest Test chase at The Oval, which is currently England's 263-9 against Australia in 1902. Deep and Jaiswal punish England's sloppy morning India started the day with a lead of 52 and there was an immediate sense of trepidation regarding England's depleted bowling attack and the sun shining for the best batting conditions of the Test so who was put down on 20 and 40 late on day three, took the back seat early on as Deep was England's unlikely dropped the chance in the slips, but Deep's half-century was a well-deserved punishment for England bowling far too short in the opening got the breakthrough shortly before lunch, with Deep caught in the covers for 66, and Atkinson's wicket of Gill saw hopes of a fightback the imperious Jaiswal remained, reaching his second century of the series from 127 balls as he expertly punished England's inconsistency. Collectively, they bowled far too short and wide to him, exemplified by 72 runs of his first 100 runs being scored behind square on the off six drops – others being Brook's spill of Karun Nair at slip on 12 and a much tougher chance for Duckett at leg-slip when Jaiswal had 110 – were their most in an innings since 2006 and India's prodigious opener ensured they paid the price.
Powys County Times
12 minutes ago
- Powys County Times
Michael Skubala felt Lincoln were just too strong for Reading
Michael Skubala felt his Lincoln side had too much for Reading as they opened their League One campaign with a 2-0 win at the LNER Stadium. Rob Street put the hosts ahead after 21 minutes, latching on to George Wickens' clearance and squeezing the ball past Joel Pereira via a deflection. Street went close again before Mamadi Caba Camara's strike for Reading was ruled out for offside. Jack Moylan saw his close-range header superbly saved by Pereira just after the interval, before Lewis Wing almost levelled for the visitors when his fierce shot was pushed on to the post by Wickens. But the Imps doubled their lead in the 67th minute when Reeco Hackett finished coolly after latching on to Conor McGrandles' inch-perfect through ball to secure the win. Lincoln manager Skubala said: 'I thought we were solid. You want to start well on the first day and I thought today, as a group, we had too much for Reading. 'We want this place to be a hard place to come and the fans play a massive part in that and they were fantastic today. 'We had to weather a few moments but I think all-in-all it was a hell of a team performance. 'We want to be aggressive, not just in the duels, we want to go forward and put teams under pressure and get on top of teams. 'We want teams to fear us when they come here and there were some magnificent performances today. 'The lads have worked so hard, you can knock on the door or just stop but they kept knocking on the door and I think we could have scored more. 'The effort, the endeavour and the grind, they just couldn't handle us as a team and that's what we want to be. We want to be the strongest team we can be.' Reading manager Noel Hunt felt the Royals were unlucky to seee a goal chalked off. Hunt said: 'It was a tough day and we knew it was going to be tough as Lincoln have a good record up here. 'It's a hard one to take as we had a goal disallowed for offside when the player was three yards onside and it's baffling to me how that can happen at this level. 'It's all about fine margins and I thought we took control of the game after the first goal up until the second went in and then I think we dropped off a little. 'It will take a few weeks for some of the new boys to settle in but I still thought there were really good spells in the second half and much of the first half to give us something to look at. 'The players are all in an okay place, of course nobody wants to lose and they are a bit sore about that after the game, but I said we've got to stick together and work to improve.'
Leader Live
12 minutes ago
- Leader Live
Winning start for Bradford as they make their League One return
The Yorkshire side got off to an explosive start with two goals in the first 13 minutes. Antoni Sarcevic, who scored the stoppage-time promotion decider against Fleetwood on the final day of last season, converted from close range after Stephen Humphrys saw two shots saved by Wycombe keeper Mikki van Sas. Bobby Pointon quickly doubled the home side's lead with a low drive into the bottom corner from 20 yards. Wycombe were missing League One player of the year Richard Kone who was left out of the squad after head coach Mike Dodds confirmed they had received 'four or five' offers for the striker during the week. But they improved after the break and Magnus Westergaard missed a huge chance when he shot over from six yards. Dan Udoh did pull one back midway through the second half but Sam Walker saved late on to deny Bradley Fink and secure Bradford's win.
