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Three Things We Learned From India vs England, 3rd Test At Lord's
England beat India by 22 runs in the third Test at Lord's on Monday in the latest last-day thriller between the teams. Victory left England 2-1 up in a five-match series that is fast becoming a modern-day classic. Below AFP Sport looks at three key aspects from a gripping encounter in London: Archer shows England what they have been missing Many observers wondered if Jofra Archer would still be the same bowler who made such a thrilling start to his international career as the express quick prepared to end more than four years of injury-induced exile from Test cricket at Lord's. But a match haul of 5-107 was a reminder of his quality. More than his wickets, the fact the now 30-year-old fast bowler repeatedly topped speeds of 90 mph while maintaining his accuracy was a hugely encouraging sight for England, who would dearly love Archer to be the spearhead of their attack when they look to regain the Ashes in Australia later this year. Given his injury history, how Archer recovers from his efforts at Lord's will be key to his progress and it remains to be seen if he will be fit enough to feature in next week's fourth Test at Old Trafford. But there was no denying the impact he made at Lord's on the sixth anniversary of Archer bowling the Super Over that secured England's 2019 50-over World Cup final win over New Zealand. "Every time he gets announced on the tannoy that he's going to bowl, you just hear the ground erupt and when he turns it on, the feeling in the game just changes," said England captain Ben Stokes. "What an amazing effort from him to get through those overs. He got some crucial wickets for us and it's great to have him back." Milestone madness contributes to India's undoing KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant were threatening to give India a substantial first-innings lead while compiling a superb partnership of 141. But with Rahul 98 not out approaching lunch on the third day, Pant ran himself out in what appeared to be an attempt to get his partner back on strike so he could reach his century before the interval. It was a brilliant piece of work by Stokes to remove Pant with a direct hit that ended the batsman's typically sparkling 74, but it was hard to imagine he would have risked a single had Rahul been further away from a hundred. As it was, experienced opener Rahul duly completed his second century in a Test at Lord's to secure another coveted place on the dressing room honours board. But India ended up only matching, not surpassing, England's first-innings 387 following a needlessly self-inflicted wound. Tempers flare A match marked by mutual accusations of time-wasting eventually saw India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj fined 15 percent of his match fee for his send-off to Ben Duckett after he dismissed the England opener on Sunday. Siraj was sanctioned for celebrating excessively at close proximity to Duckett after breaching a section of the International Cricket Council (ICC) code of conduct relating to "using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal during an international match". Flashpoints are always a possibility given the sheer length of time involved in a Test-match day and this has generally been a good-natured series. But Nasser Hussain had no qualms about Siraj's behaviour, with the former England captain telling Sky Sports: "He is someone who you love to have in your team. "Because when Indian fans are desperate for their cricketers to show some passion and fight, no one does that better than Mohammed Siraj."
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Three things we learned from the third India vs England Test
England beat India by 22 runs in the third Test at Lord's on Monday in the latest last-day thriller between the teams. Victory left England 2-1 up in a five-match series that is fast becoming a modern-day classic. Below AFP Sport looks at three key aspects from a gripping encounter in London: Archer shows England what they have been missing Many observers wondered if Jofra Archer would still be the same bowler who made such a thrilling start to his international career as the express quick prepared to end more than four years of injury-induced exile from Test cricket at Lord's. But a match haul of 5-107 was a reminder of his quality. More than his wickets, the fact the now 30-year-old fast bowler repeatedly topped speeds of 90 mph while maintaining his accuracy was a hugely encouraging sight for England, who would dearly love Archer to be the spearhead of their attack when they look to regain the Ashes in Australia later this year. Live Events Given his injury history, how Archer recovers from his efforts at Lord's will be key to his progress and it remains to be seen if he will be fit enough to feature in next week's fourth Test at Old Trafford. But there was no denying the impact he made at Lord's on the sixth anniversary of Archer bowling the Super Over that secured England's 2019 50-over World Cup final win over New Zealand. "Every time he gets announced on the tannoy that he's going to bowl, you just hear the ground erupt and when he turns it on, the feeling in the game just changes," said England captain Ben Stokes. "What an amazing effort from him to get through those overs. He got some crucial wickets for us and it's great to have him back." Milestone madness contributes to India's undoing KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant were threatening to give India a substantial first-innings lead while compiling a superb partnership of 141. But with Rahul 98 not out approaching lunch on the third day, Pant ran himself out in what appeared to be an attempt to get his partner back on strike so he could reach his century before the interval. It was a brilliant piece of work by Stokes to remove Pant with a direct hit that ended the batsman's typically sparkling 74, but it was hard to imagine he would have risked a single had Rahul been further away from a hundred. As it was, experienced opener Rahul duly completed his second century in a Test at Lord's to secure another coveted place on the dressing room honours board. But India ended up only matching, not surpassing, England's first-innings 387 following a needlessly self-inflicted wound. Tempers flare A match marked by mutual accusations of time-wasting eventually saw India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj fined 15 percent of his match fee for his send-off to Ben Duckett after he dismissed the England opener on Sunday. Siraj was sanctioned for celebrating excessively at close proximity to Duckett after breaching a section of the International Cricket Council (ICC) code of conduct relating to "using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal during an international match". Flashpoints are always a possibility given the sheer length of time involved in a Test-match day and this has generally been a good-natured series. But Nasser Hussain had no qualms about Siraj's behaviour, with the former England captain telling Sky Sports: "He is someone who you love to have in your team. "Because when Indian fans are desperate for their cricketers to show some passion and fight, no one does that better than Mohammed Siraj."
Indian Express
3 hours ago
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- Indian Express
‘No place for Kohli-initiated shoulder barge', but Lord's Test wasn't like that – Atherton praises players for their ‘passionate intensity'
Even as Mohammad Siraj was fined a demerit point for his 'screaming' celebration at Ben Duckett, former England captain Michael Atherton has sought to differentiate passionate expressions and nastiness, by raising the example of Virat Kohli's shoulder barge to Sam Constas in Australia. '… wouldn't spectators rather see players caring too much, rather than too little about playing Test cricket; caring too much, rather than too little, about playing for their country?' Atherton wrote on The Times. He then brought up the Kohli example. 'There should be no place, for example, for the shoulder barge that Virat Kohli initiated in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne last Christmas, when he diverted from his path to deliberately walk into Sam Konstas. No one, of course, wants to see physical altercations on the field of play, or sustained nasty verbal abuse. 'But here there was none of that here, except two teams full of passionate intensity, commitment and skill. What a Test match they gave us.' Kohli's shoulder barge occurred on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test last December. The ICC's Code of Conduct states: 'Any form of inappropriate physical contact is prohibited in cricket. Without limitation, players will breach this regulation if they deliberately, recklessly and/or negligently walk or run into or shoulder another player or umpire'. Former captain Ricky Ponting had then laid the blame squarely on the Indian. 'Virat walked one whole pitch over to his right and instigated that confrontation,' he said on Seven. 'No doubt in my mind whatsoever.' Another former player and commentator Kerry o'Keefe echoed similar sentiments. 'Kohli has built his whole career on arrogance. Suddenly he identified that in a debutant, and he seemed to resent it. I think he's in trouble,' Keefe said on the Fox Cricket broadcast. Kohli was last sanctioned by the ICC in 2019 for another shoulder-barging incident with South Africa's Beuran Hendricks. Back then Kohli had admitted he was guilty. This time, he was docked 20 percent of his match fee. Atherton noted how the two episodes were completely different. He also brought up another incident from the final-day chase at Lord's. When Ravindra Jadeja collided mid pitch with Brydon Carse. 'In a match where there was plenty of spice and niggle, tempers flared as Carse and Jadeja collided mid-pitch, although the impact was entirely accidental, after Jadeja had deflected the ball towards third man, with both players ball watching rather than minding each other's path. In this game, though, it has not taken much kindling to spark the flames and Stokes, if you please, moved in as peace-maker, standing between both players, as they exchanged pleasantries.' He also wrote how Jofra Archer reacted to dismissing Rishabh Pant. '…his off stump flattened. Archer offered some choice words as Pant walked off'. Atherton summed up the Test thus: 'Six years ago to the day Lord's had witnessed the most remarkable finish to any cricket match, when the World Cup final was decided on a boundary countback after a Super Over. Now the game delivered an extraordinary finish again, with two of the protagonists from that day, Stokes and Jofra Archer, taking centre stage. In the context of Test cricket, it doesn't often get as tight as a 22-run winning margin.'
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Mitchell Starc Shatters World Record As West Indies Crumble For 27, Becomes Quickest To...
Australia pacer Mitchell Starc scripted history in the third Test against West Indies in Jamaica as he grabbed 5 wickets in just 2.3 overs. The veteran pacer, playing his 100th Test for Australia, breathed fire with the pink ball while his teammate Scott Boland claimed a stunning hat-trick as Australia's pace attack ripped through the West Indies, dismissing them for just 27 runs. Though the West Indies didn't break New Zealand's record of the lowest total in a single Test innings, Starc himself managed to register a World Record to his name. No player in world cricket has ever managed to take a 5-wicket haul in fewer deliveries. The previous record was held jointly held by Ernie Toshack of Australia who had claimed a 5-for against India in 19 balls in 1947, and two others. Stuart Broad of England and Scott Boland of Australia have also claimed fifers in 19 balls. Courtesy of his figures of 6 for 9, He has now joined the elite list of Australians (Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, and Nathan Lyon) to have taken 400 or more Test wickets. Now the left-armer has 402 Test wickets and is placed at the fourth spot among the all-time leading wicket-takers for the Aussies in the longest format of the game. Imposing, relentless and ever-present with ball in hand Mitchell Starc becomes the fourth Australian to reach 400 Test wickets thanks to another scintillating spell #WIvAUS #WTC27 — ICC (@ICC) July 14, 2025 The total of 27 is just one more run than the lowest Test total ever, when England bowled New Zealand out for 26 in 1955. Starc had figures of 3/0 after his first over, and the target of 204 set by Australia looked out of reach when Starc's fifth left the hosts in a hole at 7/5. Starc's 15-ball blitz broke Ernie Toshack's record for the fewest balls to a five-wicket haul set back in 1945, and there was no respite for the West Indies who then faced the wrath of Boland (3/2), who claimed Justin Greaves, Shamar Joseph and Jomel Warrican in successive deliveries. Joseph and Warrican joined five other West Indians with ducks next to their name on the scorecard, with Starc's sixth scalp, clean bowling Jayden Seales, finishing off the job in just 14.3 overs.
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England match-winner Shoaib Bashir praised after injury rules him out of series
Bashir broke the little finger on his left hand while attempting a caught-and-bowled on day three of the third Rothesay Test and has already been booked in for surgery in the coming days. But he showed serious fortitude to bat against the 90mph pace of Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday evening and played a brief but decisive role with the ball in an impossibly tense fifth-day finish. Test Cricket. Wow. 😍 — England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 14, 2025 With India creeping towards the finish line on 170 for nine chasing 193 in the final session, he bowled last man Mohammed Siraj via a back-spinning ricochet off the face of the bat. Having spent the majority of the last two days watching the game unfold with England's coaching staff, it was a remarkable way for a captivating contest to conclude, securing a 22-run win and a 2-1 lead for the hosts. 'It was great that Bash was able to get that last wicket with everything he had to deal with this week,' said Stokes, who must find a new spinner for the last two Tests. Same day. Six years apart. Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer delivered for England once again at Lord's 👏#WTC27 #ENGvIND — ICC (@ICC) July 14, 2025 'He's 21 years old and he's got a very badly broken finger. To go out there and bat for us and to be willing to sit there on the bench, waiting for his moment to come on and bowl, I think just proves how much it means to everyone who gets the opportunity to put the shirt on. 'Not even a couple of breaks is going stop anyone getting out there. To finish that game off was written in the stars. It's not good news for Bash, it's very disappointing for us as a team and for him, but I think the courage that he showed (was outstanding). 'There would be a lot of people who might not have been brave enough to go out there and face Bumrah, then also put themselves up for wanting to get out there and bowl, and help his team.' England's win came on the sixth anniversary of their 2019 World Cup final win at Lord's, with Stokes, Jofra Archer, Joe Root and Chris Woakes the four survivors from that unforgettable super-over success. Archer was the man to bowl the most pressurised six balls of England's white-ball history and those memories inspired Stokes to use him again in the morning session on his first Test outing in four-and-a-half years. 77 runs with the bat 🏏44-8-111-5 with the ball 🔴Player of the Match 🏅 Shift. — England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 14, 2025 He responded with a couple of magnificent wickets, ripping out Rishabh Pant's off stump and diving for a brilliant caught-and-bowled off Washington Sundar. 'That was genuinely the reason why we went with it, it felt right in my tummy that Jof was going to do something this morning to break the game open,' he said. 'Gut feel doesn't always work but those two wickets he got this morning obviously swung the game massively in our favour. The Pant wicket was massive.' Remarkably, Archer was possibly the only person among the 30,000 in attendance who had not twigged the relevance of the occasion. 'I said to him this morning, 'you know what today is don't you?',' said Stokes with a smile. 'And you know that highlight package of India knocking off 300-odd back in the day with Sourav Ganguly (in 2002). He thought that was six years today. A determined and well fought innings Took #TeamIndia close Chin up, Ravindra Jadeja 👍 👍 Scorecard ▶️ | @imjadeja — BCCI (@BCCI) July 14, 2025 'I said, 'no, that World Cup that we won'. He was like, 'oh that one'. He's an absolute beauty that boy.' Just as he did in 2019, Stokes left Lord's with the player-of-the-match award. He put in a quite incredible shift here, scoring 77 runs across both innings, producing a vital run out and taking five wickets. He was England's iron man on day five, bowling 19.2 overs across two lung-busting spells and dismissing key man KL Rahul as well as the defiant Bumrah late on. 'I have got some history of turning up in moments like that with the ball. I was pretty pumped,' he said. 'Bowling to win a Test match for your country on day five…if that doesn't get you going or up for going out there and putting in for your team, I don't know what will. The game was on the line; today it was going to be my decision on when I stopped bowling.'
