The ball just turned round batsman’s leg, rolled casually towards the stumps, coughed and the bail came off
Well played both teams, the difference being England kept their heads under pressure. Shades of 1981 v Oz when England had to.defend an even smaller total. Those of a certain vintage will recall Bob Willis's finest bowling spell ever.
England have recalled Liam Dawson for next week’s fourth Rothesay Test against India, with the spinning all-rounder replacing the injured Shoaib Bashir. England men’s national selector, Luke Wright, said: “Liam Dawson deserves his call-up. He has been in outstanding form in the County Championship and consistently puts in strong performances for Hampshire.”
Good choice. Jack Leach hasn’t really hit his straps this year for Somerset, and Dawson has been excellent for Hampshire.
It's shame that he'll miss our next two Championship matches as a result, but I'm not fussed - I'm just really pleased that he's finally got his deserved call-up. And besides, those two Championship are both with the kookaburra ball again. So they'll probably be high scoring draws anyway.
England have been fined and docked two World Test Championship points for their slow over-rate in the Test victory against India at Lord's. Ben Stokes' side beat India by 22 runs during the third Test on Monday to take a 2-1 series lead. However, England's slow over-rate infuriated their opponents. In a five-day Test, 90 overs are scheduled for each day and teams can be punished for failing to bowl 15 overs in an hour. On day two of the Test when India closed 145-3, 72.3 overs were bowled - resulting in 15 overs being lost altogether from the match due to slow play. Match referee Richie Richardson ruled that England, even with time allowances taken into account, were two overs short of the target. Captain Stokes accepted the verdict, with the England team being docked 10% of their match fee as a result.
Apparently we're trying to get Muyeye from Kent. He's having an alright, but not amazing, season: averaging 36 in the Championship (but D2!) and 34 in the Blast.
Punishment seems light. Public are paying a lot of money to see 90 overs of cricket, they were short changed by 20%. Will the ECB sending them a 20% rebate.....
